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is an anime based on the magically transformed version of the Sasami character from the various Tenchi Muyo! series.  The Pretty Sammy OVAs have been dubbed into English by Pioneer USA (before it became Geneon), while the television series (which is also known as Magical Project S) is only available subtitled.  The OAVs and the television series take place in different continuities, although they are similar in many respects.
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Pretty Sammy debut

Magical Girl Pretty Sammy originated not in animation but in voice drama, beginning in 1993 with the release of Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki CD Special 1 (Creation of the Universe Journey Across Space-Time). Here, Washu's newest invention, the Dimensional Controller, is glitched by the girls, creating several parallel Tenchi! worlds. Stories from the drama would later be adapted for Tenchi Universe's "Time and Space Adventures" arc (episodes 11-13). A second CD release, Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki's Christmas, incorporated ideas revisted again in the series, drawing on Tsunami as the source of Pretty Sammy's magical powers.

The music video for "Pretty Sammy, the Magical Girl", originally part of the Tenchi Muyo! Soundfile, marked Pretty Sammy's anime debut. After having a kiss between she and Tenchi interrupted by the villainous Kiyone, Sasami must transform into her magical alter-ego to save her love and teach his kidnappers a lesson. Though the Soundfile was never released officially in the U.S., this short can be seen during the end credits of the Mihoshi Special.

The Mihoshi Special OVA was the first time Sammy was ever featured as a full-fledged character in the animated medium, and after her appearance in Episode 12 of Tenchi Universe (Tenchi Muyo! TV: Time and Space Adventures Part 2) in a costume that more resembles Sailor Moon's than her original outfit, the magical girl would go on to star in OVA specials and television series of her own.

Overview

In the series, Sasami Kawai (河合 砂沙美 Kawai Sasami) is a cute young Japanese girl who is asked by magical queen-to-be Tsunami of Juraihelm to become Magical Girl Pretty Sammy (プリティーサミー), a champion of justice. She is constantly harassed by Pixy Misa (ピクシィミサ), an evil magical girl created by a rival candidate for queen of the magical world, Ramia. Sasami is unaware that Pixy Misa is actually her best friend, Misao Amano (天野美紗緒 Amano Misao), who herself is unaware of the transformation forced on her via hypnosis by Ramia's brother, Rumiya.

Collectively, the various Pretty Sammy vehicles spoof the magical girl (mahō shōjo) genre of anime (particularly Sailor Moon, with the "bishoujo senshi"/"champion of justice" theme), using the characters from AIC's popular Tenchi Muyo! series (where Sasami is known as Sasami Jurai Masaki). Ryo-Ohki (who is a male in both of the Pretty Sammy Series) is Pretty Sammy's assistant and plays the same role that Luna, (of the Sailor Moon series) had done, including keeping the fact he could talk a secret.

There were actually two Pretty Sammy series: A three-episode OVA, followed by the 26-episode TV series Magical Project S. Aficionados of the Tenchi Muyo! OVA series often disparage Magical Project S as being for children, citing such reasons as an episode where Tokyo is attacked by a giant cheesecake. However, Magical Project S has a deeper storyline than the OAVs, especially in the final episodes.

Both the OVAs and the TV series are notable for the quality of the musical tracks. Many of the tracks are hilarious parodies of popular karaoke tunes.

The other major characters of Tenchi Muyo; Tenchi, Washu, Tsunami, Ryoko, Ayeka, Mihoshi, and Kiyone, also appear in different roles in the Pretty Sammy OVAs and (Magical Project S) series.

Major/cameo characters

Major characters

Minor cameos

Other Pretty Sammy characters

Recurring characters

Pretty Sammy OVA's

Chihiro is Sasami's and Tenchi's mother and the owner of the CD Vision music store. She was once a successful pop singer, and she is a huge fan of karaoke, much to Sasami's annoyance, that she had no choice but to sing with her. Her biggest hit song was Ai no Makeikusa (Losing the Fight of Love; Your Hiroshi in the dubbed version), which is featured in the beginning of the first episode, and as the ending theme for the second episode of Pretty Sammy OVA.
Her addiction to karaoke is ceaseless, and she even goes as far as raid the cash register in order to buy a new personal computer (which Chihiro mistakes for a high-tech karaoke machine). When Pixy Misa causes the software to malfunction, she goes into extreme withdrawals. Kiyone and Mihoshi are left dealing with her while Tenchi and Sasami go to Akihabara to look for software, a search that is complicated by Bif Standard's takeover.
She appears again as one of the members of the Team Sexy Mrs. (Team Lovely Madams) in Magical Project S, but she has no relationship with Sasami or Tenchi.
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Yuri, Yuka, and Yuma are Ayeka's servants. Other than providing basic services for Ayeka, such as dragging her carriage around and handling her stuff, they are usually sent out to spy on Ryoko's activities, as Ryoko also has a huge crush on Tenchi as well.

