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Kaitou Tenshi Twin Angel: Kyun Kyun☆Tokimeki Paradise!!

Also known as Twin Angel: Twinkle Paradise.

Studio: J.C.STAFF
Status: Finished
Genres: Mahou Shoujo

Haruka Minazuki and Aoi Kannazuki are two students at St. Cherine academy. Haruka is always filled with bubbly energy while Aoi is more mature and a top student in all her classes - but despite their differences the two are the best of friends. The two girls look like any other girls, attending the academy, but the truth is they are hiding a little secret, that they can't let anybody know about...

During the day they really are just students at St. Cherine academy, but they can also become the Twin Angel duo, and fight against the evils of the town!

The lovely Angels are back, and it's time for them to get ready for some action!



Tags: Magic , Henshin , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira

Studio: Studio DEEN , Frontier Works
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Mahou Shoujo , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

With things such as story out of the way, Higurashi cranks up the fanservice with Kira, a new OVA series to commemorate the series' 10th anniversary, featuring nail-biting situations such as Rika and Satoko becoming magical girls to battle evil magic crime syndicates with the help of their trusty squad of cheerleaders, among other things.

The excitement may be too much to handle. Do you dare step inside the... "different" world of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira?

Tags: Parody , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Time Manipulation , Henshin , Heterosexual , Alternate Universe , Magic , Nudity , Female Harem , Primarily Female Cast , Rural , Twins , Love Triangle , Gods , Denpa , Urban Fantasy , Guns

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: Magic , Super Power , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , 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

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

Busou Shinki

Also known as Busou Shinki: Armored War Goddess.

Studio: Sentai Filmworks , 8-bit
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mecha , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

The slice-of-life battle story is set in a future that has neither World War III nor an alien invasion—just an ordinary future set after our current age. In this world, robots are part of everyday life, and they contribute in various aspects of society. "Shinki" are 15-centimeter-tall (about 6-inch-tall) cute partners made to assist humans. Equipped with intelligence and emotions, they devote themselves to serving their "Masters."

These Shinki can even be equipped with weapons and armor to fight each other. Such Shinki are named "Busou Shinki" (literally, "armed divine princesses"). In particular, the Shinki Ann (Arnval), Aines (Altines), and Lene (Altlene) serve a high school freshman named Masato. Things change when a new Shinki, the bellicose Strarf, joins them.



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Robots , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Virtual World , Dullahan , Motorcycles , Mahjong

Frame Arms Girl

Also known as Frame Arms Girl.

Studio: ZEXCS , studio A-CAT , Heartbit , Kotobukiya
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Mecha , Sci-Fi

The story begins when Ao opens a package that arrives at her doorstep. Inside the package is Gourai, a Frame Arms Girl: a small robot capable of independent movement. Gourai is a newly-developed prototype: a Frame Arms Girl equipped with an "Artificial Self," an advanced AI that gives her a personality. Ao is the only one that has activated her. Gourai begins to gather both battle data and emotions, starting a day-to-day life with Ao, who knows nothing about Frame Arms Girls.



Tags: Robots , Primarily Female Cast , Twins , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , CGI , Mahjong , Dullahan

Kaitou Tenshi Twin Angel (OVA)

Studio: Nomad
Status: Finished
Genres: Mahou Shoujo

Haruka Minazuki and Aoi Kannazuki are freshman high school students and best friends. During the day they help with school activities but at night they thwart enemies like Black Auction and other villains as Red Angel and Blue Angel, the Twin Angel team.

Tags: Henshin , Magic , Female Protagonist , School , Nudity

Ryuusei Sentai Musumet

Studio: Pony Canyon , Pony Canyon Enterprise , TNK
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Sci-Fi

One day, seven shooting stars fell on to the ground. The shooting stars were colored by seven colors, and they had terrible powers. Those who took the shooting star were tuned into monsters by embodying their desires.
Dr. Mishina and Dr. Kishiwada obtained the red, green, and blue stars secretly, and they studied the stars. Finally, they could successfully control their power by putting a special helmet on.

The newly developed helmet, "Musumet", was as large as an automobile helmet. Putting Musumet on the head, it turned a person's body into the strongest one on the earth. Furthermore, it received the signal from the brain and amplified the inherent power and ability unlimitedly.

To utilize the power of "Musumet", to keep the world peace, and to protect from the disasters caused by the remaining shooting stars, Dr. Mishima and Dr. Kishida founded a secret organization "MET". However, he died before he accomplished his aim.

The bereaved daughters, Aoi, Midori, and Kurenai, made up their minds to become Musmet in order to execute the father's will.

Even if they turned into Musumet, their wearing wouldn't change except helmets, gloves, and boots. Therefore, they had to go to the scenes wearing their own clothes. The girls had to go to the incident spots occasionally wearing school uniforms, occasionally gymnasium suits, occasionally swimming suits, depending the case, they had to go there even if they were naked, and they would do great jobs. On the other hand, at other times, they were ordinal adolescent girls who were dreaming of lovely meetings with boyfriends.

Whether would they cope with the world peace and boyfriends at the same time?



Tags: Superhero , Henshin , Tokusatsu

Robot Girls Z

Studio: Toei Animation , Dynamic Planning
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mecha

The story revolves around a new team of "Toei robot girls" named "Team Z" that is made up of three girls based on Toei's Mazinger Z franchise: Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger, and UFO Robot Grendizer. Usually they perform in activities around Nerima ward in Tokyo to raise the awareness of the promising future energy source "Photon Power" (koushiryoku). However, there are times when "Mechanical Beast" team of girls emerge from the "Subterranean Empire" and attempt to steal the energy. Thus "Team Z" has to battle them to prevent this, though sometimes they just go and beat up the "bad girls" to relieve stress.

Tags: Parody , Crossover , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Super Robot , Primarily Female Cast , Henshin , Slapstick , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Kaiju , Surreal Comedy , Crossdressing , Ojou-sama , Meta

Uta∽Kata

Also known as Uta∞Kata.

Studio: Bandai Visual , Hal Film Maker , Shaft , Sentai Filmworks , gimik
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Psychological

On the last day of the school year, 14-year-old Ichika Tachibana comes across an old, busted mirror in an unused campus building. When Manatsu, a mysterious girl from inside the mirror, steps out and offers her friendship for the summer, she also offers Ichika magical powers. Now, Manatsu must help Ichika unlock the powers of the 12 Djinn in order to complete her magic training... but perhaps this is something that will prove too difficult a task. Some offers may appear to be too good to be true and this one just may turn out to do more harm than good.



Tags: Magic , Coming of Age , Henshin , School , Denpa , Gods , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Suicide , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Boys' Love , Yuri , Kuudere , LGBTQ+ Themes