Trivia / Majokko Meg-chan

• Banned in China: 7 of the 72 episodes were cut from the Italian version.
• Channel Hop: An example of this only happening in the Kansai region; due to MBS changing affiliates from TV Asahi to TBS Television ^note  for reasons explained in the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation article , the show would then move to TV Asahi's new Osaka affiliate, ABC, from episode 52 onwards.
• Foreign Dub as Basis: The Italian dub of Majokko Meg-chan changed Meg's name to Bia, and also removed some episodes deemed unfit for syndication. The Polish and Portugeuse dubs are based on the Italian dub so they inherit these changes.
• Late Export for You / Missing Episode: The French dub of the show, titled simply Meg, was made in 1989 (15 years after it first aired in Japan, and nearly a decade after it made it to Italy) but didn't make it to TV until 1992, and when it did, it did so poorly that it was canceled after only 19 episodes had aired. Part of this may have been that the look of the show (especially hairstyles and fashions) was very dated by the '90s, although many of the themes are timeless.
• The Other Darrin: Due to the 1997 retirement of Rihoko Yoshida (the original Meg) and the 1989 death of Noriko Tsukase (the original Non), both Meg and Non got new voice actors for their appearance in the 1999 PlayStation game Majokko Daisakusen (aka Little Witching Mischiefs), which featured many of the classic Toei magical girls from 1966-1980. Meg's replacement voice actor was Mari Okamoto (who also voiced the title character in Hana no Ko Lunlun), and Non's was Yuriko Yamamoto (voiced Sally Yumeno in the 1989 remake series of Sally the Witch, and also voiced Sally in the game since the original Sally, Michiko Hirai, had died in 1984).
• She Also Did: This series was a breakout role for Rihoko Yoshida as occasional Reluctant Fanservice Girl Meg. Fast-forward seven years and Yoshida is playing another Reluctant Fanservice Girl - the title character in Miss Machiko, who is also tormented by boys about Rabi's age.
  • Also, four years after Meg, Yoshida played another Majokko - Tickle - and another Fiery Redhead character, Monsley in Future Boy Conan.
• What Could Have Been: The Here We Go Again! ending of the series wasn't the original one. The original plan was for Meg to defeat Non and become her world's queen. But Non's fanbase both in the anime's staff and out of it had grown to the point that they didn't want to have her lose, so the ending was changed so that neither she or Meg won and they both had to start training all over again until they both achieved a balance in their personalities, as it is said Meg had become too attached to humanity and Non not attached enough.
  • Although taking this into consideration, another reason the change may have gone down the way it did was to avoid an Esoteric Happy Ending, which would have been inevitable regardless of who won the queen test. If Meg won, her having to let go of her human family and never see them again would have to be framed as a positive thing, and if Non won, then her developing her own attachment to humanity would also come off as rather meaningless since her new status would prevent her from returning to Earth. The inconclusive ending the show's writers went with may have simply been decided to be the most emotionally gratifying one.

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