![]() ![]() ![]() The dub of the OVA was alternatively released under the title The Magical Princess Gigi by Celebrity Home Entertainment, as well as using The Magical World of Gigi title when it was released as part of the UK's Channel 5 video line. While Carl Macek did not appear to have been part of the production team behind the dub of the series, he was involved with the dub of the OVA. The only portion of Minky Momo that had ever managed to see a commercial release in the USA would be the 1985 OVA La Ronde in my Dream, localized in 1987 as Gigi and the Fountain of Youth. on Harmony Gold's licenses suggest that the Minky Momo rights were held until at least 1996, where they may have reverted afterward. While Dragon Ball's license eventually passed to FUNimation in 1995, it seems that the license to Minky Momo may have reverted to Ashi by then. įor several years, it was unknown what ultimately became of the dub masters for Momo/Gigi it is alleged that both it and Dragon Ball were the only two titles that Carl Macek did not buy for Streamline Pictures. ![]() In addition to Australia and Israel, an archived copy of Malaysia's New Straits Times indicates that the dub had been airing on the RTM2 channel around 1988. There was also an unconfirmed allegation on an old Minky Momo fan site that the TV dub had been broadcast in Israel Another account has the series as having aired there around 1985, in response to an Israeli fan's query about the series. The English version did eventually make its way onto the "Cartoon Connections" block of ATV10 in Melbourne, Australia, and aired from at least late 1986 to early 1988. The French dub managed to cover the entirety of the Minky Momo series. The Italian dub stuck to the 52-episode order used by Harmony Gold, though the remaining episodes would later be dubbed a few years later. The series failed to air in the United States, as buyers were not interested, but this adaptation was used as the basis for several international versions that aired under the "Gigi" title (such as those aired in France, Italy, and the Netherlands). The first 52 episodes of Momo were utilized for the dub, and are said to have been very minimally edited by those who have claimed to have seen them. ![]()
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