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Kirakira TV news reporter

The **Kirakira TV news reporter** (Japanese: **キラキラTV報道記者**, *KirakiraTV hōdō kisha*) is a minor character in Kamiwaza Wanda and a new reporter working for Kirakira TV.

## Personal

### Appearance

The Kirakira TV news reporter is a female teenager with chocolate-brown hair and black eyes. She wears a beige t-shirt, a pink coat and golden-yellow hair-bows.

### Personality

The Kirakira TV news reporter is a kind-hearted member of the Kirakira TV crew who works as the news reporter herself.

### Relationships

* Kirakira TV director (other member working for Kirakira TV)

## In the series

### Kamiwaza Wanda

The Kirakira TV news reporter makes her debut in episode 19 when she was announcing the TV special that is going to take place in Kirakira First Street with Nicole as the host. Yuto, Wanda, Nicole, Mirai and Shuu were watching her doing so on television while Souma looks at the papers.

## Trivia

* Like the Kirakira TV director and the HKT48-style idol trio, the Kirakira TV news reporter does not make her cameo appearances in episode 46 and episode 47.
* The Kirakira TV news reporter is loosely based on Himitsu who is the main protagonist in the 'Cocotama' anime series' first instalment 'Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama' which aired from October 2015, replacing the original 'Tamagotchi!' TV anime series in its initial timeslot, to August 2018.
* The Kirakira TV new reporter is one of the 2 members who work for Kirakira TV. The other one being the Kirakira TV director.
Kirakira Amusement Park

Wanda and Yui at Kirakira Amusement Park

**Kirakira Amusement Park** (Japanese: **キラキラ遊園地**, *Kirakira Yuenchi*) is a location in Kamiwaza Wanda and an amusement park. It is located at the Kirakira district.

Like Kirakira Central Park, Kirakira Amusement Park is an outdoor location.

## Appearance

Kirakira Amusement Park is a huge outdoor area filled with stalls, fairground rides, lamp-posts, litter-bins and benches. It also has a playground for small children to play in.

Kirakira Amusement Park used to have a mini-train which is now Railmin's train since Railmin took it when he was his Bugmin ego Bug-Railmin.

## In the series

### Kamiwaza Wanda

Kirakira Amusement Park was first seen in episode 4 when Wanda and Yui went there to play in its playground. That was when the mini-train, which Wanda rode on, was taken by Bug-Railmin.

Later, Yuto and Turbomin chase Bug-Railmin, who took Wanda and Shuu hostage, through Kirakira Amusement Park where Bug-Railmin's rails imitate the loop of a roller-coaster.

Most of episode 29 took place in Kirakira Amusement Park when Lady Mariko came here to do her magic show which was almost ruined by Bug-Sukemin.

Shuu's flashback, in episode 41, took place at Kirakira Amusement Park.

## In the manga

### Kamiwaza Wanda (original manga series)

Kirakira Amusement Park was first seen in chapter 02 when Wanda rode on a rocking train while Yuto was resting on a bench. That was until the rocking train went out of control and Wanda encounted Bug-Railmin. Bug-Railmin tore the rocking train off its spring, kidnapping Wanda in the process, and placed it on the rails which then turn into an unstopable roller-coaster ride. Thanks to Zuzumin and one of his droplings, Yuto rescues Wanda and captures and debugs Bug-Railmin.

## Trivia

* Kirakira Amusement Park is one of the locations found at the Kirakira district. The other ones being Kirakira Central Park, Kirakira Library, Kirakira Hospital, the construction yards, Kirakira Scrapyards, Kirakira Elementary School, Nicole's cottage, Kirakira Kindergarten and Souma's mansion.
* Kirakira Amusement Park is compared to various real-life amusement parks and pleasure parks from around the world.

## Gallery

Someone has his panda costume becoming transparent at Kirakira Amusement Park
Rivalry arc

Yuto was shocked after Masato used his Kamiwaza Power-Shot to reveal Bug-Boatmin

## Arc details

### Ended in episode...

A Sugary Scramble Battle!

The **Rivalry arc** (Japanese: **競争アーク**, *Kyōsō āku*) is the third arc in both the original Kamiwaza Wanda anime season and the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series overall. It lasted for only 5 episodes, starting with episode 20 and finishing with episode 24.

## Arc information

The Rivalry arc started with Yuto, his friends, Wanda and Yui praticing some dance moves in episode 20.

The Rivalry arc introduces Yuto's rival Masato and his Kamiwaza Teammate Mighty. In episode 21, the second part of the Rivalry arc, Yuto had one Promin taken off his hands by Masato. That Promin was Jetmin and he's now one of the Promins under Masato's ownership and also Masato's Promin buddy.

The Rivalry arc also introduces battles between Promins.

There were no in-series event nor incidents taking place during the Rivaly arc.

The Rivalry arc concluded in episode 24 when Masato managed to capture and debug Bug-Shugamin first before Yuto does so.

### List of episodes in this arc

There are only 5 episodes in the Rivalry arc:

1. Black Kamiwaza Shot
2. Masato & Mighty
3. Promin VS Promin
4. Counterattack Of The Bug Bytes
5. A Sugary Scramble Battle!

## Changes in this arc and Promins introduced

### Changes in the Rivalry arc

* Masato arrives at Kirakira First Street.
* Masato become a new student at Mrs. Hina's class at Kirakira Elementary School.
* Yuto had Jetmin taken off his hands by Masato.
* Fact-Promins were mentioned for the first time.
* Battles between Promins are introduced.
* The original Kamiwaza Wanda anime season had it opening and ending themes changed. Starting from episode 23, the original Kamiwaza Wanda anime season has 'Bagutte Iijan' as the opening and 'WONDERLAND' as the ending.

### Promins introduced

* Dancemin
* Mutemin
* Hanshamin
* Boatmin
* Deodomin
* Sumerumin
* Recordmin
* Divemin
* Slowmin
* Shugamin

## Trivia

* 10 Promins were introduced in this arc.
* Being one of the arcs in the original Kamiwaza Wanda anime season, the Rivalry arc shares the same number of episodes (5 episodes) with the Original finale arc.
Kamiwaza Wanda DVD Volume 10

**Kamiwaza Wanda DVD Volume 10** is the tenth and last DVD volume of Kamiwaza Wanda. It was first published in Japan on June 23, 2017 by Shogakukan.

