Mahōjin Guru Guru
| Magical Circle Guru Guru | |
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魔法陣グルグル (Mahōjin Guru Guru) |
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| Genre | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Hiroyuki Etō |
| Published by | Enix |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Gangan |
| Original run | 1992 – 2003 |
| Volumes | 16 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Nobuaki Nakanishi |
| Studio | Nippon Animation |
| Original network | TV Asahi |
| Original run | 13 October 1994 – 14 September 1995 |
| Episodes | 45 |
| Anime film | |
| Directed by | Nobuaki Nakanishi |
| Studio | Nippon Animation |
| Released | 20 April 1996 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Anime television series | |
| Doki Doki Densetsu Mahōjin Guru Guru | |
| Directed by | Jun Takagi |
| Studio | Nippon Animation |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | 4 April 2000 – 26 December 2000 |
| Episodes | 38 |
Magical Circle Guru Guru (魔法陣グルグル Mahōjin Guru Guru?) is a manga by Hiroyuki Etō, which was serialized in Enix's Monthly Shōnen Gangan from 1992 to 2003. It was later adapted into an anime series on October 13, 1994.
Mahōjin Guru Guru is a light-hearted series aimed at older children; it contains occasional toilet gags and some innuendo that might startle western parents. It also is a parody of early role-playing video games (RPGs), particularly turn-based games such as the Dragon Quest games. The narrator speaks in place of the dialog in such games, and this is one of the comedy elements of the show. Often role-playing videogame-style information boxes are displayed on screen with accompanying narration in the traditional RPG style. The overall goal of the main characters, Nike and Kukuri, is to defeat Giri, the ruler of the darkness. Since the anime is based on an RPG, several side quests need to be completed before they are able to locate him.
A new series based on the manga has been greenlit.
Nike (pronounced Nee-kay) is the "Hero" of the show. Nike's father Bado had always wished to be a Hero but, due to the lack of any great evil to fight against, he had to give his dream up. Still, he made his son undergo hard training as a child in hopes that one day a great evil would arise and Nike could fight it. Because of this Nike is a competent, although cowardly, fighter; like Kukuri he is initially immature and inexperienced. Nike is from Jimina Mura (which translates to Plain Old Village).
Initially Nike wants to be a Wizard as he finds the thought of casting a fireball "cool", though his parents convince him to choose the Hero. He initially thinks that he is of the Hero class, as do others. It is later revealed that he is a Thief. Despite this he can use all the abilities of the Hero class, including Gallant Pose, which only a Hero can do.
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