Magical Emi, the Magic Star

Magical Emi, the Magic Star (魔法のスターマジカルエミ) is a magical girl anime series by Studio Pierrot. It was simultaneously released as a manga by Kiyoko Arai. The third magical girl series created by Studio Pierrot, Magical Emi also appears in two feature-length OVAs, as well as the Adesugata Mahou no Sannin Musume and Majokko Club Yoningumi A-Kukan Kara no Alien X OVAs.

Plot
Mai Kazuki is from a family of magicians. Her grandparents are leaders of a troupe, Magic Carat, and their daughter — Mai's mother — debuted under them. Naturally, Mai wants to become a magician herself, just like her hero, the fabulous legend Emily Howell. Unfortunately, because she is still a young girl, she is very clumsy and unsure.

One day, while helping her grandfather move things, Mai sees a strange light enter an odd, heart-shaped mirror and turn into a mirror fairy named Topo. He takes over the body of her favorite stuffed toy, a flying squirrel doll, and explains that he must give magic to the one who can see him. He gives her a bracelet with the symbols of the 4 card suits (spade, club, diamond and heart) which produces a magic wand. By waving the wand, Mai becomes Magical Emi, a teenage magician. She stars in her grandparents' shows, and uses magic to help solve problems. But at the end of the day, she wants to become a magician all by herself.

Nakamori family

 * Jouji Yanami as Yosuke Nakamori
 * Mine Atsuko as Haruko Nakamori

Troupe Magic Carat

 * Yū Mizushima as Sho Yuki
 * Maya Okamoto as Yukiko Hirota
 * Sukekiyo Kameyama as Akira Matsuo
 * Kameyama Sukekiyo as Susumi Siozawa
 * Naoki Tatsuta as Topo

Kazuki family

 * Aoki Nana as Yoko Kazuki
 * Rokuro Naya as Junichi Kazuki
 * Yoko Obata as Mai Kazuki/Magical Emi
 * Yūko Mita as Misaki Kazuki

Koganei family

 * Daisuke Gouri as Shigeru Koganei
 * Kazue Ikura as Musashi Koganei
 * Shigeru Chiba as Madoka Kokubunji

Others
Shinya Ohtaki as Akira

Original songs
By Yoko Obata
 * 1) Mysterious Color Happiness (不思議色ハピネス) (OP)
 * 2) * It also frequently appears in the play as a song sung by Emi and Hideaki Tokunaga.
 * 3) Dreaming Only Of You (あなただけDreaming) (ED)
 * 4) Tropical Mermaid (南国人魚姫)
 * 5) *It appears as Emi's new song from episode 32.

Anime
The 38-episode anime series, directed by Takashi Anno and produced by Studio Pierrot, aired from June 7, 1985 to February 28, 1986. The opening theme song is "Fushigi-Iro Happiness" and the ending theme song is "Anata Dake Dreaming", both by Yōko Obata.