Characters / Tokyo Mew Mew New

NOTE: Due to the reboot's change in pacing and characterization, there should be no spoilers from the original anime and manga. Also, if you're typing a sentence and it includes the phrase "as with the original", consider not typing it at all.

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Mew Mews

General Tropes

• Adaptational Badass: In the original series, Ichigo was the only Mew Mew whose attacks could defeat the Monster of the Week. In New, all the Mews but Mew Pudding have the capacity to defeat Chimera Anima without needing Ichigo to deliver the final blow.
• Adaptational Hairstyle Change: Everyone but Ichigo gets slight changes to their hairstyle that differentiate them from the original series, either as a Mew, a human, or both.
• Age Lift: In New, Ichigo, Minto and Retasu are first-year high school students instead of first year middle school students as they were in the original series. This is reflected in Ichigo's cat form now looking like a juvenile cat instead of a kitten. Bu-Ling also seems to have been aged up, though it is unknown to what extent. Zakuro seems to be the same age as the original, given that Minto mentions that they're the same age.
• Animal-Motif Team: Since they carry the DNA of endangered animals, they bear resemblance to that species.
  • Ichigo — Cat
  • Mint — Bird
  • Lettuce — Porpoise
  • Pudding — Monkey
  • Zakuro — Wolf
• The Chosen Many: The girls were chosen for the Mew Project because their DNA is perfectly compatible with the selected endangered animals.
• Clark Kenting: Their transformations only change hair colour, eye colour and (in some cases) hairstyle. Some students at Ichigo's school even point out the Cat Girl they saw on the news looks like her, yet they don't connect the dots.
• Color-Coded Characters: Each girl has a signature color to set them apart.
  • Ichigo - Pink
  • Minto - Blue
  • Retasu - Green
  • Bu-ling - Yellow
  • Zakuro - Purple
• Colourful Theme Naming: Their surnames have their theme colours in them.
  • "Momomiya"/"Peach shrine"
  • "Aizawa"/"Dark blue swamp".
  • "Midorikawa"/"Green river"
  • "Huang"/"Yellow"
  • "Fujiwara"/"Wisteria field"
• Curtains Match the Window: In their Mew Mew forms, their hair and eyes have the same color.
• Edible Theme Naming: Their given names follow this theme.
  • "Ichigo"/"Strawberry"
  • "Minto"/"Mint"
  • "Retasu"/"Lettuce"
  • "Bu-ling"/"Pudding"
  • "Zakuro"/"Pomegranate"
• Fire-Forged Friends: The Mews start as a group of complete strangers, but they bond and become friends as they fight the threat of the aliens together.
• Five Temperament Ensemble: The Plucky Girl Ichigo is Choleric, the Ojou Minto is Melancholic, the gentle Shrinking Violet Retasu is Phlegmatic, the Genki Girl Bu-ling is Sanguine, and the coolheaded Zakuro is Eclectic.
• French Maid Outfit: They work as waitresses at Café Mew Mew and dress like French maids for the job.
• Frills of Justice: Their Mew costumes have more frills and ribbons compared to the original series.
• Instrument of Murder: Their weapons take the form of musical instruments.
  • Mew Ichigo's StrawBell Bell is a bell hanging from a strawberry-shaped ring and she can use it to fire laser blasts.
  • Mew Mint's MinTone Arrow is a lyre that turns into a bow.
  • Mew Lettuce's Lettustanets are two castanets that shoot water.
  • Mew Pudding's PuRing Rings are a pair of tambourines that turn into Rings of Death and encase Chimera Anima in jello.
  • Mew Zakuro's ZaCross Whip is a cross-shaped stick that kinda looks like a flute and generates a laser whip.
• Little Bit Beastly: In their Mew forms, they still look completely human plus cute animal ears and tails. Mew Lettuce only gets a costume change, except when she grows a mermaid tail underwater.
• Location Theme Naming: Except for Bu-ling, the Mews' surnames include the kanji of a place.
  • The "miya" in Momomiya means shrine.
  • The "zawa" in Aizawa means swamp.
  • The "kawa" in Midorikawa means river.
  • The "wara" in Fujiwara means field.
• Magical Girl: They're five girls infused with the DNA of rare animals that gives them special powers and allows them to transform into "Mew Mews."
• Minidress of Power: Except for Zakuro, all the girls wear mini dresses in their Mew forms.
• Part-Time Hero: They're students, waitresses and superheroines all at once. Special mention to Zakuro who also works as a model, singer and actress alongside the previously mentioned occupations.
• Playing Card Motifs: The OP and ED give card suit themes to the girls. Mew Ichigo is Ace of Hearts, Mew Mint is Ace Of Spades, Mew Lettuce is Ace of Clubs, and Mew Pudding is Ace of Diamonds. Mew Zakuro is the odd one out, as a representation of the Joker card.
• Power Dyes Your Hair: Downplayed. Their hair colours remain the same in their Mew Mew forms, albeit different shades.
• Power Gives You Wings: In Episode 22, all the Mews grew angelic wings so they can fly to Deep Blue's lair.
• Power Tattoo: Each of them has a small mark on their bodies and these are the source of their Mew powers.
• Real Name as an Alias: Their superhero "aliases" are just their names with "Mew" in front. The only difference in the original Japanese is that their civilian names are written in hiragana while their Mew names are in katakana.
• Shipper on Deck: Ichigo's teammates support her relationship with Aoyama. Episode 9 is all about them coming up with a plan to help Aoyama ask Ichigo out on a date.
• True Companions: They form a close bond of friendship where they care deeply for each other.

Ichigo Momomiya / Mew Ichigo

Ichigo Momomiya / Mew Ichigo

Voiced by: Yuuki Tenma

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The protagonist of the series and second chronological member of the Mews, she is infused with the DNA of the Iriomote Mountain Cat.