Magical Project S (Pretty Samy TV)

Ginji is Sasami's father in the TV series and seemingly a man of endless talents and abilities. He's an affable man in general, and his love for his wife and daughter is unmatched. Ginji drives Sasami around to places on his motorcycle, even to school. He makes many suave remarks, telling Sasami "good night" in the morning just because he likes the sound of it. Misao finds him a fun person to be around and is a little envious of Sasami getting to be so close with her family.
Although Ginji never catches on to his daughter's identity for most of the series, he often ends up getting involved with helping Pretty Sammy from time to time. Though Ginji has no magical powers, his skills and even his charm often prove useful in many tough situations. In the past, he seems to have been a member of the SWAT team and even has NASA certification for operating a rocket. Sometimes his talents are helpful in combination with Washu's scientific genius, and the two greet each other with "Catherine" and "Johnny" respectively. He also has "Dandy Power", which he used in his fight against the Team Sexy Mrs.
Honoka is Sasami's mother in the TV series and like Ginji has a cheeful and overly-nice personality. Her job is running the CD Vision store which is connected to Sasami's houses. However, Honoka sometimes neglects her job to go play video games, which causes CD sales to plummet. At one point, Sasami's parents expect Pretty Sammy to come by and help the store by putting on a show, which made Sasami very nervous.
Haida is a mean girl in Sasami's class. She has a crush on Hiroto, constantly doting over him and trying to get his affection in a variety of ways. Hiroto just seems to be annoyed with her, though. Konoha also has a dislike of Misao and sometimes says hurtful things to her. In the first episode, she says her goal in life is to conquer the world with her cousin (who clearly resembles Katsuhiko Jinnai from El Hazard).
In one episode when Sasami loses her baton, Konoha comes across it and is able to transform into the magical girl, . The magical baton asks Connie to fight for justice, but she ends up being a failure at it. Instead, Connie ignores all the problems around her and uses it selfishly to get Hiroto to love her. She ends up being extremely disappointed when she finds that the magic can cause Hiroto to love her as Connie but not as Konoha and gives up the baton. Funky Connie's only other appearances are in an episode of the Bonus Theatre where she battles Love-Me Emmy and a short appearance in the Pretty Sammy Movie trailer.
Eimi is a girl who is class rep in Sasami's class. She seems to know the school rules by heart and tries to make sure everyone abides by them. Even in the oddest of situations, and outside of school, she chides people that they are going against "school rules". In the first episode she admits to having dreams of becoming an actress but her voice is shrill, and her singing is later shown to be downright terrible. The class has to keep her quiet when they sing a song together or otherwise she single-handedly ruins it, such as during the School Festival, they first had to tie and gag Eimi during the rehearsal, and then cover Eimi's mouth during the performance.
When Romio arrives on the scene to help Ramia after Pixy Misa's defeat, she takes control of Eimi and causes her to transform into her own champion magical girl, . The monsters she calls are named Lovely Monsters, and she also chides people for breaking school rules like her normal counterpart. She tends to make up rules at her convenience, though, and when she sings her songs (as terrible as her usual self) they are also filled with strange contradictory lyrics. She is nonetheless very powerful and Sammy has to get some help from Oryo (disguised as Cool Red) in order to beat her. Eimi turns to normal again but is unable to transform out of her costume, stuck as a magical girl for the remainder of the series.
Hiroto is an athletic boy in Sasami's class. Along with his friend Kenji, he is one of the first civilians to see Pretty Sammy in action, and they spread the word around school about the big news about the magical girl. Konoha is infatuated with him, but Hiroto does not care for it. When she is Connie, Konoha mentions that she had fallen for him when he chased away a bear with his soccer ball in 2nd grade, something that Hiroto doesn't remember happening.
Much to Konoha's dismay, Hiroto has a slight crush on Misao. He provided some help for Misao at academic endeavors, such as getting her ready to jump over the vaulting horse when she was afraid and also covered for her during the dodge ball battle between Mihoshi and Kiyone's classes. Hiroto is quick to notice Misao's change in confidence later in the series. When it is revealed to him that Misao is really Pixy Misa, he is shocked and also a bit frustrated over not being able to help. Konoha chides him over the fact he got so worked up over a girl who might not like him back.
Kenji is another boy in Sasami's class and a friend of Hiroto. He has squinty eyes and tends to be a comic relief character throughout the series, inserting some kind of joke into the situation. Kenji has an obsession with photographs and often likes to take pictures, particularly of girls in skirts and swimsuits.
Shigeki appeared in both Pretty Sammy series as Misao's father. He is a world-famous composer.
In the OVA series, Shigeki left his wife and his family in a bitter argument, leaving Misao heartbroken. He was seen in Misao's flashbacks.
In the TV series he is shown as a pianist that is traveling the world. Shigeki later came back to visit his family and Misao was happy to be able to see her dad. However when Rumiya had Misao forcibly transform into Pixy Misa for the final time, Shigeki found out that the area that Pixy Misa's giant rose which was causing people to go berserk is where his wife and daughter are. Worried for their safety, Shigeki ran into the city and covered his face to avoid breathing in the rose's pollen. When Misao saw him and Kotoe looking for her, it caused her powers as Pixy Misa to weaken and the transformation immediately canceled out. However, Shigeki had to leave before Misao had a chance to see him. But he was able to complete an uncompleted composition that he left for Misao, which also happened to be named Misao.
However, when Misao was going to be performing the song on a piano for her class's performance in the School Festival, Sasami wanted Shigeki to attend so he could watch Misao perform. As Pretty Sammy, she asked Washu for help and Washu used her connections to locate Shigeki. Sasami tried to master Pretty Teleport to teleport to him. When that didn't work, Sasami was able to teleport a letter instead. After being able to see her father after the festival, Misao told him that she wanted to be a pianist just like him.
Kotoe is Misao's mother and Shigeki's estranged wife, and appears in both series (though she is unnamed in the OAV).
After Shigeki abandoned his family, Kotoe was left in charge of taking care of Misao. Although she seems to be a very busy business woman that is hardly around, she does deeply care about her daughter and works hard to support her.

