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

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 , Primarily Female Cast , Kemonomimi , Environmental , Aliens , Shoujo , Magic , Animals , Love Triangle , Nekomimi , Maids , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Kuudere , School , Yandere , Tsundere , Restaurant , Archery , Acrobatics

Yumeiro Pâtissière

Also known as Yumeiro Patissiere.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , DAX Production , Studio Hibari
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy

Middle schooler Ichigo Amano has never excelled at anything (other than eating cakes, of course), but a chance encounter with famed pâtissier Henri Lucas changes everything! Henri immediately recognizes Ichigo’s extraordinary palate, offering her a spot at the prestigious pastry school known as St. Marie Academy. There Ichigo meets the Sweet Princes and their fairy guardians, the Sweets Spirits — and together they are determined to become the most acclaimed pastry chefs around!



Tags: Food , School , Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Shoujo , Primarily Child Cast , Fairy , Kids , Fairy Tale

Sugar Sugar Rune

Studio: Studio Pierrot , TV Tokyo Music , Marvelous Entertainment , TV Tokyo
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance , Slice of Life

Chocolat Meilleure and Vanilla Mieux are two witches who are pitched in a contest to see who will become the new Queen of the Witch World. They must travel to the Human World and collect the hearts of humans. Whoever collects the most "human hearts" wins. Even though they're rivals, the two are still best friends. Join them on this adventure!

Tags: Magic , Shoujo , Witch , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Royal Affairs , War , Age Gap , Primarily Child Cast , Henshin , Matriarchy , Episodic , Urban Fantasy , School , Anti-Hero , Ojou-sama , Isekai , Anthropomorphism , Twins , Estranged Family , Curses , Animals , Shapeshifting , Tomboy , Monster Girl , Athletics , Bullying , Unrequited Love , Skeleton , Fairy , Desert , Dragons , Dungeon , Fencing , Parody , Tennis , Polyamorous , Coming of Age

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 , Slapstick , Demons , Found Family , Heterosexual , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Reincarnation , Primarily Teen Cast , Amnesia , Animals , Fairy Tale , School , Space , Superhero , Tragedy , Episodic , War , Dissociative Identities , Urban , Revenge , Aliens , Tokusatsu , Body Horror , Mythology , Age Gap , LGBTQ+ Themes , Shrine Maiden , Unrequited Love , Time Manipulation , Suicide , Makeup , Boys' Love

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

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

Jewelpet Twinkle☆

Studio: TV Tokyo , Studio Comet
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

In Jewel Land, Jewelpets, creatures who has the natural ability to use magic lived in harmony with the Witches, attending the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to learn to use magic with their Jewel Eyes. However for Ruby, a white Japanese Hare whose magic sometimes fail, is appointed to go to the Human World to search for her partner. But when she used the card the magicians gave her, she was sent to the Human World by accident. In the Human World, A girl named Akari Sakura met her on the beach on her way to school. At first, Akari can't understand her due to her Jewel Land Language until Ruby took a special candy so she could speak and understand human language. As the day passes, Ruby knew about her problems and later apologized. A Jewel Charm appeared on Akari's hand and she realized it that she's chosen by Ruby to be her partner. After that, she decided to enter the Jewel Star Grand Prix, on the prize is that any wish that they wanted will be granted. Will she be the Next Jewel Star and her wish be granted in the end? Or I'll just end in one big disaster...



Tags: Magic , Animals , Henshin , Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Kids , Kuudere , Witch

Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch

Studio: SynergySP , Actas
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Music , Romance

As the mermaid princess of the North Pacific (one of the seven mermaid kingdoms), Lucia entrusts a magical pearl to a boy who falls overboard a ship one night. Lucia must travel to the human world to reclaim her pearl and protect the mermaid kingdoms. Using the power of music Lucia is able to protect herself and the mermaid kingdoms from a growing evil force.

Tags: Musical Theater , Shoujo , Mermaid , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Magic , Primarily Female Cast , Idol , Primarily Teen Cast , Suicide , Animals , Surfing , Swimming , Coastal , Kuudere , Primarily Child Cast , Revenge

Kaitou Saint Tail

Also known as Mysterious Thief Saint Tail.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Dentsu , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

Meimi Haneoka, 14, is a normal girl during the daytime, but during the night, she assumes the "position" of Saint Tail, a modern-day Robin Hood who steals from thieves and gives items back to their original owners. She is aided by her friend, Seira Mimori, a nun-in-training, and she is chased by her classmate (and soon-to-be love interest), Daiki Asuka (often called "Asuka Jr.").



Tags: Crime , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Detective , Nun , Episodic , Urban Fantasy , Animals , Henshin , School , Love Triangle , Primarily Child Cast