## Description

Yuto and Masato have to deal with the strange closet incident with help from Mirai and Shuu who are now Kamiwaza Power-Shooters. After that, Don Bugdez approaches as the final battle between the 4 Kamiwaza Power-Shooters and him is about to unfold...

## Content

This DVD volume contains the final 5 episodes of the original Kamiwaza Wanda anime season:

1. Episode 43: Great's Secret
2. Episode 44: Nice & Amazing
3. Episode 45: Yuto, Desparate Situation!
4. Episode 46: Bring Down Bugdez!
5. Episode 47: Forever Wanda! (Original season finale)

## Trivia

* The Promin featured on this DVD volume's cover is Tafumin.
* The background color for this DVD volume's cover is indigo.
* This is the last DVD volume of the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series to date until further notice. Further more DVD volumes of the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series will be due to be released in the future when the anime series itself premiere more seasons.
* This is the second DVD volume to include the special version of the 'Bagutte Iijan' opening as a separate bonus video.
Mutemin

**Mutemin** (Japanese: **ミュートミン**, ***Mutemin***) is a character in Kamiwaza Wanda and a Promin. Her attribute is Buruburu.

## Personal

### Appearance

Mutemin is purple with headphone-plug-shaped arms. a sea-green face and yellow makings. The purple hands on her chest always keeps her mouth hidden.

*For her Bugmin ego, see: Bug-Mutemin*

As a Bugmin, her eyes are a little bit bigger.

### Personality

Mutemin has a shy personality. She most often says close to Masato. She is also good friends with Recordmin.

### Relationships

* Masato (current owner)
* Recordmin (close friend)
* Micmin (opponent in episode 24)

### Abilities

Mutemin's Kamiwaza ability is to block out the distracting sounds and music. As a Bugmin, she can block out the music that anyone enjoys listening to and the sounds of people talking.

## In the series

### Kamiwaza Wanda

Mutemin makes her debut in episode 20 when Masato first summoned her. She used her Kamiwaza ability to stop everyone in Kirakira First Street from dancing like crazy by blocking out the music caused by Bug-Dancemin. Later, Mutemin used the same Kamiwaza ability to prevent Souma and his butler from talking about Masato through their walkie-talkies.

In episode 23, Mutemin confronted Bug-Recordmin but Masato and Mighty were kidnapped by Bug-Divemin. Later, she and Recordmin helped Yuto confront Bug-Divemin. After that, Masato and Mighty were set free from Bug-Divemin's underwater-like dimension.

In episode 24, Mutemin uses her Kamiwaza ability again. This time, she uses it to block out Micmin's singing.

Mutemin makes her cameo appearance in episode 37 and as her Kamiwaza Pro-card in episode 38.

Mutemin also made her cameo appearance in episode 41 when Masato used her to confront Bug-Speechmin.

In episode 45, Mutemin was summoned to stop Bug-Katasumin along with Turbomin, Kagimin, Jetmin, Railmin, Banemin, Coromin, Jaguchimin, Bigmin and Zuzumin. Later Mutemin fused with Sukemin and Jetmin throughout Masato's Kamiwaza Shaker in order to chase down Bug-Gauzemin who was rebugged in episode 44.

## Trivia

### Background

* Mutemin's Bugmin ego, Bug-Mutemin, has not appeared in the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series yet.
* Mutemin was featured in the Kamiwaza Promin-Zu segment in episode 45.

### Resemblances

* Mutemin resembles an unplugged pair of headphones.

### Notes

* Mutemin is one of the Promins who were captured and debugged as Bugmins prior to the Kamiwaza Wanda series.
* Mutemin's name comes from the word 'mute' which is another word for 'silence'.
* Mutemin is one of the female Promins who do not have eyelashes.

## Links

* Mutemin's profile on the original Kamiwaza Wanda season TBS anime website (Japanese)
Plugmin

**Plugmin** (Japanese: **プラグミン**, ***Plugmin***) is a character in Kamiwaza Wanda and a Promin. His attribute is Wakuwaku.

## Personal

### Appearance

Plugmin is a sky-blue Promin with arms resembling the plugs, greeny-yellow horns resembling the power-plant electric towers and mint-green markings. He also has a powder-blue face with light-blue markings on them. He also has a greeny-yellow tail.

*For his Bugmin ego, see: Bug-Plugmin*

As a Bugmin, the markings on his face are absent.

### Personality

Plugmin is an energetic and mischievous Promin.

### Relationships

* Yuto and Mirai (owners)
* Masato (owner in the original Kamiwaza Wanda manga series)
* Chakkamin (teammate)
* Hanshamin (opponent in episode 24)

### Abilities

Plugmin's Kamiwaza ability is to manipulate electricity. As a Bugmin, he can make electronics malfunction.

## In the series

### Kamiwaza Wanda

Plugmin makes his cameo debut as a Bugmin in the beginning of episode 1.

Plugmin's first major role as a Bugmin is in episode 19 when he distracts the filming of Nicole working in her radio station by messing with the cameras, the lights and the radio control system. Bug-Plugmin then takes control of Nicole, causing her the electrocute anyone she touches until Mr. Oyama comes to see her in person. Bug-Plugmin was confronted by Magnemin and then captured and debugged by Yuto.

Plugmin was first summoned by Yuto in episode 24 when he tried to stop Boatmin from reaching Bug-Shugamin but his electrical attacks were blocked by Hanshamin.

In episode 26, Plugmin fused with Jaguchimin throughout the Kamiwaza Shaker to become Ja-gumin and Yuto ordered him to defeat Wanda during the final challenge.

In episode 45, Plugmin appears along with Hasamin.

In episode 46, Plugmin unleashed his electrical powers to attack Don Bugdez's monstrous form with help from Chakkamin and his firey powers.

Plugmin made his cameo appearance in episode 47 when he was working on Wanda's spaceship.

