![]() As of present, most magical girl shows can be loosely organized into three broad categories. The wave of shows inspired by Sailor Moon (anime) or She-Ra: Princess of Power (Western cartoons) eventually subsided, but new sub-genres spawned soon in its wake. A small further subgenre of the Magical Girl Warrior is the Magical Girl Phantom Thief, seen in Phantom Thief Jeanne, Kaitou Saint Tail and Hatena Illusion. Sailor Moon was a huge hit, and, naturally, other shows were made in the same style. This was essentially a combination of the earlier style shows with the Super Hero genre, particularly the Super Sentai formula. The Magical Girl Warrior subgenre didn't hit worldwide until She-Ra: Princess of Power in 1985 for Western animation and Sailor Moon in 1992 for anime, but 1973 Cutey Honey, despite not being aimed at girls but having a lot of influence on the genre, was the first magical girl warrior. ( My Little Pony was not considered a magical girl series, but some series were indeed part of the genre.) This was the first instance of a magical girl team. A one-shot OVA produced in 1987 featured a Bat Family Crossover between Studio Pierrot's four '80s Magical Girl shows ( Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel, Persia, the Magic Fairy, Magical Emi, the Magic Star, and Magical Idol Pastel Yumi). This lasted until Ashi Production's Magical Princess Minky Momo hit the airwaves in 1982 in Japan and DiC's Rainbow Brite in 1983, followed by Studio Pierrot's Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel in 1983 (the first Magic Idol Singer show). Originally, all Magical Girl shows were produced by Toei Animation in Japan or Filmation in the US, so "Magical Girl" wasn't so much a genre as a Series Franchise. touch on more serious social issues, like domestic abuse, extramarital relationships, drug abuse, and have the heroine not only lose fights, but having to face serious consequences (deaths, injuries, humiliations, etc.).feature Fanservice (in the form of Panty Shots, slight nudity, and Megu being a borderline Fille Fatale), as well as Lovable Sex Maniac characters (Megu's stepbrother Rabi and Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain Chou).Prior to this, there was a perception that young girls couldn't handle such things feature a rival to the main character (Non, Meg's rival and the local Dark Magical Girl).have a Tomboyish heroine-all magical girls prior to this had been sweet feminine girls.This was the first show to be marketed to boys as well as girls, and featured a number of developments-it was the first Magical Girl show to. ![]() This early Magical Girl show was very unusual that it included a laugh track-which is not present in Sally the Witch (which didn't came to America), but more common in American-produced cartoons.Īnother important early Magical Girl show was Majokko Meg-chan in 1974. Sally the Witch's American counterpart, Archie's Sabrina the Teenage Witch (then known as the Sabrina portion of Sabrina and The Groovie Goolies during its early years), was an early American example of a Magical Girl show, and the first animated magical girl series to be produced and aired in the United States, and it ran as a Saturday-morning cartoon. Yokoyama explicitly adapted its concept for a younger audience, while Akatsuka merely says he was "inspired" by it. While two series claim the role of "first magical girl anime"-Mitsuteru Yokoyama's Mahotsukai Sally ( Sally the Witch, 1966-1968) and Fujio Akatsuka's Himitsu no Akko-chan (broadcast 1969, but its manga predates Mahotsukai Sally)-the creators of both credit Bewitched as a primary inspiration for their work. ![]() ![]() It may come as a surprise to learn that the entire Magical Girl genre is descended, effectively, from the American live-action Magical Girlfriend sitcom Bewitched. Magical Girl Warriors arguably have the widest demographic appeal, and in the West are often synonymous with the idea of a Magical Girl. Magical Girl Warrior-mostly in a superheroine role fighting evil.Magical Girl Genre Deconstruction-a sub-genre themed around deconstructive and subversive Magical Girl works.Magic Idol Singer-who (initially) uses her powers for her own benefit.Cute Witch-where magic is mundane to the character.No matter how hard this may be for the Western world to believe, Magical Girls have high crossover popularity in different demographics with some minor but appropriate design modifications and make up a sizable portion of both Shōjo and bishoujo fandom. Known as mahou shoujo ("magical girl") or just majokko ("witch-girl") in Japanese, Magical Girls are empowered by various means with fantastic powers that both assist and complicate their lives, but manage to persevere despite this.
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