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• Accidental Pervert: In episode 4, she walks in on Ryou when he's shirtless.
• Adaptation Dye-Job: In the original series, Mew Ichigo has bright pink hair. In New, her hair is bright red instead.
  • In both the original manga and first anime series, her fur color as a cat/ears and tail as a Mew Mew was originally black. In New, both these aspects of her are brown.
• All-Loving Hero: After hearing Aoyama say humans are at fault for polluting the Earth, Ichigo wants to believe she can find a way for humans and animals to coexist in harmony.
• Always Late: Ichigo is often seen running late, whether it's to school, to work, or to a date with Aoyama. In the case of the latter, he once ends up waiting for hours in the rain, but still manages to forgive Ichigo (in part because he knows she's a Magical Girl).
• Animal Lover: She gets excited when seeing cute animals at the zoo.
• Animorphism: She fully transforms into a cat when she's especially flustered.
• Attractive Bent Species: Her cat form gets sexually harassed by a fat cat, much to her dismay.
• Beautiful Tears: Seeing tears in Ichigo's eyes makes Quiche want to steal another kiss from her.
• Cat Girl: Due to having the DNA of the Iriomote Mountain Cat, she can sprout cat ears and a tail.
• Covert Pervert: She's certainly not complaining when her boyfriend strips shirtless to give a cat a bath, not knowing that it's actually her.
• Cute Little Fangs: Being a Cat Girl, her fangs naturally stick out often.
• Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life: Downplayed, but she is frustrated that she's the only one of her friends who doesn't know what she's going to do in the future.
• Energy Weapon: Her weapon, the StrawBell Bell, can fire laser blasts. She can also quick-charge it to form a shield of sorts.
• Establishing Character Moment: Her first scene has her shouting about how much she wants to fall in love and immediately develops a crush on Aoyama, the hottest guy she sees on her first day at high school.
• First Friend: To Retasu. Ichigo is the first to become a real friend to her and Retasu stops hanging out with her bullies thanks to Ichigo.
• Girlish Pigtails: She ties her hair up into pigtails when wearing her school uniform and casual clothes.
• The Heart: She's the emotional element of the Mew team. Without her, her teammates don't feel anywhere near as motivated and spirited.
• Heart Beatdown: She can fire heart-shaped energy blasts.
• The Heroine: She's the main character of the series, which follows her heroism as a Cat Magical Girl.
• "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight: In episode 2, Retasu loses herself in an emotional breakdown caused by bullying, driving her to attack Ichigo and Minto with her newly activated Mew powers. Ichigo realizes Retasu is just sad and scared and calms her down by reminding her she wants to be her friend.
• Intimate Marks: Her Mew Mark is located on the inside of her right thigh.
• Involuntary Shapeshifting: If she gets too overstimulated, she turns into a cat, and the only way for her to turn back is to kiss someone, human or not. This concerns Ryou when he finds out about Ichigo's transformation into a cat for the first time, worrying about it happening to the other Mews due to their similarly unstable DNA fusions.
• It Was a Gift: Aoyama gives her a cat collar with a bell that he got from a cat at the zoo. Ichigo swears to wear it every day because it's her first present from Aoyama.
• Kindhearted Cat Lover: When going to a cat café with Aoyama, she gets worried about an injured cat and gets Aoyama's help to treat it. As a result, Aoyama comes to admire Ichigo's kindness and caring treatment of animals.
• Love at First Sight: On her first day at high school, Ichigo watches Aoyama win a kendo match and falls for him right away.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: In episode 21, her willingness to no longer being protected by Blue Knight ended up being the latter's downfall by taking a blow from Quiche and Pie for him. She attempts to bring back Blue Knight back to his senses, but only make it worse by failing and causing Deep Blue to awaken. This was later zig-zagged as Quiche planned this all along.
• Ordinary High-School Student: She starts as a normal high school student until she's transformed into a Magical Girl with cat ears and tail who must save the world from aliens trying to take it over.
• Pink Heroine: She's the protagonist of a Magical Girl show and her Mew form has a pink dress as well as a pink weapon.
• Power Incontinence: She loses control of her cat transformation when she's excited or embarrassed, usually because of Aoyama.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Minto's blue. She's passionate and energetic, while Minto is calm and dignified.
• Sprouting Ears: A Running Gag is that Ichigo's cat ears and tail pop out whenever she gets excited or flustered.
• Stock Shoujo Heroine: She's the pink-themed Magical Girl protagonist who is energetic, friendly and idealistic.

Minto Aizawa / Mew Mint

Minto Aizawa / Mew Mint

Voiced by: Mirai Hinata

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The (chronologically) first Mew, infused with the Tahiti Blue Lorikeet.

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• Adaptation Dye-Job: In the original anime, Minto had black hair and brown eyes. In New, she has dark blue hair and gray eyes.
• Adaptational Early Appearance: The manga and 2002 anime had Ichigo be the first Mew Mew and Minto is the first teammate found by Ichigo. In the New anime, Minto is introduced earlier because her role has been changed to the first Mew Mew who is already working with Ryou and Akasaka when she recruits Ichigo as her first teammate.
• Adaptational Hairstyle Change: In the original manga and 2002 anime, Minto has an odango bun hairstyle in both her civilian and Mew outfits. In the New anime, she wears her hair loose when she's a civilian, but the odango buns appear in her Mew form.
• Adaptational Nice Girl: The New anime gets rid of Minto's Rich Bitch traits from the original series. Even though she still slacks off at the café, she treats her teammates much more decently and doesn't act snobby in general.
• Always a Child to Parent: Her biggest chagrin with her family is that she thinks her father and older brother baby her and won't let her get involved in the business of their corporation because they think she's not ready.
• Celeb Crush: She has a big crush on Zakuro, being inspired and enamored by her success and ambitions as a celebrity.
• Declaration of Protection: In episode 6, Minto swears to protect Zakuro from Quiche, regardless of Zakuro choosing to join the Mew team or not.
• Deuteragonist: Being the first Mew and Ichigo's Foil, Minto receives the most focus after Ichigo and even shares the main character status in some episodes.
• Feather Motif: Because she has the DNA of a bird, Minto's Mew mark is shaped like two feathers and she's surrounded by feathers in her Transformation Sequence and attacks.
• Heroes Love Dogs: She loves her dog Mickey very much.
• "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight: In episode 5, Mew Mint initially doesn't want to fight her dog Mickey after Quiche turns him into a Chimera Anima. She tries talking to Mickey, but he keeps attacking her and her friends. Thanks to the encouragement of her friends, Mew Mint gains the resolve to shoot Mickey, turning him back to normal.
• Innocently Insensitive: When she stays over at Ichigo's house, Minto asks her to show her her bedroom instead of her closet, unaware that said "closet" is Ichigo's bedroom.
• Jumped at the Call: She was the first to become a Mew and eagerly accepted the fate of being a magical girl, seeing it as a chance to prove herself and become strong.
• The Lancer: She plays the role of Ichigo's Foil as the refined, elegant Ojou to the klutzy, feisty schoolgirl.
• The Leader: Due to being the first Mew and the most down-to-earth of the team, Minto often takes charge of the missions and gives directions to her teammates who trust her decisions.
• Lipstick Lesbian: Minto is a very ladylike Ojou and ballet dancer who has a huge Celeb Crush on Zakuro.
• Loving a Shadow: After Zakuro refuses to join the team, Minto starts to realize she has only been yearning for the version of Zakuro known to the public and she has yet to truly know the kind of person Zakuro really is away from the camera.
• Ojou: She's the daughter of a very successful CEO and lives in a large mansion.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: The first sign that something is wrong at work is that Minto is actually working.
• Plucky Girl: She's a fiercely determined girl who won't let any obstacle or danger stop her from becoming strong and protecting her loved ones.
• Power Gives You Wings: Due to her DNA being merged with a bird, her Mew form has a pair of small avian wings at the back that allow her to fly.
• Power Makes Your Hair Grow: Her hair grows from chin-length to past the shoulders in her Mew form.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to Ichigo's red. She's calm and dignified, while Ichigo is passionate and energetic.
• Ridiculously Small Wings: Mew Mint's wings allow her to fly even though they're so small compared to her body.
• Sheltered Aristocrat: She's very out of touch with the middle class lifestyle, such as expecting Ichigo to have servants and thinking her normal-sized house is small.
• Spoiled Sweet: Even though she's a pampered and prideful rich girl, she's consistently nice and helpful to her teammates.
• Supporting Leader: Ichigo is The Heroine and The Heart of the Mew team, but Minto was in the team from the start and tends to display more leadership skills in battle.
• Tea Is Classy: Minto is a wealthy Ojou who spends most of her time in the Cafe Mew Mew having her own tea breaks instead of serving the customer.
• Token Flyer: Mew Mint is the only Mew who is capable to fly, thanks to her bird DNA.
• True Blue Femininity: Blue is her signature color (both her hair and outfits are blue) and she's the most ladylike of the Mew Mews.
• "Well Done, Daughter!" Girl: Her personal goal is to become independent enough for her father and older brother to acknowledge her potential as a businesswoman.
• You Leave Him Alone!: At the end of Episode 5, she defends Ichigo from Quiche when the latter is trying to force himself on her in front of the Mew team, threatening to shoot him if he lays a hand on her friend.

