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Katie is a cheerful and energetic eighth grader. When it comes to
boys, however, she is hopelessly shy.
One day, on her way home from school, Katie walks into a mysterious
shop and buys a colorful cocoa mug. When she reaches home, she casually
peeks into the bottom of the mug and discovers an engraved note, which
says, "If you read this message aloud while pouring hot cocoa
into the mug, a love fairy ("muglox") will appear and grant
your every wish." The skeptical but curious Katie follows the
directions and announces her wish to date Dylan, the class heartthrob.
Suddenly, the adorable blue Mirmo appears! We soon find out, however,
that this cute little muglox would rather eat chocolate and create
mischief than help Katie.
Mirmo, it seems, is prince of the muglox world. Horrified at the prospect
of having to marry Rima, his princess bride-to-be, Mirmo has escaped
the muglox world. Hot on his heels, however, are Rima, Yatch the bounty
hunter, and a cast of hundreds of muglox ranging from the good to
the bad to the nutty. This gang of adorable troublemakers will see
to it that school life for Katie and her friends is never the same
. . .
"Mirmo" first achieved enormous popularity in Japan in 2001
when it was launched as a serialized comic in Shogakukan's leading
girls' manga "Ciao." "Mirmo was then launched as an
animated series on TV Tokyo in April of 2002. It has since achieved
massive success in Japan, winning Kodansha's 27th annual "Children's
Group" manga award, as well as TV Tokyo's award for top-rated
new program in 2003.
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