In each episode, the young girl Melmo has to help people by impersonating adult professions, like a stewardess or a policewoman. The earliest known case is the anime/manga series Marvelous Melmo by Osamu Tezuka. The transformation scene may be reused in each episode, emphasizing the characters' breasts and hips growing in a comical way. They go through elaborate transformation sequences, in which their clothes are magically replaced with costumes, and their bodies are hidden by energy streamers. Many anime series feature girls transforming into often voluptuous women. In the book 'Happy Birthday, Dear Amy' by Marilyn Kaye, a 13-year-old girl grows into a 25-year-old overnight.Īge progressions are a common theme in Japanese anime and manga.A classic work where age progression is thwarted rather than accelerated, is Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray at the end of the story, the protagonist undergoes AP after killing his likeness in a painting, which had previously preserved Gray's youthful appearance.The protagonist of the Vietnamese Giong legend grew up rapidly. One of the earliest mentions is the Athena origin legend, who leaped from Zeus's skull fully grown. Some overlap is possible a child may become an adult, and then continue to old age.Īge progression is an occasional theme in anime/manga, motion pictures, cartoons and comics, literature, and stage performances. The two main categories are child to adult transformation, and young adult into old age.

Age progression may also refer to several loosely related types of transformation, often shortened to AP, in which a character suddenly increases in age.

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