Retasu Midorikawa / Mew Lettuce

Retasu Midorikawa / Mew Lettuce

Voiced by: Ryoko Juni

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The third Mew, infused with the Finless Porpoise.

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• Adaptational Hairstyle Change: Instead of the wrapped low ponytail from the original series, New's Mew Lettuce has low Girlish Pigtails tied back with a ribbon at her nape.
• Adaptational Modesty: Her Mew outfit's Showgirl Skirt has another full skirt which covers her legs, in contrast with the original series' design which exposes her Leotard of Power.
• Bespectacled Cutie: She wears glasses to emphasize her demure cuteness.
• Bully Magnet: Before she joins the Mew Mew team, she gets picked on and pushed around by three mean girls who pretend to be her friends to take advantage of her kindness.
• Cry into Chest: After Ryou rejects her Love Confession in Episode 16, Retasu breaks down in tears as Zakuro comforts her with a hug.
• Cute Clumsy Girl: She's a bit clumsy, tripping and breaking plates when working as a waitress.
• Elemental Eye Colors: Her eyes are blue in her normal self and she has water powers as a Mew Mew.
• Extreme Doormat: Before joining the Mew Mew team, she doesn't stand up against the mistreatment of her mean "friends" because she thinks that's what friends do. She grows out of it when Ichigo convinces her to take better care of herself.
• Friend to All Children: She's good with Bu-Ling's younger siblings and jumps into the ocean to save one of them from a Chimera Anima.
• Friendless Background: She tried to be friendly to people, but the people who got close to her were only taking advantage of her. She never had real friends until she met Ichigo.
• Girls Love Stuffed Animals: She keeps several stuffed toys in her bedroom.
• The Glasses Come Off: Her glasses disappear when she's Mew Lettuce.
• Grew a Spine: After becoming friends with Ichigo, she stands up to her bullies the next day by refusing to do their bidding.
• I Just Want to Have Friends: She desperately wants friends, to the point that she initially lets some mean girls boss her around because they say they'll be her friends if she obeys them. After becoming a Mew Mew, her greatest fear is that no one will become friends with a "freak" like her. She joins the Mew Mew team because Ichigo promises to be her first true friend.
• Making a Splash: As Mew Lettuce, she can generate and control water.
• Nice Girl: She's the most polite and gentle of the Mew Mews.
• Playing a Tree: In Episode 4, Retasu has to play a rock for an audition.
• Power Incontinence: When her Mew powers first awaken, the stress caused by being mistreated by her False Friends along with thinking she has become a freak causes her powers to go out of control and attack Ichigo and Minto. She gains control of her powers thanks to Ichigo calming her down.
• Power Makes Your Hair Grow: Her Girlish Pigtails grow from hip-length to calf-length in her Mew form.
• Rage Breaking Point: She puts up with her False Friends mistreating her until she finally can't take it anymore and attacks Mew Ichigo and Mew Mint in a fit of rage.
• Shrinking Violet: She's very shy and lacks self-confidence. Part of her character development is learning to come out of her shell.
• Single Woman Seeks Good Man: She develops a crush on Ryou because he's kind and supportive to her.
• Water Is Womanly: Having the DNA of a Finless Porpoise, Mew Lettuce has water-related powers. She's also the most demure, polite and gentle of the heroines.
• Water-Triggered Change: Mew Lettuce transforms into a mermaid when she dives into the sea because of her porpoise DNA.

Bu-Ling Huang / Mew Pudding

Voiced by: Rian Toda

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The fourth Mew, infused with the Golden Lion Tamarin.

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• Adaptational Hairstyle Change: She didn't have Girlish Pigtails in the original manga and anime.
• Affectionate Nickname: She calls Tart "Tar-Tar" in an attempt to create familiarity between them.
• All Girls Want Bad Boys: She feels an immediate attraction to Tart, the Bratty Half-Pint of the villains.
• Anguished Declaration of Love: In Episode 23, she cries as she begs Tart to stop fighting her and declares her love for him. Her feelings reach him and the two embrace each other as they cry their hearts out.
• The Baby of the Bunch: Much less pronounced than in the original series due to the Age Lift, but she is the youngest of the Mews.
• Balloon Belly: In Episode 9, she drinks all the milk supply of the café and her belly ends up big like a balloon.
• Befriending the Enemy: She talks to Tart like he was a friend and tries to compel him to stop doing bad things, no matter how much he pushes her away and attacks her.
• Big Sister Instinct: If her little siblings are in danger, she will literally throw herself into the gullet of the beast to save them.
• Boyish Short Hair: She has the shortest hair out of the Mew Mews and is the hyperactive tomboy of the group.
• Braids of Action: She wears her hair in multiple braids and is a Mew Mew.
• Breath Weapon: She can breathe fire. It's one of the many tricks she learned when she was a Street Performer.
• Cheerful Child: She's the youngest Mew Mew and the most cheerful of the bunch.
• Circus Brat: She specializes in entertaining people with circus performances. As a bonus, this version establishes that her parents were circus performers and she wants to join their circus in the future.
• Cool Big Sis: One of her goals in life is specifically to be an awesome sister. And she's doing a very good job of it.
• Escape Artist: She's able to get out of rope-traps by dislocating her limbs - a bit of Truth in Television.
• Flower Motifs: Peach blossom trees show up in her Transformation Sequence.
• Food-Based Superpowers: She can encase Chimera Anima in a giant jello.
• The Gadfly: She takes great pleasure out of teasing Tart and making him flustered.
• Genki Girl: She never stays still for more than a few seconds and is frequently jumping around.
• Girlish Pigtails: She's the youngest and most energetic Mew Mew. Appropriately, she has small pigtails.
• Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: She's a cheerful and heroic young girl with blonde hair.
• Kid-Appeal Character: She's the cute and energetic little girl of the main group and is fond of performing circus tricks. She's the sort of character the child audience adores.
• Kiddy Coveralls: In New, the youthful and playful Bu-Ling wears dungarees as her casual wear instead of the Chinese-themed clothes she wore in the original series.
• Magic Skirt: Despite wearing a Minidress of Power, Mew Pudding never flashes her panties, not even when she's breakdancing.
• Morality Pet: To Tart. She's the only human he cares about and the only one who can make his loyalty to Deep Blue waver. In the final battle, Tart surrenders because he realizes he doesn't want to fight Bu-Ling anymore and accepts her love for him.
• No Sense of Personal Space: She gets up close to Tart's face right in their first meeting, much to his embarrassment.
• Out of Focus: She's the only Mew who doesn't get A Day in the Limelight episode in the first half and unlike her teammates, shows no signs of Character Development for the most part.
• Outdoorsy Gal: In her introduction, she's climbing trees and jumping from them like a monkey.
• Playful Cat Smile: Her mouth has a permanent cat-like smile. Ironically, she has the DNA of a monkey.
• Plucky Comic Relief: Her primary role is amusing the audience with her Genki Girl antics.
• Power Makes Your Hair Grow: Her braids grow notably longer in her Mew form.
• Promotion to Parent: She acts as the main caretaker of her five younger siblings because her mother is dead and her father is away from home.
• Punny Name: The kanji of her name literally translate to "Walking Bell", but its Japanese pronunciation is the same as "pudding" to fit into the Edible Theme Naming of the main cast.
• The Redeemer: She firmly believes there's good in Tart and repeatedly appeals to him so he turns to the side of the heroes. She succeeds to make him change his ways at the end.
• Rings of Death: Her tambourines turn into rings when she summons her jello attack.
• Street Performer: Ichigo meets Bu-Ling when she's putting on a show at the zoo to earn money. Bu-Ling states that her dream in life is to become the best performer in the world.
• Third-Person Person: She refers to herself in third person.
• Token Mini-Moe: She's the youngest and most childish of the Mew Mews.
• Verbal Tic: She ends her sentences with "~na no da".
• Wacky Marriage Proposal: In Episode 21, she gives to Tart what's basically a marriage proposal, asking him to let her cook for him every day and for him move in with her and her siblings, all while he's throwing bombs at her.

