Anime like Magical Canan

Mahou Shoujo Pretty Sammy (1996)

Also known as Magical Project S.

Studio: APPP , Pioneer LDC , Studio Tulip , AIC
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

In the magical kingdom Juraihelm, Tsunami is in line to be crowed queen but must complete a test first. She must choose someone to make the world a better place. Sasami is given the task of delivering a CD from her mother's store to a spooky mansion. When she gets there she is met by Tsunami who tells her she will become a magical girl. She endows Sasami with magical powers and sends Ryo-Okhi with her as a guide. Matters are not easy, however, as Tsunami's rival, Ramia, wants the crown and will do anything she can, including creating her own magical girl, Pixy Misa, to stop Tsunami from being crowned.

Tags: Matriarchy , Episodic , Surreal Comedy , Magic , Parody , Primarily Child Cast , Henshin , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Space , Slapstick , School , Meta , Aliens

Nurse Witch Komugi-chan Magikarte

Also known as Nurse Witch Komugi.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , ADV Films , Rondo Robe , Pioneer LDC , Toshiba Entertainment , Tatsunoko Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mahou Shoujo , Sci-Fi

Ungrar, the King of Viruses, has escaped from his prison cell in Vaccine World. Maya, the Goddess of Vaccine World sends Mugimaru down to Earth to find a human to accept the powers of Vaccine World and become the Magical Nurse. He finds the best (and the only willing) person for the job when he meets Komugi Nakahara. Komugi is a playful, lazy, and easily distracted (typical) teenager whose dream is to become a cosplay idol. Balancing her career with the Kiri-Pro Promotion Company and her new job battling Ungrar's loyal henchman, the Magical Maid Koyori, Komugi delights audiences in this parody anime series.



Tags: Parody , Otaku Culture , Female Protagonist , Magic , Surreal Comedy , Idol , Meta , Henshin , Medicine , Nudity , Primarily Child Cast

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha

Also known as Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha.

Studio: Seven Arcs , Funimation , Omnibus Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

3rd grader Takamachi Nanoha stumbled upon an injured talking ferret after hearing his telepathic cries for help. The ferret turned out to be Yuuno, an archeologist and mage from another world who had accidentally scattered the dangerous Jewel Seeds throughout Earth. Without the strength to collect the Jewel Seeds, Yuuno had resumed a ferret form and needed someone else to take on the task for him. He gave a red jewel to Nanoha explaining to her with this she could transform and use magic to combat the monsters that threatened them due to the Jewel Seeds. But the monsters are the least of their worries, as Yuuno and Nanoha are not the only ones out to collect the Jewel Seeds.

Tags: Super Power , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Magic , Henshin , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Child Cast , Animals , Urban , Coastal , Spearplay , Kemonomimi , Robots , Military , Artificial Intelligence , Memory Manipulation , Space , Shapeshifting , Clone , Lost Civilization , Kuudere , Nudity

Nanatsu-iro★Drops

Studio: diomedéa
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

Tsuwabuki is a normal student, though not very social. One day he meets a new transfer student, named Sumomo Akihime, and another girl, both the only members of the gardening club. Tsuwabuki is forced by a teacher to join this club. But then he bumps into a strange guy with dog ears, switching his drink with they guy's by mistake. Drinking it, he is turned in a stuffed animal. The teacher tells him that the only way to turn back to normal is to find the chosen girl and let her catch the seven stardrops. This girl is Sumomo, that accepts to help him, though she's not allowed to know the animal's true identity.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Magic , School , Henshin , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Memory Manipulation , Chibi , Love Triangle , Amnesia

Otogi-juushi Akazukin

Also known as Fairy Musketeers.

Studio: MADHOUSE , diomedéa
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Long, long ago, there existed a world of magic and science. God, afraid of man's potential, split the world in to the world of science, Elde, and the world of magic, Fandavale. One day in Fandavale, a terrible witch named Cendrillon revives. Cendrillon plots to rule both worlds, and searches for the "key" which holds tremendous power.

A young boy from Elde by the name of Souta meets a mysterious girl from Fandavale, Akazukin, and her talking wolf companion, Val. Souta learns that he is the key Cendrillon is searching for. Now it is up to Akazukin, Val, and the other Fairy Musketeers to protect Souta from Cendrillon and her Nightmarelians who wish to obtain the power he mysteriously possesses.

Tags: Fairy Tale , Isekai , Fairy , Male Protagonist

Makeruna! Makendo

Studio: OLM
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Makenko used to be a normal boy -- until he was kidnapped by the brain monster Dr. Mud and transformed into a cyborg capable of destroying both the monster and human worlds! On his quest for vengeance, he is inadvertently joined by Makendo, a fellow monster hunter who would prefer not to be, and her little sister Hikari who would like nothing better! Dastardly demons and wacky monsters abound as the trio fight the bad guys to kick some monster butt, and get Makenko's body back!


Tags: Henshin , Youkai , Magic , Nudity , Robots