Powerpuff Girls Z
2006 anime series based on The Powerpuff Girls / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Powerpuff Girls Z (Japanese: 出ましたっ!パワパフガールズZ, Hepburn: Demashita! Pawapafu Gāruzu Zetto, lit. They're Here! Powerpuff Girls Z) is a 2006 Japanese anime television series created to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Toei Animation. Planned by Cartoon Network and produced by TV Tokyo, Aniplex, and Toei Animation, the series is directed by Iku Ishiguro, with Yoshio Urasawa handling series scripts, Miho Shimogasa (character designer of Cutie Honey Flash and Ultra Maniac and one of the animation directors of Sailor Moon) designing the characters and Hiroshi Nakamura and Taichi Master composing the music.[1] The anime is based on the 1998 American animated television series The Powerpuff Girls, created by Craig McCracken and produced by Cartoon Network.
Powerpuff Girls Z | |
出ましたっ!パワパフガールズZ (Demashita! Pawapafu Gāruzu Zetto) | |
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Genre | Magical girl |
Created by | Craig McCracken |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Iku Ishiguro |
Produced by |
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Written by | Yoshio Urasawa |
Music by |
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Studio | Toei Animation |
Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
English network | |
Original run | July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2007 |
Episodes | 52 (78 segments) (List of episodes) |
Manga | |
Written by | Shiho Komiyuno [ja] |
Published by | Shueisha |
Magazine | Ribon |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | July 3, 2006 – June 2, 2007 |
Volumes | 2 |
Video game | |
Game de Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z | |
Developer | Infinity |
Publisher | Namco Bandai Games |
Genre | Party |
Platform | Nintendo DS |
Released | June 14, 2007 |
As production occurred in Japan, The Powerpuff Girls original series creator Craig McCracken was not actively involved with the project. Powerpuff Girls Z aired in Japan on TV Tokyo between July 2006 and June 2007. In addition to Cartoon Network Japan, the anime was also broadcast on AT-X.[2][3] A manga adaptation by Shiho Komiyuno ran in Shueisha's Ribon magazine between July 2006 and June 2007.
The anime's English-language adaptation was produced in association with Ocean Productions in Canada. It was aired on Cartoon Network in the Philippines and Boomerang in Australia and New Zealand in 2008. Despite owning the IP rights to it, the anime series never aired on Cartoon Network or its sister channel Boomerang in the United States.