Anime like Little Witch Academia

Majo no Takkyuubin

Also known as Kiki's Delivery Service.

Studio: Studio Ghibli , Studio Hibari , Walt Disney Studios , GKids
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Kiki is an enterprising young girl who must follow tradition to become a full-fledged witch. Venturing out with only her chatty black cat, Jiji, Kiki flies off for the adventure of a lifetime. Landing in a far-off city, she sets up a high-flying delivery service and begins a wonderful experience of independence and responsibility as she finds her place in the world.



Tags: Coming of Age , Witch , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Magic , Primarily Female Cast , Work , Coastal , Kids , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , Aviation , Animals , Travel , Drawing , Iyashikei , Motorcycles

Mahoutsukai Precure!

Also known as Witchy Precure!.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Slice of Life

Mirai Asahina, a 13-year-old girl who's going into her second year of middle school, witnesses a mysterious object fall in to the park. Excitedly, she brings her stuffed bear Mofurun with her to see what it was. When she gets there she sees a girl named Riko flying on a broom. Mirai has a lot of questions, and Riko explains that she's searching for something. The two of them are wearing similar pendants. Then Batti, an ally of the dark magic user Dokurokushi, appears before them and demands the "Link Stone Emerald." Batti creates a monster called a "Yokubaru" and drives them into a corner. Mirai, Riko, and Mofurun join hands and speak the magic words "Cure-Up Rapapa," their pendants glow, and they become the legendary Precure.



Tags: Magic , Witch , Isekai , Female Protagonist , Henshin , Kids , Superhero , Primarily Female Cast , Episodic , Found Family , Urban Fantasy , Urban , Parenthood , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Child Cast , Fairy , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Family Life , Space , Tokusatsu , CGI , Mermaid

Mary to Majo no Hana

Also known as Mary and The Witch's Flower.

Studio: Studio Ponoc
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

Young Mary follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest and discovers an old broomstick and a strange flower, a rare plant that blossoms once every seven years. Together, the flower and the broomstick whisk Mary above the clouds, and far away to Endor College – a school of magic run by headmistress Madam Mumblechook and the brilliant Doctor Dee. But there are terrible things happening at the school, and when Mary tells a lie, she must risk her life to try and set things right.



Tags: Witch , Magic , Female Protagonist , Kids , Foreign , Coming of Age , Primarily Child Cast , Animals , Isekai , School

Mahoutsukai no Yome

Also known as The Ancient Magus' Bride.

Studio: WIT STUDIO , Production I.G , Crunchyroll
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Chise Hatori has lived a life full of neglect and abuse, devoid of anything resembling love. Far from the warmth of family, she has had her share of troubles and pitfalls. Just when all hope seems lost, a fateful encounter awaits her. When a man with the head of a beast, wielding strange powers, obtains her through a slave auction, Chise's life will never be the same again.



Tags: Magic , Female Protagonist , Fairy , Mythology , Found Family , Monster Boy , Urban Fantasy , Teacher , Skeleton , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Dragons , Foreign , Age Gap , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Shapeshifting , Rural , Chimera , Body Horror , Suicide , Gore , Travel , Marriage , Slavery , Shounen , Witch , Male Harem , Chibi , Tanned Skin

Majo no Tabitabi

Also known as Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina.

Studio: C2C , Lantis , Kadokawa Shoten , Movic , Bandai Namco Arts , AT-X , SB Creative , Kadokawa Media House
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Inspired by her favorite book, Elaina ventures out to see the world she's read so much about. Like a leaf on the wind, she travels from one country to another, looking to sate her inquisitiveness and searching for new experiences. She's confronted by humanity in all its forms, whether strange, bizarre, or emotional. Exploration and curiosity drive her journey. Where to next, Elaina?



Tags: Witch , Episodic , Magic , Female Protagonist , Travel , Primarily Female Cast , Time Skip , Achronological Order , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Tragedy , Anti-Hero , LGBTQ+ Themes , Medieval , Time Manipulation , Gore , Foreign , Philosophy , Alternate Universe , Yuri , Body Swapping , Gangs , Slavery , Suicide , Iyashikei , Amnesia , Dragons

Uchuu Patrol Luluco

Also known as Space Patrol Luluco.

Studio: TRIGGER , Good Smile Company , flying DOG , Crunchyroll , bilibili , AT-X , Ultra Super Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Romance , Sci-Fi

The show takes place in Ogikubo, which is the name of the specially designated area in space in the Milky Way where Earthlings and aliens can live together. Luluco is a female middle school student who lives with her father, and no matter where she is, Luluco is a common, "super normal" girl. As she is living her normal life, one day the mysterious transfer student ΑΩ Nova abruptly appears before her. That meeting will change Luluco's fate.



