Where Is Burako Going?
A breeder at the zoo tells Melmo that her favorite elephant, named Burako, has moved to a snowy country and is living there in good health. Melmo goes to see Burako, and finds her in low spirits. Having reached puberty, Burako is looking for a boyfriend. Using the magical candies, Melmo grows up and takes a test to be a stewardess. What for? Of course, to take Burako to Africa where she will have many choices for a boyfriend. Melmo gives Burako a red candy to make her regress into a fertilized cell, and heads for Africa. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Aired 10/10/1971EP 2 - Where Is Burako Going?
Fushigi na Melmo
After nine-year-old Melmo loses her mother in a car accident, she is left to care for her two younger brothers, a task far beyond her age or means. However, in the midst of her grieving, Melmo is visited by the ghost of her deceased mother who gives her a bottle of miraculous candy, capable of transforming her into either an adult (blue candy) or an infant (red candy). A combination of the two can reduce her to a fetus and then change her into any animal she imagines. Drawing on a seemingly inexhaustable supply, Melmo uses her candies to solve the various problems thrown her way, aided by her younger brother Toto (who accidentally morphs into a frog in episode 7) and her cantankerous mentor, Dr Nosehairs.
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