Nozomi Witches

Nozomi Witches
	Fifth tankōbon volume cover
のぞみ♡ウィッチィズ; (Nozomi Wicchīzu)
Manga
Written by	Toshio Nobe
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Weekly Young Jump
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	1986 – 1996
Volumes	48
Live-action film
Directed by	Ikuo Sekimoto
Studio	Matsutake
Released	March 17, 1990
Runtime	100 minutes
Original video animation
Directed by	Gisaburō Sugii
Studio	Group TAC
Released	August 5, 1992 – March 10, 1993
Episodes	3

Nozomi Witches (のぞみ♡ウィッチィズ, Nozomi Wicchīzu), sometimes also called Bewitching Nozomi, is a manga series by Toshio Nobe which was adapted into a three episode anime OVA series in 1992.

Plot

Nozomi is a former actress who moves back to Japan from New Zealand. Upon arriving, she meets her fellow high school student neighbor Ryōtarō Shiba, who decides to join the high school boxing club.

Anime

Cast

Nobutoshi Canna - Ryōtarō Shiba
Hiromi Tsuru - Nozomi Egawa
Kōhei Miyauchi - Eddie
Keiichi Nanba - Hongō
Ryūsei Nakao - Morino
Toshiyuki Morikawa - Nanjō
Noriko Uemura - Ryōtarō's mother
Michitaka Kobayashi - Announcer
Teruhisa Tsuyusaki - Baseball club member
Yasuhiko Kawazu - Boxing club member
Yukari Takagawa - Buryō
Eiji Itō - Cameraman
Yūko Sumitomo - Club member B
Teruhisa Tsuyusaki - Company employee A
Kanako Hoya - Drama club member
Natsumi Yamada - Fan
Tomomi Ōsone, Muri Wa - Female student
Masaharu Satō - Gichō
Arihiro Masuda - Ishii
Yūsaku Yara - Itsuri
Yasuhiko Kawazu - Jack
Shinpachi Tsuji - Jackal
Yuri Amano - Kitagawa
Yuka Ōno - Yōko Kitagawa
Mitsuru Ogata - Miyamoto
Kiyoyuki Yanada - Ōniwa
Kōji Ishii - Ōta
Yūko Sumitomo - Private secretary
Junji Kitajima - Referee
Aruno Tahara - Reporter
Kōji Ishii - Ring announcer
Toshihiko Nakajima - Sakakoshi
Hideyuki Tanaka - Sawamura
Hiroshi Tamai - Student
Kazuhiro Yamaga - Suzuki
Kazumi Tanaka - Tōgo
Toshihiko Nakajima - Watanabe-kaichō
Miyuki Matsushita - Yamazaki
Takashi Taguchi - Yamazaki-kaichō
Natsumi Yamada - Hitomi Yamazaki
Mitsuo Iwata - Yūgo

Releases

Laserdisc^[1]

Volume 1, TSL-5, ¥5800, September 21, 1994
Volume 2, TSL-6, ¥5800, October 21, 1994
Volume 3, TSL-7, ¥5800, November 21, 1994
Volume 1-3 collection, TSL-58, ¥9800, May 21, 1996

CDs

Nozomi Witches Sound Movie: Drama CD.^[2]
Nozomi Witches: Toei, TOCT-6290, September 27, 1991.^[3]
Nozomi Witches Original Soundtrack: Toei/TM Factory, TOCT-6639, August 26, 1992.^[3]

References

^ (in Japanese) Asahi Record. Accessed August 25, 2006.
^ (in Japanese) Anime CD. Accessed August 25, 2006.
^ ^a ^b Anime CD Information: Nozomi Witches. Accessed August 25, 2006.

External links

Nozomi Witches (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[1] (in Japanese) Asahi Record. Accessed August 25, 2006.

[2] (in Japanese) Anime CD. Accessed August 25, 2006.

[anime_CD-3] Anime CD Information: Nozomi Witches. Accessed August 25, 2006.

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