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Kiratto Pri☆Chan

Also known as Kiratto Pri☆chan.

Studio: Tatsunoko Production , Dongwoo Animation , TV Tokyo
Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Slice of Life

First-year middle school girls Mirai Momoyama and Emo Moegi are two aspiring idols who decide to use the "Pri☆Chan System," a system used by famous people and companies to broadcast content. Like many girls starting their own channels and uploading content, the pair decide to become their own producers, starting their own channel in an attempt to become Pri☆Chan idols.



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Idol , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Kids , Surreal Comedy , Fashion , Primarily Child Cast , Henshin , CGI , Virtual World , Educational , Baseball

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon

Also known as Sailor Moon.

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

Usagi Tsukino is an average student and crybaby klutz who constantly scores low on her tests. Unexpectedly, her humdrum life is turned upside down when she saves a cat with a crescent moon on its head from danger. The cat, named Luna, later reveals that their meeting was not an accident: Usagi is destined to become Sailor Moon, a planetary guardian with the power to protect the Earth. Given a special brooch that allows her to transform, she must use her new powers to save the city from evil energy-stealing monsters sent by the malevolent Queen Beryl of the Dark Kingdom.

But getting accustomed to her powers and fighting villains are not the only things she has to worry about. She must find the lost princess of the Moon Kingdom, the other Sailor Guardians, and the Legendary Silver Crystal in order to save the planet from destruction.



Tags: Magic , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Henshin , Primarily Female Cast , Urban Fantasy , Superhero , Slapstick , Super Power , Demons , Found Family , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Reincarnation , Coming of Age , Amnesia , Animals , Fairy Tale , School , Space , Primarily Teen Cast , Tragedy , Episodic , War , Dissociative Identities , Urban , Revenge , Aliens , Tokusatsu , Age Gap , LGBTQ+ Themes , Mythology , Shrine Maiden , Unrequited Love , Time Manipulation , Body Horror , Suicide , Makeup , Boys' Love

Cardcaptor Sakura

Also known as Cardcaptor Sakura.

Studio: MADHOUSE , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , NHK , Kodansha , Sogo Vision , YTV , NHK Enterprises , NIS America Inc.
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

One day, Kinomoto Sakura, a 4th grader stumbles upon the mysterious book of Clow. Upon opening it and reading the name of The Windy aloud, Sakura scatters the cards to the winds. Sakura is elected and appointed by Keroberos, Guardian of the Cards to capture the remaining cards. With her friend Tomoyo and rival Syaoran, Sakura begins an adventure that will forever change her.

Tags: Magic , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Child Cast , Coming of Age , Episodic , Family Life , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Henshin , School , Dissociative Identities , Reincarnation , Love Triangle , LGBTQ+ Themes , Fashion , Unrequited Love , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Bisexual , Age Gap , Agender , Martial Arts , Boys' Love , Fairy , Amnesia , Time Manipulation , Kaiju , Time Skip , Transgender

PriPara

Studio: Tatsunoko Production , Dongwoo Animation , TV Tokyo
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Slice of Life

The anime is set in the PriPara world, filled with girls' dreams and yearnings for fashion, dance, and music. Seemingly every day, there are auditions that send top idols to worldwide fame on television and online. Laala and her friends are all fascinated with this world. However, Laala's school prohibits PuriPara for elementary school children. An unexpected chance leads Laala to make her first entrance into the world of PriPara, where she just might make her debut.



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Idol , Female Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Virtual World , Dancing , CGI , Transgender , Fashion , Kids , Henshin , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Child Cast , School , Crossdressing , Rock Music , Slapstick , Twins , Card Battle , LGBTQ+ Themes , Magic , Alternate Universe , Go , Centaur

Mewkledreamy

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Sanrio , TV Tokyo , ADK Emotions , A.C.G.T.
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

The story begins when a middle school girl named Yume sees something fall from the sky, and meets a pale violet-colored kitten named Mew. It turns out that Mew has the power of "Yume Synchro" (Dream Synchro), the power to enter dreams. In the dream world, the girl and Mew collect Dream Stones.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Kids , Episodic , Primarily Child Cast , Tennis , Animals , Primarily Female Cast , Ensemble Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Henshin , School , School Club , Aliens

Aikatsu!

Studio: Sunrise , TV Tokyo , Bandai Visual , Dentsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Music

Ichigo Hoshimiya is a regular, ordinary middle school girl. But when her best friend, Aoi, invites her to join the idol training academy, Starlight Academy, her whole world is turned upside down. As she encounters all kinds of rivals and learns what it takes to be an idol, she uses her Aikatsu Cards to challenge countless auditions.



