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マイマイ新子と千年の魔法

Mai-Mai Miracle

The story is set in 1955 in Kokuga, Hofu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. One thousand years ago it was the site of the ancient capital, Suo no Kuni, and traces of the Heian Period (year 794-1185) are passed down to us in the form of ruins and historical place names. The protagonist is Shinko, a third grade elementary school student, who was born and raised in one of the town's venerable families. She is a little girl whose characteristic is a strange curl on her forehead (she calls it her "Mai Mai"), and her love for playing in the fields. On the other hand, her secret joy is to imagine and to daydream about the world of one thousand years ago. Her fantasies travel far into the days of the Heian Period… One day, a girl called Kiiko transfers from Tokyo and enters Shinko's class. This girl from the big city has difficulty feeling at home in this small town, but gradually her friendship with Shinko deepens. Before long, the two of them become engulfed in a strange incident of one thousand years earlier...?!

Names

Originalマイマイ新子と千年の魔法 (japanese)
RomajiMai Mai Shinko to Sennen no Mahou
EnglishMai-Mai Miracle
Chinese新子與千年魔法 (traditional · via wikidata)
Also known asMai Mai Shinko and the Millennium-Old Magic · Shinko ghiribizzo e la magia millenaria

Facts

FormatFeature film · 1 ep · 93 min · 2h total
Aired2009-08-15 (Summer 2009)
StatusFINISHED
StudioMADHOUSE
SourceNovel
OriginJapan (Anime)
GenresAdventureDramaSlice of Life
ThemesPrimarily Child CastRuralFemale ProtagonistHistoricalFamily LifeComing of AgeSchool

Reception

Community score7.16 / 10
Bayesian score7.36 / 10
Composite52.6
On lists6,155
Favourited55 (0.9%)
Completion91.0%
Drop rate2.0%
In backlog58.1%
Score spread σ1.56

Score distribution

18213312455513862907526839492421097

Where it places

CohortValueTierRank
Broadcast seasonSummer 2009C15 of 56
Year2009C68 of 261
Source materialNovelC77 of 170
StudioMADHOUSEC101 of 229
EraLate 2000sC292 of 1,149
FormatFeature filmD507 of 997
LengthMovieD507 of 997
Season (all years)SummerC518 of 1,662
GenreAdventureC577 of 1,534
GenreSlice of LifeC715 of 1,578
GenreDramaD968 of 1,917
OriginJapanC2,347 of 7,157

Key staff

DirectorSunao Katabuchi
Character designShigeto Tsuji
MusicShusei Murai, mooki, Kozue Okada
Original creatorTakagi Nobuko

AniList id 5084 · MAL id 5084 · record updated 2026-08-26