Anime like Rakudai Majo: Fuuka to Yami no Majo

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 , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Urban Fantasy , Dragons , Ojou-sama , 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 , Superhero , Kids , 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

Majokko Shimai no Yoyo to Nene

Studio: ufotable , Starchild Records , Tokuma Shoten
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

Based on a manga "Noroiya Shimai" written by Hirarin and serialized in Monthly Comic Ryuu. It is a story about a pair of sisters who work as "noroiya" (cursers) using magic in a fantasy world. One day a big tree suddenly appears in a forest, and tall buildings that look like they are from our world can be seen entangled in it. The two sisters go there to investigate and get ported to our world. They then encounter two children who are startled by the sisters' sudden appearance and rush back home but at home they see their parents turned into monsters...

Tags: Magic , Isekai , Family Life , Seinen , Witch , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Work , Super Robot , Henshin , Kaiju , Robots

Mahoutsukai Precure!! MIRAI DAYS

Also known as Witchy Precure!! ~MIRAI DAYS~.

Studio: Toei Animation , Studio DEEN , Toei Animation , ADK Emotions , BANDAI SPIRITS , Marvelous
Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Slice of Life

One of the anime projects to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Precure franchise, this will be a direct sequel of Mahoutsukai Precure! aimed at grown-up fans of the anime.

Mirai Asahina, a very curious 13-year-old girl with a love for mysterious things, met a young witch named Liko during spring break. Led by miracles and magic, Mirai and Liko both transformed into the Legendary Witch "Precures"! Working together with Mirai's treasured teddy bear Mofurun and Ha-chan, a fairy born from the "Linkle Smartbook", they tried to repel the chaos that was encroaching upon the "Magic World" and "Magicless World (Human World)". However, that involved the separation of everyone.

After being miraculously reunited a few years later, Mirai and the others begin to take steps towards their futures in their respective worlds. Mirai is a college student in the Magicless World. Liko, who returned to the Magic World, is a teacher at the Magic School. Mofurun, as always, is at Mirai's side. Ha-chan exists far away, watching over the world.

However, a new disaster threatening the Magic and Magicless worlds has appeared...
Due to signs of the coming disaster, Mirai and Liko reunite for the first time in months. While attempting to resist this mysterious enemy, they both come face to face with not only their past, but their future. With the magical words "Cure Up RaPaPa!", their exciting tale is once again set into motion!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Yuri , Isekai , Time Manipulation , Magic , Primarily Adult Cast , Witch , College , Henshin , Urban Fantasy , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Fairy , Found Family , Teacher , LGBTQ+ Themes , Robots , Parenthood

Mary to Majo no Hana

Also known as Mary and The Witch's Flower.

Studio: Studio Ponoc
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

Young Mary follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest and discovers an old broomstick and a strange flower, a rare plant that blossoms once every seven years. Together, the flower and the broomstick whisk Mary above the clouds, and far away to Endor College – a school of magic run by headmistress Madam Mumblechook and the brilliant Doctor Dee. But there are terrible things happening at the school, and when Mary tells a lie, she must risk her life to try and set things right.



Tags: Witch , Magic , Female Protagonist , Kids , Foreign , Coming of Age , Primarily Child Cast , Animals , Isekai , School

Mahoutsukai ni Narenakatta Onnanoko no Hanashi.

Also known as The Stories of Girls Who Couldn't Be Magicians.

Studio: J.C. Staff , Asmik Ace , Fosun Entertainment Japan , Sotsu , NetEase Games , J.C. Staff , Bunka Housou , KADOKAWA
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

At Rettoran Magic Academy, two unlikely friends share one dream: to become magicians. Kurumi is an average girl who’s a bit naive, while Yuzu is the distinguished daughter of a noble magician family. They need to get into a special magician training class, but they fail the entrance exam! All hope seems lost until mysterious homeroom teacher Minami Suzuki arrives, and their luck takes a sudden turn.



Tags: Boarding School , Witch , Female Protagonist , Magic , School , Animals , Conspiracy , Ensemble Cast , School Club , Shapeshifting , Ojou-sama , Kids

Majo no Takkyuubin

Also known as Kiki's Delivery Service.

Studio: Studio Ghibli , Studio Hibari , Walt Disney Studios , GKids
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Kiki is an enterprising young girl who must follow tradition to become a full-fledged witch. Venturing out with only her chatty black cat, Jiji, Kiki flies off for the adventure of a lifetime. Landing in a far-off city, she sets up a high-flying delivery service and begins a wonderful experience of independence and responsibility as she finds her place in the world.



Tags: Coming of Age , Witch , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Magic , Work , Primarily Female Cast , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , Aviation , Travel , Drawing , Motorcycles