Tags: Idol , Primarily Female Cast , School , Female Protagonist , Fashion , Dancing , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Ensemble Cast , Episodic , Henshin , CGI , Work , Kids , Fitness , Primarily Teen Cast , Boarding School , Acting , Outdoor Activities , Card Battle

SHY

Also known as SHY.

Studio: 8-bit , Bandai Namco Filmworks , Bandai Namco Music Live , Akita Shoten , Yostar , Bandai , TV Tokyo , ADK Marketing Solutions , 8-bit
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

On the brink of a third World War, superheroes appeared on Earth. Gifted with powers, their appearance brings peace to the world. The heroes each selected a country in which they would reside, serve, and protect its citizens. Shy is Japan’s hero, endowed with super strength. Her most daunting enemy yet? Crippling shyness. Join Shy and her super friends as she defends Earth and gains confidence!



Tags: Henshin , Female Protagonist , Superhero , Super Power , Primarily Female Cast , Shounen , Disability , Age Regression , Travel , Ninja , Body Horror , Femboy , Yuri

Balala Xiao Moxian: Feiyue Cai Ling Bao

Studio: Alpha Animation , Qianqi Cartoon
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mahou Shoujo

Not far from the Magical World of Fairy Castle, there is another Magical Kingdom called Colorful Castle. Which is a place full of color, joy and humor, just like a peaceful, carefree paradise... Until one day, at the edge of the Kingdom, There a dark gray island, where the owner of it, The Lord of black curse just woke up from sleep. In order to make his island to become more powerful, he decide to steal the "Color Magic Energy" of Colorful Castle for himself. The Lord sent his men, the Black Bean Soldiers, sneak into the colorful Kingdom, to steal the energy. Witnessing her own people been bullied, the princess of the Colorful Kingdom found herself had no strategy left to try, as herself had been cursed by the mysterious curse, and turn into a little pixie. But she would never thought, there will be three girl from the human world, to be on her side, together, they will dealing with the Lord of the black curse. Also, the peaceful and joyful atmosphere of the kingdom, is going to be changed along with the girls break in.



Tags: Magic

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars

Also known as Sailor Moon Sailor Stars.

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

Like the R Season, SailorStars is divided into two arcs:

The first arc solves some conflicts from the SuperS season, and also sees the return of the Outer Senshi, Haruka, Michiru, Setsuna, and Hotaru (now reborn as a child).

The second arc is the actual plot from the manga. Usagi bids farewell to Mamoru, who is going to America to study abroad. In his place comes the Three Lights, an idol trio consisting of three boys, Seiya, Taiki, and Yaten. The new enemy is Galaxia, a woman who desires to rule the entire galaxy by collecting the Star Seeds of humans. Three new Senshi appear, the Sailor Starlights, who also intend to stop Galaxia without Sailormoon's help.

Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Reincarnation , Found Family , Coming of Age , War , Unrequited Love , Super Power , Slapstick , Magic , Shoujo , LGBTQ+ Themes , Fairy Tale , Villainess , Tragedy , Space , Revenge , Transgender , Superhero , Philosophy , Henshin , Urban Fantasy , Love Triangle , Aliens , Idol , Tomboy , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Cosmic Horror , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Gender Bending , Demons , Tokusatsu , Body Horror , Torture , Age Gap , Yuri , Kemonomimi , Musical Theater , Gods , Episodic , Polyamorous , Time Manipulation , Astronomy , Basketball , Baseball , American Football

Demashitaa! Powerpuff Girls Z

Also known as Powerpuff Girls Z.

Studio: TV Tokyo , Aniplex , Toei Animation , Sony Music Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mahou Shoujo , Sci-Fi

Based on the American cartoon, "The Powerpuff Girls."

Professor Utonium and his son Ken are studying the strange Chemical X. When a mochi cake falls into the formula, it changes into Chemical Z. Ken fires a ray of Chemical Z at a glacier in Tokyo Bay, however that causes strange black and white lights to scatter. The black lights turn its victims into monsters, with emphasis on a black light hitting a zoo monkey and transforming him into Mojo Jojo.

The white lights, however, aim at three normal girls, Momoko, Miyako, and Kaoru. This gives them the power to transform into superheroes, the Powerpuff Girls Z!

Tags: Female Protagonist , Henshin , Super Power , Tomboy , Primarily Female Cast , Magic , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Family Life , Urban , Animals , Urban Fantasy , Super Robot , Robots , Ojou-sama , Makeup , Werewolf , Shapeshifting , Gangs , Football , Maids , Kaiju , Coastal , Space , Clone , Gender Bending , Villainess , Tokusatsu , Aliens , Fashion , Demons , Acting , Heterosexual , Body Swapping , Crossdressing , Ninja , Wrestling , Age Regression , Unrequited Love , Episodic , School , Superhero , Kids , Primarily Child Cast , Parody , Time Manipulation , Motorcycles , Ghost , Language Barrier , Alternate Universe