Märchen Mädchen

"Märchen Mädchen" (メルヘン・メドヘン, Maerchen Maedchen) is a media mix work by Tomohiro Matsu, StoryWorks, and Kantoku. Started in 2014 as a media mix project including original TV animation, with the scenario draft by Matsu and the illustration by Kantoku. Matsu died suddenly in May 2016, but the creative group StoryWorks, of which Matsu was the representative, continued the project in the form of taking over Matsu's manuscript  . In February 2017, a novel was published by Dash X Bunko ( Shueisha ) as the first project, and comics were serialized in "Jump Square" (Shueisha) from the November 2017 issue to the June 2018 issue. TV animation was broadcast from January to March 2018 and April 2019 (details will be described later).

The theme is "story". It depicts girls encountering, spinning, and growing their own "story" while feeding on various events that occur as a result of being involved in the "story."

Synopsis
The series revolves around Hazuki Kagimura, a socially challenged high school girl who loves stories since childhood. Whenever her life with her new family doesn't play the right cards for her, she instead indulges into the stories she borrows from the local library. One day while returning, she finds a book which she doesn't recall borrowing. She later bumps into a strange, hooded woman who she recognizes as the mage from her stories.

While following the woman back to the library to return her belongings, she finds her opening a portal into another world, in which Hazuki gets mysteriously sucked into. Waking up, she finds herself in a mysterious school which is unfamiliar to her. The hooded woman reveals herself to be Shizuka Tsuchimikado, who tells Hazuki that she is in a magic school where girls known as 'madchen' are chosen by magical texts from which the world's stories are born. She also tells Hazuki that she herself has been chosen by the book of Cinderella, and has now become a madchen. In order to master her new abilities and become a full-fledged mage, Hazuki must endure grueling tests and get used to the campus. Thus, her new school life, filled with fantasy and magic, begins.

Novel:
"Wikipedia (EN) Information here:"
 * Tomohiro Matsu / StoryWorks, Shueisha < Dash X Bunko >, 4 volumes already published (as of April 25, 2018)
 * "Märchen Medhen", released on February 24, 2017 - ISBN 978-4-08-631171-7
 * "Märchen Medhen 2", released on July 25, 2017 - ISBN 978-4-08-631193-9
 * "Märchen Medhen 3", released on December 22, 2017 - ISBN 978-4-08-631218-9
 * "Märchen Medhen 4", released on April 25, 2018 - ISBN 978-4-08-631238-7
 * Audio Drama Download Limited Edition with Serial Code   ISBN 978-4-08-631228-8
 * Nekise Ise / Manimani Ax Nada / Yuji Keino (Author), Tomohiro Matsu / StoryWorks (Original), Kantoku (Illustration), Kei Hayashi (Frontispiece, Illustration) "Marchen Medhen Fest -The Day Before Magical Girls-" ], Released on February 23, 2018 - ISBN 978-4-08-631229-5

Manga:
"Wikipedia (JP) Information here:"Serialized in " Jump Square " (Shueisha) from the November 2017 issue to the June 2018 issue. It is comicalized up to the qualifying with the national coalition. Takatoshi Nakamura is in charge of the storyboard composition, and Kiyotsugu Yamagata is in charge of the manga.
 * Tomohiro Matsu / StoryWorks (Original), Kantoku (Character Design), Takatoshi Nakamura (Conte Composition), Kiyotsugu Yamagata (Manga) "Märchen Medhen" Shueisha < Jump Comics >, 2 volumes:
 * Issued the first print on January 9, 2018 (released on January 4) - ISBN 978-4-08-881325-7
 * Issued the first print on June 9, 2018 (released on June 4) - ISBN 978-4-08-881490-2

Character
"Then let's make a new story together. Where nobody gets hurt. Nobody is sad. A wonderful happy ending! A story needs a new title. My story... A story that belongs to only me. Its title is Cinderella does not turn around!"

- Hazuki Kagimura The main character of this work. A member of the Japanese school, a resident of the world "on the other side" where ordinary people who have no connection to magic live. He lost his real mother at an early age and moved from the countryside to a high school in Tokyo after the researcher's father remarried. Her father is currently working abroad, so he is currently living with her stepmother Saeko and her step sister Misa.

She has a habit of indulging in her fantasies and delusions regardless of the situation, but this is the result of her own interpretation of the phrase "find your story" that her mother often said. She usually fantasizes about difficult and painful situations, but when she can't handle it, she has a habit of escaping into the world of the story by reading her book, which is called we call it "story syndrome".

While chasing after seeing Shizuka in the city, he wandered into Kuzunoha Girls' Magic Academy, where Sujin informed him that he had signed a contract with the original book of "Cinderella" and became Medhen, and the extraordinary he was looking for, Then, from the desire to become friends with Shizuka, he temporarily transferred to the school (formally transferred to the second volume of the novel version). For the inhabitants of the world "on the other side", he is a complete amateur when it comes to magic, but he can't use Buch Hule, the first magic that Medhen remembers, but he can summon a large number of pumpkins and make the pumpkins willing. Unintentionally using the higher magic of the world, he quietly calls it "abnormal".

