Miracle Girls

Miracle Girls (ミラクル★ガールズ) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Nami Akimoto. It was adapted into an anime series by Nippon Animation in 1993. Tokyopop has licensed the manga for English release in North America.

Plot summary
Toni and Mika Morgan are identical twins with special powers. Together, they are able to teleport and communicate telepathically. The athletically challenged Mika begs Toni to switch identities with her for her school's sports day track meet, where she and Toni are teamed with Mika's arch-enemy Jackson Neil, in the relay race. Toni, however, finds herself drawn to Jackson. Toni success in the relay causes the captain of the track team, Chris Kubrick, to try to recruit Mika. So, once again the sisters switch identities. However, the science teacher, Shinichiro Kageura, find out about their psychic powers, and begins to stalk Toni. sensing that Mika (who was really Toni) has been behaving strangely, Jackson visits them at home. There he discovers their secret...

Characters

 * Toni Morgan / Tomomi Matsunaga (松永ともみ)
 * Twin sister of Mika, Toni is tomboyish and the more athletic of the two. Originally she attends an all-girls school, but transfers to Mika's school after she falls in love with Jackson. Able to communicate telepathically with Mika, and Jackson to a more limited extent. She is able to use more powerful abilities when she is in direct contact with her sister.
 * Twin sister of Mika, Toni is tomboyish and the more athletic of the two. Originally she attends an all-girls school, but transfers to Mika's school after she falls in love with Jackson. Able to communicate telepathically with Mika, and Jackson to a more limited extent. She is able to use more powerful abilities when she is in direct contact with her sister.


 * Mika Morgan / Mikage Matsunaga (松永みかげ)
 * Twin sister of Toni, Mika is feminine and the more intellectual of the two, though she was introduced to readers right after blowing up her chemistry work. She is in love with Chris.  Able to communicate telepathically with Toni, she is able to use more powerful abilities when she is in direct contact with her sister.
 * Twin sister of Toni, Mika is feminine and the more intellectual of the two, though she was introduced to readers right after blowing up her chemistry work. She is in love with Chris.  Able to communicate telepathically with Toni, she is able to use more powerful abilities when she is in direct contact with her sister.


 * Jackson Neil / Yūya Noda (野田侑也)
 * Member of the track team, Jackson develops a romantic relationship with Toni soon after meeting her, but has a bad relationship with Mika, who hates him intensely.
 * Member of the track team, Jackson develops a romantic relationship with Toni soon after meeting her, but has a bad relationship with Mika, who hates him intensely.


 * Chris Kubrick / Hideaki Kurashige (倉茂秀明)
 * Member of the chemistry club and the track team, Chris is Mika's romantic interest.
 * Member of the chemistry club and the track team, Chris is Mika's romantic interest.


 * Shinichiro Kageura (影浦進一郎)
 * A science teacher, Mr. Kageura (also known as Mr. K) is convinced that paranormal abilities exist in the world, and is focused on proving his theories. He has suspicions of Mika and Toni possessing ESP, and will do anything to expose them.
 * A science teacher, Mr. Kageura (also known as Mr. K) is convinced that paranormal abilities exist in the world, and is focused on proving his theories. He has suspicions of Mika and Toni possessing ESP, and will do anything to expose them.


 * Kōhei Yamagishi (山岸耕平)


 * Rumiko Daijōji (大乗寺ルミ子)


 * Emma Winston (エマ・ウィンストン)
 * Voiced by: Okimoto Fumiyo and Touma Yumi
 * The lost princess of Diamas, Emma is constantly on the run from would-be killers.


 * Marie Milgraine Diamas (マリエ)
 * Princess of Diamas, and twin sister of Emma, Marie is trying to have her sister killed so she can have sole control of the Kingdom.
 * Princess of Diamas, and twin sister of Emma, Marie is trying to have her sister killed so she can have sole control of the Kingdom.


 * Mr. X (ミスターX)
 * A famous paranormal researcher, Mr. X seeks to control paranormal abilities through science.
 * A famous paranormal researcher, Mr. X seeks to control paranormal abilities through science.


 * Mason Templar / Masaki Takamura (高村マサキ)
 * A member of an organisation of ESP'ers, Mason seeks to bring Mika and Toni to their organization.
 * A member of an organisation of ESP'ers, Mason seeks to bring Mika and Toni to their organization.


 * Risa Sarashina (更科理沙)

Manga
The Miracle Girls manga is licensed for English release by Tokyopop, who released the series from 2000-10-17 until 2003-05-13. It was licened by Editions Star Comics for Italian released, where it was serialised in Amici. The manga has been released in Spanish by Norma Editorial as Gemelas Milagrosas from December 2004 to June 2006.

Anime
It was adapted into an anime series by Nippon Animation in 1993. The anime was dubbed into Italian by DENEB Film where it was broadcast on Canale 5 from March 1996 and on Italia 1. It was dubbed in Tagalog and broadcast by ABS-CBN, and is also available in Spanish.

The series uses three pieces of theme music. The opening themes of the whole series are performed by GARDEN, with "KISU no Tochuu de Namida ga" as the opening for episodes 1-29, and "Koi no Mirai" as the opening for episodes 30-51. Dio performs the ending theme for all 51 episodes, "Futari ja Nakya Dame na no".

Video Game
A video game adaptation based on Miracle Girls was released for the Super Famicom (Super Nintendo) by Takara on October 22, 1993. The player can choose to play as either Mikage or Tomomi and use candies as weapons to stun enemies and use them as platforms, and when the player clears a level, the player challenges the area boss to a mini-game.

Reception
Adam Arnold of Animefringe magazine praised the series, particularly for the detailed an expressive eyes, and the story "light-hearted and fun to read".