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While on the train, the women befriend Ryuichi Omiya, a college student, and after noticing he has a keyholder of Onpu, they discover he is also a fan of Ojamajo Doremi and he comes along their trip as their guide. By summer, the three women go on a trip to Nara and Kyoto, where two episodes of Ojamajo Doremi Dokkān! takes place. : 9 Meanwhile, Yūji is enrolled into a special education school, and Sora helps him successfully, gaining motivation to study for her teaching exams.

Tired of being treated poorly at her job, Mire decides to quit and later learns that her co-worker, Hayato Yabe, has feelings for her. : 7 Mire invites her to move in to help her pursue her studies. The two restore their friendship as Reika reveals that her magic bead was given to her by her father. : 7 Upon finding Reika, Mire saves her from Seiya when he extorts her for money, with Reika finally breaking up with him. : 6 She then personally goes to Onomichi to apologize and manages to find Reika's apartment through the okonomiyaki shop that she works at. : 7 That night, Mire stays at Sora's house and reflects on her actions after watching episode 19 of Ojamajo Doremi Sharp, where Doremi and Hazuki get into a fight. : 7 Mire chides Reika for not being assertive, but this causes Reika to become angry and return to Onomichi alone. : 7 The three are led to a hospital trying to retrieve her bead after she drops it, and there, Reika sees her father with a new family of his own while he pretends he does not know her. : 6 On the third day of their trip, Mire suggests Reika make a wish on her magic bead to reunite with her father. : 6 At night, while discussing concerns from their daily lives, Reika confides in them that her father left after her parents divorced when she was in high school, with her mother dying two years later. : 6 There, the women go sightseeing in Hida-Takayama, the location where the film Ojamajo Doremi: The Secret of the Frog Stone takes place. : 5Īs their daily lives become stressful, Sora invites Mire and Reika to visit Aichi Prefecture for Golden Week. The women return home, but keep in contact. That evening, the women bond over having watched Ojamajo Doremi when they were younger and the magic bead toys from the show. When she visits, she meets Mire and Reika, who explore the building with her. : 5 One day, Sora becomes curious when she hears rumors about a Western-style building located in Kamakura that served as the basis for the MAHODO, a magic shop featured in Ojamajo Doremi. Sora is concerned about Yūji Makita, a student at the school she interns at despite having her dream job, Mire frequently gets into conflicts with her manager, Miyao and Reika's boyfriend, Seiya Kubo, keeps stealing her savings for college. The film is centered on three women who grew up watching Ojamajo Doremi in their childhood: Sora Nagase, a 22-year-old college student whose parents are pressuring her to become a teacher Mire Yoshizuki, a 27-year-old career-oriented office worker returning from overseas and Reika Kawatani, a 20-year-old freeter. Nara Park is one of the locations that Sore, Mire, Reika, and Omiya visit in the final third of Looking for Magical Doremi, as the location was featured in episode 11 of Ojamajo Doremi Dokkān! : 10 The film won Best Animation Film Award at the 75th Mainichi Film Awards. Upon release, Looking for Magical Doremi was praised for its themes of rediscovering the joys of life in adulthood through childhood. Aiming for an adult female audience outside of Ojamajo Doremi fans, Toei Animation decided to focus on the various common struggles that Japanese women face in their daily lives, with each main character representing a particular generation.

Planning for the film began in September 2016, with the film project formally announced in March 2019. The film was first screened at the 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival on Novembefore later being released to the general public on November 13, 2020. The events of the film are set in modern-day Japan and star Aoi Morikawa, Rena Matsui, and Momoiro Clover Z member Kanako Momota in the roles of three women of different backgrounds who grew up watching Ojamajo Doremi. The film is directed by Haruka Kamatani and Junichi Sato.

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'Looking for Witch Apprentices') is a 2020 Japanese drama and coming-of-age animated film produced by Toei Animation for the 20th anniversary of the magical girl anime series Ojamajo Doremi (known internationally as Magical Doremi), which aired from 1999 to 2005. Looking for Magical Doremi ( 魔女見習いをさがして, Majo Minarai o Sagashite, lit.