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Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne: Maron, Jeanne, & Fish Fin
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This series, an interesting fusion of the magical girl concept with Christian apocalyptic prophecies, was produced by Toei Animation in 1999-2000, one of the first fully computer-generated (CGI) Japanese anime.
It concerns Maron, a normal high school magical girl, who gains the power to transform into the reincarnation of St. Jeanne d'Arc by means of a magical rosary given to her by a tiny angel with the unlikely name of Fish Fin. She then must become a Kamikaze Kaitou, or “Holy-Ghost Master-Thief,” stealing the images of valuable works of art which are possessed by demons and so are Bad for their owners.
This premise is similar to that the better-known St. Tail in many ways, but but is clearly aimed at an older audience. The storyline becomes quite dark in the second season, with a lot of emphasis on Maron's unresolved relations with her parents, who abandoned her at birth and are going through a messy divorce. Still unlicenced in North America, this interesting anime has been under the radar for most fans. But with the manga (by Arina Tanemura, creator of Full Moon wo Sagashite) now appearing in English translation, the series is now beginning to generate a fanbase here. The Rosary is a good English-language KKJ tribute website, where you can get the rest of the info you might need to put these sketches in context. (Caution: Spoilers!)
Production art from it is has up to now been difficult to locate, oddly enough considering the length of the series (44 episodes). However, production materials now seem to be coming on the market in greater numbers. You can see other sketch sets displayed in Moonlight Destiny's Gallery, in Stem Cels, and in Debbye's Cel Gallery.
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