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Tropical-Rouge! Precure

Also known as Tropical-Rouge! Precure.

Studio: Toei Animation , ADK Emotions , TV Asahi , ABC Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

Manatsu Natsuumi is a first-year junior high school student born and raised on a small island. On the day she moves from the island, She meets Laura, a mermaid girl who has come to the earth alone in search of the legendary warrior, PreCure. Laura's hometown, Grand Ocean, is attacked by a witch who lives in the dark depths of the ocean, and all of their motivational power is taken away. It is said that if the motivational power of humans is also taken away, the world will be in deep trouble. Laura is captured by the witch's servant, and Manatsu transforms into Cure Summer to save her.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Henshin , Female Protagonist , Mermaid , Primarily Child Cast , Magic , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Episodic , Urban Fantasy , Super Power , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Interspecies , School Club , Superhero , Kids , Coastal , Makeup , School , Memory Manipulation , Primarily Teen Cast , Tokusatsu , Butler , Body Swapping , Ghost , Urban

Ningyo no Mori

Also known as Mermaid Forest.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , OB Planning
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

This anime is based on the Mermaid Forest story line found in the graphic novel by the same name. Mana and Yuta are drawn into the world of the Kannagi Family, owners of Mermaid Forest. Only two of the Kannagi clan remain - an old women and a young girl with hair as white as snow. What is the secret of these two women? And what is the secret of Mermaid Forest? Is there really a mermaid buried somewhere in the hills......a mermaid that could help Yuta return to normal?

Tags: Mermaid , Mythology , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Body Horror , Gore , Primarily Adult Cast , Twins , Shounen , Nudity , Swimming , Suicide

Tokyo Mew Mew

Also known as Tokyo Mew Mew.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Kodansha , 4Kids Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance , Sci-Fi

On her first date with the cutest boy in school, Ichigo is zapped by a mysterious ray that scrambles her DNA with that of the endangered Iriomote wildcat. The next day, Ichigo discovers that she has developed the agility (and occasionally the ears and tail) of a cat, as well as the power to transform into a pink-haired superheroine, Mew Ichigo. She and four other girls, each endowed with the genes of a different "Red Data" animal, have been selected for the top-secret Mew Project, which aims to protect the Earth from an alien menace known as Deep Blue.



Tags: Henshin , Female Protagonist , Environmental , Aliens , Primarily Female Cast , Kemonomimi , Shoujo , Magic , Animals , Nekomimi , Maids , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Kuudere , School , Restaurant , Tsundere , Yandere , Acrobatics , Archery , Ojou-sama

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon

Also known as Sailor Moon.

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

Usagi Tsukino is an average student and crybaby klutz who constantly scores low on her tests. Unexpectedly, her humdrum life is turned upside down when she saves a cat with a crescent moon on its head from danger. The cat, named Luna, later reveals that their meeting was not an accident: Usagi is destined to become Sailor Moon, a planetary guardian with the power to protect the Earth. Given a special brooch that allows her to transform, she must use her new powers to save the city from evil energy-stealing monsters sent by the malevolent Queen Beryl of the Dark Kingdom.

But getting accustomed to her powers and fighting villains are not the only things she has to worry about. She must find the lost princess of the Moon Kingdom, the other Sailor Guardians, and the Legendary Silver Crystal in order to save the planet from destruction.



Tags: Magic , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Henshin , Primarily Female Cast , Urban Fantasy , Super Power , Heterosexual , Demons , Found Family , Amnesia , Slapstick , Reincarnation , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Fairy Tale , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban , Animals , School , Episodic , Superhero , Tragedy , Mythology , War , Dissociative Identities , Revenge , Aliens , Space , Tokusatsu , Body Horror , Shrine Maiden , Age Gap , Unrequited Love , Time Manipulation , Makeup , Suicide , Boys' Love

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 , Coming of Age , Primarily Child Cast , Episodic , Family Life , School , Henshin , Dissociative Identities , Reincarnation , Tsundere , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Fashion , Bisexual , Age Gap , Heterosexual , Iyashikei , Boys' Love , Fairy , Agender , Martial Arts , Time Manipulation , Kaiju , Amnesia , Time Skip , Transgender , Archery

Tokyo Mew Mew New~♡ 2nd Season

Also known as TOKYO MEW MEW NEW Season 2.

