Anime like Mahou Tsukai Tai!

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 , Boarding School , Surreal Comedy , Kuudere , Philosophy , Tragedy , Anthropomorphism , Magic , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Animals , Episodic , Unrequited Love , Shapeshifting , Foreign , School , Tsundere , Reincarnation , Dissociative Identities , Necromancy , Super Power , Ghost , Swordplay

Shamanic Princess

Also known as Shamanic Princess.

Studio: Bandai Visual , Movic , Media Blasters , Central Park Media , Triangle Staff
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

To retrieve the talisman stolen by her beloved, Tiara hunts the night, battling monsters with her awesome shamanic powers. Disguised as an ordinary schoolgirl by day, she arrives at his lair only to find her archrival on the scene... protecting the thief. Dark secrets unravel as Tiara faces these powerful opponents, and her one hope for survival may be to betray her mission.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Magic , Henshin , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban Fantasy , Achronological Order , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Dissociative Identities , Cosmic Horror , Shapeshifting , Body Horror , Denpa , Philosophy , College , School , Nudity , Gore

Little Witch Academia (TV)

Also known as Little Witch Academia (TV).

Studio: TRIGGER
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy

In a time when magic is on the decline amid society, Atsuko Kagari is a cheerful girl who enters Luna Nova Academy in order to accomplish her dream of becoming a witch like her idol, Shiny Chariot. Shiny is a famous witch who disappeared from public view many years ago. On her way to school, Kagari meets the kind Lotte Yanson and the mischevious Sucy Manbavaran and the three become friends as they share a bedroom in campus. At the academy, Atsuko soon discovers she is in serious disadvantage compared to the other girls since she doesn`t come from a magical family and is required to learn the magical curriculum from scratch. Having found an item that once belonged to Chariot, Atsuko must discover how to activate and properly use the mysterious Shiny Rod as she hopes it might lead to finding out what has truly happened to her vanished idol.



Tags: Magic , Witch , School , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Boarding School , Swordplay , Episodic , Urban Fantasy , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Teen Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Ojou-sama , Super Robot , Kemonomimi , Ghost

Little Witch Academia

Also known as Little Witch Academia.

Studio: TRIGGER
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy

For young witches everywhere, the world-renowned witch Shiny Chariot reigns as the most revered and celebrated role model. But as the girls age, so do their opinions of her—now just the mention of Chariot would get a witch labeled a child. However, undeterred in her blind admiration for Chariot, ordinary girl Atsuko Kagari enrolls into Luna Nova Magical Academy, hoping to someday become just as mesmerizing as her idol.

However, the witch academy isn't all the fun and games Atsuko thought it would be: boring lectures, strict teachers, and students who mock Chariot plague the campus. Coupled with her own ineptness in magic, she's seen as little more than a rebel student. But when a chance finally presents itself to prove herself to her peers and teachers, she takes it, and now it's up to her to stop a rampaging dragon before it flattens the entire academy.

Little Witch Academia is one of the four anime works that each received 38 million yen (about US$480,000) from the "2012 Young Animator Training Project." Just like in 2010 and 2011, the animation labor group received 214.5 million yen (US$2.65 million) from the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs, and it distributed most of those funds to studios who train young animators on-the-job.

Positive response to the movie led Studio Trigger to run a Kickstarter funding a sequel, which surpassed its funding goal.

Tags: Magic , Witch , Female Protagonist , School , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Dungeon , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Ojou-sama , Urban Fantasy , Dragons , Gore

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 , Henshin , Kids , Episodic , Chibi , Coming of Age , School , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Family Life , Ojou-sama , Fairy , Idol , Acting , Urban Fantasy

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

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S

Also known as Sailor Moon S.

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

This season makes a turning point in the Sailor Moon story. The Sailor Senshi are confronted by a new enemy, the Death Busters. Rei had a premonition that this enemy would rule the world in an era called the Silence. To do this, the Death Busters need to find the three Talismans that would summon the Holy Grail. However, two mysterious Sailor Senshi, Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune, plan to find the Talismans before them... but without Sailor Moon's help.

Tags: Shoujo , Magic , Henshin , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Female Cast , Super Power , Slapstick , Found Family , Superhero , Reincarnation , Coming of Age , Dissociative Identities , Mythology , Tomboy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tokusatsu , Demons , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Tragedy , Bisexual , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Aliens , Yuri , School , Bullying , Cosmic Horror , Age Gap , Kuudere , Gender Bending , Idol , Alternate Universe , Shrine Maiden , Body Horror , Makeup , Gambling , Volleyball

Alien 9

Also known as Alien Nine.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Genco , MediaNet , Central Park Media , Nippon Columbia , AT-X , Bandai Visual , Hanabee Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Yuri Ootani, a girl who has been afraid of aliens, has been chosen to be on the alien party with the class president Kumi Kawamura, whose only intention to join the alien party is to get out of presidential duties, as well as Kasumi Tomine who is perfect at everything she does, including fighting all the aliens that come in their way.

Tags: Aliens , Coming of Age , Body Horror , Denpa , Cosmic Horror , Primarily Child Cast , School , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , School Club , Tragedy , Philosophy , Seinen , Gore , Dullahan , Nudity , Vore , Post-Apocalyptic

D4 Princess

Studio: Daume , Pony Canyon
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Doris Ruridou is young princess who had just entered Teito Academy. She is also a Panzer, a person with special abilities and fights with a weapon called a "tool". Shortly after entering, her older sister shows up to teach her how to fight as a Panzer against other Panzers who challenge her.



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Boarding School , School , Coming of Age , Ojou-sama , Slapstick , Magic

Mahoutsukai Reimeiki

Also known as The Dawn of the Witch.

Studio: Tezuka Productions , TBS , Kodansha , DMM pictures , Nippon BS Broadcasting , Crunchyroll , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Nichion , Nihon Narration Engi Kenkyuujo
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy

I can’t remember. Who am I? What am I? Seville is a student at a magic academy who has no memories of anything from before he joined the school. Not understanding why he’s there, the time he spends at the academy feels hollow and empty. And since he doesn't know how to work hard, his grades are always the lowest in his year. Then, one day, the school headmaster, Albus, orders Seville to participate in a dangerous special training. "I want you to spread the use of magic in an area where they hold witch hunts." It has only been a few years since the war between the church and the witches came to an end—the world has not yet fully accepted witches and their magic. This is the dawn of the age of the witch. This is the story of how a young man, a boy who is no one special, and his companions, who all hold wounds in their hearts, set out and end up finding themselves.



Tags: Magic , Witch , Gore , Male Protagonist , Amnesia , Anthropomorphism , Female Protagonist , Cult , Animals , Incest , Kemonomimi , Nekomimi , Medieval