Mahou Tsukai TAI!
(I Want to Learn Magic)
- All cels pictured here are from the OVA. The TV series, unfortunately, is done on a computer so all we'll see in the future are dougas (sketches). The OVA series was suprisingly charming. The characters are high school students who belong to the magic club (not to be confused with the Manga club next door ^_~). They battle a large, mysterious object from outer space and...well, I'll leave it here so you can find out yourself. The animation was very smooth and the writing was hilarious. While some of the characters could have been made annoying (Takeo, for example), I found them all to be sympathetic and likeable. There are many moments of sublime beauty in the series -- a joy I've only found in Miyazaki movies (and this is high praise indeed).
This is a flashback cel of chibi Sae -- the protagonist of Mahou Tsukai Tai. When I showed this cel to a friend of mine, she exclaimed that it put Precious Moments to shame. I do have to agree. If you take a look at the larger scan, you might find the need to go brush your teeth afterwards because it is so sweet. | |
Chibi Miyama! (*falls over laughing maniacally*) What a demon child and makes the perfect counterpart to chibi Sae above. Just too adorable. Now I need a chibi Nanaka! | |
Sae and Nanaka in flight. *NEW* | |
A cel of everybody else in Maho Tsukai Tai! I thought I'd never be able to find a cel with Akane in it (let alone Takeo and his "admirer"!) Such a funny scene too! The more I watch the OVAs the more I'm amazed at the animation quality. This series is just so great! If you want to know more about it, please email me! | |
A cel of everybody =plus= Sae! I like the fact that you can see Sae's wand and in general the cel makes a nice companion to the cel above. | |
Akane-chan and Sae -- I had missed this cel on Taro so I'm very pleased that it showed up again. Akane has just made an unwanted suitor turn into a balloon (while spinning of course) while Sae looks on, shocked. | |
A great cel of the manga club president. I really love the expression on her face and she doesn't look too exaggerated (umm, you know what I mean). Two layers which are unfortunately stuck. If you want to see the A1 end cel of the bus driver behind her, click here for the sketch. Came with second sketch of her. | |
I can't believe I have yet another cel of this character. But the background was too tempting. Sakura blossoms -- oh the cliche of it! If you look closely you can see a few petals floating around the figure. Thankfully, he's all a blob of white so I don't have to fool with the pic too much. If you want to see the background by itself, click here. | |
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I can't tell you much about this mysterious figure without giving away some spoilers (have you heard enough? Go get a copy for yourself!). Still, the cel is almost impossible to scan correctly, so I've provided the sketch right next to it so you can get a sense of what it looks like in person -- absolutely beautiful! |
Boy these are a pain to scan in. At least I don't have to worry about line fading ^^;; Here's a closeup of the mysterious figure. I scanned on black and tried to brighten the colors a bit to give a better sense of shape -- otherwise, he's a big blob of white! | |
Here's a very silly cel which came as a companion to one of the cels above. As you can tell from the thumbnail, I provided a little detail of the "star" of the cel -- the probe from the alien bell. For such a simple cel, it's really thick and involved! | |
From one of my favorite scenes in the OVA, Nanaka and Aburetsubo riding a broom around school. Nanaka has such a lovely expression of delight. | |
Another genga from the OVA -- here Akane tries to find information for the reporter. | |
A =long= sequence of gengas from the Mahou Tsukai Tai OVA (I think) where Sae gently floats down to the journalist's boat. The sequence is about 19 pages long but I've only scanned in the most complete pics. I'm not sure if I've put them in correct sequence. |
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