Saint Tail

Saint Tail
怪盗 セイント・テール (Kaitō Seinto Tēru)
Genre	Magical girl, Kaitō, Romance
Manga
Written by	Megumi Tachikawa
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA Tokyopop (former)
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Nakayoshi
Original run	October 1995 – December 1996
Volumes	7
Anime television series
Directed by	Osamu Nabeshima
Music by	Hayato Matsuo
Studio	Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Licensed by	US Tokyopop
Original network	ABC
English network	PH RPN Network
Original run	12 October 1995 – 12 September 1996
Episodes	43 (List of episodes)

Saint Tail (怪盗セイント・テール, Kaitō Seinto Tēru^?, Mysterious Thief Saint Tail) is a phantom thief magical girl manga and anime series. Originally a twenty-four part manga by Megumi Tachikawa, the story was adapted into an anime television series by producer Tokyo Movie Shinsha, with forty-three episodes and one short, broadcast by ABC. Tokyopop translated the manga series, and subtitled and partially dubbed the anime series.

Video Games were released for the Sega Saturn and Sega Game Gear in Japan, and are considered collectors items by Saint Tail fans.

The Tokyopop book summary states that it is "Robin Hood meets Sailor Moon!"

The story of Saint Tail follows a simple formula: schoolgirl Meimi Haneoka transforms into the mysterious thief Saint Tail, and steals back what was stolen or taken dishonestly. She's assisted by a classmate and sister-in-training, Seira Mimori, whose position in the church after school each day allows her to hear the troubles of those who have been wronged and have come to pray to God.

While Saint Tail steals to right the wrongs done to innocent people, she's a thief to the police force. Her classmate Daiki Asuka Jr., called Asuka Jr., and son of Detective Asuka, is hot on her trail. Saint Tail delivers notices of her planned capers to Asuka Jr., to give him a fair chance to catch her.

Only the first four volumes (15 episodes) were dubbed to English. Volumes 5-8 were released on DVD with English subtitles only.

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