Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
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Nanoha used to be a normal grade school student until one day she found a ferret in the woods -- but he's no ordinary ferret! His name is Yuuno, he hails from another world, and he needs Nanoha’s help to complete his mission: to capture the Jewel Seeds (mysterious stones that imbue their wielder with great power) that fell to Earth. Along with Yuuno, Nanoha must now collect the Seeds and protect her world, but she isn’t alone. A rival is also trying to collect the Seeds for an unknown purpose, and only Nanoha has the power to stop her…
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Card Captor Sakura
Kinomoto Sakura never imagined that by opening a book in her father's library, she'd be responsible for releasing wild magic into the world, yet that's exactly what she did. Too powerful to be let loose on the world, the magical Clow cards were sealed away long ago by their creator, Clow Reed. But all is not lost! For the guardian beast, Keroberos, was sealed along with the cards. Can Sakura, with the help of Keroberos, retrieve the cards before they wreak havoc on the town?
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add recThese two series go very well together. Nanoha is a Mahoshoujo series that gets away from the standard "Monster of the day" motif and has a continuing entralling storyline. Cardcaptor Sakura has a very well good continuing storyline also and a good supporting cast. If you like a series with a point at the end of it you'll enjoy these series.
Both series are about a normal, well-liked girls who are given magical powers in order to help a magical being in a quest to retrieve something. Beyond that, both protagoist & co are charming and funny.
Moetan
- TV (11 eps)
- 2007
- Summer 2007
Ink Nijihara, who does very well in her high school English class, has a crush on her classmate Nao; but as she is both shy and clumsy, she finds herself unable to get closer to him. Furthermore, since he does poorly in English, he does not intend to go to a university, crushing Ink's dreams of going there together with him. Out of the blue, a talking duck who turns out to be a polymorphed (and perverted) wizard exiled from a magic kingdom falls from the sky and lands in front of Ink. He offers her magical powers in return for helping people in need. Ink sees the magical girl transformation as a chance to help Nao with his English without feeling embarrassed about it, and thus she begins her adventures as Magical Teacher Pastel Ink!
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add recIf you liked Nanoha and wanted a bit more comedy with your mahou shoujo, this is the ticket. Not exactly a parody of the magical girl series, but more of a comedy laughing with it than at it. Not exactly ecchi, but it is definately directed towards loli fans.
When I watched Moetan an anime that kept coming to mind was Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha. A lot of the things that happen in Moetan you can also find in Nanoha. For isntance both of their "rods" so to speak are computer like devices (In Moetan its a cell phone and in Nanoha its an intelligent device named Raging Heart). So in both these anime there are magical girls that get their magic from electronic devices. Also, their staffs take orders (vocal or typed in) to execute a "spell" so to speak.
Nanatsuiro Drops
- TV (12 eps)
- 2007
- Summer 2007
Masaharu Tsuwabaki ('Haru') had been living a more or less normal school life until, one day, he accidentally drinks a potion that transforms him into a tiny doll-like lamb at night. To lift this curse and return to normal, he must work with his "chosen girl" Sumomo Akihime, a very shy girl in his class. She is given powers by a magical ring, and together they must hunt down mystical artifacts called stardrops in order to return him to normal. At the same time, Tsuwabaki must keep his daytime identity a secret from Sumumo as well as keep their ability to use magic hidden. As he lives this double life, he grows closer and closer to Sumomo in both his human and sheep forms.
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add recNanoha and Drops have much in common, so much that you can say Drops is a spinoff of Nanoha. They are both what I call 'New Magical Girl' series, in which there really is no prince or boyfriend as the main point and the lead girl has a transformed, former human as a companion. These series also have another magical girl that rivals the main hero and both are looking for the Seeds/Drops. I would also say that both are more aimed at a male audience than a female one.
The premise is similar: an ordinary girl gains magical powers and has to help a cute animal or stuffed toy by gathering Jewel Seeds in Nanoha's case, or star drops in Sumomo's case. They also have to deal with a rival later on. Both anime are really cute though Nanoha is more focused on action while Nanatsuiro is more romance-oriented.
Magical Canan
- TV (13 eps x 24 min)
- 2005
Life is pretty plain for middle school student Chihaya, who spends most days attending class and then going home to help out in her parents’ store, Angel Kiss. That is, until the day when her gym class is disrupted by a cute, but strange pink creature. Little does she know the sweet animal she has named Chuu is actually Natsuki, a boy who has been sent to Earth from the world of Evergreen! He is in pursuit of five magical seeds that have the power to enter human bodies and use their desires to turn them into monsters. His meeting with Chihaya was no coincidence, for within her is hidden the power of Magical Warrior Carmein. He must take a human form and persuade her to fight for his cause, and save Earth from certain destruction!
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add recIn Nanoha and Magical Canan, the main male characters transform into animals. The two series also contain some romance and a bit of school life with comedy. Try out one if you liked the other! :)
Both Nanoha and Magical Canan are 13 episodes long and they have many similarities, especially in the first episode. Nanoha and Chihaya find a cute animal and take it home, which is actually a boy from another world. It gives them magical powers and they have to help him out by collecting Jewel Seeds in the case of Nanoha, or magical seeds in the case of Chihaya. They later have to face an antagonist and there's more action with lots of flashy magical attacks.
s-CRY-ed
- TV (26 eps)
- 2001
Some years into the future, a strange, unexplainable natural disaster has broken off a piece of the Japanese mainland. Known as the Lost Ground, it is now inhabited by people with Alters -- machine-like extensions of their own will. In order to keep the peace on the Lost Ground, the HOLY organization uses its own Alter capabilists to police the region. In the midst of the chaos is a young man named Kazuma, whose life will soon change forever as he discovers his hidden abilities, and how to wield them.
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add recThe rivalries featured in Scryed and Nanoha mirror each other quite well. Kazuma and Nanoha, fighting out of emotion; and Ryuho and Fate, fighting out of duty. They are truly reminiscent. Also, both anime utilize flashy super-powers in their battles, and both have a fair bit more to them plot-wise than it may initially seem. Those who enjoyed one of these two should certainly consider watching the other.
