Magical Girl is a style of anime aimed at a female audience, as it features girls with magical powers. They usually receive their power through a magical object that allows them to transform into a superheroine by saying a specific phrase and have a magical mascot. They go on many adventures and fight to defeat evil villains and protect good.
Some animes completely break this cliché of cute little girls, turning the Magical Girl genre into something dark and obscure, as in the case of Madoka Magica. There are thousands of Magical Girl animes, and in addition to the 10 we will recommend, we will conclude the article with a complete list of all Magical Girl animes.
Read our other article about shows that copied the Magical Girl from Sailor Moon.
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Cardcaptor Sakura – THE MOST KNOWN IN BRAZIL
The young Kinomoto Sakura opens the magical book of Clow cards and ends up scattering them around the world. Then the guardian of the seal, Kerberos, makes her a card hunter, and the adventures to capture all the Clow cards begin, alongside her friend Tomoyo and Kerberos.
A very classic anime that has aired on open TV in Brazil. If you want to buy the manga, we recommend the Amazon Store below:
Sailor Moon – THE MOTHER OF MAGICAL GIRLS
A girl sees boys beating a cat on her way to school. Faced with such injustice, she rebels and saves it. After the incident, she removes a bandage from her forehead, which curiously hides a crescent moon.
Later, the cat goes to the girl’s house and contacts her in her room, saying her name is Luna. From this event, the girl becomes a Sailor warrior. She will face demons and, along with other sailors, will search for the Moon Princess on planet Earth.
She receives some gadgets, among them a brooch that transforms her into Sailor Moon when she shouts “By the power of the moon prism!” and her special weapon is the Moon Tiara activated with the phrase “Moon Tiara, action!”. She also receives a special pen that, when she says “Moon Power!”, transforms her into any chosen professional.
This is one of the first animes that defined and went viral in the Magical Girl genre.
Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica – AGAINST CLICHÉS
This anime is not a traditional magical girl, which is aimed at a child audience; it is directed at an adult audience. It deals with different issues related to adult life. The main character is Kaname Madoka, a 14-year-old middle school student. After a strange encounter, she becomes a magical girl and changes her destiny forever.
Princess Tutu
Ahiru (means duck in Japanese) is a magical creature, more specifically a duck transformed into a human by a curiously mysterious man named Drosselmeyer. She discovers that through her magical pendant, she can transform into Princess Tutu.
This is a talented and very beautiful ballerina, who, when she dances, relieves all the torment of the hearts of those who see her, from the simplest to the most dreadful. Then she receives a challenge and accepts it. To collect the fragments of the prince’s heart. This was shattered when he sealed a demonic crow to save his kingdom.
Full Moon wo Sagashite
The protagonist is Mitsuki Kouyama, who is 12 years old, and her biggest dream is to be a singer. This is also a promise she made to her childhood friend, whom she loves, Eichi. However, she receives the diagnosis of a malignant tumor in her throat.
This unpleasant surprise reduces her life expectancy, although she does not know for how long. Then two Shinigami, supernatural entities, visit her and tell her that she has one more year to live. This is the motivation she receives to strive to fulfill her great dream and keep her promise to her childhood love.
Shugo Chara!
The Seyo primary school receives a new student, Hinamori Amu, who is unjustly treated with infamous rumors about her and her behavior. After all, deep down, the student is like any other; she just wants to make good friends and have someone to talk to.
She even falls in love with the school idol. The change in her life really occurs when, after several events, she has to face a strange and alternative reality. Thus, the adventures and mystery begin.
Tokyo Mew Mew
Everything changes in the life of 13-year-old Momomiya Ichigo when, while visiting a museum, she ends up receiving DNA from a wild mountain cat or Iriomote cat.
To return to normal, she must defeat the Chimeras, aliens who want to steal the planet. Over time, four more girls appear who receive DNA from an endangered animal and are tasked with saving the planet.
The team discovers a blue Aqua stone, which could be a great advantage in the fight against the Chimeras. There are two problems: the Chimeras are also looking for the stone. The second problem is that the girls need to know how to find it and how to use it.
Shin Shirayuki-hime Densetsu Prétear
A girl adapting to a new stage in her family receives a visit from seven boys, who inform her that she has magical powers. She distances herself from them and is forced to reconnect when a monster threatens her friend’s life.
Without any preparation or training, she must take on the duty of Prétear. She will have to work with the strange group of boys and smooth out their rough edges to become a true team and be able to defeat the evil princess, whose main goal is destruction.
