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Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars

Also known as Sailor Moon Sailor Stars.

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

Like the R Season, SailorStars is divided into two arcs:

The first arc solves some conflicts from the SuperS season, and also sees the return of the Outer Senshi, Haruka, Michiru, Setsuna, and Hotaru (now reborn as a child).

The second arc is the actual plot from the manga. Usagi bids farewell to Mamoru, who is going to America to study abroad. In his place comes the Three Lights, an idol trio consisting of three boys, Seiya, Taiki, and Yaten. The new enemy is Galaxia, a woman who desires to rule the entire galaxy by collecting the Star Seeds of humans. Three new Senshi appear, the Sailor Starlights, who also intend to stop Galaxia without Sailormoon's help.

Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Reincarnation , Found Family , Coming of Age , War , Unrequited Love , Super Power , Slapstick , Magic , Shoujo , LGBTQ+ Themes , Fairy Tale , Villainess , Tragedy , Space , Revenge , Transgender , Superhero , Philosophy , Henshin , Urban Fantasy , Love Triangle , Aliens , Idol , Tomboy , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Cosmic Horror , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Gender Bending , Demons , Tokusatsu , Body Horror , Torture , Age Gap , Yuri , Kemonomimi , Musical Theater , Gods , Episodic , Polyamorous , Time Manipulation , Astronomy , Basketball , Baseball , American Football

Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen

Also known as Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card.

Studio: MADHOUSE , NHK , NHK Enterprises , Kodansha
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

The power of the Clow is back! As Sakura settles into a normal routine, she prepares to face her newest challenge - junior high! While her classes are challenging, things start looking up when Xiaolang Li reappears and says he'll be staying for good. But when she has a strange dream about a mysterious figure and wakes to find her Clow Cards completely clear, she must return to her duty as Cardcaptor.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , School , Shoujo , Magic , Primarily Teen Cast , Food , Henshin , Bisexual , Coming of Age , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Female Cast , Time Manipulation , Dissociative Identities , Heterosexual , Cheerleading , Kemonomimi

Shoujo Kakumei Utena

Also known as Revolutionary Girl Utena.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , TV Tokyo , The Right Stuf International , Central Park Media , Yomiuri Advertising , SoftX
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Psychological , Romance

Just after Utena's parents died, she was consoled by a prince who gave her a ring with a rose crest on it. Utena was so impressed by the Prince that she vowed to become one herself one day. A few years later, Utena is attending Ohtori Academy where she gives all the teachers headaches because she dresses in a boy's uniform so she can be like the prince she met long ago.

After Utena's friend is insulted by a member of the Student Council, Utena fights in a duel for her friend's honor. Utena's rose crest allows her to enter the dueling arena, where Utena wins the duel and becomes engaged to the Rose Bride. Unknowingly, Utena is pulled into a series of duels with other members of the Student Council for the possession of the Rose Bride. As she becomes fond of Anthy, the Rose Bride, she must fight to keep her friend safe and to discover the horrifying secret behind Ohtori Academy.



Tags: Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Philosophy , Fairy Tale , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tomboy , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Incest , Swordplay , Yuri , Tragedy , Psychosexual , Time Loop , Bisexual , Surreal Comedy , Age Gap , School , Witch , Conspiracy , Memory Manipulation , Ojou-sama , Henshin , Meta , Love Triangle , Fencing , Episodic , Crossdressing , Magic , Bullying , Kuudere , Boarding School , Twins , Suicide , Boys' Love , Astronomy , Aliens , Athletics , Body Swapping , Politics , Cheating

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

Akatsuki no Yona

Also known as Yona of the Dawn.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , TOKYO MX , Docomo Anime Store , Hakusensha , VAP , Marvelous , AT-X , Age Global Networks , TOP-INSIGHT , Delfi Sound
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Since Yona is the only princess of a grand kingdom, she has been raised with great care by her doting father and protected by her childhood friend/guard Hak and others. However, her fate changes on her 16th birthday, when her beloved cousin Soo-won murders her father to claim the throne. She flees the castle to Hak's hometown and begins her new life.



Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Dragons , Royal Affairs , Ensemble Cast , Fugitive , Travel , Primarily Male Cast , Coming of Age , Mythology , Politics , Reincarnation , Revenge , Historical , Tragedy , Male Harem , Found Family , Heterosexual , Swordplay , Archery , Primarily Adult Cast , Foreign , Orphan , Pirates , Gods , Crossdressing

Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica

Also known as Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

Studio: Aniplex , Shaft , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Movic , Nitroplus , Aniplex of America , Madoka Partners , Houbunsha , Manga Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Psychological , Thriller

One night, 14-year-old Madoka Kaname has a terrible nightmare - against the backdrop of a devastated city, she witnesses a girl fight a losing battle against a dreadful being lingering above, while a cat-like magical creature tells Madoka the only way to change such tragic outcome is for her to make a contract with him and become a magical girl.

