Otter Magician Sammy (カワウソの魔術師サミー Kawauso no majutsu-shi samī) is an anime television series created by American artist Jim Jinkins with Nobuo Alexander and Hiroki Takajima, and produced by Drillimation Studios in association with AEON (now WE'VE Inc.) and Pony Canyon. The series ran for 150 episodes from July 17, 1993, to March 25, 2000, on the JAITS network, originating from Television Saitama.
The series revolves around 20-year old Sammy Chatan, who inherits a family ring that allows her to become the anthropomorphic otter magical girl known as the Otter Magician. With her new power, she battles the forces of the evil Emperor Seiuchi.
The English-language version, recorded from 1994 to 2000 and mainly released on home video by AnimEigo (sub-licensed from Drillimation Studios California), was produced by Ocean Productions in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and was the first unionized Drillimation dub (as all the voice actors were members of UBCP/ACTRA).
Characters[]
- Main article: List of Otter Magician Sammy characters
Voice cast[]
Japanese[]
- Kimiko Ochiai as Sammy Chatan / Otter Magician Sammy
- Hanaka Subasha as Chris Gamakan
- Toshiko Fujita as Hisayo Chatan
- Unshō Ishizuka as Kimihiro Chatan
- Machiko Soga as Ayako Chatan
- Sakura Tange as Swe Lat
- Jiwa Suka as Kayo Kisiba
- Kaneta Kimotsuki as Emperor Seiuchi
- Demon Kakka as Lord Seiuchi
English[]
- Connie Dunajewski as Sammy Chatan / Otter Magician Sammy
- D.C. Chrisfold as Chris Gamakan
- Louise Vallance as Hisayo Chatan
- Russell Roberts as Kimihiro Chatan
- Shirley Millner as Ayako Chatan
- Myriam Sirois as Swe Lat
- Meghan Toa as Kayo Kisiba
- Roman Fenollosa as Emperor Seiuchi
- Martin Berger as Lord Seiuchi
Theme music[]
- OP1 - "A Sea of Fantasy" (Japanese: ファンタジーの海; Fantajī no umi) by Kisumi Ochiai (Kayuko Katuo) (1993-1995) (Series 1-2)
- OP2 - "Magic! Let's Go! Let's Run!" by SMAP (Shikao Suga - Yuka Kawamura) (1995-1996) (Series 3)
- OP3 - "Antenna (The Mix)" by Kraftwerk (Ralf Hütter - Florian Schneider - Emil Schult) (1996-1997) (Series 4)
- OP4 - "A Sea of Fantasy '98" (Japanese: ファンタジーの海 '98; Fantajī no umi 98) by Kimiko Ochiai and Banana Ice (1998-1999) (Series 5)
- OP5 - "Hey There! Rock Your Life" (Japanese: ちょっと そこ! ROCK YOUR LIFE; Chotto soko! Rock your life) by Kimiko Ochiai, Demon Kakka & Tokyo Purin (1999-2000) (Series 6)