Powerpuff Girls Z (出ましたっ!パワパフガールズZ Demashita! Pawapafu Gāruzu Zetto) is a Japanese magical girl anime series directed by Megumu Ishiguro, based on the American animated television series The Powerpuff Girls. The anime is co-produced by Cartoon Network Japan and Aniplex and was animated and produced by Toei Animation, featuring character designs by Miho Shimogasa. As production occurred in Japan, Craig McCracken, the original creator of The Powerpuff Girls, was not directly involved with the project.
The 52-episode series aired in Japan on TV Tokyo between July 1, 2006, and June 30, 2007.
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Dubbing History
The series was dubbed by Ocean Productions for airing on Cartoon Network in the Philippines. As such, none of the original voice actors for the original Powerpuff Girls are present in the dub with most of the voice cast doing imitations of the original voices (though the Japanese version didn't have any of the original voice cast from the Japanese dub of the original series either). The series has not aired in the United States.
Cast
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Powerpuff Girls Z | |||
|
Blossom (Hyper Blossom / Momoko Akazutsumi) |
Emiri Katō | Nicole Bouma |
|
Bubbles (Rolling Bubbles / Miyako Gotokuji) |
Nami Miyahara | Maryke Hendrikse |
|
Buttercup (Powered Buttercup / Kaoru Matsubara) |
Machiko Kawana | Kelly Metzger |
| Supporting Characters | |||
|
Professor Utonium | Taiten Kusunoki | Louis Chirillo |
|
Ken Kitazawa | Makiko Ōmoto | Cathy Weseluck |
|
Poochi (Peach) |
Tomoko Kaneda | Matt Hill (eps. 1-37a) |
| Simon Hill (eps. 37b-52) | |||
|
The Mayor | Hideyuki Tanaka | Alec Willows |
|
Miss Bellum | Yōko Kawanami | Nicole Oliver |
|
Miss Keane | Tomoko Akiya | Tabitha St. Germain |
|
Jason (Soichiro) |
Kappei Yamaguchi | Samuel Vincent |
|
Annie (Sakurako Kintoki) |
Rumi Shishido | Rebecca Shoichet |
| Family Members | |||
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Kasey (Kuriko Akatsutsumi) |
Chiwa Saitō | Erin Mathews |
|
Kiyoko Gotokuji | Misa Watanabe | Cathy Weseluck |
|
Tokio Matsubara | Keiichi Sonobe | Brian Drummond |
|
Michiru Matsubara | Yūko Minaguchi | Jillian Michaels |
|
Dave Matsubara (Dai Matsubara) |
Mayumi Yamaguchi | David Hurwitz |
|
Sam Matsubara (Shou Matsubara) |
Kanako Sunakura | Kathleen Barr |
|
Ken's Mother | Yuka Shino | Rebecca Shoichet |
| Villains | |||
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Mojo Jojo | Masashi Ebara | Michael Dobson |
|
Him | Ryūsei Nakao | Mark Oliver |
|
Fuzzy Lumpkins | Shirō Saitō | Scott McNeil |
|
Princess Morbucks (Himeko Shirogane) |
Chigusa Ikeda | Kelly Sheridan |
|
Ace / Bobby Green | Mitsuaki Madono | Andrew Francis |
|
Snake / Ivy | Kōki Miyata | Tabitha St. Germain |
|
Lil Arturo / Weevil | Keiko Yamamoto | Maryke Hendrikse |
|
Grubber / Lunk | Kōichi Tōchika | Peter New |
|
Big Billy / Big Boy | Toshiharu Sakurai | Richard Ian Cox |
|
Top Hat | Minoru Inaba | |
| Poncho | Naoki Tatsuta | Brian Drummond | |
| Violet | Sakiko Uran | Tabitha St. Germain | |
|
Sedusa | Rumi Shishido | Rebecca Shoichet |
|
Brick | Reiko Kiuchi | Alberto Ghisi |
|
Boomer | Tōko Aoyama | Aidan Drummond |
|
Butch | Yukiko Tamaki | Kathleen Barr |
|
Gilbert “Gigi” the Great (Michel) |
Junichi Suwabe | Paul Dobson |
|
Duchess Morbucks (Miko Shirogane) |
Mariko Kouda | Chantal Strand |
|
Cody (Takaaki Ayagai) |
Daisuke Kishio | Kathleen Barr |
|
Paul Dobson | ||
| Other Characters | |||
|
Principal | Tomomichi Nishimura | Trevor Devall |
|
Professor Pithium (Kennai Hiragai) |
Aruno Tahara | Louis Chirillo |
|
The Goodenough Girls X (Momo, Omiya & Oko) |
Emiri Katō | Nicole Bouma |
|
Nami Miyahara | Maryke Hendrikse | |
|
Machiko Kawana | Kelly Metzger | |
|
Johnny Cosmo (Hiro) |
Takeshi Kusao | Brad Swaile |
|
Brandy (Hanayo Nakameguro) |
Sawa Ishige | Saffron Henderson |
|
Mandy (Fumika Himonya) |
Saki Yasuda | Chantal Strand |
|
Mr. Morbucks (Yoshio Shirogane) |
Naomi Kusumi | Peter New |
|
Mrs. Morbucks (Kiyoko Shirogane) |
Kikuko Inoue | ¿? |
|
Narrator | N/A | Samuel Vincent |
Additional Voices
- Alistair Abell
- Lisa Ann Beley
- Sean Campbell
- Ted Cole
- Trevor Devall
- Michael Dobson
- Paul Dobson
- Richard Ian Cox
- Tabitha St. Germain
- Ron Halder
- Simon Hayama
- Saffron Henderson
- Ryan Hirakida
- David A. Kaye
- Gabe Khouth
- Terry Klassen
- Andrea Libman
- Scott McNeil
- Jillian Michaels
- Jason Michas
- Peter New
- Richard Newman
- Nicole Oliver
- Jason Simpson
- Chantal Strand
- Reece Thompson
- French Tickner
- Vincent Tong
- Samuel Vincent
Notes
- The girls' secret identity and actual names are the same.
- Some of the original voice actors for the original Powerpuff Girls have expressed interest in making their own dub of the series.
- Snake/Ivy's gender is changed from male to female in the dub.
- In their first appearance, The Gangreen Gang's names were all their original names, but when they later appear, their names were changed.
Transmission
| Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Cartoon Network | The Philippines | 
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| 2008 | Boomerang | Australia | 
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See Also
- The Powerpuff Girls (2016)
- Stitch! - Another Anime adaptation of an American animated series
External Links
- Powerpuff Girls Z at the Internet Movie Database
- Powerpuff Girls Z (anime) at the Anime News Network
