Tweeny Witches

is a Japanese anime television and original video animation series. Produced by Studio 4°C, the series is directed by Yoshiharu Ashino and written by Shinji Obara. Inspired by Through the Looking-Glass, the story follows a young human girl who finds herself trapped in a magical world filled with witches, warlocks, and fairies. In 2003, it was announced at the Tokyo International Anime Fair that the anime Magical Girl Squad Arusu was going to be made. The series first aired between April 9, 2004, and March 4, 2005; in all, 40 episodes were made plus an OVA that contains 6 episodes which were released in 2007. It was translated and dubbed into English by the anime television network Animax, who broadcast it in its respective networks in Southeast Asia and other regions, and was licensed for distribution in the United States by Media Blasters until 2012. AnimeWorks (Later called Media Blasters) licensed under the English name Tweeny Witches with three DVDs being released in 2008. The OVA titled was also released on DVD by Media Blasters in 2009. Plot More than 14 years before the events of the series, a Japanese archaeologist named fell down the hole of the ruins on the mysterious Crow Island into the during his research on the . He was found and imprisoned by , the leader and general of the . A witch soldier named rescued him and later had a son named together. Jidan left her to seal the away in the , keeping the forbidden from turning the Human Realm into an empty haven for the and warlocks from their old, dying Magical Realm. During a voyage back to the Human Realm, Jidan was accidentally separated from his son, who would grow up to be a pirate on the . Jidan eventually married , with whom he had a daughter named . He taught their young daughter to believe in magic and use magic for happiness, with the True Book of Spells as a present for her 5th birthday. He left the family for the Magical Realm in search of his son, only to endure 6 years of imprisonment in , the underground capital city of the . In the present day, Arusu finds herself in the Magical Realm at the age of 11, summoned by Lennon and the True Book of Spells. She is captured by some witches alongside a , only for to release her in gratitude for giving her a sweet chestnut, species of which do not grow wild in the realm.