Magical Angel Sweet Mint (魔法のエンジェルスイートミント) is a Magical Girl anime produced by Ashi Productions that aired on TV Tokyo from May 2, 1990 to March 27, 1991, ending at a total of 47 episodes.
Set in a realm of world of dreams and magic, the story focuses on Mint, a young girl who is the nation's Princess. The natural environment of her world is only a reflection of the dreams of the people on Earth. It is now in danger as people lose faith in their dreams and let darkness enter their hearts, causing the environment of Mint's world to wither and die.
On her twelfth birthday, Mint agrees to go to the world of humans to try to preserve people's hopes and dreams, and to prove that she has the qualities necessary to be a wise ruler. However, when Mint discovers that all of the flowers of the rainbow garden are blue (the color of sadness), she knows her task will not be an easy one. Using her kindness and empathy, she does what she can to turn those frowns upside down and restore happiness to the people.
This anime provides examples of:
- Adjective Noun Fred: Magical (Adjective) Angel (Noun) Sweet Mint (Fred).
- Alternative Foreign Theme Song: The Italian dub had an original theme song provided by Cristina D'Avena with lyrics by Alessandra Valeri Manera.
- Amazing Technicolor Population: Peporin is a penguin, but she's pink.
- Birthday Episode: In one episode, Mint wonders why nobody is coming to the store. It's because it's her birthday, and they're preparing a party for her instead.
- Bowdlerise: Plum's touching of Mint and Nuts' breast in episodes 28 and 44 is cut out in some foreign dubs.
- Close-Knit Community: The town Mint lives in. Surprisingly, unlike most Magical Girl shows, she can be open about her identity as a Cute Witch, is never judged or treated differently for her quirks, and is pretty much beloved by everybody.
- "Do It Yourself" Theme Tune: Hiroko Kasahara voices the protagonist Mint, and also sings the opening and ending themes.
- Edible Theme Naming: Aunt Herb, Queen Lime, Nuts, Plum, Waffle, and of course Mint herself.
- Gender-Blender Name: There's a boy named Belle.
- Magic Land: Mint's home dimension is a beautiful magical wonderland full of rainbows and flowers. Magic is the norm there and everyone is expected to master it when they are of age.
- Magical Girl Queenliness Test: To save her Kingdom, that relies on humans' hopes and positive thoughts, Mint is assigned to live on Earth with Muggle Foster Parents and spread joy to the people there. And sure enough, the kind-hearted Mint becomes one with the Close-Knit Community.
- Muggle Best Friend: Plum and Nuts, two human friends of Mint who help out with the Happy Shop.
- Otherworldly Technicolour Hair: The inhabitants of the Magic Land have teal, purple, neon blue, dark green, and other funky shades of hair. Mint's own hair appears to be a mixture of blue and green (turquoise?) and her mother's is pale lavender.
- Precocious Crush: Belle has a crush on Mint even though he is six and she is a teenager.
- Public Domain Character: Episode 24 features an appearance of Bram Stoker's Dracula.
- The Song Remains the Same: The Korean dub theme song is an instrumental version of the original Japanese one.
- Transformation Sequence: Mint gets a Stock Footage sequence whenever she changes into the required outfit-du-jour. Halfway through the show, she gets a new snazzier-looking sequence.