Minor characters

Music

OAV

Magical Project S

Episode list

Pretty Sammy OVA's

  1. Pretty Sammy, The Magical Girl [Mahô Shôjo Puriti Samî] (25 August 1995)
  2. Revenge of the Imperial Electronic Brain [Dennô teikoku no gyakushû] (25 June 1996)
  3. Super Kiss [Supâ kissu] (24 August 1997)

Magical Project S (Pretty Samy TV)

  1. First Contact (SAMÎ daichi ni satsu! [Sammy Stands on Solid Ground!])
  2. The Crash Course (SAMÎ jigoku dokkun [Sammy's Hellish Crash Course])
  3. Test! Test! Test! (hyaku-ten totsute SUKIYAKI! [100 Points Means Sukiyaki!])
  4. Jump Over the Top! (ano hako o tobe [Skip Over That Box!])
  5. Debut! The Star Sammy (konseiki saigo no AIDORU DEBYÛ [The Last Idol Debut of the Century])
  6. Dodge Ball Battle! (yatsu BÔRU o motaruna! [Don't Let Those Guys Get the Ball!])
  7. Talent for Trouble (tensai no sainô)
  8. Mid Summer Santa (manatsu no SANTA)
  9. The Island of Love-love Monsters (RABU RABU MONSUTÂ no shima)
  10. East vs. West
  11. The Lost Baton (BATON sôshitsu)
  12. The Blue Sky Rangers (kokoro wa istumo aozora sentai [The Heart is Always With the Blue Sky Rangers])
  13. All I Want is You (KIMI ga hoshî [I Want You])
  14. The Fellow Called Boss (banchô to yobareta otoko [The Man Who Was Called "School Gang Leader"])
  15. Baby Sammy (akachan SAMÎ de BABÛ [Baby Sammy, Goo Goo!])
  16. The Team, "Lovely Madams" (senretsu! hitozumatai [Vividness! The Married Women Squad])
  17. Farewell, The Team, "Lovely Madams"! (naku na MISA! saraba hitozumatai [Cry, Misa! Farewell, Married Women Squad])
  18. You are the Sunshine Girl (KIMI wa kôkiatsu shôjo [You're a High-pressure Girl])
  19. The Magic Fades Away (bara no hanabira ga maochita toki, shizuka ni mahô wa kieru [When the Rose Petal Falls, the Magic Will Vanish])
  20. Friends (tomodachi - mitsume au hitomi, tsuna ga reta te - [Friends - Eye to Eye, Hand in Hand])
  21. I'm Glad to Have the Mystic Force (mahô ga atte yokatta [I'm Glad to be Magical])
  22. The Third Magical Girl is Coming! (mahô shôjo kyôshû [Magical Girl Assault])
  23. Goddess of Destruction (hagai no megami)
  24. The Moon Must Be Hell! (tsuki wa jigoku da! [The Moon is Hell!])
  25. New Technology (NT (NYÛ TEKUNOROJÎ) [NT (New Technology)])
  26. Magical Victory (yattane, taishô! koi mo mahô mo SAMÎ ni omakase [At Last, the Grand Victory! Leave the Love and Magic to Sammy])

Voice cast

OVA series

Television series

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