Tokyo Mew Mew: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The story of Tokyo Mew Mew begins when the main protagonist, Ichigo Momomiya, attends an endangered species exhibit with her crush (and hopefully future boyfriend) Masaya Aoyama. Their peaceful day takes a turn towards drastic when an earthquake strikes and Ichigo, as well as four other girls, are enveloped in a mysterious light. The next day, Ichigo begins to behave like a cat and learns from two scientists that her DNA has been combined with that of an iriomote cat as part of Project μ, which aims to protect the world from alien invaders!

Series details

• Title: Tokyo Mew Mew
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Adventure, Anime, Children, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 2002-04-06
• Final broadcast date listed: 2003-03-29
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 4.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 21088
• IMDb ID: tt0469008
• TVDB ID: 74598

Cast and credited roles

• Yumi Kakazu — Mint Aizawa
• Hisayo Mochizuki — Purin Fon
• Junko Noda — Zakuro Fujiwara
• Kumi Sakuma — Lettuce Midorikawa
• Saki Nakajima — Ichigo Momomiya

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2002-04-06; final listed air date 2003-03-29; episode order: 52.

Source and licence

Adapted from Tokyo Mew Mew on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.