Tamagotchi Original Animations

Scene from "Mametchi's Picture Diary"

Tamagotchi Original Animations (たまごっちオリジナルアニメ Tamagotchi Orijinaru Anime) is a OVA series of the animated Tamagotchi franchise.

They were first released on DVD with a toy, with every kids Happy Meal at McDonald's in Japan for a limited time. Soon after, they were released on YouTube along with the Let's Go! Tamagotchi series. They are available only in Japanese with English subtitles. The DVD was also released in the Philippines, with the same Happy Meal toys and translated to Tagalog.

Plot

There are three episodes in the series, each three minute long shorts that feature Mametchi, Memetchi, Kuchipatchi, Flowertchi, and other Tamagotchis in short adventures. The series appears to take place after the movie Tamagotchi: Happiest Story in the Universe! and before the start of the Tamagotchi! anime series.

Credits

• Screenplay: Aya Matsui
• Storyboard director: Yuji Asada
• Animation director: Hidekiti Takahashi

List of Episodes

Episode #	Japanese Title & English Translation	Original airdate
01	Helping in McDonalds! (マクドナルドでお手伝い! Makudonarudo de Otetsudai!)	December 12, 2008
	Mametchi, Memetchi, Flowertchi and Kuchipatchi help Makdotchi manage the McDonald's in Celebria, during a rush hour.
02	Mametchi's Picture Diary (Mametchi Tachi no Enikki Mametchi and Friends' Picture Diary)	December 12, 2008
	A look is taken into Mametchi and friends' fun days together, depicted in a picture diary.
03	Hapihapitchi is Popular?! (ハピハピっちは人気者!? Hapihapitchi wa Ninkimono!?)	December 12, 2008
	Hapihapitchi works hard to make everyone happy today.

Trivia

• In 2010, the first episode was put on private on YouTube as McDonald's stopped sponsoring Tamagotchi. However, after some time McDonald's started sponsoring Tamagotchi again, but the episode was never relisted publicly.