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{{Short description|Japanese manga series by Hiroyuki Nishimori}}
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| image           = Cheeky 1.jpg
| caption         = Manga volume 1 cover, featuring Megumi (front) and Genzo
| ja_kanji        = 天使な小生意気
| ja_romaji       = Tenshi na Konamaiki
| genre           = {{ubl|[[Action fiction|Action]]<ref name="manga-bookshelf">{{cite web|last=Welsh|first=David|title=Shô-nen-jo showdown! FRUITS BASKET vs. CHEEKY ANGEL|url=http://mangacurmudgeon.mangabookshelf.com/2005/03/23/sho-nen-jo-showdown-fruits-basket-vs-cheeky-angel/|website=The Manga Curmudgeon|access-date=April 13, 2020|date=March 23, 2005|quote=Of course, it may be as simple as packaging. ''[[Fruits Basket]]'' wears its cuddly fantasy elements on its sleeve, while ''Cheeky Angel'' takes a soapier approach to its trade dress. But, really, you can’t read ''Fruits Basket'' all the time, can you? Surely there’s room for gender-bending battle-comedy-teen romance on your shelves, too?}}</ref>|[[Fantasy comedy]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/cheeky-angel|title=The Official Website for Cheeky Angel|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226064416/https://www.viz.com/cheeky-angel|archive-date=February 26, 2021}}</ref>|[[Romantic comedy]]<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:天使な小生意気|url=https://akiba-souken.com/anime/1294/|publisher=[[Kakaku.com]]|website=Akiba Souken|access-date=January 17, 2021|language=ja|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210117211209/https://akiba-souken.com/anime/1294/|archive-date=January 17, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="manga-bookshelf"/>}}<!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->
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| type            = manga
| author          = [[Hiroyuki Nishimori]]
| publisher       = [[Shogakukan]]
| publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher|NA=[[Viz Media]] (expired)}}
| demographic     = {{Transliteration|ja|[[Shōnen manga|Shōnen]]}}
| imprint         = Shōnen Sunday Comics
| magazine        = [[Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]
| first           =  June 2, 1999
| last            = August 27, 2003
| volumes         = 20
| volume_list     = 
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| type            = tv series
| director        = Masaharu Okuwaki
| producer        = {{ubl|Noriko Kobayashi|Masahito Yoshioka}}
| writer          = Nobuo Ogizawa
| music           = Daisuke Ikeda
| studio          = [[TMS Entertainment]]
| network         = [[TV Tokyo]]
| first           = April 6, 2002
| last            = March 29, 2003
| episodes        = 50
| episode_list    =
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{{nihongo|'''''Cheeky Angel'''''|天使な小生意気|Tenshi na Konamaiki|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[manga]] series written and illustrated by [[Hiroyuki Nishimori]]. It was serialized in [[Shogakukan]]'s [[Shōnen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]'' from June 1999 to August 2003, with its chapters were collected in 20 {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes. The story revolves around the adventures of 15-year-old schoolgirl Megumi Amatsuka, a popular and beautiful [[tomboy]] that always get into fights with a secret: she used to be a boy.

A 50-episode [[anime]] television series adaptation by [[TMS Entertainment]] was broadcast on [[TV Tokyo]] between April 2002 and March 2003.

In 2001, the manga won the 46th [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] for the {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} category.

==Story==
At the age of nine, Megumi is an aggressive boy prone to always fighting. One day he saves a strange man from a gang of other children. In return, Megumi receives a magical book. After accidentally bleeding on the book, a [[genie]] named Pierrot appears and offers to grant him a wish. Megumi wishes to become a strong man's man. Pierrot, a [[trickster]], inadvertently turns Megumi into a woman. Megumi, furious, throws the book into the riverbank. Believing the only way to reverse the spell is to retrieve the book, Megumi begins a 6-year-long search.