Zakuro Fujiwara / Mew Zakuro

Zakuro Fujiwara / Mew Zakuro

Voiced by: Momoka Ishii

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The fifth Mew, infused with the Grey Wolf.

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• Adaptational Hairstyle Change: She wears her hair in a ponytail while in Mew form, while in the original she just wore it down.
• Adaptational Job Change: While in the original she was a model, she is primarily an actress and Idol Singer in New.
• Adaptation Personality Change: In the original series, Zakuro was an Aloof Dark-Haired Girl who slowly revealed her softer side to her teammates, but she was always composed and never joined the other girls' antics. In New, she does break out of her cool persona after joining the team and enjoys to goof off with her friends like a normal teenager.
• Adaptational Sexuality: While Zakuro was indifferent to Mint's Celeb Crush on her in the original, in the reboot it's implied to be somewhat reciprocated.
• Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: She's an aloof and dark-haired idol who is famous for her beauty and talent. She's also popular among the café's customers because of her aloofness.
• Bare Midriffs Are Feminine: Zakuro is the most elegant and glamorous of the Mews, since she works as a model. Out of the team, she's the only one with a midriff-baring Magical Girl outfit.
• Baritone of Strength: She has the deepest voice out of the Mews and is the toughest member, both in personality and fighting style.
• Beautiful Singing Voice: People are awed when they hear Zakuro sing and Minto is even moved to tears by her performance.
• Cool Shades: She occasionally wears a pair of shades in her civilian clothing. They help her look cool.
• Cosmic Motifs: She's associated with the moon because of her mysteriousness and wolf powers.
• Cross Attack: Her weapon, ZaCross Whip, is a cross that generates an energy whip.
• Defrosting Ice Queen: She starts off as an aloof loner and treats the other Mews, especially Minto, coldly when they ask her to join the team. Minto's determination to be strong and protect Zakuro results in the latter warming up to the team and accepting to become their friend.
• Die or Fly: She first transforms when she's attacked by a horde of Quiche's crow Chimera Anima.
• Even the Girls Want Her: She's seen as beautiful by both men and women. Minto is especially enamored of her beauty and coolness.
• Go-Getter Girl: She aims to become a big celebrity. Besides modeling for magazines, she performs in concerts and stages, and climbs Mount Everest. When Bu-ling ruins the other Mew Mews' audition, Zakuro steals the scene with very good improvised acting and singing because she wants to overcome any challenge she encounters as a performer.
• Graceful Ladies Like Purple: She's a mature and beautiful idol with primarily purple outfits and purple hair to match.
• Hair Color Dissonance: Minto describes Zakuro's hair color as black, but it looks purple.
• Head-Turning Beauty: People around her are left swooning by merely seeing her walking down the street.
• Hime Cut: She has blunt bangs, bra strap-length sidelocks, and waist-length straight hair. This hairstyle marks her as the most mature and stylish of the main heroines.
• I Work Alone: She refuses to join the Mew Mew team at first, insisting she doesn't need friends.
• Image Song: "I Believe", which she sings in episode 4.
• Indifferent Beauty: When walking down the street, she ignores the people who stare at her while admiring her beauty.
• Kick the Dog: Minto is heartbroken by Zakuro's initial refusal to join the team and just to twist the knife, Zakuro calls Minto annoying, leaving her in tears.
• Leg Focus: One of her defining physical traits, according to Minto, are her long and white legs.
• Lightning Lash: Her whip crackles with electricity when she uses her attack.
• Loner-Turned-Friend: She initially doesn't want to join the team because she wants to aim for her goals without relying on anyone. After Minto risks her life while protecting her from Quiche's parasite monster, Zakuro has a change of heart and accepts the Mew Mews as her friends.
• Ms. Fanservice: Minto rants about Zakuro's attractive features and Mew Zakuro's outfit shows the most skin out of the Mew Mews.
• Not So Above It All: She's the one who comes up with the Mew's "Get Ichigo and Aoyama to meet so he can ask her out" plan.
• Onee-sama: Even though they're the same age, Minto calls Zakuro her "onee-sama" out of respect and admiration.
• Power Makes Your Hair Grow: Her hair grows from waist-length to ankle-length in her Mew form.
• Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: Minto describes Zakuro as gorgeous for her dark hair and white-as-snow skin.
• Refusal of the Call: She's the only Mew Mew who doesn't immediately accept the "fate" of being an animal Magical Girl.
• Sexy Slit Dress: In Episode 8, Zakuro wears a blue dress with a slit showing off her right leg.
• Singing Voice Dissonance: Her singing voice is much higher pitched than her lower speaking voice.
• Statuesque Stunner: She's beautiful and at least a head taller than the other Mew Mews.
• Stripperiffic: Mew Zakuro basically wears a haltar top and hot pants with thigh high boots, which is more revealing than the other Mews' clothes.
• Team Mom: As soon as she gets over her initial aloofness, she develops into a caring and mature mother/older sister figure to her teammates. This is best shown in the scene where she comforts Retasu after the latter gets turned down by Ryou.
• Vapor Wear: It doesn't seem possible for her to wear a bra underneath her Mew outfit's strapless crop top.
• What Beautiful Eyes!: As Minto describes them, Zakuro has "sapphire eyes that appear mysterious and wise, but shine with passion."
• When She Smiles: In Episode 17, the Mews are pleased to see Zakuro smiling brighter than ever when she's having fun making a music video with them.
• Wonderful Werewolf: Zakuro has her DNA mixed with that of a gray wolf, which technically makes her a werewolf of sorts, and she's one of the Mew Mews chosen to protect the Earth.
• Younger than She Looks: Like most of the other Mews, Zakuro is around 16 years old, but is a lot taller and more mature than a Japanese girl of her age would normally be. Her appearance is more of a college-aged girl.

Café Mew Mew

Ryou Shirogane

Ryou Shirogane

Voiced by: Yūichi Nakamura

The head of the Mew Project and owner of Cafe Mew Mew.

