Sally the Witch

Sally the Witch
Sally, the Witch (Mahōtsukai Sally) in 1966
魔法使いサリー (Mahōtsukai Sarī)
Genre	Magical girl, Comedy
Manga
Written by	Mitsuteru Yokoyama
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Ribon
Original run	July 1966 – 1967
Volumes	1
Anime television series
Directed by	Toshio Katsuta Hiroshi Ikeda
Studio	Toei Animation
Original network	NET (later TV Asahi)
Original run	5 December 1966 – 30 December 1968
Episodes	109
Anime television series
Sally the Witch 2
Directed by	Osamu Kasai
Studio	Toei Animation
Original network	TV Asahi
Original run	9 October 1989 – 23 September 1991
Episodes	88
Anime film
Directed by	Osamu Kasai
Studio	Toei Animation
Released	10 March 1990
Runtime	27 minutes

Sally the Witch (魔法使いサリー, Mahōtsukai Sarī^?) also known as Sunny the Witch is one of the popular anime magical girls of what eventually become a genre in Japan. Due to its characteristics, may be considered the first anime shōjo as well.

The 1989 season of Sally the Witch is a popular new update of the original version and made it Sally the Witch 2 which is like Himitsu no Akko-Chan 2 and Sailor Moon but developed in TV Asahi.

The theme song has a genre of Dixieland (or in the 1989 is 80's electro or the 2000s is J-Pop).

Sally is the witch princess of the Magic Kingdom who longs to visit the mortal realm — presumably to make friends of her own age. One day, by mistake Sally teleports to the "mid world" (Earth), where she uses her magic to fend off a couple of burglars menacing two schoolgirls. Immediately befriended by her new acquaintances — tomboyish Yoshiko Hanamura (known affectionately as "Yotchan") and girly Sumire Kasugano — Sally decides to stay on indefinitely, leading to mischief. As with Samantha Stevens in Bewitched, Sally tries to keep her supernatural abilities secret, assuming the role of a human child.

In the final episode, Sally's grandma informs her she must return to the Magic Kingdom. Before leaving, Sally tries to tell her friends about her origins, but no one will believe her. Then her elementary school catches on fire, and Sally uses her magic to put it out. Her powers thus exposed, Sally's time to leave has finally come. She waves farewell to her friends, and returns to the Magic Kingdom.

Being so popular in Japan, mostly the same way as classic Hanna-Barbera characters are in America, a second series was produced 20 years later. The second series continues a few years after the original ending, and finishes with the Original video animation Sally the Witch: Mother's Love is Eternal, in which, at the end, Sally finally becomes the ruler Queen of the Magic Kingdom, but worries about leaving her friends behind.