==Characters==
;{{Nihongo|Megumi Amatsuka|天使 恵|Amatsuka Megumi}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Megumi Hayashibara]]}}
:While Megumi is physically a very attractive female, she still retains her masculine mannerisms and fighting abilities, which she uses very often, attracting the 'Megu-chan Protection Club', a group of misfit admirers. Nobody else knows she used to be a boy but was transformed into a girl; initially only Megumi's best friend, Miki, knew her secret, however the protection club quickly finds out. Out of all the men at school, the only one who seems to make any headway is Genzō Soga for his unparalleled willingness to do anything to prove himself to Megumi. A tomboy at heart, if she unintentionally displays any sort of affection for anyone, she is very quick to deny everything. At the end of the manga, it is revealed that she was and always had been a girl. She wished to be a boy because when they were younger, despite being stronger than Genzō, he injured himself to protect her, saying that it was a man's duty to protect a woman, and she wanted to protect Miki from any harm. She confesses her love to Genzo at the end of the series, and kisses him.
;{{Nihongo|Miki Hanakain|花華院 美木|Hanakain Miki}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Makiko Ohmoto]]}}
:Miki is Megumi's childhood friend and would do anything to help her. She is the only one that remembers the former Megumi and knows of the transformation. She does everything she can to turn Megumi into a better more feminine girl and even goes so far as to threaten to stop being Megumi's friend if she cuts her hair. Miki is extremely loyal to Megumi and has been at her side since pre-school, she even accepted an arranged marriage just so she could go to the same high school as Megumi.
;{{Nihongo|Keiko Tanaka|田中 桂子|Tanaka Keiko}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Naoko Matsui]]}}
:A spoiled brat and Megumi's rival. She shows up later in the series. She suffers a form of superiority complex. She hates Megumi because she realizes that everyone around her thinks Megumi is more beautiful than she is. Now she follows Megumi where ever she goes in hope of dis-proving Megumi's beauty.
;{{Nihongo|Megumi's father (aka Megu-papa)|恵の父|Megumi no chichi}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Banjou Ginga]]}}
:His real name is unknown. Megu-papa is perverted like Yasuda, frequently seen entering Megumi's room through secret entrances he creates without Megumi's permission.
;{{Nihongo|Tsubasa Amatsuka|天使 翼|Amatsuka Tsubasa}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Megumi Urawa]]}}
:Megumi's mother. Her work requires her to travel around the world, so she is rarely at home.

===Megu-chan Protection Club===
;{{Nihongo|Genzō Soga|蘇我 源造|Soga Genzō}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Wataru Takagi]]}}
:A very stubborn [[punk fashion|punk]] who has become Megumi's biggest admirer. The strongest in terms of physical power, Genzō is feared by many at school and various gangs in the city. The manga begins with Megumi, upset that this punk has mistreated his most recent girlfriend, beating Genzō up, the first person to do it since at least grade-school. Soon after that incident, Genzō quickly falls head over heels in love for Megumi. On his 16th birthday, Genzō proposed to Megumi but he was rejected. In the manga, it is revealed that Genzō received his scar protecting Megu from falling glass while she was rescuing Miki from kidnappers. Genzō often refers to Megumi as Megu-chan as a sign affection. At the end of the manga, Megumi reciprocates his feelings, and the two kiss.
;{{Nihongo|Ichirō Fujiki|藤木 一郎|Fujiki Ichirō}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Kazunari Tanaka]]}}
:An "average" boy trying to escape his reputation for being weird and a pervert at his previous school. While appearing physically inferior to Genzō, he has fought to defend himself and Megumi on several occasions. Near the end of the series, he seemed to have accepted the role as Yoshimi's 'Prince'.
;{{Nihongo|Tasuke Yasuda|安田 太助|Yasuda Tasuke}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Yuji Ueda]]}}
:The perverted and yet good-hearted [[nerd]] who nosebleeds when he gets overly excited. Yasuda is the weakest when it comes to physical prowess, but his intelligence continues to surprise everyone and aids the group solving many problems. He has a little brother that looks like a mini version of him and the same personality. Yasuda looks like a cute girl when his glasses are removed.
;{{Nihongo|Hitomoji Kobayashi|小林 一文字|Kobayashi Hitomoji}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Nobuyuki Hiyama]]}}
:A [[samurai]] in-training and arguably the most decent man in the group. Kobayashi is the second strongest, having learned martial arts since childhood. Near the end of the series he seems to develop some feelings for Miki.