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha
Takamachi Nanoha hears the telepathic call for help from a wizard named Yuuno Scrya. He comes from a very distant planet and tries to recover and seal the Jewel Seeds, which were accidentally scattered around the world.
In an attempt to seal a seed, he failed and turned into a ferret. The girl receives a magical pearl called Raising Heart, which enables her to transform into a Magical girl lyrical. Her mission is to seal the twenty-one Jewel seeds to help the wizard.
Kamichama Karin
Karin lives with her aunt after losing her parents and her cat. She then meets an orphan who coincidentally is the same age as her, named Kazune Kujyou. With his help, she discovers that her mother’s ring has the power to transform her into a goddess. The trio of Karin, Kazune, and her cousin Himeka is formed.
As she and Kazune have divine powers, they need to protect Karin’s ring and her cousin’s from the malicious Kirio Karasuma (also divine). This trio will live many adventures and meet friends who will have much information about the divine transformation of gods and goddesses, as well as Kazune’s missing father.
Complete List of Magical Girl Animes
To conclude the article, we will leave a complete list of Magical Girl animes. I hope you enjoyed the article; if you did, share it with your friends and leave your comments.
- Akko-chan’s Secret 3
- Angel Tales
- Animal Detective Kiruminzoo
- Bottle Fairy
- Cardcaptor Sakura
- Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Arc
- Corrector Yui
- Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel
- Cutey Honey Flash
- D4 Princess
- Day Break Illusion – Il Sole Penetra le Illusioni
- Dokidoki! PreCure
- Earth Maiden Arjuna
- Fairy Musketeers Little Red Riding Hood
- Fancy Lala
- Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya
- Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 3rei!!
- Floral Magician Mary Bell
- Fresh Pretty Cure!
- Full Moon o Sagashite
- Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart
- Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star
- Getsumen to Heiki Mina
- Ground Defense Force! Mao-chan
- Guardian Angel Getten
- Happy Seven
- HeartCatch Precure!
- Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri
- I’ve Had Enough of Being a Magical Girl. Second Season
- Idol Angel Welcome Yoko
- Is This a Zombie?
- Is This a Zombie? of the Dead / Hell Chapter
- Jewelpet
- Jewelpet Kira☆Deco!
- Jewelpet Sunshine
- Jewelpet Tinkle ☆
- Kaito Tenshi Twin Angel ~Kyun Kyun Tokimeki Paradise!!~
- Kamichama Karin
- Key Princess Story Eternal Alice Rondo
- Kirakira PreCure a la Mode
- Lady Jewelpet
- Lalabel, The Magical Girl
- Lunlun the Flower Child
- Madam is a Magical Girl / Bewitched Agnes
- Magic Knight Rayearth
- Magic User’s Club
- Magical Angel Sweet Mint
- Magical DoReMi
- Magical Emi, the Magic Star
- Magical Fairy Persia
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A’s
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS
- Magical Girl Raising Project
- Magical Meow Meow Taruto
- Magical Princess Minky Momo
- Magikano
- Maho Girls PreCure!
- Majokko Tickle
- Matoi the Sacred Slayer
- Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Pure
- Miracle Girls
- Moetan
- Nanatsuiro Drops
- Nurse Angel Ririka SOS
- Omishi Magical Theater: Risky Safety
- Pastel Yumi, the Magic Idol
- Petite Princess Yucie
- Phantom Thief Jeanne
- Please My Melody
- Power Puff Girls Z
- Pretear
- Pretty Cure
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica
- Red Riding Hood Chacha
- Renkin 3-kyuu Magical? Pokaan
- Sailor Moon
- Sailor Moon Crystal: Season III
- Sailor Moon R
- Sailor Moon S
- Sailor Moon Sailor Stars
- Sailor Moon SuperS
- Saint October
- Saint Tail
- Sasami: Magical Girls Club
- Selfish Fairy: Mirmo de Pon!
- Shrine of the Morning Mist
- Shugo Chara Party!
- Shugo Chara!
- Shugo Chara!! Doki
- Smile Pretty Cure
- Sore Yuke! Gedou Otometai
- Steel Angel Kurumi 2
- Sugar Sugar Rune
- Super Pig
- The Diary of a Crazed Family
- Tokyo Mew Mew
- Twin Princesses of the Mysterious Planet
- UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie
- Ultra Maniac
- Umi Monogatari ~Anata ga Ite Kureta Koto~
- Uta-Kata
- ViVid Strike!
- Wedding Peach
- Wish Upon the Pleiades
- Yes! Pretty Cure 5
- Yes! Pretty Cure 5
- Yumeria
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