The next day, the teen's dream seemingly becomes reality as the girl she saw in her dream - Homura - arrives at Mitakihara Middle School as a transfer student, mysteriously warning Madoka to stay just the way she is; but when later on she and her best friend Sayaka encounter the same cat-like magical creature from her dream - who introduces himself as Kyubey - the pair discovers that magical girls are real, and what's more, they can choose to become one. All they must do is sign a contract with Kyubey and agree to take on the duty to fight abstract beings called 'witches' that spread despair to the human world, and in return, each one of them will be granted any single wish they desire. However, as Homura's omen suggests, there might be far more to becoming a magical girl than Madoka and Sayaka realize...

Notes:
Due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the broadcasts of episodes 11 and 12 were delayed and were later aired as a double feature on April 21, 2011.

Tags: Magic , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Witch , Primarily Female Cast , Time Manipulation , Urban Fantasy , Philosophy , Alternate Universe , Primarily Teen Cast , Kuudere , Time Loop , Coming of Age , Henshin , Survival , Aliens , Yuri , Urban , Primarily Child Cast , Ensemble Cast , Gods , Anti-Hero , Spearplay , Suicide , Achronological Order , Love Triangle , Guns , Archery , LGBTQ+ Themes , Heterosexual , Mixed Media , School , Tomboy , Anthropomorphism

Tokyo Mew Mew New~♡

Also known as TOKYO MEW MEW NEW.

Studio: Yumeta Company , Graphinica , Pony Canyon , Kodansha , TV Tokyo , Dentsu , Sentai Filmworks
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 super-human abilities. One of them, Ichigo Momomiya, awakens to discover she is armed with all the skills of a Iriomote cat. Ichigo must band together with other Mew Mew girls to repel an alien incursion, all the while hiding their thrilling double lives from friends and family.



Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Aliens , Kemonomimi , Magic , Love Triangle , Primarily Female Cast , Superhero , Urban , Henshin , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , School , Maids , Animals , Environmental , Archery , Super Power , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Restaurant , Primarily Child Cast , Kuudere , Shapeshifting

Romeo x Juliet

Studio: GONZO , GDH , Funimation , Kadokawa Shoten , CBC , SKY Perfect Well Think
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

In the floating continent of Neo Verona, the Montague family seized control and murdered every member of the Capulet family with the exception of Capulet's daughter, Juliet Fiammata Asto Capulet. 14 years later, Juliet and the remnants of Capulet's retainers live hidden from the iron fist of the Montague family. Juliet has long forgotten the murder of her family or her identity, and cross dresses as Odin and the town's hero of justice, "Red Whirlwind". A sudden escape in her daily escapades leads her to meet Romeo Candorebanto Montague, the kind son of the tyrannical Montague. Destiny has been set as these two individuals soon to be "star-crossed lovers" are cruelly toyed with by fate in the midst of war. Loosely based on the play by William Shakespeare.

Tags: Tragedy , Classic Literature , Politics , Revenge , Historical , Crossdressing , Swordplay , Female Protagonist , Gender Bending , Kuudere , Male Harem

Star☆Twinkle Precure

Studio: Toei Animation , TV Asahi
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Sci-Fi

The story begins when the protagonist Hikaru meets aliens Lala, Prunce, and Fuwa while watching the night sky. She learns of the "Star Palace," where the 12 Star Princesses of the constellations kept the balance of the universe until they were attacked. Lala is searching for the legendary Precure warriors to help find the 12 scattered "Princess Star Color Pens" and revive the princesses. When Fuwa is captured by an enemy, Hikaru wishes to save Fuwa, and a Star Color Pendent and a Star Color Pen appear to allow her to transform into Cure Star. From then on she works to collect the pens and raise Fuwa, who is the key to reviving the princesses.

Tags: Henshin , Space , Aliens , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Astronomy , Magic , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Shapeshifting , Ensemble Cast , Travel , Urban , Urban Fantasy , Swordplay , Ojou-sama , Archery , Dragons , Nekomimi , Anthropomorphism , Spearplay , Super Robot , Revenge , Mafia , Police , Super Power , School , Filmmaking , Kids , Superhero , Episodic , Primarily Child Cast , Tokusatsu , Guns , Language Barrier , Mermaid , Disability , Robots , Artificial Intelligence , Kemonomimi , Drawing , Idol

Fruits Basket: 1st Season

Also known as Fruits Basket (2019).

Studio: TMS Entertainment , Funimation , TV Tokyo
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Tohru Honda thought her life was headed for misfortune when a family tragedy left her living in a tent. When her small home is discovered by the mysterious Soma clan, she suddenly finds herself living with Yuki, Kyo, and Shigure Soma. But she quickly learns their family has a bizarre secret of their own: when hugged by the opposite sex, they turn into the animals of the Zodiac!



Tags: Found Family , Female Protagonist , Family Life , Shoujo , Fairy Tale , Mythology , Coming of Age , Urban Fantasy , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Orphan , Shapeshifting , Rehabilitation , Animals , School Club , Delinquents , Kuudere , Homeless , Primarily Male Cast , School , Slapstick , Episodic , Bullying , Tsundere , Male Harem , Unrequited Love , Denpa , Curses , Heterosexual , Memory Manipulation , Love Triangle , Femboy , Suicide , Agriculture , Yandere , Cohabitation , Gender Bending , Crossdressing , Nekomimi , Kemonomimi , Body Horror , Gangs , LGBTQ+ Themes , Nudity , Card Battle , Amnesia , Chibi , Philosophy