===Other characters===
;{{Nihongo|Yoriko|頼子}}
:Amatsuka's housemaid. She was first seen in episode 11 of the anime. She was always seen in the anime as Megumi's investigator and a substitute for Tsubasa in times of need. She even helped Megu by revising the rules of Yamato Nadeshiko Cup in order for the rules to be fair and square.
;{{Nihongo|Takao Gakusan|岳山 隆雄|Gakusan Takao}}
:First seen in episode 20 of the anime. He was supposed to be Miki's "fiance". He was beaten up by Genzō in duel when he posed as Miki's boyfriend to protect her. In later episodes, he planned to kidnap Miki but he was defeated by the Megu-group.
;{{Nihongo|Reiko|礼子}}
:A thief that Megumi met in Osaka. She was first seen in episode 13 of the anime. She was saved by Megumi after a near-death experience. Along with Megumi, Genzō, and Fujiki, they've helped the police capture a yakuza. In later episodes, she helped Megumi find magic books, a bone, and a scroll (which of course, she obtained by stealing).
;{{Nihongo|Yoshimi Shirasagi|白鷺 良美|Shirasagi Yoshimi}}
:Keiko's friend. In later episodes, she fell in love with Genzō because he saved in the nick of time. Somehow, the feelings changed when she was saved by Fujiki, who caught her when she fell in a stairwell during their field trip to Kyoto. She calls Fujiki her "prince".
;{{Nihongo|Setsuka Soga|蘇我 雪花|Soga Setsuka}}
:Genzō's "Big Sister". She was first seen in episode 26 of the anime. She saves Megumi when Genzō tries to "make her happy". She was amazed at how Megumi changed Genzō from a delinquent to a charming person. She wants Megumi to refer to her as "Onee-san".
;{{Nihongo|Yanagisawa|柳沢}}
:A punk that Megumi and Genzō met during the Yamato Nadeshiko Cup. He was first seen in episode 38 of the anime. He was defeated by Genzō. In later episodes, he was hired by Takao Gakusan to kidnap Miki.

==Media==
===Manga===
Written and illustrated by [[Hiroyuki Nishimori]], ''Cheeky Angel'' was serialized in [[Shogakukan]]'s [[Shōnen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]'' from June 2, 1999, to August 27, 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M577823|script-title=ja:週刊少年サンデー 1999年 表示号数25|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=March 26, 2020|language=ja }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M577615|script-title=ja:週刊少年サンデー 2003年 表示号数36|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=March 26, 2020|language=ja }}</ref> The individual chapters were compiled and published by Shogakukan in twenty {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes, released between September 18, 1999, and September 18, 2003.<ref name="vol1"/><ref name="vol20"/>

The manga was published in English by [[Viz Media]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Anime Expo - VIZ LLC - Anime Expo 2004|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2004/anime-expo/4|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 21, 2018|date=July 19, 2004}}</ref> The twenty volumes were released between July 7, 2004, and January 9, 2008,<ref name="vol1-viz"/><ref name="vol20-viz"/> Viz Media re-published the series digitally between May 12, 2015, and February 23, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cheeky Angel, Vol. 1|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/cheeky-angel-volume-1/product/4501|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=April 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016203753/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/cheeky-angel-volume-1/product/4501|archive-date=October 16, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cheeky Angel, Vol. 20|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/cheeky-angel-volume-20/product/4520|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=April 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024142919/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/cheeky-angel-volume-20/product/4520|archive-date=October 24, 2020}}</ref> In March 2021, Viz Media confirmed that they no longer holds the series' license.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Viz Media No Longer Holds Cheeky Angel Manga License|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-03-18/viz-media-no-longer-holds-cheeky-angel-manga-license/.170708|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=March 18, 2021|date=March 18, 2021}}</ref>

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===Anime===
A 50-episode [[anime]] television series adaptation, produced by [[TMS Entertainment]] and directed by Masaharu Okuwaki, was broadcast on [[TV Tokyo]] from April 6, 2002, to March 29, 2003.<ref name="TMS-2000">{{cite web|script-title=ja:天使な小生意気|url=https://www.tms-e.co.jp/alltitles/2000s/599101.html|publisher=[[TMS Entertainment]]|access-date=October 24, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201024084946/https://www.tms-e.co.jp/alltitles/2000s/599101.html|archive-date=October 24, 2020|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:各話紹介|url=http://www.tms-e.com/library/on_air_back/tensi/03.html|publisher=[[TMS Entertainment]]|access-date=October 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040722022121/http://www.tms-e.com/library/on_air_back/tensi/03.html|archive-date=July 22, 2004|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> The series two opening themes are performed by [[Aiko Kitahara]]; ''grand blue'' (ep. #1–26) and "Sun rise train" (ep. #27–50). The series four ending themes are performed by [[U-ka Saegusa in dB]]; "Whenever I think of you" (ep. #1–13), "It's for you" (ep. #14–26), "Tears Go By" (ep. #27–37) and "Secret and Lies" (ep. #38–49), while the last episode featured the series first opening theme ''grand blue'' by Aiko Kitahara as ending theme.<ref name="TMS-2000"/>

