Synopsis

After losing her mother in a tragic car accident, nine-year-old Melmo Watari now faces a big challenge: taking care of her two younger brothers, the preschooler Totoo and baby Touch. Watching from Heaven and concerned about her kids' terrible situation, their mother decides to appear in their lives one last time as a ghost and give Melmo a jar full of magical candies. The candies have the power to make her 10 years older or younger, as well as turn her into any animal she wants. Using her newfound abilities, Melmo wears various disguises as a 19-year-old woman and looks after her brothers, all while still trying to lead a normal life. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Episodes

26 episodes
  1. 26 Farewell, My Melmo 26 Mar 1972
  2. 25 Babies Make a Great Man Cry 19 Mar 1972
  3. 24 A Whole Lot of Boyfriends 12 Mar 1972
  4. 23 Light & Darkness & Love 5 Mar 1972
  5. 22 I've Been Proposed To! 27 Feb 1972
  6. 21 I Hate My Big Sister! 20 Feb 1972
  7. 20 The Abandoned Tiger Cub 13 Feb 1972
  8. 19 Melmo's First Love 6 Feb 1972
  9. 18 3,650 Days of Fear 30 Jan 1972
  10. 17 The Lonely Jungle 23 Jan 1972
  11. 16 I Am Human! 16 Jan 1972
  12. 15 Melmo and the Sorceror 9 Jan 1972
  13. 14 Substituted! 2 Jan 1972
  14. 13 Christmas Melmo 26 Dec 1971
  15. 12 The Dying Swan/Defend the School Grounds! 19 Dec 1971
  16. 11 Don't Let That Kid Escape! 12 Dec 1971
  17. 10 Secret of the Frog With a Bellybutton 5 Dec 1971
  18. 9 Make Way For Billiken 28 Nov 1971
  19. 8 Mama's Back! 21 Nov 1971
  20. 7 A Night In Lizard Manor 14 Nov 1971
  21. 6 Let's Bully Snow White 7 Nov 1971
  22. 5 Blazing Desert Isle 31 Oct 1971
  23. 4 Prisoner of Chicchaina 24 Oct 1971
  24. 3 Get Those Boys! 17 Oct 1971

Characters & Staff

Information

Japanese ふしぎなメルモ
Studios Tezuka Productions
Source Manga
Licensors None found, add some
Rating 6.6
Broadcast Sundays at 18:30 (JST)
Aired 03 Oct 1971 – 26 Mar 1972
Synonyms Fushigi na Merumo, Marvelous Melmo

Last updated: 04 Sep 2026