Studio: Kodansha , Yumeta Company , Graphinica
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance , Sci-Fi

The scientists of the μ(Mew) Project use DNA of endangered species to create a team of heroines imbued with amazing abilities. Armed with the skills of an Iriomote cat, Ichigo must band together with other Mew Mew girls to repel an alien incursion.



Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Environmental , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Female Cast , Aliens , Heterosexual , Maids , Urban , Spearplay , Superhero , Dissociative Identities , Magic , Henshin , Kemonomimi , Shapeshifting , Primarily Teen Cast , Love Triangle , Swordplay , Nekomimi , Super Power , Archery , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Restaurant , Cyborg

Ai Tenshi Densetsu Wedding Peach

Also known as Wedding Peach.

Studio: OLM , KSS , ADV Films , NAS
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

There are three known worlds--the human world, the angel world, and the devil world. The evil queen Raindevilla yearns to destroy the angel world with help or her many devil minions. The goddess Aphrodite sends an angel to the human world, Limone, to summon three love angels in the form of three school girls, Momoko Hanasaki, Yuri Tanima, and Hinagiku Tamano, who together become Angel Lilly, Angel Daisy, and Wedding Peach. The three girls must fight to overcome the evils of the devils, as well as their own lives, and restore peace to the angel world by gathering all pieces of the Sacred Four Somethings (or Saint Something Four) and defeat the evil queen once and for all.



Tags: Shoujo , Magic , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , School , Coming of Age , Demons , Heterosexual , Marriage , Angels , Henshin , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Dissociative Identities , Amnesia

Full Moon wo Sagashite

Also known as Looking for the Full Moon.

Studio: Studio DEEN , Viz Media , NAS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Mahou Shoujo , Music , Romance , Supernatural

Twelve-year-old Kouyama Mitsuki was devastated when she was diagnosed with a malignant tumor of the throat. She had made a promise to the boy she loves that she would one day become a singer, but her illness made singing impossible. To make matters even worse, two angels of death, Takuto and Meroko, appeared to Mitsuki and informed her that she only had one year left to live. This news provides an even greater motivation for Mitsuki to fulfill her dreams, and with a little bit of divine intervention, she begins her quest to become a professional singer so she can be reunited with Eichi before time runs out.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Afterlife , Idol , Musical Theater , Shoujo , Angels , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Urban Fantasy , Work , Unrequited Love , Henshin , Rehabilitation , Age Gap , Found Family , Kemonomimi , Orphan , Disability , Youkai , Primarily Child Cast , Suicide , Mythology , Nekomimi , Magic , Urban , School , Denpa , Animals , Philosophy , Love Triangle , Reincarnation , Travel

Kamichama Karin

Studio: Satelight , Broccoli , NAS , Pony Canyon , Studio Kelmadick
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

Karin Hanazono is an orphan, living with her relatives. Her life has never been easy, her studies are not well, she is not the best in sports and technically she is miserable. Left with only a ring as a memento from her departed mother, she suddenly finds her life changed, as she was mourning her pet cat, Shii-chan. On that night she met a strange boy, Kazune Kujyou. After that event, she experiences several mysterious incidences that soon led her to find out that she is a little goddess. Finding others like her she soon sets out to understand herself better as her mysterious powers grow and she becomes beset by opponents.



Tags: Magic , Gods , Shoujo , Primarily Child Cast , Henshin , Love Triangle , School , Super Power , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Orphan , Found Family , Boys' Love , Urban Fantasy , Time Manipulation , Gender Bending , Transgender , Age Regression , Butler , Kuudere , Idol , Anthropomorphism , Crossdressing , Amnesia , Bisexual , Body Swapping , Tsundere , Musical Theater

Rainbow Bubblegem

Also known as Rainbow Bubblegem.

Studio: Campfire Aniworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

Rainbow Bubblegem recounts the magical adventures of seven mermaid princesses who must go to school on land to search for enchanted jewels to save their undersea realm from an evil witch.

Tags: Henshin , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Mermaid , Primarily Child Cast , Magic , Kids , School , Coastal , Anti-Hero