## In the manga

### Kamiwaza Wanda (original manga series)

Plugmin made his debut as a Bugmin in chapter 06 when Wanda revealed him with his Kamiwaza Searcher. However, Yuto and Wanda both got electricuted as a result which leaves Bug-Plugmin himself to get captured and debugged by Masato.

In chapter 11, Plugmin was one of the Promins who attempt to fight Don Bugdez but failed. Then, Plugmin was recovered along with the other Promins Masato has so far by Ga-tomin.

Along with the rest of the Promins Yuto and Masato has so far in chapter 12, Plugmin helped Yuto, Masato, Wanda and Mighty summon Wonder-Promin.

## In the games

### Kamiwaza Wanda: Kirakira Ichibangai Kikiippatsu

Plugmin made his video-game debut in the 3DS game Kamiwaza Wanda: Kirakira Ichibangai Kikiippatsu. He was first seen as Bug-Plugmin in the main quest 'Biribiri Panic!' when Yuto and Wanda investigate the Tokyo Science Museum and stop him.

## Trivia

### Notes

* Plugmin's name comes from the word 'plug'.

## Links

* Plugmin's profile on the original Kamiwaza Wanda season TBS anime website (Japanese)
Osamu Sekita

**Osamu Sekita** (Japanese: **関田修**, ***Osamu Sekita***) was an episode director involved in Kamiwaza Wanda. He was involved in Kamiwaza Wanda.

## Biography

Osamu Sekita was born somewhere in Japan at an unknown date.

To many anime TV shows in Japan, Osamu Sekita worked as a director, an episode director and a unit director. The first anime he worked for was 'Shin Don Chuck Monogatari' which aired from 1976 to 1978. Some of the anime Osamu Sekita worked for are OVA anime.

Sometimes, Osamu Sekita provided the storyboards for certain anime shows such as 'Ichigo 100%', 'Kenyū Densetsu Yaiba', 'Choriki Robo Galatt', 'Moeyo Ken' and 'Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ'.

Osamu Sekita also provided the screenplay for the direct-to-video OVA anime 'My My Mai'. He was also a series director for the TV anime 'W~Wish' and an assistant episode director for episode 10 of the anime 'Servant x Service'. He was also the director of the 1991 stand-alone adult-oriented anime video 'U-Jin Brand' which was originaly created by the manga artist U-Jin.

Osamu Sekita died on April 11, 2019.

## Projects

 Pita-Ten
 Puzzle & Dragons X

## Kamiwaza Wanda

When he worked for the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series, Osamu Sekita worked as an episode director for 5 episodes of the original Kamiwaza Wanda anime season.

* Episode 7: Crying Sandwich!
* Episode 14: The Flying Fan
* Episode 31: A Surprising Big Riot!
* Episode 37: Big And Small
* Episode 43: Great's Secret

## Trivia

* Osamu Sekita is the first crew member involved in the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series to pass away.

## Links

### External Links

* Osamu Sekita's profile on the Anime News Network website
Kirakira First Street

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## Kirakira First Street

A screenshot of Nicole standing in front of Kirakira First Street's entrance

## Location data

### Location

In Tokyo, Japan, at the Kirakira district

### Purpose

Visitors can do their shopping there.

**Kirakira First Street** (Japanese: **キラキラ一番街**, *Kirakira Ichiban*) is a town in Kamiwaza Wanda and is the home town of Yuto, Mirai and Shuu and is also Wanda's second home place after the Wonder-Star. It is located in the Kirakira district in Tokyo, Japan.

## Purpose

Kirakira First Street is a shopping street at the Kirakira district in Shibuya ward, Tokyo, Japan. People who visit Kirakira First Street can do their shopping or even get food there. The chairman of Kirakira First Street is the wagashi shop owner Ichiban-Hoshi Teru who also organises events at Kirakira First Street itself.

Kirakira First Street even has the Kirakira Event Stage, which is an event area, and Kirakira Radio Station where Nicole does her radio broadcasts in.

Kirakira First Street is also the home town of the Kamiwaza Power-Shooter protagonist Yuto and his sister Yui as well as Yuto's 2 friends Mirai and Shuu. Wanda, Yuto's Kamiwaza Teammate, moved to Kirakira First Street and lives with Yuto and Yui since he left the Wonder-Star for Earth in the beginning of the original Kamiwaza Wanda anime season premiere.

## In the series

### Kamiwaza Wanda

Most of the original Kamiwaza Wanda anime season take place at Kirakira First Street since it was first seen in episode 1.

In episode 6, a singing competition was held at Kirakira First Street. Mirai and Nicole and some of the young children paticipated there. Nicole won the competition.

There was a food festival at Kirakira First Street in episode 7 when it was almost ruined by Bug-Sharimin.

Posing as deliverymen, Megaga and Gigaga go around delivering boxes containing Bugmins to random places at Kirakira First Street in episode 10.

In episode 16, a marathon race event took place with the finishing line set at Kirakira First Street and it was won by Mirai.

In episode 19, a special TV broadcast was going to take place at Kirakira First Street with Nicole being the host.

It has been raining at Kirakira First Street prior to episode 23.

A Christmas festival was held at Kirakira First Street in episode 34.

## Trivia

* In the Korean **Power-Catch Wanda** dub, Kirakira First Street is located in Seoul, South Korea instead of Tokyo, Japan.
	+ Also in the Korean dub, Kirakira First Street is called **Banjjakbanjjak Golmokgil** (Korean tranlation: 반짝반짝 골목길) which is Korean for 'Sparkling Alleyway'.
* Kirakira First Street will later become the main setting in future seasons of the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series.
* Kirakira First Street is compared to various real-life shopping streets and districts such as Harajuku in Tokyo, Japan.
Kang Si-hyeon

**Kang Si-hyeon** (Korean translation: 강시현) is a voice actress involved in Kamiwaza Wanda. She voices Nicole in the Korean dub of Kamiwaza Wanda.

## Biography

Kang Si-hyeon was born somewhere in South Korea on March 1, 1981. She was educated at the Kyonggi University for acting.

