Art of Magical Girl Pretty Sammy
/ CDRMagical Girl Pretty Sammy is an original video animation (OVA) series produced by AIC and Pioneer LDC, and released from 1995 to 1997 as three videos, and it was directed by Kazuyuki Hirokawa, Takeshi Aoki and Yasuhito Kikuchi. It features character Sasami from the Tenchi Muyo! series as a magical girl, and is noted for recasting the Tenchi Muyo! characters in new roles. The story spoof the magical girl genre of anime (particularly Sailor Moon, with the "champion of justice" theme). Ryo-Ohki (who is a male in both of the Pretty Sammy series, but a female in Tenchi Muyo! material) is Pretty Sammy's assistant and plays the same role that Luna (of the Sailor Moon series) had done, including keeping the fact he could talk a secret. The pictures on this page are a collection of artworks created for this OVA.
THE STORY
Sasami Kawai is a cute young Japanese girl who is asked by magical queen-to-be Tsunami of Juraihelm to become "Magical Girl Pretty Sammy", a champion of justice. She is constantly harassed by Pixy Misa, an evil, but friendly magical girl created by a rival candidate for queen of the magical world, Ramia. Sasami is unaware that Pixy Misa is actually her best friend, Misao Amano, who herself is unaware of the transformation forced on her via hypnosis by Ramia's brother…