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• Accidental Pervert: He exposes Ichigo's inner thigh to reveal her Mew mark, not being aware that what he's doing makes him look like a pervert.
• Adaptation Dye-Job: His cat form's green scarf from the original anime got changed for a brown scarf in New.
• Age Lift: His cat form appears as a juvenile cat rather than a kitten to match with Cat!Ichigo's Age Lift.
• Animorphism: He has the ability to turn into a cat.
• Big Damn Heroes: He appears to save Ichigo from Francois' sexual harassment and disappears just as suddenly.
• Celibate Hero: He playfully teases Ichigo and is willing to kiss her to turn her back from cat to human, but he has no intention of seriously considering a romance with anyone because the Mew Project has his hands full.
• Hypocrite: He's leading a superheroine team to fight against aliens that want to pollute the environment, but the fact that he owns a private yacht doesn't make him look like a true environmentalist either.
• Innocently Insensitive: Some of his remarks anger Ichigo when he didn't mean it to be insulting, like calling her a valuable biological weapon.
• Mentor in Sour Armor: He sends the Mew Mews to recruit Zakuro despite knowing the latter will definitely refuse to join the team. He thinks it's a chance to give the girls a "good lesson" and make them stronger.
• Oblivious to Love: He doesn't pick up on the fact that Retasu is crushing on him until she confesses to him.
• The Tease: He half-jokingly offers Ichigo a kiss to see if it'll trigger her full cat transformation.

Keiichiro Akasaka

Keiichiro Akasaka

Voiced by: Yusuke Shirai

Ryou's longtime friend and renowned cryptobiologist. He now works as the chef at Cafe Mew Mew.

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• Nice Guy: He's a polite gentleman who treats the girls with care.
• Supreme Chef: His cooking skills are top-notch.

R- 2000 / Masha

R-2000 / Masha

Voiced by: Kaori Ishihara

A robot created by Ryou and Keiichiro.

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• Blush Sticker: Masha has permanent blush marks on the cheeks, that are somehow visible even though Masha being covered in pink fur.
• Cute Machines: Masha is a robot that looks like a pink furball with cat ears and small wings.
• Detect Evil: Masha acts as a Chimera Anima detector.
• Equippable Ally: Masha transforms into a Magic Staff after eating Mew Aqua.
• Robot Buddy: Masha is Ichigo's robot sidekick.
• Support Party Member: He can detect Chimera, eat the parasites, be an emergency communicator, run GPS, and (when given Mew Aqua) turn into the Mew Aqua Rod.
• Team Pet: Masha is the cute little robot that hangs out with the Mew Mews, but all it does is detect Chimera Anima and eat the aliens' parasites.
• We Named the Monkey "Jack": Ichigo derived Masha's name from "Masaya", the first name of her crush.

Aliens

A race of aliens who plot to wipe out humanity.

General Tropes

• Big, Thin, Short Trio: Quiche is the skinny one, Tart is the short one and Pie is the tall one.
• Childhood Friends: The flashback of Episode 11 reveals Quiche, Tart and Pie grew up together in their planet's Underground City.
• The Chosen Many: Not unlike the Mew Mews, the three aliens were chosen by their people to take over Earth and save them from their planet's terrible environment.
• Edible Theme Naming: They're named after shortcrust pastries.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: The aliens care about their own race and want to protect them just as much as the Mew Mews want to protect humanity. The problem is the aliens believe they have to kill all of humanity in order for their own race to survive.
• Fangs Are Evil: They have long fangs to make them stand out as villains.
• Flight: The three aliens are able to fly and unlike Mew Mint, they don't even have wings.
• Human Aliens: Leaving aside their Pointy Ears, the aliens look and act exactly like humans do.
• Kill All Humans: They aim to kill all the humans for the sake of allowing their own race to claim Earth as their own planet.
• Maker of Monsters: Their primary attack method is mutating animals into Chimera Anima.
• Masculine, Feminine, Androgyne Trio: While the three are guys, only the tall and handsome Pie looks decisively masculine, Quiche is slender and androgynous-looking, and Tart is a little kid with pigtails that make him look girly.
• Nominal Villain: Their goal is to exterminate humanity and claim Earth as their new home for the sake of saving their race from their planet's dire living conditions.
• Only One Name: None of them has a surname.
• Pointy Ears: They're aliens with very long and pointy ears.
• Toxic, Inc.: They're aren't a company, but they fulfill the role otherwise. Their goal is to spread and aggravate pollution in Tokyo.
• Tragic Villain: Their actions are definitely evil to humans, but they believe getting rid of humanity and taking Earth from them is the only way they can save their people who are struggling to survive in an inhabitable planet.
• Ultraterrestrials: Their race originated on Earth, and had to leave to escape a cataclysm caused by climate change.
• Utopia Justifies the Means: They want to bring their dying race to a beautiful planet with better environment and resources. They have chosen to take over Earth and make it their paradise, but first they need to "undo" the damage that humans have done to Earth by spreading pollution, committing human genocide and turning the planet into a wasteland free from human influence. When Ichigo and Masaya turn their adopted homeworld in a paradise they renounce their hostile intentions.
• Villain Teleportation: They have the power of teleportation, which lets them easily get away from the Mew Mews every time they're defeated.

Quiche

Quiche

Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto

The primary attacker of the aliens who quickly takes an interest in Ichigo and wants to make her his toy to stave off boredom.

