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Saint Tail: Summary

Originally on:Other
Status:Ended
Premiered:October 12, 1995
Last Aired:September 12, 1996
Show Categories:Animation, Action/Adventure

Also known as: Kaitou Saint Tail, Mysterious Thief Saint Tail

Meimi Haneoka, age 14, is your popular gal with long flowing orange hair. She studies at the Junior High class at St. Paulia's, a private Catholic school in a Japanese city that seems to have many wealthy citizens. During the daytime she likes to have fun with her classmates, especially her buddy Seira Mimori, who is training to be a nun at their church. But when people start visiting the church sanctuary and start confessing to Seira about things that they have lost to corrupt politicians and business folk, Meimi helps out by transforming into Saint Tail, a mysterious thief dressed as a magician girl with a long orange ponytail.

Saint Tail's mission each week is to steal back the item and return them to their rightful owners. Her special powers include It's Show Time! where she confounds the police and the bad guys with a dazzling display of card throwing, sparkles, or whatever shoots out of her baton. She can also levitate objects, bounce on the rooftops of buildings, fly around with the help of balloons, and other magic tricks that she learns from her dad who is a magician.

In each episode, there's a green-haired boy named Asuka Jr, who is a police detective's son, and a detective in his own right. He has a special arrangement with the mayor to track down Saint Tail. Asuka Jr. usually receives the warning notes, and arranges for security. Meimi likes to poke fun at Asuka Jr. for not catching Saint Tail, but it soon becomes apparent that she has romantic feelings for him, and has the dilemma of whether she should tell him her true identity.

Number of episodes: 43
Availability: 15 episodes were dubbed into English (they are here as season 1), and the rest have been subtitled (season 2). The series is licensed in the US by Tokyopop.

Manga: Saint Tail also ran as a manga series by Megumi Tachikawa from 1994 to 1996. There are 7 graphic novels.

Theme Music:
Opening Song: "Toki Wo Koete" by Yasuko
Ending Song: "Junshin" by Shoko Inoue Matsuyuki

Also known as: Kaitou Saint Tail, Mysterious Thief Saint Tail

Meimi Haneoka, age 14, is your popular gal with long flowing orange hair. She studies at the Junior High class at St. Paulia's, a private Catholic school in a Japanese city that seems to have many wealthy citizens. During the daytime she likes to have fun with her classmates, especially her buddy Seira...

The Final Battle! Save Asuka Jr.

Aired: Thursday September 12, 1996

Asuka Jr. discovers that Meimi is Saint Tail, but he has been captured by Rosemary and Maju, and is trapped in a tower for days. Meimi tells Seira she must transform to Saint Tail one last time, but for the first time, she will be stealing something for herself, and put her identity on the line. Saint Tail must confront Rosemary and her full set of tricks and deal with the tempting possibility of becoming a full-time thief where she could get anything she wants; anything, except the man she loves!

Tokyopop license expires! by Angus_Mac 08/11/2007 2:51pm
Welcome to the TV.com Blog for Saint Tail by SYS 03/29/2007 9:46am

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Tomo SakuraiMeimi Haneoka / St. Tail
Mela LeeMeimi / Saint Tail
Kousuke OkanoAsuka Jr.
Joshua SethAsuka Jr.
Kikuko InoueSeira Mimori

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Negemite
member since: Jan 2, 2008
The Bottom Line: "Change the channel!"
Well there is no storyline what so ever because it skipped over. It maybe in the manga but we all don't know what's the story is. ...Continue »
01/02/08 05:46pm | report abuse
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animefan92
member since: Dec 28, 2005
The Bottom Line: "Personal favorite"
This is really a good show.It stars Meimi, a girl who, with the help of her friend Seira, becomes Saint Tail and steals items back from thieves who steal from the innocent.A boy named Asuka Jr is determined to catch saint tail.Little does he know saint t ...Continue »
01/04/06 07:08pm | report abuse