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3	''Onegai! Samia-don!'' ("Please, Mr. Psammead!") is an animated adaptation of [[Creator/ENesbit Edith Nesbit's]] novel ''Literature/FiveChildrenAndIt'', set in the rural England of TheEighties. It begins with the Turner siblings (the teenaged Simon/Sil, the pre-teens Robert and Jane, and the baby Babe) finding an odd creature named the Psammead that can grant them wishes lasting for a whole day; from then on the siblings and their neighbor, a teen girl named Anne Hopkins, start living an odd life full of adventures granted by the Psammead's magic...
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5	More than a little reminiscent of ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'', the series in itself had 78 episodes, was produced by Creator/TMSEntertainment (then known as Tokyo Movie), and ran from 1985 to 1986 in Creator/{{NHK}} Channel. It was broadcasted in several countries (almost all of Latin-America, Italy, France, Russia and the French part of Canada, among others), but not in the USA, with only a few fansubbed episodes available in English.
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8	!!''Onegai Samia-don''' provides examples of the following:
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10	* AdaptedOut: Anthea doesn't appear, though Anne could be said to take up her role.
11	* ADayInTheLimelight: Being a TV series, some episodes were more centered on one or two kids than the others. i.e., a whole [[MoodWhiplash and surprisingly serious]] one was dedicated to Anne and the Psammead alone, exploring [[MagicMirror the world behind the mirrors]].
12	* {{Animesque}}: The series is this trope in reverse. This series ''is'' anime, but the character designs are very Western-looking, fittingly as the series takes place in England.
13	%%* BumblingDad: Anne's father
14	* {{Butt Monkey}}s: Sil and Jane tended to have their wishes backfire on them ''repeteadly'' (With [[NiceGuy Robert]] often being caught in the middle...)
15	* CanonForeigner: Anne Hopkins was created specially for the series. Same goes to Harry, Michael, Mr. Matthews, etc.
16	* CommanderContrarian: Jane was the kid who disagreed the most about the wishes and prospect wishes.
17	%%* CoolBigSis: Anne, to the younger Turner children
18	%%* CrazyJealousGuy: Sil was this for Anne, and it was mostly PlayedForLaughs.
19	* DubNameChange: The Psammead is known as Sablotin in the French language version. Most of the other kids' names were left intact or changed only slightly.
20	%%* DumbassTeenageSon: Sil, and how.
21	%%* {{Expy}}: Anne, of Althea
22	* FishPeople: One episode had Robert asking the Psammead to transform him into a merman.
23	%%* GirlNextDoor: Anne, the siblings's neighbor
24	* GloryHound: Harry, a local kid who notices the odd antics of the children and tries to find out what's going on so he can reveal the reasons behind it and become famous.
25	* GrumpyOldMan: The Psammead was more of this than a trickster, with some dashes of DirtyOldMan in between.
26	* HormoneAddledTeenager: Sil was aged up to early-to-mid teens, and showed more than one shade of this. In one episode he asks the Psammead to [[GenderBender turn him into a clone of Anne]] so he could impersonate Anne and scare away a boy who was interested in her (it didn't work), and in another he was ''furious'' when the Psammead got to give Anne a kiss.
27	* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Sorta. Anne knew very clearly that the Psammead had a soft spot for her, so whenever she wanted something specific from him she'd act cutesy and super sweet to get him to do things the way she wanted.
28	* LoveTriangle: [[RichsuitorPoorSuitor Simon/Sil and a local rich boy, Michael]], were rivals for [[ObliviousToLove an oblivious]] Anne's affections.
29	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The eldest boy "Sil" is actually named "Simon", but no one refers to him as such. Except in the French dub, where he is only referred to as Simon.
30	* ParentsAsPeople: The siblings's parents do care for them, but are very busy with work (Mr. Turner) and housekeeping/taking care of the family's baby (Mrs. Turner).
31	%%* PluckyGirl: Jane's stubborn nature made her this when at her best.
32	* PolarPenguins: When the kids want to go to the Arctic but the Psammead doesn't want to take them there for obvious reasons, he uses magic to recreate it without having water nearby. It obviously includes many adorable penguins.
33	* PragmaticAdaptation: Cyril's name is changed to Simon/Sil since "Cyril" is quite antiquated in modern times, the siblings are given a surname ("Turner"), Anthea is AdaptedOut and her in-story role is taken up by CanonForeigner Anne Hopkins, and the setting was quite more modern.
34	%%* RoseHairedSweetie: At her best, Jane
35	* SettingUpdate: The books were set in Edwardian England, the series in the England of TheEighties.
36	* SiblingRivalry: Sil and Jane fought quite a bit, and Sil also was kind of a BigBrotherBully to Robert
37	* SickEpisode: In one episode Grandma Turner is sick, so a worried Jane asks the Psammead to send her to the Blue Coast for the day. Cue to the Psammead and Jane having to stand-in for her so people won't find out she's gone...
38	%%* ShipTease: Sil and Anne
39	* TakenforGranite: Sort-of. The Psammead once mistakenly believes that Anne wants to become a crystal statue... and transforms her into one. The Turners have to work hard to hide Anne-the-statue until the magic wears off.
40	%%* TeamMom: As a sort-of expy of Anthea, Anne becomes this.
41	* TinyTyrannicalGirl: Jane had more than one inkling of this, being small and pudgy but '''very''' stubborn and prone to tantrums when things didn't go her way... which [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes always sent the Psammead into fits]] since [[KillItWithWater her tears could potentially kill him]].
42	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: The Psammead had a '''weakness''' for eating car tires.

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