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Flip Flappers

Also known as FLIP FLAPPERS.

Studio: Studio 3Hz , Infinite , Happinet , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , GAGA , Lantis , Medicos Entertainment , AT-X , Sotsu , BS Fuji , TOKYO MX , Ray
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Psychological , Sci-Fi

As a middle school student, Cocona has been trying to decide what to do with her life. Magical Girl, however, wasn’t a career path that she’d ever considered. When suddenly a strange girl named Papika thrusts her into a secret organization called Flip Flap, Cocona’s outlook does a radical flip-flop. Her views start to change when she is dragged into an alternate dimension called Pure Illusion where she’s charged with gathering crystal shards and fighting strange creatures. Now, between running missions and facing off against a rival organization, Cocona doesn’t have much time to consider alternate career choices. What are these shards, and why is gathering them so important? There’s a mystery to be solved and multiple worlds to be saved in FLIP FLAPPERS!



Tags: Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Henshin , LGBTQ+ Themes , Meta , Yuri , Magic , Kemonomimi , Desert , Archery , Guns , Urban , Urban Fantasy , Swordplay , Robots , Primarily Female Cast , Surreal Comedy , Memory Manipulation , Super Power , Dissociative Identities , Cult , Time Manipulation , Episodic , Age Regression , Isekai , Tragedy , Twins , Surfing , School , Love Triangle , Tsundere , Super Robot , Parody , Yandere , Heterosexual

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Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Music

The story begins the day before the graduation ceremony. Five middle school girls each are preoccupied with their real everyday lives. These girls meet each other in a fantasy world after being sent there through a sudden occurrence. There, they learn about the impending crisis that this world is facing. The way to avert this crisis is for the five to collaborate and bring their five hearts together as one through dance.

However, the five cannot come to love the world, and cannot tell their true feelings to one another, so their hearts are unable to unite. The time limit is fast approaching. Can the dance of the five girls save the world? And will they be able to graduate?



Tags: Isekai , Dancing , Primarily Female Cast , Time Manipulation , Coming of Age , Idol , Female Protagonist , Super Power , Primarily Child Cast , School , Martial Arts , Henshin , Age Regression , Tsundere , Alternate Universe , Clone

BLUE REFLECTION RAY

Also known as Blue Reflection Ray.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Magic Capsule , Mainichi Broadcasting System , DMM pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Psychological

Optimistic Hiori can’t turn away anyone in need. Awkward Ruka can’t seem to make friends, even when she tries. But these two do have one thing in common: they’re both magical girls called Reflectors! Together, this unlikely pair will use their powers to help resolve emotional struggles and protect the Fragments of people’s hearts.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Time Manipulation , Memory Manipulation , Primarily Teen Cast , Henshin , Magic , Super Power , Amnesia , School , Cult , Suicide , Anti-Hero , Orphan , Twins , Torture , Swordplay

HUGtto! Precure ♡ Futari wa Precure All Stars Memories

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mahou Shoujo , Supernatural

Celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Precure franchise, and the eleventh Precure All Stars crossover film.

A mysterious monster named Miden has appeared, stealing away the Precures' memories and reverting them to the state of a small child. The HUGtto! Precure team joins forces with the Futari wa Precure team to retrieve the stolen memories and powers of every other Precure team so far!

Tags: Crossover , Primarily Female Cast , Memory Manipulation , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Super Power , Kaiju , Robots , Fairy , Urban Fantasy , Urban , Parenthood , Isekai , Animals , Kemonomimi , Nekomimi , Witch , Swordplay , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tokusatsu , Age Regression , Full CGI , Henshin , Kids , Magic , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , CGI , Superhero

Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru

Also known as Yuki Yuna is a Hero.

Studio: Studio Gokumi , Pony Canyon
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Psychological , Slice of Life

Yuuna Yuuki is an ordinary second-year middle school student. She gets up in the morning, gets ready for school, goes to classes, participates in club activities, and has fun with her friends. But there is one extraordinary thing about Yuuki — she belongs to the “Brave Hero Club.” What does the Brave Hero Club do? Who is the mysterious being called “Vertex?” Yuuki Yuuna and her friends’ story takes place in Year 300, Era of the Gods.



