Anime like Mahou no Yousei Persia

Mahou no Tenshi Creamy Mami

Also known as Magical Angel Creamy Mami.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Kodansha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Music , Romance , Sci-Fi

Creamy Mami is about a young girl, Yuu, who after seeing a spaceship is given the power to use magic for one year. She is also given 2 cats, Poji and Nega, to watch over and guide her. Using her magic powers to transform into the idol Creamy Mami, Yuu must work hard at acting, singing, helping her parents at their crepe shop, fighting aliens and bad guys, going to school, plus try to get the affections of her childhood friend Toshio.



Tags: Idol , Magic , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Dancing , Henshin , Kids , School , Aliens , Work , Love Triangle , Tomboy , Youkai

Mahou no Princess Minky Momo

Also known as Fairy Princess Minky Momo.

Studio: Ashi Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Mahou Shoujo

Momo is a little girl who lives with her parents. She is from the land of dreams sent to earth to help people not lose their dreams. Momo and her parents own and run a hotel. Momo lives in Fenarinarsa which is near earth's space to help people who lost dreams. She uses her ability to change herself or something into various things.



Tags: Magic , Animals , Henshin , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Veterinarian , Urban Fantasy , Urban , Memory Manipulation , Tanks , Police , Gangs , Isekai , Fairy Tale , Reincarnation , Tennis

Mahou no Idol Pastel Yumi

Also known as Pastel Yumi, the Magic Idol.

Studio: Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

School girl Yumi Hanazono is a dab hand with drawing. Her parents run a florist shop and cafe from their house and from them Yumi has also inherited a love of flowers. Two cat-like elves from the Flower Planet reward her devotion with a magical wand and pendant that, when she draws the shape of an object in the air with the wand, create the object for her use for a short time before vanishing.

Like any young girl, Yumi has challenges in her life - family, school, boys and even irascible neighbours. Her new magical power offers a tempting solution to these challenges but she must beware of the consequences and watch out for the magic wearing off.



Tags: Magic , Idol , Aliens , Shapeshifting , Kids , Fairy , Female Protagonist , Henshin , Episodic , Slapstick

Mahou no Star Magical Emi

Also known as Magical Emi, the Magic Star.

Studio: Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mahou Shoujo

Kozuki Mai is an elementary student who wants to be a magician and perform in her family's "Magicarat" magical act. However, she is too young, and her magic skills are not very good. Then one day, she encounters a ball of light that was put into a stuffed doll of flying squirrel, bringing it to life and somehow giving her the power to turn in to the 18 year-old magician "Magical Emi." As Emi, Mai was able to join the magic act. But she must keep her identity a secret from her family and from her crush.

Tags: Magic , Family Life , Shapeshifting , Episodic , Fairy , Female Protagonist , Henshin , Idol , Kids , Animals , Boxing , Motorcycles

Mahou no Stage Fancy Lala

Also known as Fancy Lala.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Kyoto Animation , Bandai Visual , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , TV Osaka , Bandai Entertainment , Yomiuri Advertising , TV Tokyo Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Mahou Shoujo , Music , Romance

What would you do if you could be anything you wanted? Miho Shinohara gets her chance when some little friends drop off a magical crayon that changes her life forever! 10-year-old Miho is about to see what life is like as 15-year-old Lala - pop star, model, and actress extraordinaire! With the ability to transform to Lala, Miho's life suddenly transforms into a magical fairytale… but life as a normal girl and a pop star can be pretty crazy!



Tags: Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Idol , Henshin , Fashion , Family Life , Shapeshifting , Magic , Dinosaurs , Time Manipulation , Work , School , Acting , Episodic , Drawing , Tragedy , Baseball

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 , LGBTQ+ Themes , Love Triangle , Fashion , Heterosexual , Bisexual , Age Gap , Tsundere , Agender , Martial Arts , Boys' Love , Unrequited Love , Fairy , Kaiju , Amnesia , Time Manipulation , Time Skip , Transgender

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

Akazukin Chacha

Also known as Red Riding Hood Chacha.

Studio: NAS , Studio Gallop
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

Chacha is a cheerful girl who spends most of her days practicing magic under her teacher Seravi, hoping to become as skilled as he is. Though Chacha is enthusiastic, her tendency to make unfortunate puns out of her magic chants leaves her teacher wondering if she is ready for magic school. Deciding that there is no better time, Seravi gifts Chacha the Princess Medallion, allowing her to transform into a magical princess capable of defeating even the fiercest opponents. Together with her best friends Riiya, a werewolf boy, and Shiine, an apprentice of Seravi's old rival, Dorothy, Chacha sets out to defend the world from sinister forces. However, between the Great Evil Lord plotting against them, Riiya and Shiine's rivalry to win Chacha's affection, as well as Seravi and Dorothy's complicated relationship, Chacha struggles to find balance between fighting evil forces and mending relationships in her everyday life. Though obstacles continue to come her way, Chacha is determined to overcome any problem she faces with love, courage, and hope by her side.



Tags: Magic , Primarily Child Cast , Shoujo , Slapstick , Female Protagonist , Witch , Found Family , Mermaid , Henshin , Werewolf

Idol Densetsu Eriko

Studio: Ashi Productions , Youmex , Big West , TV Setouchi
Status: Finished
Genres: Music

Eriko Tamura is Kousuke Tamura, the chairman of Tamura Productions (reknown music company) and Minako Tamura's (former famous idol singer) only daughter. Having talent for singing since birth, she has always loved her parent's media world. Then one day tragedy strikes when her parents get into a horrible car accident, which kills her father and leaves her mother in coma. She is left in her father's best friend, Mr. Uchida's care. Now Eriko must take the path of singing, a path her parents did not want her to pursue. Then her uncle is out to destroy her career. But in spite of all the hardship, she becomes an idol and wins hearts all over Japan.



Tags: Idol , Female Protagonist , Urban , Tragedy , Amnesia , Foreign , Bullying , Motorcycles , Acting , Dancing , Animals

Mahou no Princess Minky Momo: Yume wo Dakishimete

Also known as Fairy Princess Minky Momo 2nd.

Studio: Production Reed
Status: Finished
Genres: Mahou Shoujo

This season starts with the second Minky Momo arriving from "Marinasa", a land of dreams and magic, similar to Fenarinasa, that has sunk to the bottom of the sea. On Earth, she tries to accomplish what the first Momo couldn't, restore humanity's hopes and dreams, in order to save Fenarinasa and Marinenasa from extinction.

Although the structure of this season is almost the same as the previous one, it has a heavier story, with real-life social issues incorporated as themes in many of the episodes.

Tags: Magic , Female Protagonist , Animals , Henshin , Witch