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• Abhorrent Admirer: He's infatuated with Ichigo and forces a kiss on her in their first meeting. Ichigo, for her part, is annoyed and grossed out by Quiche's unwanted advances and total lack of respect for personal boundaries.
• Batman Gambit: After realizing that Blue Knight is confused when kneeling before him and failed to make his master proud, Quiche ejects the plan mid-battle by breaking Blue Knight's psyche through letting him being protected by Mew Ichigo instead of the reverse so that Deep Blue could be awaken. It would take a moment before the rest of aliens realize this, but he succeeds in the end.
• Blood Knight: Battling the Mew Mews is his favorite way of amusing himself.
• Brilliant, but Lazy: Considering he can create some of the most powerful Chimera Anima, he probably would have a better chance of beating the Mews if he actually had a big motivation to do anything other than harassing Ichigo. If Ichigo isn't around, he won't seriously put his mind to the mission and will even quit if he gets too bored.
• Character Exaggeration: Compared to the manga and original anime, this version of Quiche's Stalker with a Crush habits are even more pronounced. As obsessed as he was, the previous versions didn't directly disobey Deep Blue's order to stay put during his temporary suspension just to stalk and attack Ichigo. Also, his Ax-Crazy traits didn't show up until he underwent a Villainous Breakdown in the last episodes of the original anime. In New, Quiche is already acting unhinged from early on.
• Crazy Jealous Guy: When he sees Ichigo with Aoyama, he immediately wants to get rid of the competition and creates Chimera Anima to attack them.
• Dissonant Serenity: He nonchalantly tries to kill Ichigo with a needle to the face, while merely being disappointed at her being "boring".
• Dual Wielding: He wields dual tonfas in close combat.
• Establishing Character Moment: He kisses Ichigo against her will before even telling her his name, then sicks a swarm of Chimera Anima on her and Bu-Ling.
• Faux Affably Evil: In contrast to his Affably Evil version from the original series, New's Quiche acts similarly playful and flirty, but is much more openly malicious, menacing, and prone to mocking others.
• Green and Mean: He's a green-haired villain and creepy stalker.
• Handsome Lech: Even though his face looks nice, he has a nasty personality and a creepy tendency to sexually harass Ichigo who he calls his "toy". Needless to say, Ichigo only wants to stay away from him.
• The Heavy: He's the Mews' main source of trouble, but the real Big Bad is his boss Deep Blue who is currently sealed.
• If I Can't Have You…: When he realizes Ichigo won't ever be his, he tries to strangle her to death so no one else can have her.
• Murder the Hypotenuse: The first thing he does upon learning of Aoyama's existence is to try and kill him.
• No Sense of Personal Space: He enjoys to invade Ichigo's personal space and kiss her without consent. Made worse by him having teleportation.
• Punny Name: Quiche/Kish sounds like "kiss" and he sure likes forcing kisses on Ichigo.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: His eyes glow red in his most sadistic moments.
• Sadist: There's nothing that he enjoys more than making Ichigo cry out of terror and pain.
• Samaritan Relationship Starter: He thinks Ichigo is cute right away, but only starts to find her truly interesting when he sees her protecting Bu-Ling from a Chimera Anima. Quiche then starts thinking Ichigo isn't like the "selfish" humans he has heard of.
• Significant Birth Date: His birthday is on Valentine's Day, the day of romance and love, and he's defined by his Villainous Crush on the main heroine.
• Soft-Spoken Sadist: His voice has a smooth and jovial tone even when he's harassing or trying to kill Ichigo.
• Spell My Name With An S: His name is supposed to be Quiche, but English translations write it as Kish.
• Stalker with a Crush: He teleports to where Ichigo is whenever he feels like "playing" with her. He even disobeys his superior's order to standby because he can't spend too much time without stalking Ichigo.
• Terms of Endangerment: He calls Ichigo his "Honey", but his perverse behavior doesn't make it sound endearing at all.
• Troll: Ichigo's angry and crying faces are a joy for him to see, motivating him to harass her more.
• Villainous Crush: He will happily hit on Ichigo at any and all times, even while he's actively trying to kill her.
• Villains Love Entertainment: He loves tormenting Ichigo because her reactions entertain him and only seriously tries to kill her when she's being "boring". Quiche actually spends most of Episode 17 watching the Mews make a chaotic music video for fun and only initiates his attack when they're done filming.
• Would Hit a Girl: He kicks Ichigo's legs out from under her and casually tries to stab her in the face.
• Yandere: As he grows obsessed with Ichigo, he becomes more deranged and eager to terrorize her because he thinks she's cute when she cries.
• Yellow Eyes of Sneakiness: He has bright yellow eyes as a warning of his vicious character.

Tart

Tart

Voiced by: Daiki Yamashita

The youngest of the aliens. Bu-Ling takes an interest in him and likes to tease him.

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• Adaptational Early Appearance: In the original series, Tart is introduced after the cherry blossom tree chapter/episode. In New, Tart is introduced after Quiche fails to get rid of Zakuro, as Tart and Pie take over the operations for a while to punish Quiche for his repeated failures.
• Adaptational Superpower Change: In the original series, Tart had plant manipulation powers in addition to flight and teleportation. New exchanges the plant manipulation for the ability to summon small bombs.
• Adaptational Weapon Swap: This incarnation of Tart throws bombs at his enemies, in exchange of the knife from the manga and the clackers balls from the original anime.
• Berserk Button: He really hates it when others remind him of how short he is.
• Bratty Half-Pint: He's an obnoxious and self-important brat.
• Embarrassing Nickname: Bu-Ling nicknames him "Tar-Tar" to tease him and he hates it.
• Enfant Terrible: He's a kid who is part of an alien group trying to exterminate humanity and pollute the environment. He treats Chimera attacks like a game and finds it amusing when Bu-Ling's little siblings almost get Eaten Alive by one of his Chimera fishes.
• Evil Counterpart: To Bu-Ling. While she's the pigtailed Cheerful Child of the heroes, Tart is the pigtailed Bratty Half-Pint of the villains.
• Evil Laugh: He likes to laugh when he thinks he's going to beat the Mew Mews.
• Foil: His interactions with Bu-Ling are a direct contrast to Quiche's interactions with Ichigo. Quiche takes joy out of harassing and terrorizing Ichigo who just wants him to leave her alone, meanwhile Bu-Ling is the one who feels drawn to Tart and likes to tease him in a playful and light-hearted way as opposed to Quiche's increasingly creepy obsession with bullying Ichigo.
• Friendly Enemy: Bu-Ling insists she and Tart are friends despite them being on enemy sides. Even though he denies it, Tart still watches her circus tricks without much complaint and accepts the candy she gave him as a sign of friendship.
• Girlish Pigtails: He has pigtails despite being a boy and is the most childish of the aliens.
• Height Angst: He's annoyed when Bu-Ling points out he's shorter than her, though he tries to get around it by hovering.
• Hey, You!: Even after Bu-Ling tells him her name, Tart only calls her "Shorty".
• Love Redeems: At the end, he gives up the fight against the Mews and surrenders peacefully because of Bu-Ling confessing her love for him.
• Loving Bully: He picks on Bu-Ling and wants to make her cry, but gets a Crush Blush whenever she calls him "Tar-Tar".
• Mad Bomber: Unlike the other aliens who use melee weapons, Tart prefers to fire bombs at his enemies and he loves destruction.
• Small Name, Big Ego: He acts high and mighty, being convinced that he's stronger and more threatening than his older alien teammates, but he's just annoying.
• Spared by the Adaptation: In the manga, Tart is killed by the Mews in the final battle, and by Pie in the original anime (although he's later revived by Mew Aqua). In New, Mew Pudding manages to talk him down and makes him surrender without killing him.
• Spear Counterpart: To Bu-Ling. They're both the pigtailed youngest members of their teams, except Tart is a boy.
• Supernatural Gold Eyes: He's a superpowered alien with golden eyes.
• They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!: He demands to be called "Tart-sama". No one does.
• Token Mini-Moe: He's the shortest and youngest-looking of the alien group.

Pie

Pie

Voiced by: Yuichiro Umehara

The eldest and most intellectual of the aliens.

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• Adaptational Badass: In New, Pie is the one who lands the finishing blow on Deep Blue, releasing the Mew Aqua from the latter's body and saving everyone, as opposed to Aoyama (like in the manga) and Ichigo (like in the original anime).
• Adaptational Early Appearance: In the original series, Pie was introduced alongside Tart after the cherry blossom tree chapter/episode. In New, both are introduced after Quiche fails to get rid of Zakuro, prompting Pie to become the villain of New's cherry blossom tree episode instead.
• Adaptational Weapon Swap: His Combat Hand Fan from the original anime got switched for a Martial Arts Staff.
• Evil Counterpart: To Zakuro. Both are the tallest and most serious members of their teams, both wear purple, and both wield a weapon that looks like a stick.
• Evil Genius: He specializes in detailed plans based on data obtained in battle.
• Spared by the Adaptation: In the manga and original anime, Pie is killed in the final battle, only to be revived by Mew Aqua later. In New, he doesn't die.
• Spear Counterpart: He's Zakuro's male counterpart, paralleling her role and personality.
• The Stoic: He keeps a serious and emotionless expression constantly.
• Terse Talker: He keeps his sentences short and mostly speaks about percentages like a computer.

Deep Blue

Deep Blue

Voiced by: Yūma Uchida

The leader of the aliens who resides in their spaceship, but has yet to awaken.

