Detective Precure! Meets Ojamajo Doremi in One-Episode Halloween Collaboration on October 25

Anna and her friends are dressing as witch apprentices. Toei Animation announced on October 16 that Detective Precure! will collaborate with Ojamajo Doremi in Episode 39, “An Ojamajo Halloween♪,” airing Sunday, October 25.

A collaboration made possible by 1999

Anna travels back to Makoto Mirai City in 1999. In that year, Ojamajo Doremi is also a popular show on television in the city, providing the link for this one-episode special.

Episode 39 follows the shopping district’s first Halloween event. While taking a lost girl named Hinano home, the team has a precious broom stolen by Ageseine, who is disguised as a witch. To investigate the culprit after the footprints disappear, Anna and her friends change into other costumes. The four members of the Curett Detective Agency will be seen in Doremi and her friends’ witch-apprentice outfits.

From the creators

Aramaki says Doremi herself will not appear, because she is treated as a “TV anime character” within the episode. The staff have devised a way to make use of that limitation. Hiromi Seki, who produced Ojamajo Doremi, also participated in discussions of the script and storyboards and said she was delighted to see the original directors’ craft carried forward. A commemorative illustration by Yoshihiko Umakoshi, Doremi’s character designer, depicts Cure Answer meeting Doremi.

Where to watch

The series airs every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on the ABC TV and TV Asahi networks. BSS San-in Broadcasting will air Episode 39 on Sunday, November 1. Viewers who grew up with Doremi might enjoy watching it with their children.