Himitsu no Akko-chan(ひみつのアッコちゃん, The Secrets of Akko-chan or Akko-chan's Secret) is a pioneering magical girl manga and anime that ran in Japan during the 1960s. The manga was drawn and written by Fujio Akatsuka, and was published in Ribon from 1962 to 1965. It predates the Mahōtsukai Sunny (whose name became Sally in the Mahōtsukai Sally anime) manga, printed in 1966. However, that title is the first magical girl anime as Himitsu no Akko-chan was not broadcast until 1969. Some sources state that, like Sally, Akko-chan was also inspired by Bewitched .