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• Adaptational Nice Guy: Where in the original series he wanted Earth just for himself without caring for his followers, here he actually aims to bring his race back to a better world.
• Evil Sounds Deep: His voice is much deeper than it was in the original anime.
• Non-Action Big Bad: Since he's in a sealed state for most of the series, he leaves the attacks on humanity to his alien minions until he awakens in the final battle.
• Sealed Evil in a Can: Until the time of his awakening, he's sealed in a blue crystal that the aliens keep at their spaceship.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: His goal is to give a good home to his people, no matter if he has to kill all of humanity in the process. This actually allows Ichigo to talk him into standing down when she convinces him some humans are willing to help his people and restore Earth's environment.

Mew Mews' Friends and Family Members

Masaya Aoyama

Masaya Aoyama

Voiced by: Yūma Uchida

Ichigo's crush who is serious about conserving the environment.

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• Academic Athlete: He's a model student and the star of the kendo club.
• Adaptation Expansion: While Ichigo and Aoyama's romance was hardly a minor part of the original manga, Aoyama's perspective and side of the story didn't start getting expanded on until around halfway into the series, resulting in his feelings about Ichigo during the first half only being touched on retroactively or hinted at. New does away with the mystique and makes his growing feelings and concern for her clear from the get-go via direction and added scenes; in particular, Episode 9, an episode almost entirely original to New, spotlights his own nervousness in asking Ichigo out and his worries about his kendo schedule getting in the way of their time together. Even with some changes, most of it is consistent with what was already in the original manga, simply made more explicit or depicted in more detail; in fact, New having Aoyama and Ichigo's first meeting within the series instead of in backstory allows us to see his thoughts on her from the very beginning.
• Adaptational Seriousness: In the original series, Aoyama was quite easygoing and only revealed a slightly more serious side until very late into the story. The New anime has Aoyama showing a cynical outlook about humanity with Ichigo in the first episode, making her interested in knowing more about his hidden thoughts.
  • In the original manga, the infamous scene where Aoyama puts a collar on Ichigo and calls her his "cat" is mostly Played for Laughs and portrays him as saying this to playfully flirt with her, having done it on a whim after a cat had jumped out of his arms and left the collar in his hands. While the main events of the scene and the dialogue are kept in New, the scene frames Aoyama as being completely serious while saying this, especially since it changes the circumstances of how he ended up with the collar, leaving a viewer to wonder what on earth his thought process was regarding carrying it around and deciding to put it on her... However, this can be figured out considering that, at that point in the series, not knowing what love for a girl is but knowing he loves cats, as he said before, the only way he has to say he cares about her is call her his cat.
• Anger Born of Worry: After Quiche turns the zoo animals into Chimera Anima, Aoyama gets so worried about Ichigo disappearing that he yells at her when he finds her. In an added bit of dialogue specific to New, he quickly apologizes and admits he doesn't know what came over him.
• Animal Lover: His fondness for animals is one of the first things Ichigo finds out about him. It inspires her to ask him out on dates to the endangered animal exhibition and the zoo.
• Boomerang Bigot: He's human, but thinks very similarly to the aliens as he believes humanity is nothing but a harmful existence for the planet.
• Chick Magnet: He's almost constantly surrounded by girls. He primarily sees them as a nuisance but is too polite to turn them down.
• Kindhearted Cat Lover: He loves all animals, but has a soft spot for cats.
• Love at First Sight: He admits to have fallen in love with Ichigo at first sight, as she did for him, because he found her smile charming.
• Nice Guy: He's a polite and friendly guy.
• Secret Secret-Keeper: It is heavily implied, and eventually confirmed in Season 2 Episode 7, that he already knows Ichigo is a Mew, and is feigning ignorance because he doesn't want to make her uncomfortable.
• Truer to the Text: Despite the aforementioned Adaptational Seriousness, Aoyama's characterization is much closer to the original manga's than it was in the first anime, where he was portrayed as mostly soft-spoken and mild-mannered, and scenes related to his emotional vulnerabilities were heavily modified or removed. Aoyama in New more closely reflects the manga's more casual, assertive, and emotionally outspoken portrayal, and even the new anime-original scenes are closely in line with his state of mind as portrayed whenever the story switched to his perspective.
• Understanding Boyfriend: He still loves Ichigo even after she reveals that she's a Mew Mew, since he already figured it out.
• What Is This Feeling?: He's surprised and confused when he finds himself getting worried and anxious when he's separated from Ichigo.

Moe Yanagida and Miwa Honjo

Moe Yanagida and Miwa Honjo

Moe is voiced by: Iori Saeki

Miwa is voiced by: Aina Suzuki

Moe

Miwa

Ichigo's friends from school.

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• Adaptational Hairstyle Change: In New, Moe's hair is longer than it was in the manga and 2002 anime.
• Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Ichigo is the redhead, Moe is the blonde and Miwa is the brunette.
• Secret-Keeper: It's implied in the season 2 finale that they were eventually told about the Mew Project and the aliens as they are seen attending the party celebrating the re-opening of Cafe Mew Mew alongside other characters who know the Mew Mews' identities (Bu-Ling's younger siblings and Rika) along with the aliens also there as well.
• Shipper on Deck: They ship IchigoxAoyama.
• Social Circle Filler: They're introduced as Ichigo's friends at school, but are irrelevant to the plot and barely appear because Ichigo is busy with work as a Mew and waitress.

Seiji Aizawa

Seiji Aizawa

Voiced by: Akira Ishida

Minto's older brother who tends to be overly concerned for his sister's wellbeing.

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• Adaptational Nice Guy: As opposed to his colder personality in the 2002 anime, New's Seiji is an openly caring and affectionate older brother to Minto, worrying about how she's doing at her part-time job and happily inviting her friends to their house.
• Affectionate Gesture to the Head: He gives Minto a head pat. While he loves his sister, Minto takes his gesture as a sign that he only sees her as a child.
• Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Older sibling variant. Minto is clearly embarrassed by the way Seiji treats her like a little girl right in front of her friends.
• Canon Foreigner: He doesn't exist in the original manga.
• Composite Character: While he's still Minto's older brother, he has also inherited traits of Minto's nanny from the 2002 anime since his Aloof Big Brother characterization has been replaced with the nanny's gentleness and caring nature for Minto.
• Doting Parent: Older brother version. He's truly proud of his younger sister's efforts to become independent and fully supports her goal of working with him at their father's company. Although Minto thinks Seiji is babying her, he just loves showering her with affection.
• Family Theme Naming: His sister's name means mint, and Seiji's name sounds like sage, another cooking herb.
• Remake Cameo: Seiji is voiced by Akira Ishida, who also voices Shunsuke in the original anime.
• Satellite Character: He's only present to try and be supportive of his sister's new friendships and dreams. He doesn't even appear in a scene without Minto.
• Secret-Keeper: Learns about Minto being a Mew Mew during Episode 21.
• Sharp-Dressed Man: He's always seen wearing a suit. It's mentioned he's a businessman in training.

Bu-Ling's younger siblings

Heicha, Hongcha, Huacha, Lucha, and Qingcha Huang

Voiced by: Ayasa Itō (Heicha), Manami Hanawa (Hongcha), Minami Tanaka (Huacha), Rie Hikisaka (Lucha), and Yuuna Mimura (Qingcha)

Clockwise from top left: Heicha, Lucha, Huacha, Hongcha, Qingcha

Bu-Ling's five younger siblings.