Kang Si-hyeon began her voice acting career in 2013 and then became a freelancer voice actress 2 years later in 2015.

Kang Si-hyeon has been providing the Korean dub voices for many characters in various anime and cartoon shows. She did the Korean voices for various characters in the 3 'Pretty Cure' main series instalments 'Smile Pretty Cure!', 'Dokidoki! Pretty Cure' and 'Go! Princess Pretty Cure', a few characters in the original 'Tamagotchi!' anime series, various characters in the 'Star VS the Forces of Evil' cartoon series via season 4, 2 characters in the 2016 'Powerpuff Girls' cartoon series, Stella in 'Angry Birds Summer Madness' and the titular character Pascal Sensei in the 2017 anime '100% Pascal Sensei'.

She also did the original Korean voices for characters in several South Korean cartoons such as Camilla and Kion in 'Turning Mecard W', several characters in 'Bread Barber Shop', titular character Linda in 'Linda's Wonderful Journey' and the Teenieping character Toyping in 'Catch! Teenieping'.

Kang Si-hyeon even voiced Latte Cookie in the Korean version of the game 'Cookie Run: Kingdom'.

## Kamiwaza Wanda

Beginning with the original Kamiwaza Wanda anime season in 2016, Kang Si-hyeon voices Nicole in the Korean Power-Catch Wanda dub version of the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series.

Also in the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series' Korean dub, Kang Si-hyeon voices Mrs. Tateishi who is Shuu's mother.

## Trivia

* Kang Si-hyeon shares her name with a female South Korean pop-singer who was born in July 15, 1998.
Tateishi family

### Debut

Zoo Panic!! (Shuu), The Rail Continues (Mr. Tateishi and Mrs. Tateishi), Great's Secret (Nice)

The **Tateishi family** (Japanese: **立石家族**, *Tateishi kazoku*) is Shuu's family of three in Kamiwaza Wanda.

## Family details

Along with the Kohinata family, the Tateishi family is one of the 2 families introduced in the original Kamiwaza Wanda anime season. Members in this family are Shuu and his side dish store owner parents Mr. Tateishi and Mrs. Tateishi. They live in Kirakira First Street via Tateishi Side Dish Store which is a food shop, owned by Shuu's parents themselves, that sells side dish foods such as chicken karage bites, which is Wanda's favourite food.

Shuu's Kamiwaza Teammate Nice temporaly lives with the Tateishi family until episode 47. After the Wonder-Star was thawed and purified, Nice hopes that he'll reunite with Shuu and his family when he comes back to Earth in the future.

Shuu makes his debut in the 2nd episode 'Zoo Panic!!' while his parents debut in the 3rd episode 'The Rail Continues'. Nice, Shuu's Kamiwaza Teammate, makes his debut in the 43rd episode 'Great's Secret'.

## Trivia

* The Tateishi family is the first family to run a food shop in the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series.
* Tateishi literaly means 'standing stone'.
Satomi Hanamura

**Satomi Hanamura** (Japanese: **花村怜美**, ***Satomi Hanamura***) is a voice actress involved in Kamiwaza Wanda. She voices Mrs. Hina in the Japanese dub of Kamiwaza Wanda.

## Biography

Satomi Hanamura was born in Tokyo, Japan on July 03, 1984.

Satomi Hanamura starts her job as a movie actor. She began her acting career in the early 90's and her acting debut was the live-action movie 'Akuyaku Papa' which first released in the Japanese cinemas in 1993. Her well-known noticable credit in her acting career history was her role as Yuka Nakagawa from the 2000 live-action movie 'Battle Royale'.

Satomi Hanamura also began her voice acting career in 2002 with the voicing of Elle for the 3-episode OVA series 'Happy World!'. The first TV anime character she provided the voice of was Norika from the 2003 anime 'Police Box in Front of Kameari Park, Katsushika Ward'.

Satomi Hanamura also provided the voices of characters for some video-games. She is known for voicing the supporting main character Mayoi Ayasato from Capcom's 'Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney' franchise as well as a 2015 crossover RPG 3DS game 'Project X Zone 2'.

## Roles

 Elle
 Hanako Kabeno

## Kamiwaza Wanda

Satomi Hanamura provided the voice for Mrs. Hina as well as the voice of Mrs. Kohinata in the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series.

Satomi Hanamura is also one of the voice actors that voice the Promins in the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series. She voiced 4 Promins who have made their debut in the original Kamiwaza Wanda anime season.

* Gakkimin
* Banemin
* Plugmin
* Slowmin

## Trivia

* Satomi Hanamura is a member of the Japanese pop group Sorachoco.
* Satomi Hanamura is represented with the company AT Production.

## Links

### External Links

* Satomi Hanamura's profile on the Anime News Network website
* Satomi Hanamura's profile on GamePlaza-Haruka Voice Aciting Database (Japanese)
Kamiwaza Wanda DVD Volume 04

**Kamiwaza Wanda DVD Volume 04** is the fourth DVD volume of Kamiwaza Wanda. It was first published in Japan on December 23, 2016 by Shogakukan.

## Description

Yuto and Wanda are on a trip to the beach and to the Tokyo Science Museum. Later on, Yuto and Wanda are invited to a party at Souma's mansion. But... Can Yuto and Wanda solve the mystery of the knocked out Promins there?

## Content

This DVD volume contains 4 more episodes of the original Kamiwaza Wanda anime season:

1. Episode 15: Which Way Is This?
2. Episode 16: Marathon Bounce
3. Episode 17: Magnetic Wanda!
4. Episode 18: A Promin Knockout Case

## Trivia

* This is the second DVD volume of the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series to contain 4 episodes instead of 5.
* The Promin featured on this DVD volume's cover is Railmin.
* The background color for this DVD volume's cover is blue.
* This is the last DVD volume of the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series to be released in 2016.
* This original Kamiwaza Wanda anime season DVD volume seems unique than the other 7 DVD volumes that have TV spots as their bonus features: There was an extra bonus feature, on this DVD volume, which is a summer 2016 TV spot with a special animation made for it. The animation for this summer 2016 TV spot shows this: Wanda was sitting on a bench and eating his ice-cream. Wanda then stands up and suddenly flies off as he broke wind.
Power-Catch Wanda Animanga Volume 1

**Power-Catch Wanda Animanga Volume 1** (Korean translation: 파워캐치 완다 1) is an animanga book related to Kamiwaza Wanda. It is based on the original Kamiwaza Wanda anime season and it adapts the original anime season's first 4 episodes. It was first released in South Korea on February 06, 2017.

