The anime series Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch premiered on April 5, 2003 on TV Aichi in Japan. It ran for a total of 52 episodes. The week after the broadcast of the final episode, a second season, Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Pure, began broadcasting in Pitch's original slot. Picking up from where Pitch ended, Pure lasted 39 episodes, with the final episode broadcast on Christmas Day 2004.