Tags: Super Power , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Cosmic Horror , Magic , Henshin , Primarily Female Cast , Gods , Tragedy , Philosophy , School Club , Disability , Cult , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Chuunibyou , Coastal , Superhero , Religion , Kaiju , Isekai , Fairy , Post-Apocalyptic , Amnesia , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Memory Manipulation , Suicide , Swordplay , Guns , Conspiracy , School , Primarily Child Cast , Tsundere , CGI , Language Barrier

Healin' Good♥Precure: Yume no Machi de Kyun! Tto GoGo! Dai Henshin!!

Studio: Toei Animation , Marvelous , Kinoshita Group , ABC Animation , Bandai , ADK Emotions
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

The members of Healin' Good arrive in the city of Tokyo. In Tokyo, the "YumeR" experience that can project the people's inner dreams with the "dream pendant" that Nodoka and her friends wear has become very popular. Nodoka meets the princess of YumeR with magical power, Kaguya, at the dream town where everyone's dreams are overflowing. Then, mysterious enemies who are after everyone's dreams appear...! Can the Healin' Good and 5GoGo! teams protect everyone's dreams?



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Henshin , Fairy Tale , Urban , Urban Fantasy , Tokusatsu , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Animals , Magic , Crossover , Superhero , Kemonomimi , Nekomimi

Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru: Washio Sumi no Shou 1 - Tomodachi

Studio: Studio Gokumi
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Slice of Life

The first movie in the Washio Sumi no Shou trilogy.

Tags: Magic , Henshin , Primarily Female Cast , School , Female Protagonist , Gods , Archery , Spearplay , Swordplay , Kaiju , Super Power , Superhero , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Post-Apocalyptic , Coastal , Primarily Child Cast , Isekai , Urban

Magic Knight Rayearth OVA

Also known as Magic Knight Rayearth OVA.

Studio: TMS Entertainment , Polygram Japan , Kodansha , TMS-Kyokuchi , Manga Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Mecha

The Earth lies darkened and deserted. Despite the best efforts of the film's heroine, Hikaru, the evil-filled castle of Cephiro has taken over the world and stands in the center of a lifeless Tokyo. Before the ice-witch Alcyone can take her revenge on Hikaru, she is rescued by Lantis, a young man who seals her into a magical maze where she is challenged to prove her powers while her friends are hunted down by Cephiro's warlocks.

Fleeing through the silent city, Umi and Fuu must seek out the sleeping Mashin; godlike creatures that will fuse with them to form giant warriors of awesome destructive power. But the Magic Knights are afraid, untrained and alone... will even the Mashin be enough to save them from the evil acts of Cephiro?

Notes:
During 1998 Toshihiro Hirano released a Director's cut called "Special Edition - The Wings of Hope", including the 3 episodes in a two hour movie with some new scenes and some dialogue changes

Tags: Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Super Power , Isekai , Time Manipulation , Magic , Henshin , Tokusatsu , Tragedy , Super Robot , Primarily Female Cast , Shoujo , Environmental , Nudity , Fairy , Achronological Order , Ghost , Post-Apocalyptic

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon R: THE MOVIE

Also known as Sailor Moon R: The Movie.

Studio: Toei Animation , Madman Entertainment , Viz Media , TV Asahi
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

When Mamoru was little he gave a rose to a little boy named Fiore. Fiore promised that one day he would bring Mamoru lots of flowers. Now Fiore has come back to earth but his intentions are not merely to fulfil a promise...



Tags: Magic , Found Family , Space , Shoujo , Aliens , Primarily Female Cast , Henshin , Space Opera , Unrequited Love , Super Power , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Tokusatsu , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Boys' Love , Reincarnation , Shrine Maiden , Primarily Child Cast

Cardcaptor Sakura Movie

Also known as Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie.

Studio: MADHOUSE , NHK , Kodansha , Shelty , NHK Enterprises , Discotek , Madman Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

It's winter vacation and Sakura wins a trip to Hong Kong. Kero, skeptic of her luck in lotteries, questions whether she was merely lucky or was she summoned to Hong Kong upon inevitability. As Sakura strolls through Hong Kong's Bird Street, she senses an evil force calling to her. On chasing two strange birds, she is lead to a phantom world where she learns she was actually made to come to Hong Kong by a woman, Madoushi, who apparently wants revenge on Clow Reed. With Syaoran's mother, Yelan's help and the guidance from Clow Reed's voice, she must fight Madoushi and rescue her friends and loved ones, who have been captured.

Tags: Magic , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Foreign , Henshin , Urban , Isekai , Ghost , Primarily Child Cast , School , Super Power