## Episodes in this animanga book

### 1. Episode 01: An Emissary From The Wonder-Star

Yuto was an ordinary young boy and it was a long time since his family's pet dog Wannosuke died. One day, when he was going to pick up his sister Yui, Yuto came across a mysterious dog-like citizen of the Wonder-Star named Wanda. After Yuto became the first Kamiwaza Power-Shooter, his life will never be the same again.

### 2. Episode 02: Zoo Panic!!

Don Bugdez, arch nemesis of Wanda's father the Wonder-King, had found 3 abandoned toys and transformed them into henchmen of his very own. Later during the day, Yuto had to deal with Bug-Kagimin who released all the wild animals from Tokyo City Zoo.

### 3. Episode 03: The Rail Continues

Being ignored by Yuto, Wanda decided to go outside with Yui. Suddenly when he got onto a mini-train, Wanda finds himself trapped in a railway roller-coaster and it was all thanks to Bug-Railmin. Can Yuto go outside and rescue Wanda?

### 4. Episode 04: Mother's Day Is The Day Of The Bugs

It's Mother's Day and Yuto and Wanda have to keep the house clean and tidy for Yuto's mother Yuuka Kamiya. However, 5 Bugmins crash in and wreck havoc around the house, making Yuto and Wanda's task becoming too difficult to succeed. Can Yuto deal with those 5 Bugmins and undo the mess before Yuuka, Hiruto and Yui come back?

## Trivia

* This is the first animanga book in the Kamiwaza Wanda franchise.
* The background on this book's cover is colored electric-blue and chartreuse.
* The Promins appearing in this book's front cover are Turbomin, Gauzemin, Tonkmin, Kagimin, Railmin, Jishomin, Freezemin, Zuzumin, Burgemin and Dorirumin.
Kaori Yoshida

**Kaori Yoshida** (Japanese: **吉田香織**, ***Kaori Yoshida***) is a scriptwriter involved in Kamiwaza Wanda. She is involved in the original Kamiwaza Wanda anime season.

## Biography

Kaori Yoshida was born somewhere in Japan in an unkown date.

Kaori Yoshida is a digital painter. She provided the digital painting for 3 OVA anime:

* 'Gestalt'
* 'Happy Lesson'
* 'Detective Conan: High School Girl Detective Sonoko Suzuki's Case Files'

She also worked on the key animation for the TV anime 'Inuyasha' as well as the digital painting for 4 TV anime:

* 'Denkō Chō Tokkyū Hikarian - Lightning Attack Express'
* 'Angel Tales'
* 'ItaKiss'
* 'Zoids: Fuzors'

Kaori Yoshida worked on the digital colouring for the 2 TV anime 'Galaxy Angel Rune' and the 1996 'Gegege no Kitaro' series. She also worked on the 2D painting for the TV anime 'Android Kikaider - The Animation'.

Kaori Yoshida also finalised the animations for 'Aishiteruze Baby', 'Izumo: Flash of a Brave Sword', 'Macross Frontier' and 'Skull Man'.

## Kamiwaza Wanda

Kaori Yoshida worked as a scriptwriter for the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series along with the other scriptwriters. For the original Kamiwaza Wanda anime season, she wrote the scripts for 3 episodes:

* Episode 29: Escaping Wanda!
* Episode 41: Memory Warnings
* Episode 43: Great's Secret

## Trivia

* Kaori Yoshida shares her name with a Japanese athelete.
* The original Kamiwaza Wanda anime season is the first TV anime Kaori Yoshida wrote the scripts for the episodes of.

## Links

* Kaori Yoshida's profile on the Anime News Network website
Kujira

**Kujira** (Japanese: **くじら**, ***Kujira***), whose real name is **Wakako Matsumoto** (Japanese: **松本和香子**, ***Wakako Matsumoto***), is a voice actor involved in Kamiwaza Wanda. She voices Detokkusu Komatsu and 2 other characters in Kamiwaza Wanda.

## Biography

Under her birth name "Wakako Matsumoto", Kujira was born in Tokyo, Japan on April 01, 1961.

Kujira is employed by the company 81 Produce. In the early 1990's, Kujira began her career as a voice actress. Her first anime character was the 'City Hunter' character Kazama Toru who first appeared in episode 3 of the 'City Hunter' anime's third season.

Kujira best-known roles are Otose in 'Gintama' and Orochimaru in 'Naruto'. She also voiced a robber in episode 432 of 'Doraemon', Aunt Chantchi in 'Tamagotchi!' and Sakura Oogami in 'Danganronpa: The Animation'.

Kujira also provided the Japanese dubbing voiceover for the main antagonist Ursula in Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' as well as Zeta in 'The Angry Birds movie 2'.

## Kamiwaza Wanda

Kujira is involved in the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series. She voiced 3 characters who were introduced in the original Kamiwaza Wanda anime season.

* Food critic Detokkusu Komatsu
* Jii Yota's wife Baa Yota
* Bodybuilder Naomi

## Trivia

* Kujira, which is her stage name, is also Japanese for 'whale'.
* On October 25, 2011, Kujira announced her marriage on her Twitter blog.

## Links

* Kujira's profile on the Anime News Network website
* Kujira's Twitter blog (Japanese)
* Kujira's official profile (Japanese)
OLM

**OLM** (Japanese: **株式会社オー・エル・エム**, *Kabushikigaisha Ō Eru Emu*), formely known as **Oriental Light & Magic**, is a company involved in Kamiwaza Wanda. They are based in Tokyo, Japan. It is a kabushiki gaisha type of animation company.