Tags: Space , Parody , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Crossover , Primarily Teen Cast , Henshin , Aliens , Meta , Police , Super Power , Autobiographical , Tokusatsu , Guns , Heterosexual , Kuudere , Work , Pirates , Monster Girl , Estranged Family , School , Philosophy

Majokko Shimai no Yoyo to Nene

Studio: ufotable , Starchild Records , Tokuma Shoten
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

Based on a manga "Noroiya Shimai" written by Hirarin and serialized in Monthly Comic Ryuu. It is a story about a pair of sisters who work as "noroiya" (cursers) using magic in a fantasy world. One day a big tree suddenly appears in a forest, and tall buildings that look like they are from our world can be seen entangled in it. The two sisters go there to investigate and get ported to our world. They then encounter two children who are startled by the sisters' sudden appearance and rush back home but at home they see their parents turned into monsters...

Tags: Magic , Isekai , Family Life , Seinen , Witch , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Work , Super Robot , Henshin , Kaiju , Robots

Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria

Also known as Wistoria: Wand and Sword.

Studio: Actas , Bandai Namco Pictures , Bandai Namco Filmworks , Kodansha , TBS , Crunchyroll , Bandai Namco Music Live
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy

A hard-working boy named Will enters a magic academy in hopes of becoming a great sorcerer. Unfortunately, there's a fatal flaw in his plan: he lacks the ability to use magic. Amid the cold stares of his classmates and instructors, Will feels discouraged at times, but he presses forward with unwavering determination. He can't use a wand, but he can wield a sword in his battle to reach the top of a magic-dominated world. He just needs to believe in his own unique strengths and remember the promise he made with someone precious to him...



Tags: Male Protagonist , Magic , Swordplay , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Dungeon , Shounen , Bullying , Heterosexual , Gore , Elf , CGI , LGBTQ+ Themes , Unrequited Love , Mixed Gender Harem

Mahoutsukai Precure!! MIRAI DAYS

Also known as Witchy Precure!! ~MIRAI DAYS~.

Studio: Toei Animation , Studio DEEN , Toei Animation , ADK Emotions , BANDAI SPIRITS , Marvelous
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Slice of Life

One of the anime projects to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Precure franchise, this will be a direct sequel of Mahoutsukai Precure! aimed at grown-up fans of the anime.

Mirai Asahina, a very curious 13-year-old girl with a love for mysterious things, met a young witch named Liko during spring break. Led by miracles and magic, Mirai and Liko both transformed into the Legendary Witch "Precures"! Working together with Mirai's treasured teddy bear Mofurun and Ha-chan, a fairy born from the "Linkle Smartbook", they tried to repel the chaos that was encroaching upon the "Magic World" and "Magicless World (Human World)". However, that involved the separation of everyone.

After being miraculously reunited a few years later, Mirai and the others begin to take steps towards their futures in their respective worlds. Mirai is a college student in the Magicless World. Liko, who returned to the Magic World, is a teacher at the Magic School. Mofurun, as always, is at Mirai's side. Ha-chan exists far away, watching over the world.

However, a new disaster threatening the Magic and Magicless worlds has appeared...
Due to signs of the coming disaster, Mirai and Liko reunite for the first time in months. While attempting to resist this mysterious enemy, they both come face to face with not only their past, but their future. With the magical words "Cure Up RaPaPa!", their exciting tale is once again set into motion!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Isekai , Time Manipulation , Magic , Primarily Adult Cast , Yuri , Witch , College , Henshin , Urban Fantasy , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Fairy , Dissociative Identities , Urban , Parenthood , Found Family , Teacher , LGBTQ+ Themes , Robots

Mahou Shoujo Tai Arusu

Also known as Tweeny Witches.

Studio: Horipro , Touhouku Shinsha , Media Blasters , Studio 4°C
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Alice believes in magic. With all her heart, she believes that magic is possible and that it can be used for good deeds and fun games. But suddenly, she finds herself transported into another world, ruled by a mysterious elite of witches - and these witches don't seem to be in it for the fun. They're hard at work capturing sprites, the native magical beings of the world, and forcing them into slavery. Once Alice realizes that her new surroundings aren't just a dream, she sets out to change things.



Tags: Magic , Witch , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Isekai , Conspiracy , Kuudere , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Child Cast