Tokyo Mew Mew (Manga) (2024)

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Tokyo Mew Mew (jpn. 東京ミュウミュウ Tōkyō Myū Myū) is the manga series written by Reiko Yoshida and illustrated by Mia Ikumi. The first chapter premiered in the September 2000 issue of Nakayoshi magazine, where it was serialized monthly until its conclusion in the February 2003 issue. The first volume of the manga was released on February 2, 2001, and the final volume was released on April 2, 2003.

TokyoPop licensed the manga and released the first volume in English on April 8, 2003. Volume 7 was released May 11, 2004. Kodansha USA acquired the license for the manga after TokyoPop's license for it expired. Their version of the manga has a whole new English translation than TokyoPop's version. Instead of 7 individual volumes, 2 or 3 volumes would be made into one book. Volumes 1 and 2 were released in Omnibus (big book) edition in October 25th, 2011. Volumes 3 and 4 were released on December 20, 2011. Volumes 5, 6, and 7 were released on April 24, 2012.

A sequel, Tokyo Mew Mew à la Mode written and illustrated solely by Mia Ikumi, was serialized in Nakayoshi from April 2003 to February 2004. The sequel introduces a new Mew Mew, Berry Shirayuki, who becomes the temporary leader of the Mew Mews while they face a new threat in the form of the Saint Rose Crusaders. English translation by TokyoPop was released about a year later on June 7, 2005. Kodansha USA's translation was released in omnibus format in November 2013.

Nakayoshi has revealed in their January 2020 issue that there will be a spinoff manga series titled Tokyo Mew Mew Olé! / (Au Lait). The series featured an all-male Mew Mew team. The original Mew Mew team returned for a 2 chapter manga sequel titled Tokyo Mew Mew 2020 Re-Turn.

In 2022, the manga was released in a new shinsō-ban version, divided into 10 volumes. The run consisted of the original Tokyo Mew Mew series, Tokyo Mew Mew à la Mode series, and Tokyo Mew Mew 2020 Re-Turn volume.

Synopsis[]

The series follows five girls, Ichigo Momomiya, Minto Aizawa, Retasu Midorikawa, Bu-Ling Huang and Zakuro Fujiwara, who are infused with the D.N.A. of endangered animals that give them special powers and the ability to transform into a "Mew Mew". Led by Ichigo Momomiya, the girls protect the earth from aliens who wish to "reclaim" it.

List of chapters[]

Note: These are the TokyoPop names for the chapters.

Volume 1[]

1. Chapters 1–4: In the Beginning
2. Before Tokyo Mew Mew Was Created
3. Photo Shoot Report
4. Afterward

Volume 2[]

1. Chapters 5–9: Three Plus Two
2. Afterward
3. Final Thoughts

Volume 3[]

1. Chapter 10: Shall We Dance?
2. Chapter 11: Cruise Control
3. Chapter 12: Alien Invasion
4. Chapter 13: The Truth About Cats and Dogs
5. Afterward
6. Bonus Comic

Volume 4[]

1. Chapter 14: Kiss And Tell
2. Chapter 15: Tokyo Tower Tales
3. Chapter 16: Young Love
4. Extra: Tokyo Black Cat Girl

Volume 5[]

1. Chapter 17: The Blue Knight
2. Chapter 18: Rescue Mission
3. Chapter 19: Truth or Dare
4. Chapter 20: Masaya Confessions
5. About the Fifth Volume
6. Tokyo Mew Mew Another Story: Petite Mew Mew

Volume 6[]

1. Chapter 21: Who is the Blue Knight?
2. Chapter 22: A Kiss for Kish.
3. Chapter 23: Finding Masaya.
4. Chapter 24: A Dome of Doom.
5. Sleeping Beauty of Strawberry Forest.

Volume 7[]

1. Chapter 25: Deep Blue Revealed
2. Chapter 26: You Love the Earth
3. Chapter 27: A Transfer of Power
4. Petite Mew Mew

Gallery[]

Nakayoshi 60th Anniversary Edition[]

Shinsō-ban Edition[]

International Manga Releases[]

The Tokyo Mew Mew manga was translated into several different languages, here is a list of the known official translations:

English version[]

Italian version[]

Thai version[]

Trivia[]

• Tokyo Mew Mew was originally called Tokyo Black Cat Girl.
• Ichigo appears on the covers three times, but the other Mew Mews only appear once each.
• Tokyo Mew Mew was followed by Petite Mew Mew.
• The manga was adapted into an anime series of the same name.
• The manga used to be licensed in North America by Tokyopop. It is now currently owned by Kodansha USA.
• The original Japanese chapters were not named but Tokyopop gave each chapter a name and sometimes merged chapters with each other.
• While the original Japanese version of the first series has 29 chapters, the TokyoPop translation mistakenly put down that there were 27 chapters.