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Mahou no Angel Sweet Mint

Studio: Ashi Productions , Youmex
Status: Finished
Genres: Mahou Shoujo

Mint is a girl who happens to be the princess of the world of dreams and magic. The natural environment of her world is a reflection of the dreams of the people on Earth. It is now in danger as people lose faith in their dreams and let darkness enter their hearts. The environment of Mint's world is starting to wither and die.

On her 12th birthday, after a gala celebration with her father the King and her mother, she agrees to go to the world of humans to try to preserve people's hopes and dreams, and to prove that she has the qualities necessary to be a wise ruler. Her father arranges for her to stay with his sister, Mint's aunt Herb, who runs a gift shop on Earth called "Happiness Shop".



Tags: Magic , Isekai , Female Protagonist

Princess Tutu

Also known as Princess Tutu.

Studio: Hal Film Maker , ADV Films , Memory-Tech , GANSIS , Marvelous , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Mystery , Psychological , Romance

In a fairy tale come to life, the clumsy, sweet, and gentle Ahiru (Japanese for 'duck') seems like an unlikely protagonist. In reality, Ahiru is just as magical as the talking cats and crocodiles that inhabit her town - for Ahiru really is a duck! Transformed by the mysterious Drosselmeyer into a human girl, Ahiru soon learns the reason for her existence. Using her magical egg-shaped pendant, Ahiru can transform into Princess Tutu - a beautiful and talented ballet dancer whose dances relieve people of the turmoil in their hearts. With her newfound ability, Ahiru accepts the challenge of collecting the lost shards of her prince's heart, for long ago he had shattered it in order to seal an evil raven away for all eternity.

Princess Tutu is a tale of heroes and their struggle against fate. Their beliefs, their feelings, and ultimately their actions will determine whether this fairy tale can reach its "happily ever after."

Princess Tutu aired in two parts. The first part included 13 25-minute-long episodes, while the second part consisted of 24 12-minute-long episodes with a 25-minute-long final episode for a total of 38 episodes.

Tags: Fairy Tale , Dancing , Meta , Henshin , Writing , Female Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Tragedy , Magic , Anthropomorphism , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Animals , Tsundere , Episodic , Boarding School , Shapeshifting , Shounen , Unrequited Love , Foreign , Reincarnation , School , Dissociative Identities , Ghost

Ojamajo Doremi

Also known as Magical DoReMi.

Studio: Toei Animation , 4Kids Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Slice of Life

Doremi Harukaze, 3rd grade student at Misora Elementary School, claims to be the world's unluckiest pretty girl. Fascinated by witchcraft, she is drawn into a mysterious shop where she meets Majo Rika and is able to deduce that this lady is in fact a real witch. Being exposed by a human triggers a curse that transforms witches into magical frogs. To regain her original body, Rika must turn Doremi into a witch by teaching her how to use magic. Thrilled by this odd development, Harukaze becomes a witch apprentice. Unfortunately, her two best friends, Hazuki Fujiwara and Aiko Senoo, discover that Doremi has become a magic user. Afraid that Harukaze might become a magical frog too, Majo Rika recruits both Hazuki and Aiko and makes them witch apprentices too. The trio has lots of adventures as they try to triumph the necessary trials to become real witches.



Tags: Magic , Witch , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , Kids , Henshin , Coming of Age , Chibi , Episodic , School , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Family Life , Ojou-sama , Fairy , Idol , Acting , Urban Fantasy

Yume no Crayon Oukoku

Also known as Crayon Kingdom of Dreams.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

The civilians of the Crayon Kingdom have always view their Princess Silver as a twelve-year old girl with a beautiful smile. However, unknown to them, the princess has 12 bad habits. This has created much distress to the Chameleon Prime Minister and the Crayon ministers for it would be embarassing if this gets out. One day, a party was held to celebrate Princess Silver's twelvth birthday. The princess was trying to seek her Prince Charming that she forgot to take notice of her bad habits. One of the boys at the party was so angry that he changed Silver's parents, the King and Queen, into stone. In order to break the curse and save her parents, Silver decided to set on a journey to locate the boy. Together with her companions, Silver begins her adventure.

Tags: Female Protagonist , War , Politics , Magic , Animals

Mahou no Yousei Persia

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Shueisha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mahou Shoujo

Pelsia, a cute ten-year-old girl who grew up among the animals in Africa, is taken back to Japan. She is transported to a magic world where she is given a headband which creates a baton which transforms her into a pretty sixteen-year-old girl with various outfits. She also has three cute magical pets to advise her along with her pet lion from Africa, now transformed into a talking plush toy.



Tags: Shapeshifting , Magic , Female Protagonist , Henshin , Twins , Shoujo , Animals

Idol Densetsu Eriko

Studio: Ashi Productions , Youmex , Big West , TV Setouchi
Status: Finished
Genres: Music

Eriko Tamura is Kousuke Tamura, the chairman of Tamura Productions (reknown music company) and Minako Tamura's (former famous idol singer) only daughter. Having talent for singing since birth, she has always loved her parent's media world. Then one day tragedy strikes when her parents get into a horrible car accident, which kills her father and leaves her mother in coma. She is left in her father's best friend, Mr. Uchida's care. Now Eriko must take the path of singing, a path her parents did not want her to pursue. Then her uncle is out to destroy her career. But in spite of all the hardship, she becomes an idol and wins hearts all over Japan.



Tags: Idol , Urban , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Foreign , Amnesia , Bullying

Mahoutsukai Sally

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

Sally is the witch princess of the Magic Kingdom who longs to visit the mortal realm. One day, by mistake, Sally teleports there and uses her magic to fend off a couple of burglars menacing two schoolgirls. Immediately befriended by her new acquaintances—tomboyish Yoshiko Hanamura and girly Sumire Kasugano—Sally decides to stay on Earth indefinitely, leading to mischief.

Tags: Shoujo , Witch , Magic , Female Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , Achromatic , Isekai , School

Mahou no Idol Pastel Yumi

Also known as Pastel Yumi, the Magic Idol.

Studio: Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

School girl Yumi Hanazono is a dab hand with drawing. Her parents run a florist shop and cafe from their house and from them Yumi has also inherited a love of flowers. Two cat-like elves from the Flower Planet reward her devotion with a magical wand and pendant that, when she draws the shape of an object in the air with the wand, create the object for her use for a short time before vanishing.

Like any young girl, Yumi has challenges in her life - family, school, boys and even irascible neighbours. Her new magical power offers a tempting solution to these challenges but she must beware of the consequences and watch out for the magic wearing off.



Tags: Magic , Idol , Aliens , Shapeshifting , Kids , Fairy , Henshin , Female Protagonist , Slapstick , Episodic