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Hoshifuru Mori no Little Majo

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Welcome to the starry forest! In a strange building surrounded by trees, the magician master Lemorin, the dragon Shelatis, and Enid, a little witch who dreams of marrying a wealthy man, live. Her wish is to grow up, become beautiful, and fall in love with a prince. Enid asks her magician master Lemorin for her wish again today, but he doesn't listen. Today, various customers come to see the three of them, and strange things happen.



Tags: Magic , Shoujo , Female Protagonist

Majo to Neko no Hanashi

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

When witches turn thirteen, they summon a guardian "cat" who stays with them and supports them their entire life. This is a story of witches and cats, a story of four friends at magic school -- Suzu, Kei, Mary, and Nina -- who all learn something about life as they turn thirteen and meet their cats.

Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Animals , Magic , Witch , Primarily Child Cast , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Josei , Iyashikei , Ensemble Cast , Episodic , School

Luciole wa Yume wo Miru

Also known as Luciole Has a Dream.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Awakened by a radiant light, Luciole realized he'd been asleep for a long, long time. Stretching to the horizon before him lay an abandoned world. Whatever life had once taken root here was long gone, leaving Luciole all alone—except for Claude. Now, with a self-proclaimed five-hundred-year-old archmage for his only companion, Luciole will set off on a journey to discover how alone the two truly are.



Tags: Travel , Shoujo , Post-Apocalyptic , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Iyashikei , Magic

Crystal☆Dragon

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Alian is a young girl from an island called Ailen and she is different from all the other kids her age. All the others in the tribe have blond hair while Alian is the only one with black hair and because of this she was bullied many times. One day a traveler in silver clothing came to Ailen and “name” Alian. To be name is very important because it reveals one true self. After that the Master Drisu takes Alian in as his disciple because she was “name” by the stranger. Bara is the evil leader of Death Valley and one night he murdered all the people in Alian’s tribe, and she swears to get vengeance on Bara.



Tags: Shoujo , Mythology , Magic , Revenge , Foreign , Vikings , Historical , War , Elf , Demons , Slavery , Female Protagonist

Tongari Boushi no Atelier

Also known as Witch Hat Atelier.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: she wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witch … until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way she’s never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody “knows” might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seem...



Notes:
Nominated for the 11th Manga Taishou Award in 2018.
Won the Daruma d'Or at Japan Expo in 2019.
Won Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia at the Eisner Awards in 2020.
Won the Best Manga Award at the Harvey Awards in 2020.

Tags: Witch , Magic , Found Family , Female Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Drawing , Coming of Age , Teacher , Ensemble Cast , Revenge , School , Medieval , Primarily Female Cast , Tragedy , Primarily Child Cast , Conspiracy , Politics , Disability , Philosophy , Body Horror , LGBTQ+ Themes , Seinen , Rehabilitation , Travel , Amnesia , Foreign , Environmental , Iyashikei , Spearplay , Dragons , Twins