| since this is a club for fans of magical girl shows, I thought it would be good to start a discussion board with this topic ^^ I have a few favourites: 1. Princess Tutu: I like it because it takes the magical girl and fairy tale stereotypes and turns them on their heads. Plus the story is very addictive, and you won't be able to stop watching it once you start. Also I love how developed the personalities of the characters become. 2. Cardcaptor Sakura: One of my very first anime, and I still love it. Just so cute. And it doesn't get boring or repetitive at all (at least for me). I still love to watch it. 3. Hime-chan no Ribbon: it has a lot in common with CCS, but it's a rather old anime, so if anything, CCS borrows from Hime-chan. The main characters have a similar relationship to Sakura and Syaoran, but Hime-chan is a lot less oblivious. There is no collecting motif, and it's more of a romantic comedy with a magical girl as the star, than a magical girl show. 4. Gakuen Alice: I consider this a magical girl show, but it is a bit of a stretch. It is also very similar to CCS, but also very different. If you like CCS, chances are you will like Gakuen Alice too. The anime doesn't tell the whole story, so you will have to read the manga. 5. Pretear: another really engrossing magical girl anime. This one has one magical girl and seven guys/boys (who are also magical ;]). Very cute and I just loved the ending (both manga and anime). Also I liked that the manga and anime told a slightly different story, so I didn't feel like I was watching something I already read. (thanks for reminding me about this one Ricea ^^) 6. Nanoha: I like all three seasons, yes even season three. What I find interesting about Nanoha is that it's a shounen magical girl show. I liked the fights, and the characters had interesting back stories. A very action packed magical girl show with a bit of ecchi fanservice. If you can handle that, then you'll probably like it too. 7. Earth Maiden Arjuna: I can't believe I forgot about this! It's on my top 10 favourites too DX Juna becomes the avatar of time and must help the earth. This is one of the few mahou shoujo that is also very deep and philosophical. It deals with the current ecological crisis and questions our modern food processing processes. It puts forth some very interesting premises, and it's the closest in my eyes to anime being philosophical. Most anime are symbolic, they do not present structured arguments with proofs; Arjuna actually presents premises and gives evidence as to why its premises are correct. It's not structured, but it doesn't just fling images and ideas at you without any grounding. I really love it =) 8. Ojamajo Doremi: I've only finished watching the first season and a bit of the second season, but it's really grown on me and it has become one of my favourites. The best way to describe this would be magical girl meets slice-of-life, since the main focus is on the lives of the girls, with them using magic to try and solve problems in their lives, some times with disastrous consequences. While this is aimed at children, I thought the anime was so well done that anyone could enjoy it. There are a few episodes with subtle family value preaching, which I dislike, but even so, the anime is really great. |
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| Sailor Moon - love it since i was a child Pretty Cure - i started it and it looks good and interesting Yes! Prety Cure 5 - saw last episode (lol) and started downloading Mamotte! Lollipo - read manga and plan to watch anime |
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| Does Witch hunter Robin count? |
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| The only magical girl series I've enjoyed watching were Card Captor Sakura, Kamichu and Sailormoon. Need to watch Princess Tutu. |
| SAILOR MOON is the best anime magical girl that exist they r the best and there's no other anime like sailor moon. |
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| Ojamajo Doremi: Really, the most adorable mahou shoujo i've ever seen. I've watched most of it raw though. need to get my hands on subbed versions! Their transformations are just TOO ADORABLE! Princess Tutu: This is really just an amazing show. Cardcaptor Sakura: Classic. How can you not love it? Shoujo Kakumei Utena: Another great show. Sort of borderline mahou-shoujo but great nonetheless honorable mentions: Himechan no Ribbon, Sailormoon, Kaitou Saint Tail |
RICEA42991 said: Tokyo Mew Mew Yet another heroine group of girls save the world thing. I don't know whats the orignal like since I'm seeing the dub, but it's hilarous. It also contains a nice little love triangle, or more like a love square. A lot of people hate the dub, but I thought it was pretty good considering what it was dubbed to be. The original is good too. ^_^ |
