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Lalabel, the Magical Girl

Japanese anime television series

Field	Value
name	Lalabel
image	Lalabel DVDbox1.jpg
caption	Cover of the 1st DVD box
ja_kanji	魔法少女ララベル
ja_romaji	Mahō Shōjo Raraberu
genre	Magical girl

Lalabel, The Magical Girl is a magical girl anime television series by Toei Animation. It aired from 15 February 1980 to 27 February 1981 on TV Asahi.

A 15-minute film called Magical Girl Lalabel: The Sea Calls for a Summer Vacation was released in Japan on July 12, 1980.

Plot

Lalabel, a magical girl from a magical world, accidentally falls into the human world after encountering a thief named Biscus who steals magical tools; she is found by an elderly couple who take her in, allowing her to live amongst humans while secretly battling Biscus to retrieve the stolen magic items, all while writing proverbs in her diary to reflect on her experiences and growing understanding of human life; eventually, through her actions, Biscus reforms and both Lalabel and Biscus lose their magical powers, becoming fully human.

Characters

Lalabel Tachibana :

- **Biscus Hayashi** : ::A very fat thief and the main antagonist. He stole two magical briefcases from the magical realm Lalabel lived in, but after being surprised by Lalabel, he transports the two of them to Earth, losing one of the briefcases in the process. While on Earth, he shacks up with a ramen stand owner, Ochiba, who is as greedy and nasty as himself. He tries to swindle people with his (stolen) magic powers while trying to steal Lalabel's briefcase. He has a grey cat as nasty and horrid as himself. - **The Tachibanas: Sakuzo Tachibana** and **Ume Tachibana** : ::A kind old couple who let Lalabel stay with them. Ume is the typical kindly grandmother figure, and made Lalabel's signature pink dress. Sakuzo is cynical and does not like magic. After Lalabel saves him from drowning, he starts to warm up to her and her magic. He is the one who comes up with the proverbs Lalabel writes. - **Teruko 'Teko' Takemura** : ::The granddaughter of the Tachibanas. She is a friend of Lalabel, who lives with her grandparents due to her parents working overseas. - **Toshiko 'Toko' Matsumiya** : ::One of Lalabel and Teko's friends. - **Tsumoro Ochiba** : ::Biscus' sidekick. - **Tsubomi Yuri** : ::The rich girl in Lalabel, Teko, and Toko's class. She has a snobbish attitude towards Teko and Toko and uses her privilege to get her way. Lalabel saved her from being hit by her father's construction vehicles that were ignoring a sidewalk Lalabel and her friends use to get to school. ## Theme songs The opening theme *Hello Lalabel* and the ending theme *Mahou Shōjo Lalabel* are sung by Mitsuko Horie. ## References ## References 1. [link](http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=89407). *allcinema*. *Stingray* ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalabel,_the_Magical_Girl) and is available under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the [article history page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalabel,_the_Magical_Girl?action=history). ::

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