Saint Tail is a phantom thief magical girl manga and anime series. Originally a twenty-four part manga by Megumi Tachikawa, the story was adapted into an anime television series by producer Tokyo Movie Shinsha, with forty-three episodes and one short, broadcast by ABC. Tokyopop translated the manga series, and subtitled and partially dubbed the anime series.
Video Games were released for the Sega Saturn and Sega Game Gear in Japan, and are considered collectors items by Saint Tail fans.
The Tokyopop book summary states that it is "Robin Hood meets Sailor Moon!"
Created by Hiroshi Hashimoto
Written by Hiroshi Hashimoto, Fujita Nobuzo
Produced by Osamu Nabeshima, Tetsuya Watanabe
NetworksABC TV
Top Cast
Tomo Sakurai
Meimi Haneoka
Kikuko Inoue
Seira Mimori
Kousuke Okano
Daichi Asuka Jr.
Kazuhiko Inoue
Genichirou Haneoka
Akio Otsuka
Detective Keiji Asuka
Yuko Nagashima
Rina Takamiya
Junko Iwao
Kyoko
Mika Kanai
Sachiko
Satomi Korogi
Ryoko
Tomoyuki Dan
Oikawa
Themes & Keywords
christianitythiefbased on mangaanimephantom thiefmagical girl
About Saint Tail
Saint Tail is a animation, comedy, action & adventure, kids, drama series that first aired in 1995 exploring themes of christianity, thief, based on manga, anime, phantom thief, magical girl. Created by Hiroshi Hashimoto, it stars Tomo Sakurai, Kikuko Inoue, Kousuke Okano. Saint Tail is a phantom thief magical girl manga and anime series. Originally a twenty-four part manga by Megumi Tachikawa, the story was adapted into an anime television series by producer Tokyo Movie Shinsha, with forty-three episodes and one short, broadcast by ABC. Tokyopop translated the manga series, and subtitled and partially dubbed the anime series.
Video Games were released for the Sega Saturn and Sega Game Gear in Japan, and are considered collectors items by Saint Tail fans.
The Tokyopop book summary states that it is "Robin Hood meets Sailor Moon!"
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