![]() In retrospect, it’s that mindfulness of the audience and the ability to actually act upon that made Ojamajo Doremi what it was. ![]() The reason I, like many other people, remember Doremi as a cheerful anime despite the plethora of painful subjects it tackled is that its team went out of their way to leave that sweet aftertaste for kids and parents alike. Episodes that could shatter your heart would still sneak in a pat on your back, be it as an ultimately uplifting conclusion or a well-timed amusing sequence. Even as it began approaching heavier topics, the show made sure to make them palatable to its young audience not by making light of those harsh situations, but instead creating oases of respite whenever possible. From its fun animation philosophy-cartoony expression that retained character specificity-to the attitude of the titular main character, the self-proclaimed unluckiest pretty girl who remained a fundamentally good and positive person, Ojamajo Doremi always managed to find time to cheer you up. When trying to explain exactly what that something was, there’s the risk of missing the forest for the trees, to laser-focus on Ojamajo Doremi’s differential factor so much you forget what most of the series was actually like. That said, some of the biggest fans of the series I know are friends who tried to address that by watching the series as adults, so don’t resign yourself to thinking that you’ve missed the Ojamajo Doremi train if you never saw it as a child-like all the greatest kids anime, it’s got something for everyone. I’m grateful to have grown up with a localization that hit it so big it permeated into mainstream culture somewhat, but that also means I’ve always struggled to convey how important the show was to my English-speaking acquaintances, as most of them either never came across it or had unfortunate short experiences with a dodgy dub. Ojamajo Doremi was a formative experience for the entire demographic of people who’ve actually seen Ojamajo Doremi which is to say, a whole generation of people in Japan, and much spottier coverage overseas. ![]() An impossibly daring team with a perfect overlap of young and veteran talent at Toei accompanied kids across topics no other anime would tackle with such maturity. Ojamajo Doremi became a formative experience for a whole generation.
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