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Hime-chan's Ribbon (TV)

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Alternative title:
Hime-chan no Ribbon (Japanese)
Un fiocco per sognare, un fiocco per cambiare (Italian)
姫ちゃんのリボン (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, magic, romance
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Erika, the princess of the Magic Kingdom has come to Earth in order to find a human girl who looks just like her. That girl turns out to be Himeko Nonohara, a tomboy's tomboy. Erika must give Himeko a magical item she has created in order to prove her worth as a successor to the crown. Himeko must test this item, a hair ribbon that allows her to transform into any other person she sees, to see if it is worthy. The series follows Himeko's adventures and her budding romance with Daichi, the boy who discovers her secret.
User Ratings: 89 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 8 votes (sub:8)
 Excellent: 12 votes (sub:12)
 Very good: 30 votes (sub:28, raw:2)
 Good: 13 votes (sub:12, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Decent: 14 votes (sub:13, ?:1)
 So-so: 4 votes (sub:3, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 217 users, rank: #3654 (of 9508)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.213 (Good+), std. dev.: 2.025, rank: #2842 (of 9647)
Weighted mean: 7.308 (Good+), rank: #2338 (of 9647) (seen all: 7.75 / seen some: 6.86 / won't finish: 4.89)
Bayesian estimate: 7.331 (Good+), rank: #2009 (of 7268)
Running time: 22 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 61
Episode titles: We have 61
Vintage: 1992-10-02 to 1993-12-03
Opening Theme:
"Egao no Genki (笑顔のゲンキ; The Energy of Your Smile)" by SMAP
Ending Theme:
#1: "Bura Bura Sasete (ブラブラさせて; Swing Me)" by SMAP (eps 1-31)
#2: "Hajimete no Natsu (はじめての夏; The First Summer)" by SMAP (eps 32-53)
#3: "Kimi wa Kimi da yo (君は君だよ; You're You)" by SMAP (eps 54-61)
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 3
Review:
Hime Chan's Ribbon (Jan 1, 1970)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hatsuki Tsuji
Series Composition: Takashi Yamada
Script:
Hiroshi Toda (16 episodes
eps 3, 6-7, 11-12, 19, 22-28 even, 31, 38-39, 53, 59-60
)

Masaaki Sakurai (5 episodes
eps 37, 42-43, 50, 58
)

Miharu Hirami (eps 34, 40, 55)
Ryousuke Takahashi (6 episodes
eps 45-46, 51-52, 56-57
)

Shigeru Yanagawa (6 episodes
eps 27, 33, 35, 41, 47, 54
)

Shunichi Yukimuro (eps 5, 10, 16)
Takashi Yamada (18 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 8-9, 13-14, 17-18, 21, 23, 25, 30, 32, 44, 48-49, 61
)

Tomoko Konparu (4 episodes
eps 15, 20, 29, 36
)

Storyboard:
Hatsuki Tsuji (11 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 15, 32, 45-46, 51-52, 56-57
)

Hiroaki Sakurai (10 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 19, 25, 31, 38, 48, 58, 61
)

Hitoyuki Matsui (eps 37, 47, 60)
Kazuki Akane (eps 35, 41)
Kyou Ogiwara (eps 43, 53)
Masato Namiki (ep 13)
Shinji Sakai (5 episodes
eps 5, 11, 17, 23, 28
)

Sho Yuki (6 episodes
eps 21, 26, 33, 40, 49, 55
)

Takashi Yamazaki (4 episodes
eps 27, 30, 39, 44
)
 
Yorifusa Yamaguchi (4 episodes
eps 22, 34, 50, 59
)

Yoshihiro Takamoto (6 episodes
eps 6, 10, 14, 18, 24, 29
)

Yukina Hiiro (eps 4, 9)
Yūzō Satō (4 episodes
eps 16, 20, 42, 54
)

Episode Director:
Hatsuki Tsuji (9 episodes
eps 1, 8, 15, 45-46, 51-52, 56-57
)

Hiroaki Sakurai (10 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 19, 25, 31, 38, 48, 58, 61
)

Hitoyuki Matsui (7 episodes
eps 9, 16, 32, 37, 47, 54, 60
)

Kazuki Akane (eps 35, 41)
Masato Namiki (ep 13)
Shinji Sakai (6 episodes
eps 3, 5, 11, 17, 23, 28
)

Sho Yuki (6 episodes
eps 21, 26, 33, 40, 49, 55
)

Takashi Yamazaki (4 episodes
eps 27, 30, 39, 44
)
 
Tomomitsu Matsukawa (ep 42)
Yorifusa Yamaguchi (6 episodes
eps 20, 22, 34, 36, 50, 59
)

Yoshihiro Takamoto (6 episodes
eps 6, 10, 14, 18, 24, 29
)

Yukina Hiiro (ep 4)
Yukio Okazaki (eps 43, 53)
Music: Kenji Kawai
Original Manga: Megumi Mizusawa
Character Design: Hajime Watanabe
Art Director: Shichirō Kobayashi
Chief Animation Director: Hajime Watanabe
Animation Director:
Chi Man Park (ep 14)
Hajime Watanabe (15 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 17, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35, 39, 42, 45, 51, 56, 60
)

Hideaki Matsuoka (ep 21)
Keisuke Masunaga (eps 4, 9)
Kōki Sugawara (eps 37, 43, 53)
Kunihiko Natsume (ep 16)
Masayuki Onji (10 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 19, 25, 31, 38, 48, 58, 61
)

