Pink Lady Monogatari: Eiko no Tenshitachi (partially found anime TV series; 1978-1979)

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Title card.

Status: Partially Found

Pink Lady Monogatari: Eiko no Tenshitachi (ピンク・レディー物語 栄光の天使たち Pink Lady Story: Angels of Glory) is a Japanese biographical slice of life anime series aired in TV Tokyo from October 24, 1978 to June 26, 1979 for total of 33 episodes with 2 clip shows and a prologue one week before show premiered which is based on real life-story of popular superstar female pop music duo Pink Lady. It is produced by Toei Animation (who is best known for making tons of famous anime like One Piece, Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball). Although the title and content of show, the main characters were actually not voiced by the duo or neither OP and ED preformed by them, but rather voiced by the Michiko Nomura (Mie) and (Kei) while the OP and ED were sang by the child actors known as Young Fresh in the Japanese entertainment agency Toei Jido Kenshu Jo (Toei Children's Training Institute, now as Toei Academy).[1][2]

During the show, there's would be live action sequences featuring Pink Lady duo (Mie and Kei) as they would do in studio talking or even musical interludes singing their songs.[3]

Pink Lady would later make an appear on notorious short-lived 1980 TV variety show Pink Lady and Jeff for American audiences due to their song (English-language song Kiss in the Dark) was obviously a hit here at the time.

Episodes

# Original Title English Translation Air Date Status
0 "前夜祭「今完成ピンクのアニメ」" October 17, 1978 Lost
1 "星は海から生まれるのです" October 24, 1978 Lost
2 "おてんばデュエット" October 31, 1978 Lost
3 "ごめんね天国のお父さん" November 7, 1978 Lost
4 "哀しみの二ッ星" November 14, 1978 Lost
5 "ひとつの糸に結ばれて" November 21, 1978 Lost
6 "ふたりで踏んだ初舞台" November 28, 1978 Lost
7 "明日さく花" December 2, 1978 Lost
8 "ワン・ステップ・ジャンプ" December 12, 1978 Lost
9 "ふたりでひとり" December 19, 1978 Lost
10 "とんでけクッキー" December 26, 1978 Lost
11 "こころの手紙" January 9, 1979 Lost
12 "心はひとつ " January 16, 1979 Lost
13 "愛のネックレス" January 23, 1979 Lost
14 "くじけるものか" January 30, 1979 Lost
15 "あたたかな母の胸へ" February 6, 1979 Lost
16 "巣だつひな鳥" February 13, 1979 Lost
17 "さようなら故郷" February 20, 1979 Lost
18 "可愛いファン" February 27, 1979 Lost
19 "若いふたつの芽" March 6, 1979 Lost
20 "ふたりの友情" March 13, 1979 Lost
21 "二人三脚" March 20, 1979 Lost
22 "ペッパー警部誕生" March 27, 1979 Lost
23 "はばたく日は" April 3, 1979 Lost
24 "愛の拍子" April 10, 1979 Lost
25 "ふるさとの涙" April 17, 1979 Lost
26 "祈りの旅" April 24, 1979 Lost
27 "にじ色の別れ" May 1, 1979 Lost
28 "SOS!" May 8, 1979 Lost
29 "花ひらく夜" May 15, 1979 Lost
30 "おもいやり" May 22, 1979 Lost
31 "きびしい歌の道" May 29, 1979 Lost
32 "木枯らしの詩" June 5, 1979 Lost
33 "故郷の青い空" June 12, 1979 Lost
34 "歩んだ道" (Clip show 1) June 19, 1979 Lost
35 "栄光への歩み" (Clip show 2) June 26, 1979 Lost

Status

The anime hadn't been reaired since it's original airing or released in other countries despite having strong ratings.[4] However, anime's OP and ED were included in VHS compilation of Toei theme songs #6 released back in 1986.[5] As such, they're only ones currently available to watch online. Due to some legal issues among Pink Lady, it is extremely unlikely this show will ever appeared in home video or even streaming services.

One point, owner of the fansite Pink Lady America posted some screenshots of one of episodes but giving the fact this is created very long time ago, it is not known if he still has it.

Gallery

OP

ED

References