Persia, the Magic Fairy

Persia, the Magic Fairy
Illustration of Riki and Gaku Muroi with Persia Hayami by Yoshiyuki Kishi
魔法の妖精ペルシャ (Mahō no Yōsei Perusha)
Genre	Magical girl
Anime television series
Directed by	Takashi Anno (Chief Director)
Produced by	Toru Horikoshi Minoru Ohno Masaaki Fusekawa
Written by	Sukehiro Tomita
Music by	Kōji Makaino
Studio	Studio Pierrot
Original network	Nippon Television (and other NNS stations)
Original run	July 6, 1984 – May 31, 1985
Episodes	48
Manga
Persia ga Suki!
Written by	Takako Aonuma
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Weekly Margaret
Original run	January 1984 – November 1985
Volumes	9
Original video animation
Persia, the Magic Fairy: Merry-go-Round
Directed by	Takashi Anno (Chief Director)
Music by	Kōji Makaino
Studio	Studio Pierrot
Released	September 25, 1987

Persia, the Magic Fairy(魔法の妖精 ペルシャ, Mahō no Yōsei Perusha^?) is a 48 episode magical girl anime series by Studio Pierrot which aired on Nippon Television from July 1984 to May 1985 in order to compete with Nippon Sunrise's Giant Gorg, which also aired on the station. In addition to the TV series, two OVAs were released, and the main character, Persia, also appeared in two other Studio Pierrot special presentations. A manga adaptation by Takako Aonuma titled Persia ga Suki! was released at the same time as the anime series. This was the second of five magical girl anime to be created by Studio Pierrot, and featured the character designs of Akemi Takada. Yoshiyuki Kishi, who did the character designs for Pierrot's next magical girl series Magical Emi, the Magic Star, is also credited as the series's character designer and animation director.

11-year old Persia is an energetic, caring, loyal and happy young girl who has grown up alongside the animals on the Serengeti plains of Africa wearing only a leopard skin. Twins Riki and Gaku Muroi and their grandfather, Gōken, bring Persia to Japan with them in Minato-machi (lit. Port Town), where she lives with a couple who own a grocery store. During an incident during the return flight to Japan, Persia finds herself in the "Lovely Dream", the land where dreams are born and grow. It is a wintry place, and dreams cannot get out. The Fairy Queen appears before Persia in the form of a butterfly, and explains that the Lovely Dream is in danger, requesting Persia's help. She gives Persia a magical golden headband with a star which reacts to the word "Papurikko". With it, Persia can conjure a magic baton which bridges her world and Lovely Dream, as well as transform into an older self by saying "Perukko Raburin Kurukuru Rinkuru". She is sent with three kappa back into the regular world with the mission of collecting love energy to thaw the frozen Lovely Dream.