Sayuri Ichiishi (ep 49)
Shin'ei Sou (eps 20, 34)
Shojuro Yamauchi (16 episodes
eps 5, 8, 13, 18, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 40, 44, 46, 52, 55, 57, 61
)

Yoko Konishi (10 episodes
eps 3, 10, 15, 22, 28, 41, 47, 50, 54, 59
)

Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Director of Photography: Yasunori Hayama
Producer:
Akio Wakana (Studio Gallop)
Mutsuo Shimizu (TV Tokyo)
Yoko Matsushita (NAS)

Planning: Yoshiro Kataoka (Asatsu)
Production Assistant: Ryousuke Takahashi (Akabanten)
Theme Song Performance: SMAP
Ikue Ōtani as Himeko Nonohara

Ikue Ōtani as Erika
Kazue Ikura as Pokota
Rin Mizuhara as Hikaru Hibino
Takehito Koyasu as Sei Arisaka
Yū Daiki as Daichi Kobayashi

Akemi Okamura as Yumiko
Akiko Hiramatsu as Girl (ep 23)
Akiko Yajima as Masako
Arihiro Hase as Shinoyama
Atsushi Goto as Lysia
Chika Sakamoto as Masshi
Chisa Yokoyama as
Emi Hasekura
Itou
Yumeko Nonohara
Eken Mine as
Erika's Father (the king)
Principal
Fumihiko Tachiki as Producer
Hiroshi Tamai as Oka
Junpei Yamaguchi as Daichi's father
Kappei Yamaguchi as
Boy (ep 7)
Rescue worker (ep 15)
Student (ep 35)
Kasuga Satou as Chappi
Katsuaki Arima as Takashima
Katsuyo Endou as
Augista
Augusta
Manami Mori
Kei Hayami as
Hanako Nonohara (eps 30-31)
Yoko Gori
Kikuko Inoue as Hatsune sensei
Kiyoyuki Yanada as Matsukawa
Koji Kurose as Kantarou
Masahiro Anzai as President
Masami Kikuchi as Hiroshi
Masami Toyoshima as Criminal C (ep 8)
Masamichi Satō as Tarou Nonohara
Michihiro Ikemizu as Shigeo Gori (teacher)
Mika Doi as
Erika's mother (the queen)
Narration
Minami Takayama as
Icchan (Kamikura Ichiko)
July
Shintarou Kobayashi
Mitsuaki Madono as Tetsu Takada
Naoki Makishima as
Kogure
Manager (ep 29)
Tachibana
Natsumi Sasaki as
Daichi's mother
Yuka's Aunt
Noboru Mashiro as Hosshi
Nobuo Tobita as Okada
Rikako Aikawa as Sayuri Goto
Rin Mizuhara as Robelia
Ritsuo Sawa as Gonzo Onigawara (ep 28)
Shō Saitō as Daichi's grandmother
Takeshi Aono as Kumosuke
Terue Nunami as Gin
Tomoko Seto as Pink
Toshihiko Nakajima as
Shiba
Toy shop owner (ep 30)
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi as Kouichi Hasekura
Yoshiko Kamei as Shigemi (ep 30)
Yū Daiki as Camille
Yūji Ueda as Kurasawa
Yūko Kobayashi as Mayuri Hoshino
Yūko Sasaki as
Hanako Nonohara
Lady (ep 24)
Yumi Touma as
Pochi
Puppy (ep 35)
Yuka Hijiri
Yuri Amano as English teacher
Yuri Shiratori as Aiko Nonohara
Yūzō Mikawa as
Daichi's grandfather
Len
Producer (ep 20)
Ren

Japanese companies
Animation Production: Gallop
Broadcaster: TV Tokyo
Production:
NAS
Shueisha
TV Tokyo
Italian staff
Italian cast
Synchronization: Giancarlo Martino
Theme Song Composition: Franco Fasano
Theme Song Lyrics: Alessandra Valeri Manera
Theme Song Performance: Cristina D'Avena
Claudio Ridolfo as Daichi Kobayashi / Dai Dai
Elisabetta Spinelli as Himi / Himeko Nonohara

Alessandra Karpoff as Marzia
Antonio Paiola as President
Claudio Moneta as Simone (1st voice)
Dania Cericola as Yuka
Daniela Fava as Isabel
Diego Sabre as Himi's father
Donatella Fanfani as Stefano
Federica Valenti as Erica
Graziella Porta as Scopina
Lara Parmiani as Jucci / Yumeko Nonohara
Marcella Silvestri as Annie / Aiko Nonohara
Mario Scarabelli as
Daichi's father
Professor
Monica Bonetto as Simone (2nd voice)
Nadia Biondini as Monica / Manami Mori (2nd voice)
Patrizia Scianca as Amina / Hanako Nonohara
Patrizio Prata as Hermes
Pietro Ubaldi as Pocotà
Roberta Gallina Laurenti as Ilaria / Hikaru Hibino
Tony Fuochi as King of Mages
Veronica Pivetti as
Daichi's mother
Monica / Manami Mori (1st voice)
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Canale 5 (from July 1996)
Hiro (from 8 May 2010)
Italia 1 (from May 1997)
Rete 4
Distributor: Medusa Film (VHS)
Dubbing: DENEB Film

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