## Biography

### History

OLM was founded as Oriental Light & Magic in October 03, 1990 by 9 animation directors. They produced many anime shows, starting with the magical girl genre anime series 'Wedding Peach'. As of 2018, OLM is composed of eleven teams which each one lead by Tsukasa Koitabashi, Nobuyuki Wasaki, Yasuteru Kamei, Hiroyuki Katō, Takashi Inoue, Isamu Abe, Daisuke Yoshioka, Ryōsuke Sakurai, Manabu Kawakita, Go Sawada, and Misako Saka.

### 'Pokemon'

OLM is mostly known for the anime line of Nintendo's 'Pokemon' franchise. Since April Fools' Day 1997, a lot of 'Pokemon' anime episodes have been airing in Japan. OLM also worked for the 'Pokemon' anime movies, starting with the first one 'Mewtwo Strikes Back'.

## Kamiwaza Wanda

OLM has yet to animate future seasons of the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series. They have also yet to work on movies based on the Kamiwaza Wanda franchise.

## Trivia

* OLM is known for animating some of the anime based on the Takara Tomy franchises such as 'Tomica Driveheads' (with help from Xebec) and 'Shinkalion: The Animation'.
Mejamin

**Mejamin** (Japanese: **メジャーミン**, ***Mejamin***) is a character in Kamiwaza Wanda and a Promin. His attribute is Kicchiri.

## Personal

### Appearance

Mejamin resembles a lemon-yellow tape-measure with a dark-blue forehead, dark-blue shoulders, sea-green arms, a sea-green tail, a sea-green face, dark-purple hands and white markings.

*For his Bugmin ego, see: Bug-Mejamin*

As a Bugmin, his body and his shoulders are the same color. (Black)

### Relationships

* Yuto (current owner)

* Drymin, Spicesmin, Brushmin and Showamin (teammates when Mejamin was a Bugmin)

### Abilities

Mejamin's Kamiwaza ability is to correctly measure out people and objects. As a Bugmin, he can gauge the lengths incorrectly.

## In the series

### Kamiwaza Wanda

Mejamin made his debut as a Bugmin in episode 25 when Wanda encountered him along with Bug-Drymin, Bug-Spicesmin, Bug-Brushmin and Bug-Showamin. Later, Bug-Mejamin was captured and debugged by Yuto with help from Chabomin. (Chakkamin + Turbomin)

Mejamin was mentioned in episode 45.

## Trivia

### Notes

* Mejamin's name comes from the word 'measure' as it is said the Japanese way.

## Links

* Mejamin's profile on the original Kamiwaza Wanda season TBS anime website (Japanese)
Mako

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## Voice actor

### **English**

TBA

**Mako** (Japanese: **マコ**, ***Mako***) is a character in Kamiwaza Wanda and Masato's younger sister. Mako is part of Masato's family of four even though her parents are not seen in the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series yet. She was first seen in bed at Kirakira Hospital. Her full name is **Mako Kurosaki** (Japanese: **黒崎 マコ**, ***Mako Kurosaki***).

## Personal

### Appearance

Mako is a young girl with light-brown hair and brown eyes. She wears a pink dress.

### Personality

Mako is a friendly young girl. She was a sick and weak child when she first appears in the original Kamiwaza Wanda anime season.

In the original anime season, Mako most often stays in bed until Wonder-Promin came to recover her.

Mako's favorite hobby is making origami paper animals. Her favorite Promin is Origamin.

### Relationships

* Masato (older brother)
* Yui (friend)
* Origamin (favorite Promin)
* Wonder-Promin (the one who recovered Mako from her coma)

## In the series

### Kamiwaza Wanda

Mako makes her debut in episode 33 when her older brother, Masato came to see her in Kirakira Hospital before the origami paper crafts came to life and after Yuto captures and debugs Bug-Origamin.

Illusions of Mako appear in episode 41 when they surround Masato. This was done by Bug-Memorymin.

Mako appears in a flashback in episode 42.

In episode 46, Mako saw the dark clouds in the sky as if Don Bugdez's monstrous form is around somewhere and she faints. Later, Wonder-Promin came to recover Mako, freeing her from the sickness and the coma.

In episode 47, Mako and her brother Masato wished Yuto, Mirai and Shuu good luck on their space journey. Later, she was seen making origami paper animals whilst spending time with Yuto's sister Yui who was drawing pictures.

## In the manga

### Kamiwaza Wanda (original manga series)

Mako makes her debut in a flashback in chapter 10 when she was seen in bed in a hospital as she is not feeling very well.

Mako made a fantasy appearance in chapter 11.

In chapter 13, after Don Bugdez was gone for good, Mako was recovered from her illness. She ran up to see her brother, Masato and hugs him. Later, Mako and her friend Yui were playing with Terara, Megaga and Gigaga who have now turned back into toys due to Don Bugdez's extinction.

## Trivia

* You might know that if Mako becomes the next Kamiwaza Power-Shooter, her Promin buddy would be Origamin because of Mako's favorite hobby.
* Mako was loosely based on a real-life young girl named Sadako Sasaki whose goal was to fold 1000 origami paper cranes but died from leukemia at the age of 12 on the morning of October 25, 1955, after she folded only about 644 origami paper cranes.
* Mako shares her initial name with Mako Kino, who is the daughter of Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter, from Naoko Takeuchi's 'Sailor Moon' franchise's short manga story 'Parallel Sailor Moon'.
Shou Hayami

**Shou Hayami** (Japanese: **速水奨**, ***Shou Hayami***) is a voice actor involved in Kamiwaza Wanda. He voices the Fact-Promin Metmin in the Japanese dub of Kamiwaza Wanda.

## Biography

Shou Hayami was born, under his birth name **Yasushi Ōhama** (Japanese: **大濱靖**, ***Yasushi Ōhama***), in Takasago, Hyōgo, Japan on August 2, 1958.

Shou Hayami began his voice acting career in 1980. The first anime character he voiced was one of the Millennium Thieves in the 1981 TV anime 'Queen Millennia' which aired from April 16, 1981 to March 25, 1982. He was credited for his role in that TV anime under his birth name Yasushi Ōhama.

During his career, he has played a wide range of characters from kind-hearted heroes to twisted sociopaths.

