Magical Witch Punie-chan (2024)

Magical Witch Punie-chan (大魔法峠, Dai Mahō-Tōge), also known as The Great Magical Gap, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hideki Ohwada. e title Dai Mahō-Tōge (大魔法峠, "The Pass of the Great Magic") is a pun on The Sword of Doom (大菩薩峠, Dai-bosatsu Tōge, "The Pass of the Great Buddha"), a 1966 jidaigeki movie. The anime was released in the U.S. on October 21, 2008 by Media Blasters as a subtitled release and was later released with an English dub as well as the original Japanese audio on June 28, 2011 in a special edition.

Synopsis[]

Punie is next in line to become queen of Magical Land. However, she must spend a year on Earth before she can inherit the throne, so she transfers into a school in Japan. She's usually a sweet and gentle girl... that is unless someone does something to displease her, then she'll drop the act. She won't hesitate to whip out her magic stick and cheerfully rain bloody destruction down on the hapless fool, or barring that, simply use brutal wrestling moves to punish them. Accompanied by her animal mascot Paya-tan, who makes regular attempts on her life (still bitter about being defeated and then forcibly recruited from WakuWaku Mascot Village), and forced to fend off random attacks by various people from her Kingdom who all have different reasons for wanting her dead, she must complete this year of training on Earth without fail.

Publication Books[]

A manga series written and illustrated by Hideki Ohwada. It has been serialized on Ace MomoGumi (Vol. 1 - 2) and transfer to Monthly Shōnen Ace (Vol. 3 - 4).

Character[]

The protagonist and, according to flashbacks, the antagonist of the story, Punie has come to Japan in order to prove herself worthy of becoming the next Queen of Magical Land. At first glance, she appears to be a pretty, pretty girl, but in her true nature, she is a ruthless and ruthless Machiavellian who believes that “power is justice." She hates democracy and cabbage field dolls.

To win, she will not choose any means, and will even use magic to commit blackmail, subterfuge, and even get down on her knees if necessary. Many of them are haunted by Shogun-level grudges that would kill a normal person in an instant. Her name is a pun on Kunie Tanaka, a famous actor (not an actress). It is also revealed in her battle with Elise that she can freely dislocate her shoulders as and when required.

Abilities[]

"~ Lyrical Tokarev, Kill Them All!!!"

― Punie Tanakai

As the princess of Magical Land who is next in line of the throne, she has many enemies whom she defeats with her submission maneuvers and magic powers. Incidentally, she is better at submissions in the name of physical language than at magic. Nevertheless, both bare-handed and weapon attacks are strong enough.

The magic spell is “Lyrical Tokarev, Kill Them All”. The rod can also transform into a three-sectioned club and has been used for hanging. Also, because of the very low level of education in the Kingdom of Holy Magic, she is not very good at studying (college level at the sixth level of 99). She is a realist who will not choose any means to an end, buts he is so big that you want to go along with her. She is popular in another sense because she is belligerent and has a strong mentality that makes you want to say, “Are you really a girl?."

"Can you call yourself a king without being able to control even one or two retainers aiming for your life?"

― Punie Tanakai

Punie may seem young and innocent, but when threatened (and she feels threatened very easily) she quickly becomes violent and aggressive. She maintains the image of a cute and carefree girl on the front, hiding her true nature as a ruthless witch who has no second thoughts killing people, unicorns and vegetables or to make use of her friends to achieve her aim.

She sometimes fights with magic like a magical girl, but in reality she believes that “power is justice,” and when she sees that magic does not work on her opponents, she crushes them thoroughly with joint attacks (physical language), which is her forte. She says, “Striking is the art of a champion,” and “submission is the art of a champion."

"Hana-ken Shu-fu, such as striking system! Joint techniques are the skills of champions!!"

― Punie Tanakai

Punie is an expert on applying submission holds, believing in this particular branch of infighting technique as the 'true way of the royalty'. She prefaces the name of her submission maneuvers with "Princess" such as the "Princess Head Lock" or "Princess Figure Four Leg Lock".

TV Anime[]

Each DVD volume contains two 15-minute episodes (the first edition includes CDs of “Touge no Radio” and “Hoso Banned Song” and “Punie's Homecoming” as video extras; only the first volume comes with a box to hold all the episodes). The original work's strong gags by Owada are made even more intense with the addition of Tsutomu Mizushima's poisonous direction. It also has more parody material than the original work.

• Staff
  • Original Story - Hideki OHWADA
  • Director/Screenplay - Tsutomu MIZUSHIMA
  • Character Design - Satoshi Isono
  • Art Director - Toru Koga (Episodes 1 - 4, 7, 8), Ayumi Takasaki (Episodes 5, 6), Seiko Akashi (Episodes 7, 8), Yuya Kusumoto (Episodes 1 - 6)
  • Color Designer - Shigenobu Kaibon
  • Director of Photography - Yoshihiro Sekiya
  • Editing - Yuji Oka
  • Sound Director - Miwa IWANAMI
  • Music - Takagi Ryuji
  • Music Producer - KAWASE Akira
  • Animation Production - Studio Barcelona
  • Producers - KAWASE Kohei, IHIRA Takaya, SATOMI Tetsuro
  • Production Producer - SUGA Nobuyuki
  • Production - “The Great Magical Gap” Production Committee (Geneon Entertainment, Toshiba Entertainment)
  • Distributor - Toshiba Entertainment, Geneon Entertainment

As an advance broadcast, episodes 1 and 2 were aired on Anime TV on March 18, 2006 (date on tvk). It was also streamed online on BIGLOBE Stream from March 20 to March 27, 2006.

Episodes 3 and 4 were streamed online on animate TV on June 17, 2006 and on BIGLOBE stream from June 19 to June 26, 2006. Episodes 5 and 6 will be available on animate TV on October 14, 2006, and on BIGLOBE Stream from October 16, 2006 to October 23, 2006.

External Link[]

• TV Anime "Magical Witch Punie-chan" Official Website
• Magical Witch Punie-chan ─ Wikipedia JP
• Magical Witch Punie-chan ─ Wikipedia EN

Trivia[]

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