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• Adaptation Dye-Job: In the original anime, the siblings had black hair except for Heicha. In New, they all have brown hair.
• Adaptational Early Appearance: They originally appeared until the fifth volume of the manga, at the start of the chapter where Bu-Ling is kidnapped by the aliens and taken to the Tokyo Dome. In New, they're introduced in the Cruise Episode, which takes place a considerable while before the Tokyo Dome story.
• Adaptational Hairstyle Change: To go with the Gender Flip, Lucha has two braids in New, while the original anime had Lucha wear only one braid.
• Age Lift: In the original anime, Heicha was younger than the rest of her siblings, as she was the only one going to kindergarten. In New, they're fraternal quintuplets.
• Black Bead Eyes: They stand out for having black dots for eyes instead of the large anime eyes every other character in the series has.
• Color-Coded Characters: They wear overalls with colored straps and front pockets to set them apart; pink for Heicha, gold for Lucha, blue for Qingcha, green for Hongcha, and red for Huacha.
• Edible Theme Naming: Each of them is named after a type of tea.
• Gender-Equal Ensemble: Including their older sister, the siblings are three girls (Bu-Ling, Heicha and Lucha) and three boys (Hongcha, Huacha and Qingcha).
• Gender Flip: In the original anime, Lucha was a boy. In New, Lucha is a girl.
• Girlish Pigtails: Heicha and Lucha wear their hair in twin braids, unlike their brothers who only have one braid.
• Half-Identical Twins: Heicha and Lucha are girls, but would be indistinguishable from their brothers if they didn't wear skirts.
• Identical Twin ID Tag: They're fraternal quintuplets identifiable by the position and number of their braids.
• Massive Numbered Siblings: Counting Bu-Ling, the Huang siblings are six in total with Bu-Ling being the older sister of quintuplets.
• The Noseless: None of them are drawn with noses.
• Playful Cat Smile: The boys have Bu-Ling's cat-like smile.
• The Runt at the End: Huacha is stated to be the slowest, which becomes a problem when he ends up getting attacked by a Chimera.
• Secret-Keeper: They are fully aware that their big sister is a superhero. This comes in handy when Bu-Ling is abducted by a Chimera.
• Theme Twin Naming: They're quintuplets and all their names end in "cha".
• Verbal Tic: They share their big sister's "~na no da", though it's also shortened to just "~no da".

Shintaro and Sakura Momomiya

Shintaro and Sakura Momomiya

Voiced by: Saki Nakajima (Sakura) and Satoshi Hino (Shintaro)

Ichigo's overly-affectionate parents.

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• Let Her Grow Up, Dear: When he finds out Ichigo has a boyfriend, Shintaro's first thought is about how his daughter might soon be leaving him.
• Remake Cameo: Sakura is voiced by Ichigo's voice actress in the original anime, Saki Nakajima. While Shintaro is voiced by Nakajima's real-life husband.
• Shared Family Quirks: Ichigo and Shintaro have a shared tendency to overly-dramatic daydreams.

Bu-Ling's parents

Bu-Ling's parents

Mrs. Huang voiced by Hisayo Mochizuki

Bu-Ling's mother and father.

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• Adaptational Job Change: In the original anime, Bu-Ling's father was only stated to be a martial artist who left home and went on a journey to train, and her mother is never stated to have had a job when alive. In New, both were circus performers, but Bu-Ling still lives alone with her siblings because her mother died in this version too and her father is stated to be working overseas.
• Deceased Parents Are the Best: Bu-Ling's mother died prior to the series due to unknown causes and she remembers her as a loving mother.
• The Faceless: While Bu-Ling's mother has her face revealed in flashbacks, her father is only seen from the back.
• Parental Abandonment: Bu-Ling's mother is dead while her father's job takes him overseas for extended periods of time.
• Remake Cameo: Bu-Ling's mother is voiced by Bu-Ling's voice actress in the original anime, Hisayo Mochizuki.
• Unnamed Parent: Unlike other Mews' relatives, their names aren't revealed.

Rika Minagawa

Rika Minagawa

Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka

A prodigy director and camera woman who is able to capture idols and celebrities real selves on camera and boost their popularity. She is also Zakuro's classmate and Zakuro requests her to direct and film her music video. Although this isn't the first time they worked together...

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• Prima Donna Director: Downplayed. She has Zakuro do ludicrous actions and changes her mind on a whim, but it's because she wants to capture Zakuro's vunerability rather than perfection and states that she'll apologize after she gets the footage she needs.

Animals

Mickey

Mickey

Voiced by: Kozue Yuuki

Mint's pet Pomeranian.

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• Adaptational Late Appearance: He originally appeared in chapter 2 of the manga and episode 2 of the original anime, since Minto first transformed to help Ichigo defeat Chimera Mickey. In New, Mickey is introduced until episode 5 because Minto's introduction is very different.
• Evil-Detecting Dog: He's the first to notice Quiche's presence during the Mew's house visit.
• Face–Monster Turn: Quiche turns Mickey into a Chimera in episode 5.
• "I Know You Are in There Somewhere" Fight: On the receiving end of one in his debut episode. It doesn't work, but Mint does manage to get the courage to shoot him anyway.

Francois

Francois

Voiced by: Yusuke Shirai

An abnormally large cat who takes an interest in Ichigo's cat form.

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• Abhorrent Admirer: He thinks Cat!Ichigo is cute and chases after her, much to Ichigo's horror and disgust.

Lau

Lau

Voiced by: Hiroko Kiso

Aoyama's pet dog.

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• Animal Jingoism: He and Cat!Ichigo do NOT get along.
• Jealous Pet: He fights with Cat!Ichigo over his owner's attention.
• Spell My Name With An S: Is his name Lau or Rau?

Past Characters

Madeline and Chiffon

Madeline and Chiffon

Madeline is voiced by: Yōko Hikasa

Chiffon is voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura

Madeline

Chiffon

Two ancestors of the alien race that lived on an ancient Earth. Retasu meets them after she finds Madeline's earrings and these magically transport her to the past.

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• Cannot Spit It Out: Even though they loved each other, both were too stubborn to admit their mutual feelings even when Chiffon left Earth. Fortunately, Retasu's intervention gives them the chance to confess.
• Canon Foreigner: They didn't exist in the manga or original anime.
• Childhood Friend Romance: They were childhood friends and obviously loved each other, but their different views kept them from being together.
• Edible Theme Naming: Like other members of their race, they're named after pastries.
• Fairytale Motifs: Madeline is referred to as "The Little Mermaid" because same as the mermaid in the original tale, she died without being able to confess her love and disappeared into the sea.
• Identical Stranger: Chiffon looks almost identical to Ryou, even having the same voice.
• It Was a Gift: Madeline's earrings were a gift from Chiffon.
• Posthumous Character: They died millions of years before the start of the series.
• Star-Crossed Lovers: When their people's land started to sink under the sea, Chiffon chose to leave Earth to find another planet to live on, but Madeline stubbornly refused to leave her home planet and stayed behind. Chiffon departed and Madeline died when disaster struck Earth, with her biggest regret being her inability to tell Chiffon how she really felt about him.

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