Starting in 1995, Shou Hayami voiced several video-game characters in his career. He voiced Vanilla Ice in the 'Jojo's Bizarre Adventure' video-games, Jaguar in 'Space Channel 5', Shiva in 'Granblue Fantasy', Kei Katsuragi and Klein Sandman in the 'Super Robot Wars' video-games, Reiji Ishioda in 'Yakuza: Like a Dragon' and Tekkan Amamiya in 'Sakura Wars'. He also voiced Jaguar in another 'Space Channel 5' game 'Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky New Flash!'.

Shou Hayami also worked as a Japanese dubbing actor. He provided the Japanese dub voices for Lemony Snicket in the live action 2017 Netflix series 'A Series of Unfortunate Events', Svengeance in the 2022 film '*Minions: The Rise of Gru*', Jackman in the British animated series 'Chuggington', Growley Pete in the second Dreamworks 'Trolls' film 'Trolls World Tour' and Caleb Colton in the 1987 live action horror film 'Near Dark'.

Shou Hayami voiced Kanade's stone in the 'Soundback: Playing Stone' anime segment of the Japanese live action 2022 film 'Anime Supremacy!'.

## Roles

 1990
 1994
 2005
 2003

## Kamiwaza Wanda

In 2017, Shou Hayami began his involvement in the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series when he voiced the Fact-Promin Metmin who first appeared in the original season's 39th episode.

Shou Hayami is yet to voice any Promins and new characters in future seasons of the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series.

## Trivia

* Shou Hayami is the second voice actor to join the original Kamiwaza Wanda anime season's voice cast as the voice of a Fact-Promin.

## Links

### External Links

* Shou Hayami's profile on the Anime News Network website
* Shou Hayami's agency profile
Kamiwaza Wanda Release Commemoration Special Event

### Location

Yodobashi Camera Multimedia Akiba(Event space 1st floor, in front of the 1st entrance)

The **Kamiwaza Wanda Release Commemoration Special Event** (Japanese: **カミワザワンダ発売記念スペシャルイベント！**, ***Kamiwaza Wanda Release Commemoration Special Event***) is a real-life event related to Kamiwaza Wanda. It took place at the Yodobashi Camera Multimedia place somewhere in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan, following the launch of the Kamiwaza Wanda franchise's toyline.

## Event Description

The Kamiwaza Wanda Release Commemoration Special Event takes place at the event space at the first floor, in front of the first entrance, at the Yodobashi Camera Multimedia Akiba place in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan from June 25, 2016 to June 26, 2016.

In this event, there are experiences related to the franchise such as toy expeperience sessions with the Kamiwaza Wanda toyline and character shows. Paticipants who take part in this event can even take pictures with the Kamiwaza Wanda franchise's titular mascot character Wanda.

On the first day of the event, from 12:00pm to 12:30pm at noon via Japan time, 3 Japanese voice actors make a guest appearance on a special stage.

* Kappei Yamaguchi (Wanda's voice actor)
* Sachi Kokuryu (Yuto's voice actress)
* Misaki Kuno (Yui's voice actress)

## Trivia

* This event shares its dates with the Summer 2016 World Hobby Fair convention.
* This is one of the Kamiwaza Wanda related events to be taken place during the broadcast of the original Kamiwaza Wanda anime season.
Kamiwaza Wanda in China

* Main flag
* Hong Kong flag
* Taiwan flag

This article is about the performance of Kamiwaza Wanda in China.

## Background

China is the third country in the world to see Kamiwaza Wanda and the second country to do so outside of Japan. Chinese subbed and dubbed versions of the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series are seen in 2 known areas of China: Hong Kong and Taiwan.

China is also the first known country is distribute Kamiwaza Wanda in 2 translated titles.

### Kamiwaza Wanda in Hong Kong

The first area of China to see Kamiwaza Wanda is Hong Kong. Broadcastings of the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series on Hong Kong's ViuTV channel began on June 26, 2017, starting with the anime series' original season.

There are 2 versions of the Hong Kong broadcastings of Kamiwaza Wanda: one of them is the original Japanese version with the Chinese subtitles and the other is the Chinese dubbed version.

Hong Kong's Chinese dubbed version of the Kamiwaza Wanda anime has the characters speaking the Chinese language with Cantonese dialects.

The title of the series is also translated in both Traditional and Simplified Chinese under the name 'Super Wanda'.

### Kamiwaza Wanda in Taiwan

The second area of China to see Kamiwaza Wanda is Taiwan. Distributations of the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series on Taiwan's LeTV streaming service began on November 2017, starting with the anime series' original season.

There is a Chinese subbed version of the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series in Taiwan.

Taiwan's Chinese dubbed version of the Kamiwaza Wanda anime has the characters speaking the Chinese language with Mandarin dialects.

The title of the series is also translated to Chinese under the name 'Divine-Skill Wanda'.

### Kamiwaza Wanda title translations

Simplified: 超能旺达
 Taiwan
Simplified: 神技旺达

## Trivia

* In both Chinese subbed and dubbed versions of Kamiwaza Wanda, all the Promins and their Bugmin counterparts have Chinese dub names. Also in the Chinese dub, the Promins are called 'Prozingling' (普洛精靈/普洛精灵), meaning 'program creature', while the Bugmins are called 'Progwaai' (普洛怪), meaning 'program monster'. *(See: List of Promins with Chinese dub names and List of Bugmins with Chinese dub names)*
* China is the first known country to distribute the Kamiwaza Wanda franchise without any merchandise.
	+ China is also the first country to distribute the Kamiwaza Wanda franchise under 2 different titles.
* China's Taiwan area is the only distributing location for the Kamiwaza Wanda franchise not to have the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series airing on any of their television broadcasting channels. In Taiwan, the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series is distributed on the Taiwanese streaming service LeTV instead of airing in any of the broadcasting channels on the Taiwanese television.
* Even when romanised, some of the Chinese dub names in the Kamiwaza Wanda franchise have certain letters pronounced in a different sounding than their actual letter sounds. Examples: Both 'J's in Yuto's Chinese name make a 'Y' sound instead of a 'J' sound. The 'zingling' part of a Promin's Chinese name have a 'Z' sounding like a 'J' instead of an actual 'Z' sound.
Promin VS mysterious being

**Promin VS mysterious being** (Japanese: **プロミンVS神秘的な存在**, *Puromin VS shinpi-tekina sonzai*) battles are battles in Kamiwaza Wanda in which Promins, mostly Fact-Promins, fight mysterious beings such as Don Bugdez's monstrous form.

