Ojamajo Doremi New Video: MAHO-Dō – Ojamajo Carnival!! (おジャ魔女どれみ新作映像 MAHO堂－「おジャ魔女カーニバル!!」, Ojamajo Doremi Shinsaku Eizō MAHO-Dō - `Ojamajo Kānibaru!!'), also known as Ojamajo Doremi 16-20's (おジャ魔女どれみ1620s) or simply Ojamajo Carnival!!, is an animated music video for the song Ojamajo Carnival!! that debuted at an Ojamajo Doremi stage event at AnimeJapan 2024 on March 23rd, 2024, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Ojamajo Doremi franchise.
The video consists of an animated dance choreography in which the main cast — depicted in their designs from the light novel series — are shown dancing while accompanied by the song Ojamajo Carnival!!, originally by MAHO-Dō as the opening theme for the original Ojamajo Doremi TV series.
Toei Animation producer Hiromi Seki has stated that the video is intended as "an opportunity to take Doremi to the next stage" and has announced future plans for the production of a new animated work titled Ojamajo Doremi 16-20, with the format in which the new work is distributed — whether as a TV anime series, online streaming series, or theatrical film — being dependent on the reception of the video.
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The official Ojamajo Doremi 25th anniversary website announced on January 19th, 2024 that a new video would be unveiled during an Ojamajo Doremi stage event at AnimeJapan 2024 on March 23rd, 2024.[1] The production staff for new video were announced on February 29th, 2024, with storyboard by Junichi Sato, direction by Tatsuya Nagamine, as well as character design and supervision by Yoshihiko Umakoshi.[2] The video was officially screened during the "Ojamajo Doremi 25th Anniversary New Video Reveal Presentation" at AnimeJapan 2024 on March 23rd, 2024, before being released on Toei Animation's official Japanese YouTube channel at 16:00 JST following the event.[3]
Following the initial screening at AnimeJapan 2024, Ojamajo Doremi series producer Hiromi Seki, serving as MC at the event, revealed that the dance choreography had been created as a result of the video production, with involvement from the animation staff present at the time, and that the video been produced using both 2D and hand-drawn animation.[4] According to a message from Hiromi Seki, the video is described as "an opportunity to take Doremi to the next stage" and that the reaction to the video would determine the future of Ojamajo Doremi.[5] In addition, Hiromi Seki had also announced future plans for the production of a new animated work — titled Ojamajo Doremi 16-20's — in which both the new and nostalgic Doremi would appear, through clarified that the format in which the work would be distributed — whether as a TV anime series, online streaming series, or theatrical film — was at the time undecided and would be dependent on the reception of the new video.[4]
The official Ojamajo Doremi 25th anniversary account on X (formerly known as Twitter) announced on June 3th, 2024 that the video had exceeded 3 million views on YouTube and that a follow-up video would be released on July 30th to commemorate the milestone.[6] The follow-up video was released on July 30th, 2024 as Ojamajo Doremi New Video: Masami Nakatsukasa – Watashi no Tsubasa, with the official Ojamajo Doremi 25th anniversary website stating that they were now aiming to achieve 5 million views on both videos.[7]
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- Hiromi Seki
- Kyoichi Kameyama
- Tatsuya Nagamine
- Shin Kashiwakuma
- Hisashi Kagawa
- Ihabo Azzamo
- Yusuke Soen
- Masayuki Satō
- Ayaka Tsuji
- Natsuho Iwaida
- Takako Takahashi
- Shinpei Sawa
- Akiko Sugizono
- Seiichi Akitake
- Asami Hayakawa
- Yumiko Yamamoto
- Keisuke Mori
- Yoshiichi Tomita
- PAPALELO
- Youhei Saito
- Ikuto Hiyori
- Toei Phils.
- Yuko Morimoto
- Misa Nishimura
- Riryu Tanaka
- Yukie Yuki
- Yoshiyuki Anzai
- Mayu Kawai
- Kosuke Katsumoto
- Masaya Machida
- Kasumi Nohara
- Momoka Ito
- Atsushi Muroga
- Stimulus Image Co., Ltd.
- Keiichi Oku
- Ojamajo Carnival!! (+2 Version)
- Lyrics: Shoko Omori
- Composition: Tsuyoshi Ike
- Vocals: MAHO-Dō
- Yoshihiro Aso
- Chikako Abe
- Sawai Naoko
- TAVAC Co., Ltd.
- Toei Digital Lab
- Masashi Koyama
- Keisuke Igeta
- Hirotaka Naota
- Shuhei Iwasawa
- Ayaka Shiraishi
- Kenta Ojiri
- Tatsuki Fujiwara
- Atsushi Muroga
- Atsushi Nojima
- Hiroyuki Watanabe
- Toei Animation
Trivia[]
- The initial screening of the video at AnimeJapan2024 was accompanied by a group of live dance performers composed of Ojamajo Doremi fans, who re-enacted the dance sequence on stage in time with the video.[8]
- Despite the song being listed as "Ojamajo Carnival (+2 Version)" in the credits, the version that actually plays during the video is the original recording of Ojamajo Carnival!! from 1999.
- This error was reportedly corrected at the Ojamajo Doremi 25th Anniversary Memorial Exhibition, with the video now actually featuring the "+2 Version" of Ojamajo Carnival!![9]
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- ↑ https://www.doremi-anniv.com/news/2024011902.html
- ↑ https://www.doremi-anniv.com/news/2024022901.html
- ↑ https://x.com/magicalgirlayu/status/1771424198763880689
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://animeanime.jp/article/2024/03/24/83528.html
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3mzMFy3dBg
- ↑ https://x.com/Doremi_staff/status/1797554647881928860
- ↑ https://www.doremi-anniv.com/news/2024073001.html
- ↑ https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1711187187
- ↑ https://x.com/Umekopyon/status/1821782152083804248