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Studio: Hoods Entertainment
Status: Finished

Hazuki Kagimura is a normal girl who is usually alone. With her relationship with her new family not going so well, she retreats every day to the world of stories and books. One day, after school, one of the library's bookshelves sends her to another world with a magic school, where she meets Shizuka Tsuchimikado. She finds out that girls (called "mädchen") who attend the school are selected by old fairy tales and folk stories to wield their magic and are taught how to wield it in the school. The school has girls who are chosen by such stories as Kaguya-hime no Monogatari, Issun-boushi, Der Freischütz, Shuten-douji, The Little Matchstick Girl, The Gigantic Turnip, Arthurian legends, and The Ramayana. Hazuki herself is chosen by the Cinderella story.

Tags: Magic , Female Protagonist , Isekai , Fairy Tale , Primarily Female Cast , School , Nudity

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Lapis Re:LiGHTs

Also known as Lapis Re:LiGHTs.

Studio: Yokohama Animation Lab , Studio Mausu
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Music

Tiara has just been accepted to the Flora Girls Academy for young witches. Her lifelong dream of becoming a powerful “light” to cleanse the world of magical beasts is now possible. But not before she hits the magical music books! Oh, and little did Tiara know that she’s about to take center stage in a classroom full of potential dropouts. Challenge accepted.

Tags: Primarily Female Cast , School , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Magic , Ojou-sama , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Idol , Primarily Teen Cast , Ghost , LGBTQ+ Themes , CGI , Witch , Athletics

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Kagihime Monogatari: Eikyuu Alice Rinbukyoku

Also known as Key Princess Story Eternal Alice Rondo.

Studio: Trinet Entertainment , Picture Magic
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

Kirihara Aruto loves the stories of Alice, so much so that he begins to write one. One night while writing, he sees a girl out his window who he thinks is Alice. He follows her, and discovers that she is called a Seeker of Alice, and with the powers granted to her she fights other Seekers of Alice to take their eternal story, in order to find the part that belongs to the Eternal Alice.

Throughout Aruto's adventures with Arisugawa Arisu, his little sister Kirihara Kiraha and their various friends they discover more about the land of Alice, about the novels, the man who wrote them, and their own powers.

Tags: Swordplay , Classic Literature , Magic , Battle Royale , Male Protagonist , Alternate Universe , Fairy Tale , Primarily Female Cast , Age Regression , LGBTQ+ Themes , Henshin , Shounen , Incest

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