## In the anime and in the manga

### In the anime

The first Promin VS mysterious being battle in the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series is in episode 46 of the original Kamiwaza Wanda anime season. In this episode, the 4 Kamiwaza Power-Shooters got the 6 Fact-Promins and then the ordinary Promins to fight Don Bugdez's monstrious form. However, the Fact-Promins and the Promins couldn't confront Don Bugdez's monstrous form so the Kamiwaza Power-Shooters summon Wonder-Promin and got him to successfully confront Don Bugdez's monstrous form and he did.

### In the manga

The first Promin VS mysterious being battle in the Kamiwaza Wanda franchise's manga line is in chapter 12 of the original Kamiwaza Wanda manga series when Yuto and Masato got the Fact-Promins to fight Don Bugdez who changed into his monstrous form. That Promin VS mysterious being battle concluded in chapter 13 when Wonder-Promin got rid of Don Bugdez, in his monstrous form and all.

## Trivia

* This battle type does not appear in the 3DS game Kamiwaza Wanda: Kirakira Ichibangai Kikiippatsu.
Ponkan Comic

3 children with an issue of Ponkan Comic

**Ponkan Comic** (Japanese: **ポンカン コミック**, ***Ponkan Comic***) is a manga magazine within the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series. It is a monthly children's manga magazine.

## Information

Ponkan Comic is a Japanese monthly manga magazine aimed for children. It has newly published chapter each for the kodomo-genred manga titles serialised in Ponkan Comic itself as well as showcase color pages of toys, video-games and movies.

Prior to the events of the original Kamiwaza Wanda anime season, Yuto brought several issues of Ponkan Comic from the shops, just to entertain himself. These issues of Ponkan Comic are on the bookshelves in Yuto's bedroom, even when Wanda takes them off so he can spend some of his time reading them.

## In the series

### Kamiwaza Wanda

In episode 14, Wanda was reading some of Yuto's past issues of Ponkan Comic while Yuto fixes Jii Yota's electric fan.

In episode 26, a young boy recently brought a copy of the November issue of Ponkan Comic as he showed it to his friends. He was really looking forward to seeing a new chapter of his favourite manga series. However, before the young boy could have the chance to read the new chapter of his favourite manga series, Bug-Coromin appeared from nowhere and gave that issue of Ponkan Comic an unpleasent ball-shape.

## Trivia

* Ponkan Comic is loosely based on Corocoro Comic, an ongoing real-life children's manga magazine known for its 2 sister manga magazines Corocoro Ichiban and Corocoro Comic Special.
* One half of the Ponkan Comic name is also the name of a round citrus fruit which is a hybrid of a mandarin and a pomelo.
* The manga series that a young boy was going to read a new chapter of in episode 26 of the original Kamiwaza Wanda anime season is loosely based on 'Kyatto Ninden Teyandee' (Dub title: 'Samurai Pizza Cats') which is a children's anime that aired in Japan on TV Tokyo from February 1, 1990 to February 12, 1991.
Natadecoco Panic

**Natadecoco Panic** (Japanese: **ナタデココ パニック**, ***Natadecoco Panic***) is a cartoon within the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series. It is usually broadcasted on Kirakira TV.

## Story

'Natadecoco Panic' is about two friends, Natadene-Kun and Tapioka-Kun, who live happly in a happy kingdom until the evil King Dorian comes and kidnaps Princess Pannakotta. Together, Natadene-Kun and Tapioka-Kun go on an adventure in order the rescue Princess Pannakotta and save the kingdom from King Dorian.

Although, Natadene-Kun sometimes worries about something bad happening to either the kingdom or the princess and somehow panics. That's when Natadene-Kun says "Natadecoco Panic!" 3 times.

## Known characters in the cartoon

 Princess Pannakotta |      | Princess Pannakotta is who Natadene-Kun and Tapioka-Kun have to rescue in 'Natadecoco Panic'. Princess Pannakotta feels sad when she was held captive by King Dorian.

## In the series

### Kamiwaza Wanda

In the original Kamiwaza Wanda anime season, Turbomin was watching 2 episodes of 'Natadecoco Panic' when Yuto summoned him.

Turbomin watched one episode of 'Natadecoco Panic' in the beginning of episode 11 when Natadene-Kun panics after he was warned by his friend Tapioka-Kun. He watched that same episode of 'Natadecoco Panic' in episode 13.

Turbomin watched another episode of 'Natadecoco Panic' in episode 17 when Natadene-Kun and Tapioka-Kun have to rescue Princess Pannakotta from the evil King Dorian at his castle.

Two billboards for the 'Natadecoco Panic' cartoon series were seen in the original Kamiwaza Wanda anime season. One of them appeared in episode 14, when the Bug Bytes were resting behind it, and another one appeared in episode 19.

## Trivia

* It is unknown that if the 'Natadecoco Panic' cartoon series premiered during the early events of the original Kamiwaza Wanda anime season. It might have premiered after the flying tempura incident ended in episode 10.
* The 'Natadecoco Panic' cartoon series is based on some elements of Nintendo's 'Super Mario' franchise.
* The first half of the 'Natadecoco Panic' title name is based on 'nata de coco' which means 'cream of coconut' in Spanish.
* All the 'Natadecoco Panic' characters introduced in the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series so far take the basis is desserts and drink-ingredients except for King Dorian who takes the basis of a durian fruit.
	+ Natadene-Kun is based on a nata de coco which is dessert originated from the Phillipines.
	+ Tapioka-Kun is based on a white tapioca pearl which is an ingredient used for bubble tea, a drink originated from China's Taiwan area.
	+ Princess Pannakotta is based on a panna cotta which is an Italian dessert.