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| I still have some more Magical Girl anime to watch, but so far my favorite are these; Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha - It is a unique anime to watch, you can see that mostly everything relies on technology rather magic, like the others mahou-shoujo and it's way more mature. A lot of characters have sad and interesting backgrounds too. Wedding Peach - Alright, this anime has been criticized a lot for 'copying' Sailor Moon, but I can't deny the fact that it's quite similar. However, I prefer the Wedding Peach's romance, it's a forbidden love one. Sailor Moon - Definitely, one of the classics. Without this, I wouldn't know about the magical girl anime at all. CardCaptor Sakura - Also loved this one, beautiful atmosphere, it also had a few more mature elements, but it was always a sweet anime. Mermaid Melody - It has great characters, beautiful designs truly and a sweet story as well. I have to watch a lot more however; Like Princess Tutu, Kamichama Karin, Pretty Cure 5/GoGo, Fresh Precure, Shugo Chara, etc. |
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| Shugo Chara good anime read manga and had ikuto-sama in it XD. Also art was superb Kami-chama Karin had me glued to screen for days. The art and logic of it was awesome. Also, love karasuma-san and his reactions. Lilpri this anime has loli's in it and the CGI when they sing is awesome. |
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| 1. Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica: An amazing deconstruction of the genre. I just hope it doesn't end with a horrible downer ending. 2. Nahona the Movie 1st: The original series was great, but this movie remake was even better. Nonstop epic action sequences, and a heartwarming tale of forced Befriending that managed to improve upon the original. 3. Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's: I thought Nanoha season one was amazing, but season 2 was even better. Less fanservice, more epic battles, and a better plot. 4. Cardcaptor Sakura (manga): It's written by CLAMP. Enough said. |
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| My Favorite Magical Girl Anime- not in any particular order 1. Cardcaptor Sakura 2. Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch 3. Kamichama Karin 4. Tokyo Mew Mew 5. Shugo Chara 6. Full Moon o Sagashite |
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| I just joined this club, and my anime list today, so I thought maby I should just make a little comment in here :) I really like Sailor moon (have read the whole manga series, but only seen a few episodes of the anime, really want to see it though!) Card captor Sakura (my first anime series that I watched knowing about anime) all time favourite :D Mermaid melody pichi pichi pitch (do they count?) and I am sure there is a lot to come :D! |
| 1. Mermaid Melody (My favorite anime ^^) 2. Cardcaptor Sakura 3. Tokyo Mew Mew 4. Shugo Chara 5. Sailor Moon |
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| Princess Tutu is probably my favorite one. It just an awesome mix of various fairy tale elements, music and of course magical girl. Other ones I like: Full Moon Heartcatch Precure Lyrical Nanoha Cardcaptor Sakura Magic Knight Rayearth (mechs too!) Pretty Rhythm Rainbow Live I've watched some other stuffs, including the first season of Sailor Moon, but I can't really say I've gotten into this classic franchise just yet. Also yes, I sometimes necro threads when I'm really bored. |
| No, it's good you revived the threads. They have been dead for too long. :) Of the ones you listed that I've also watched, I also enjoyed like Tutu, CCS, and Nanoha. Still have to watch the others, but I'm pretty sure I'll like Rayearth since I did enjoy the first 2 volumes of the manga. :3 |
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| Cardcaptor Sakura, Heartcatch Precure, and Madoka Magica are my favorites. Honorable mentions go to Revolutionary Girl Utena (if it counts??), Lyrical Nanoha, and Sailor Moon. |
| have to say that I haven't watched anime in a long time, I recently revived my obsession with it XD The magical girl anime that I have watched are Tokyo Mew Mew, Mermaid Melody, Madoka Magica and I legit just finished Genei o Kakeru Taiyo I loved them all and I'm looking for more to watch. Maybe something more recent? Cardcaptor Sakura and Sailor Moon are both already on the list (seeing as I never properly finished them). |
