Powerpuff Girls Z

Powerpuff Girls Z
Cover of the first DVD volume featuring anime versions of Buttercup, Blossom, Mojo Jojo, and Bubbles
出ましたっ!パワパフガールズZ (Demashita! Pawapafu Gāruzu Zetto)
Genre	Magical girl
Anime television series
Directed by	Megumu Ishiguro
Written by	Yoshio Urasawa
Studio	Toei Animation Aniplex
Licensed by	Ocean Productions
Original network	TV Tokyo (2006–2007) Cartoon Network
English network	PH Cartoon Network, Boomerang
Original run	July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2007
Episodes	52 (List of episodes)
Manga
Written by	Shiho Komiyuno
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Ribon
Original run	July 2006 – June 2007
Volumes	2
Game
Game de Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z
Developer	Infinity
Publisher	Namco Bandai Games BAM! Entertainment
Genre	Party
Platform	Nintendo DS
Released	June 14, 2007

Powerpuff Girls Z (Japanese: 出ましたっ!パワパフガールズZ, Hepburn: Demashita! Pawapafu Gāruzu Zetto^?, lit. They're Here! Powerpuff Girls Z), known in some other countries as PPGZ for short, is a Japanese magical girl anime series directed by Megumu Ishiguro, based on the American animated television series The Powerpuff Girls. The anime is co-produced by Cartoon Network Japan and Aniplex and was animated and produced by Toei Animation, featuring character design by Miho Shimogasa (Cutie Honey Flash, Ultra Maniac). As production occurred in Japan, Craig McCracken, the original creator of The Powerpuff Girls, was not directly involved with the project.

The 52-episode series aired in Japan on TV Tokyo between July 1, 2006, and June 30, 2007. It also aired on AT-X and on Cartoon Network in Japan. An English-dubbed version produced by The Ocean Group aired by Cartoon Network Philippines on their Boomerang channel in 2008. A manga of the same name by Shiho Komiyuno ran in Shueisha's Ribon magazine between July 2006 and June 2007.