23 minSeason 1 • Episode 43
LatestSaint Tail is a phantom thief magical girl manga and anime series. Originally a twenty-four part manga by Megumi Tachikawa, the story was adapted into an anime television series by producer Tokyo Movie Shinsha, with forty-three episodes and one short, broadcast by ABC. Tokyopop translated the manga series, and subtitled and partially dubbed the anime series. Video Games were released for the Sega Saturn and Sega Game Gear in Japan, and are considered collectors items by Saint Tail fans. The Tokyopop book summary states that it is "Robin Hood meets Sailor Moon!"
Production
TMS delivering peak 90s shoujo transformation sequences.
Writing
Meimi's double life mechanics are genuinely clever.
Costume
That thief outfit is camp iconography, no notes.
Tomo Sakurai
Meimi Haneoka
Kikuko Inoue
Seira Mimori
Kousuke Okano
Daichi Asuka Jr.
Kazuhiko Inoue
Genichirou Haneoka
Akio Otsuka
Detective Keiji Asuka
Yuko Nagashima
Rina Takamiya
Junko Iwao
Kyoko
Mika Kanai
Sachiko
Satomi Korogi
Ryoko
Tomoyuki Dan
Oikawa
Kae Araki
Sayaka
Mika Kanai
Maju
Hideyuki Umezu
Sandou
Yumi Touma
Hiromi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Saint Tail rode the 90s phantom thief boom sparked by Lupin III and Kaitou Saint Tail clones flooded anime magazines for years.
The Sega Saturn game is so rare that pristine copies sell for more than actual vintage religious artifacts. Probably.
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