Tokyo Mew Mew
Seen it?2002 | 1 seasons | 24 min | Animation, Kids, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Comedy, Family
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With mixed reviews and a short run with a modest audience, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh, sci-fi fans and action fans.
- The mood
- Light and funny, feel-good.
- The pace
- 1 season: a few weeks of evenings, short, snackable episodes, about 21 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- Rated TV-Y7: scary moments and peril. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
On her first date with the cutest boy in school, Ichigo is zapped by a mysterious ray that scrambles her DNA with that of the endangered Iriomote wildcat. The next day, Ichigo discovers that she has developed the agility (and occasionally the ears and tail) of a cat, as well as the power to transform into a pink-haired superheroine, Mew Ichigo. She and four other girls, each endowed with the genes of a different "Red Data" animal, have been selected for the top-secret Mew Project, which aims to protect the Earth from an alien menace known as Deep Blue.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
Mixed reviews
- AudiencesSolid
7.6 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Ran for 1 season and reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 103K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
- Saki NakajimaIchigo Momomiya / Mew Ichigo (voice)
- Yumi KakazuMint Aizawa / Mew Mint (voice)
- Kumi SakumaLettuce Midorikawa / Mew Lettuce (voice)
- Hisayo MochizukiBu-Ling Huang / Mew Pudding (voice)
- Junko NodaZakuro Fujiwara / Mew Zakuro / Masha (voice)
- Megumi OgataMasaya Aoyama (voice)
- Koichi TochikaRyo Shirogane (voice)
- Hikaru MidorikawaKeiichiro Akasaka (voice)
- Daisuke SakaguchiKish (voice)
- Nobutoshi CannaPai (voice)