Ojamajo Doremi ( おジャ魔女どれみ, Ojamajo Doremi?), known as Magical DoReMi in English language adaptations, is a magical girl anime metaseries consisting of four regular TV anime series, one 13-episode sidestory, two anime films, and a manga series. The various series were aired from 1999-2003, with companion movies to the second and third seasons. A thirteen episode sidestory TV series was aired in 2004. A manga adaptation, written by Izumi Todo and illustrated by Shizue Takanashi, was published by Kodansha. The show is about elementary school children that transform into witch apprentices.