==Reception==
In 2001, the manga won the 46th [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] for the [[Shōnen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}}]] category.<ref name="ShogakukanAward">{{cite web|url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html|script-title=ja:小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|access-date=2007-08-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213085555/http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html|archive-date=2010-12-13 }}</ref> Eduward M. Chavez, reviewing the first volume of the manga for ''Anime on DVD'', said that the protagonist, Megumi "entertains and creates situations that are shocking and equally hilarious," praised the supporting case for being "pretty solid" and called the title "entertaining."<ref>{{Cite web|first=Eduardo M.|last=Chavez|url=http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/manga/manga.php?manga_view=196|title=Cheeky Angel (aka Tenshi na Konamaiki) Vol. #01|work=Anime on DVD|date=August 11, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050315231459/http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/manga/manga.php?manga_view=196|archive-date=March 15, 2005|url-status=dead }}</ref> In a review of volume 3, Chavez praised the character development of Megumi and the characters as a whole.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Eduardo M.|last=Chavez|url=http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/manga/manga.php?manga_view=224|title=Cheeky Angel (aka Tenshi na Konamaiki) Vol. #03|work=Anime on DVD|date=December 31, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060325120737/http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/manga/manga.php?manga_view=224|archive-date=March 25, 2006|url-status=dead }}</ref> Liann Cooper, in a review of Volume 1 of the manga, called it "quite funny and charming," the artwork ok, and an amusing concept, although he said that "Megumi's situations get old" and hoped that later volumes would have more storyline, saying he only found the manga "mildly entertaining.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Liann|last=Cooper|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/right-turn-only/2004-07-27|title=RIGHT TURN ONLY!! - Set Phasers To Fun!|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=July 27, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105155041/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/right-turn-only/2004-07-27 |archive-date=November 5, 2020 |url-status=live |access-date=February 18, 2021 }}</ref> Cooper later said that he enjoyed volume 2, saying it blew him away artistically, fitting "the bill for being an enjoyable series."<ref>{{Cite web|first=Liann|last=Cooper|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/right-turn-only/2004-10-11|title=RIGHT TURN ONLY!! - Column of Wonders|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=October 11, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413034059/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/right-turn-only/2004-10-11 |archive-date=April 13, 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=February 18, 2021 }}</ref>
Janet Crocker called Volume 1 of the manga enjoyable, saying that while it seemed like ''[[Ranma ½]]'', the story is "highly interesting," has fast pacing, a lot of "fight action," the issue of gender identity taken "very seriously," and calls it a "great manga."<ref>{{Cite web|first=Janet|last=Crocker|url=http://www.animefringe.com/magazine/2004/12/review/12.php|title=Cheeky Angel Vol. 1|work=Animefringe|date=December 2004|access-date=February 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330210925/http://www.animefringe.com/magazine/2004/12/review/12.php|archive-date=March 30, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Holly Ellingwood, who reviews Volume 16 of the anime called it a "very unusual drama" which is "intriguing" and how she is trying to accept herself with the "full knowledge the she is a guy despite her female body," adding that the manga is "distinct story with an equally uniquely stylized art style."<ref>{{Cite web|first=Holly|last=Ellingwood|url=http://activeanime.com/html/2007/03/15/cheeky-angel-vol-16/|title=Cheeky Angel Vol. 16|work=Active Anime|date=March 16, 2007 |access-date=February 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106191054/http://activeanime.com/html/2007/03/15/cheeky-angel-vol-16/ |archive-date=November 6, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

J.P. Arevalo describes the anime as having " laugh-out-loud humor" and praised its blend of drama and comedy.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Arevalo, J.P.|url=https://www.animefringe.com/magazine/02.08/feature/6/index.php3|title=Animefinge Online Magazine|date=August 2002|website=animefringe|language=en|access-date=February 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523143037/https://www.animefringe.com/magazine/02.08/feature/6/index.php3|archive-date=May 23, 2019}}</ref> B. Zuleika of [[Fandom (website)|Fandom]] says that the series addresses several [[gender identity]] questions, like what it means "to be a woman or a man" and how a person decides "who they are inside."<ref name="zuleika2018">{{Cite web |last1=B |first1=Zuleika |title=9 Must-See LGBTQ Anime |url=https://www.fandom.com/articles/9-must-see-lgbt-anime |website=[[Fandom (website)|Fandom]] |access-date=April 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422071347/https://www.fandom.com/articles/9-must-see-lgbt-anime |archive-date=April 22, 2020 |date=June 18, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.tms-e.co.jp/alltitles/2000s/599101.html|''Cheeky Angel'' official anime website at TMS Entertainment}} {{in lang|ja}}
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346414/ IMDB Entry]
* {{Anime News Network|manga|3437}}

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