| 1. Mermaid Melody 2. Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica 3. Cardcaptor Sakura 4. Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live 5. Heartctch Precure 6. Sailor Moon 7. Princess Tutu 8. Suite Precure 9. Shugo Chara Still need to finish Sailor Moon and Princess Tutu. I know Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live is more of a Shoujo than a magical girl anime, but there's transforming CGI scenes every episode so I thought I'd add it. |
| Without any order. - Cardcaptor Sakura <3 - Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica - Shoujo Kakumei Utena (does that count?) - Princess Tutu - Full Moon o Sagashite - Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne - Shugo Chara! - Sailor Moon - Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha |
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| my favorite are mermaid melody, sailor moon and cardcaptor sakura. i am re-watching sailor moon at the moment, i finished the sailor moon s, and now i am re-watching super s, i found chibiusa determination to be friends with hotaru very cute and adorable, sailor moon s makes me begin very emotional and sentimental, now rewatching sailor moon super s, i am still at the beginner, and its fun, pegasus is very beutiful too, and i am wait for a very good plot! also in my teen life, i always like to read a lot cardcaptor sakura a lot of time, now i have a big list of shoujo mangas to read and re-reading, so i have to get time to reading more ccs, its very cute and with well done plot, sakura is one of the cutest and strongest heroines, both in shoujo and mahou shoujo. also, i have tendency to forget things very easy, so i have to get a lot of time to re-watching my favorite. and sorrie for my bad english! |
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| There's quite a few, but I really like the darker ones like Madoka~^^'> |
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| 1.) Nanoha - I fell in love with this series and its deep story and world. What agitated me about it was the refusal to canonize Nanoha and Fate's relationship. This show itself was the catalyst to me creating a Magical Girl Yuri Webcomic. There are some aspects of Nanoha that influenced it slightly. 2.) Sailor Moon - Its a big part of my childhood and one of the shows that got me into anime. It will always have a special place in my heart. It was also the first anime character I came across that shares my name lol...at least in the English version, Serena. 3.) Pretty Cure - I love this show even if it was meant for younger girls. I was first attracted to it because of the fight scenes! Then I came to love it later on even more when it seemed like the two were in love. The show DID focus a lot on friendship and their powers relying on their bond. 4.) Cardcaptor Sakura - I loved this show so much. It reminds me of the happier times back then. I totally bought hte book of the clow and still have it!...might be missing some cards though. 5.) Cutey Honey - Simply for the nostalgia of it all! The fact that she can be whatever she wants and change into whatever she wants...so its like her magical girl form is really her true form but she just changes into people. The remake is so much fun and colorful and lively. |
| Although I make it my mission to watch as many Magical Girl shows as possible, my favorites have hardly changed. For me, it always come back to 1. Cardcaptor Sakura : I just think this is single-handedly the greatest anime of all time. 2. Ojamajo Doremi : I have yet to complete the entire series (only two season under my belt so far) but it just has the joy and heart that I love most about the genre. Motto has dragged a bit, but if you can see past that it's really got some of the best emotional moments in anime and its got just beautiful animation to boot. 3. Princess Tutu : I think I watched this one as a huge marathon. I really enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Has a lot of very sweet moments. 4. Utena : I can't really say anything for Utena that hasn't already been said 100 times but... it's legendary for a reason. Recommended if you haven't seen it! Honorable mention is the Pretty Cure series, it's hard to pick just one (Mahoutsukai and Hugtto are both excellent). I do have some problems with some arcs but its just minor nitpicks. I get a lot of joy out of shows like Tokyo Mew Mew, Sailor Moon, Akazukin ChaCha etc but I think that might just be because I love the style of show so much. I love them but not anywhere near as much as the top 4. |
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| Definitely rayearth |
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