Princess Comet

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Princess Comet
Cover of the 2021 blu-ray release of the anime series.
コメットさん (Kometto-san)
Genre	Magical girl
Manga
Written by	Mitsuteru Yokoyama
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Margaret
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	June 10, 1967 – November 11, 1967
Television drama
Princess Comet: Yumiko Kokonoe
Directed by	Mitsuteru Yokoyama Ōtsuki Yoshikazu
Music by	Joji Yuasa Masashi Tashiro
Original network	TBS
Original run	July 3, 1967 – December 30, 1968
Episodes	79
Television drama
Princess Comet: Kumiko Ohba
Directed by	Noriaki Yuasa Yoshiharu Tomita
Music by	Masaaki Hirao Hiroaki Hagiwara
Original network	TBS
Original run	June 12, 1978 – September 24, 1979
Episodes	68
Anime television series
Cosmic Baton Girl Princess Comet
Directed by	Mamoru Kanbe
Written by	Akira Okeya
Music by	Moka
Studio	Nippon Animation SynergySP
Original network	TXN (TV Osaka, TV Tokyo)
Original run	April 1, 2001 – January 27, 2002
Episodes	43

Princess Comet (コメットさん, Kometto-san) is a manga series created and illustrated by Mitsuteru Yokoyama, the creator of Tetsujin 28-go and Giant Robo, which went on to inspire two Japanese TV drama series and an anime series. The series, which tend to have each their individual plots, revolve around an alien in the form of a young woman arriving on Earth and becoming a guardian to some young children, while using magical powers. The manga was first serialized in Shueisha's monthly Margaret magazine from July to November 1967, marking as one of Japan's first Magical girl series produced. The most recent entry, the 2001 anime Cosmic Baton Girl Comet-san ☆ (Cosmic Baton Girl コメットさん☆, Cosmic Baton Girl Kometto-san) tells the story of Comet, one of the princesses of the Triangle Nebula who came to Earth in search for a missing prince.

The story revolves around Princess Comet, a twelve-year-old girl who is in fact the princess of the Harmonica Star country, an alien kingdom in the distant Triangle Nebula. She was meant to meet the prince of the Tambourine Star country at a ball, but the prince ran away to Earth instead. Comet is sent to Earth to find him, though she has no idea what he looks like. "He will be known by the twinkling in his eyes" is the only clue she was given to the prince's identity. Once she travels to Earth, Comet falls in love with the people she meets there as well as the planet itself, quickly becoming attached to life on Earth. Meanwhile, Princess Meteo from the rival Castanet Star country learns of Comet's orders to find and marry the prince, and so she arrives on Earth too, planning to marry the prince before Comet gets the chance. Both princesses are sent to Earth along with a companion. Comet's companion is a little puppy with a star at the end of his tail named Rababou (ラバボウ, Rababou). Meteo's companion is a round, purple bird named Mook (ムウク, Muuku).

The series is mostly episodic, though recurring characters include the a family with two young children Comet lives with, and a boy named Keisuke. Unbeknownst to Comet, her Aunt Spica also lives on Earth and had visited Earth before, deciding to stay there and get married herself. Aunt Spica's pet is Rabapyon (ラバピョン), a white rabbit with a tiny heart on her tail.

The series is set in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan.

• Comet (voiced by Aki Maeda)
• Rababou (voiced by Taeko Kawata)
• Meteo (voiced by Chieko Honda)

The Manga was serialized in Shueisha's monthly Margaret from July to November 1967, illustrated by Mitsuteru Yokoyama, starting slightly before with the first drama series.

The first Japanese live-action drama series was broadcast by Tokyo Broadcasting System from July 3, 1967, to December 30, 1968, with a total of 79 episodes.

A second, unrelated series aired from June 12, 1978, to September 24, 1979, with a total of 68 episodes. Both seasons were dubbed into Spanish and broadcast within Mexico, Venezuela, Costa Rica and other Spanish-speaking countries, first series in the 1970s and second series in the 2000s.

Additionally, two actresses (Yumiko Kokonoe and Kumiko Ohba) from the dramas appear in the later anime versions as minor supporting characters.

An anime series titled Cosmic Baton Girl Princess Comet (Cosmic Baton Girl コメットさん☆, Cosmic Baton Girl Kometto-san) was animated by Nippon Animation, directed by Mamoru Kanbe of Cardcaptor Sakura and written by Akira Okeya of Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team. Character designs were done by Kazuaki Makida, who later contributed to the characters designs of Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch. The series premiered on TV Osaka and TV Tokyo from April 1, 2001, to January 27, 2002, with a total of 43 episodes. It was also later aired by Animax, which translated and dubbed the series into English and other languages for broadcast across its network in Hong Kong, Taiwan, South and Southeast Asia. Unlike the drama series, the anime features a young child magical girl character.

The anime has four theme songs. The first opening song is titled Smile For You (君にスマイル, Kimi ni sumairu) by Nayu Nibori and the second is Miracle Power ~Stardust Version~ (ミラクルパワー 〜スターダスト・バージョン〜, Mirakuru pawā 〜 sutādasuto bājon 〜) by Shizuka Nakayama. The first ending theme is titled Twinkle☆Star (トゥインクル☆スター, Touinkuru ☆ sutā) by Saeko Chiba and the second ending titled Parade of Stars☆ (星のパレード☆, Hoshi no parēdo☆) by Sayuri Tanaka.^[1] The music is composed by Moka, who later composed the soundtrack of Elfen Lied.

Cosmic Baton Girl Comet-san runs 24 minutes per episode and has 43 episodes.^[2]

• TV Osaka website Archived 2006-02-13 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
• TOHO's Official website Archived 2013-01-05 at archive.today (in Japanese)
• Cosmic Baton Girl Comet-san (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia