It is sad when a brilliant TV show is cancelled; however, there is a time when all good things must come to an end. You might shed a few tears, get some friends together to have a marathon of the show, and watch the final episode with a mixture of delight and grief as years' worth of quality entertainment goes out on a high.

What you shouldn't do is ship it off to Japan so it can be resurrected as a very scary anime.


'Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z (出ましたっ！パワパフガールズZ, roughly "And They're Off! Powerpuff Girls Z") is the name for a Japanese anime loosely inspired by the American animated television series The Powerpuff Girls. It is of the magical girl genre of anime.

The show being made by Cartoon Network, Toei Animation, and Aniplex; with Sam Register, Hiromi Seki, and Hideo Katsumata producing; Hiroyuki Kakudou directing; and character design by Miho Shimogasa of Sailor Moon fame. Craig McCracken, the original creator of The Powerpuff Girls, is not involved in this project.

Toei Animation's anime reimagining of Cartoon Network's Powerpuff Girls, entitled Powerpuff Girls Z, debuted in Japan on July 1, 2006 on TV Tokyo, replacing Sugar Sugar Rune in its time slot. The initial order is for about 50 to 52 episodes at 30 minutes each, with more possible depending on how successful the show turns out to be. As of this writing, it is unknown when, or if there will be a U.S. release, and even if so, whether or not it would feature the original actors who voiced the American show.

Since the cartoon was first revealed around April 1 at the Tokyo International Anime Fair 2005, it was believed by many to be an April Fool's joke which started at the animation news web site Toon Zone.' (Wikipedia)

If only.

You can watch the first episode here on YouTube (the provider won't allow embedding). I won't even begin to descibe it myself.

The Powerpuff Girls Z make the REAL Bubbles cross.