 The anime television series was produced by Toei Company Ltd. (the main office, not the animation studio), with the actual animation produced by various other studios, including Nippon Sunrise.It consisted of 45 episodes and was aired across Japan on TV Asahi from March 6, 1978, to January 29, 1979.It brought the magical girl genre of anime back to Japanese TV screens for the first time since Toei Animation's "Majokko Megu-chan" aired its final episode in September 1975.