When Kazan informed him about Hexennacht, Shizuka was depressed, saying, "I'm expecting myself as a force, not as a friend." After that, he was shocked by the conversation with Arthur in the open-air bath, the attack of Kazan, and the words and deeds of Shizuka. In response, he rushed into the Hexennacht qualifying to find his own "story". Re-contracting with "Cinderella", which was sealed by denying the fact that the original messenger must live according to the story of the original book, in order to realize "a very gentle ending that does not hurt anyone and does not make you unhappy" In addition, the original book was rewritten as "Cinderella does not turn around", and he faces Hexen Nacht again as Medhen.

Although he has a slightly negative thought, he is liked by almost all the characters in the work because of his kindness. Also, as the story progresses, Shizuka deepens his friendship. At the beginning of the story, the family relationship was not very good, but they are approaching each other after the temporary admission to Kuzunoha Women's Magic Academy.

Physical ability is below average, but only escape is fast. Before her father's remarriage, she was good at cooking and sewing because she was doing all the housework alone in place of her weak mother. As she is a reader, she has a wealth of knowledge, and Shizuka is amazed at her wisdom. The explanation is not good.

Kuzunoha Women's Magic Academy (Japan School)


 * A magic school in Japan. The location is Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, and it is a high school officially approved by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology . It was established during the introduction of the school system with the opening of the country in the Meiji era, when it became necessary to change the inheritance of magical techniques from the apprenticeship system and the Ichiko Soden. The school building is the same as it was in the Meiji era, and looks like a Western castle. Although there are more Medhens enrolled in Chinese schools, the number of original books in the attached original library is one of the largest in Asia. Basically, it is a boarding system, but as an exception, Hazuki, a resident of the world "on the other side", goes to school from home.
 * He is the only German school to win the championship in Hexennacht in the last 100 years, though only once. The venue for this year's Hexennacht.
 * The 13-member committee commented that Japan lacks the strength to protect the existing original books due to the loss of many Japanese original books and original book users in the magical beast attack seven years ago. It has been raised, and a proposal to close the school and transfer the original books owned by the Japanese school between countries is kept secret. Therefore, he is trying to show that he has enough strength by leaving a good result in Hexennacht, but at the time of qualifying, two out of four members dropped out due to injury, and it was difficult to participate in the final race due to insufficient number of people. Hazuki, who has no magical experience and whose ability is unknown but has a contract with a powerful original book, is invited. After that, the substitute Mai and Sachi who recovered from the injury joined, and became a full member of 5 people.

Gallery
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TV Anime
Broadcast on AT-X / TOKYO MX / BS11 from January 2018. In March 2018, the broadcast of episodes 9 and 10 was postponed to improve the drawing quality, and episodes 1 and 2 were rebroadcast instead. As a result, it became impossible to broadcast all 12 episodes in March, so the broadcast ended once at the end of the 10th episode. Episodes 11 and 12 were initially reported to be released in, but were subsequently postponed again and aired on AT-X on April 25, 2019. Regarding the drawing of the modified version of episode 9, all cuts were remade except for a small part of the art, and it was said that it was a remake rather than a remake.

Staff:

 * Draft/Series Composition - Tomohiro Matsu
 * Original - MMM
 * Draft cooperation - StoryWorks
 * Character draft - Kantoku
 * General Director - Hisashi Saito
 * Director - Shigeru Ueda, Takuo Kimura (Episode 11 and 12)
 * Character design and animation director - Yuki Morikawa
 * Color design - Maki Saito
 * Art Director - Tomoko Shimomoto
 * Cinematographer - Yusaku Murakami
 * Edit - Kiyoshi Hirose
 * Music - rionos
 * Music production - Lantis
 * Sound Director - Hiroto Morishita
 * Sound production - Kanoon
 * Music Producer - Terushige Yoshie, Junnosuke Sato
 * Producers - Kentaro Hattori, Terunari Yoshie, Tokutomo Isotani, Atsushi Morita, Shinya Shinozaki, Toshiyasu Hayashi, Atsushi Aiya
 * Animation Producer - Osamu Nagai
 * Animation production - Hoods Entertainment
 * Production - Märchen Medhen Production Committee (NBC Universal Entertainment, Bandai Namco Arts , AT-X , DMM GAMES , Shueisha , Hoods Entertainment, Medicos Entertainment, Kanon, Japan Narration Performance Research Institute)

Theme song:

 * "My Uncompleted Story" Opening theme by fhána . The lyrics are Hideki Hayashi and Junichi Sato, the composition is Junichi Sato, and the arrangement is fhána.
 * The video uses a combination of the main scenes up to the 5th episode, and the full version was broadcast from the 6th episode. Also, the full version was used in the reruns of episodes 1 and 2 that were broadcast after episode 8.
 * "Sleepland" The ending theme by Reina Ueda . Written, composed and arranged by rionos.
 * "To a world where no one knows me" Image song by Reina Ueda. The lyrics, composition and arrangement are rionos.

Web Radio
"Märchen Medhen Tomori Kusunoki's Apprentice Radio" is a web radio personality by Tomori Kusunoki, who plays the role of Hazuki Kagimura. From November 17, 2017 to April 25, 2018, it was delivered at Otoizumi and HiBiKi Radio Station (16 times in total). Initially updated every other Friday, it has been updated weekly since January 12, 2018. Also, from January 7th to April 1st, 2018, it was delivered every Sunday from 14:30 to 15:00 on Super! A & G +.

Trivia
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