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Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z (出ましたっ!パワパフガールズZ ) is the provisional name for a Japanese anime spin-off of the American animated television series The Powerpuff Girls. It is of the magical girl genre of anime.

It is being made by Cartoon Network, Toei Animation, and Aniplex; with Sam Register, Hiromi Seki, and Hideo Katsumata producing; Hiroyuki Kakudou directing; and character design by Miho Shimogasa of Sailor Moon fame.

Toei Animation's anime reimagining of Cartoon Network's Powerpuff Girls, entitled Powerpuff Girls Z, is scheduled to debut in Japan in July, an Aniplex representative at the Tokyo Anime Fair said (in late March 2006). The network is not yet confirmed, but will probably be TV Tokyo. The initial order is for about 50 to 52 episodes at 30 minutes each, with more possible depending on how successful the show turns out to be. No plans have yet been announced for a U.S. release.

Since the show was first revealed around April 1 at the Tokyo International Anime Fair 2005, it was believed by many to be an April Fool's joke which started at the animation news web site Toon Zone.

Story

The story runs a little differently to the original show. Professor Utonium is replaced by Professor Ken Kitazawa, who is a smart otaku genius instead of a grown man, and bumbles with one of his experiments - which gives three girls (Momoko, Miyako, and Kaoru) super powers. Also different from the show, Momoko, Miyako, and Kaoru are not sisters and are not related in any way - though it is believed they are friends. Together, they fight the evils of Mojo JoJo, who is still somewhat the same. At first, Mojo Jojo was the only confirmed villain, but recently an image of the Gangreen Gang has also been shown for the series. It is also unknown if others will appear, and if so, how many, or if there will be other "returning" villains.

Characters

The characters of the show. Note that in this spin-off, the girls are not sisters; they all come from different families. Names here are in the Western naming order, with the family name after the given name.

Momoko Akatsutsumi (赤堤ももこ Akatsusumi Momoko) (Stands for Blossom). Transforms using the phrase "Hyper Blossom" and uses a yo-yo as a weapon. She, like her PPG counterpart, is the leader of the group.
Miyako Goutokuji (豪徳寺みやこ Gōtokuji Miyako) (Stands for Bubbles). Transforms using the phrase "Rolling Bubbles" and uses a bubble wand as a weapon. Her bubble attacks are somewhat similar to Sailor Mercury's Shabon Spray.
Kaoru Matsubara (松原かおる Matsubara Kaoru) (Stands for Buttercup). Transforms using the phrase "Powered Buttercup" and uses a Daruma Otoshi hammer (similar to Amy Rose's Piko Piko Hammer) as a weapon.
Professor Ken Kitazawa. (北沢ケン Kitazawa Ken) (Stands for Professor Utonium
) A young boy genius who creates the Powerpuff Girls from regular girls using "Chemical X" (just like on the original show, except using three actual girls instead of "sugar, spice, and everything nice" as the base ingredient).
Mojo. (Stands for Mojo Jojo) the only character who remains relatively unchanged.

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