Line #25 Anime/MiracleShojoLimitChan


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3	''Miracle Shojo Limit-chan'' is an early MagicalGirl anime, also known as ''Cybernella'' in Italy. It aired from October 1973 to March 1974 on NET (now Creator/TVAsahi).
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5	When 11-year-old Satomi Nishiyama is mortally injured in an airplane crash (which also kills her mother), her scientist father saves her life by turning her into a cyborg. Now Satomi, now nicknamed Limit, has a number of superpowers at her disposal, but she must also keep her robotic nature a secret from her peers.
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7	Limit-chan was created by Creator/ToeiAnimation from an original idea by Hiromi Productions. She got the time slot on NET that had been reserved for MagicalGirl series since ''Manga/SallyTheWitch'' (but had been temporarily lost to ''Manga/BabelII''), while another Magical Girl cyborg - the same animation studio/broadcaster's ''Anime/CuteyHoney'' - was retooled as a more action-oriented series and got a different time slot. It was Honey, however, who proved more popular while Limit fell into obscurity (except in Italy, where she became quite popular under the name "Cybernella"). Toei re-teamed with Hiromi Productions afterward for ''Anime/MajokkoMegChan''.
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9	This show is noteworthy also for being one of the earliest productions to be outsourced by Toei to South Korean studios.
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12	!!This anime provides examples of:
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14	* ActionGirl: Actually gets averted most of the time. Limit has the powers, but [[GuileHero she]] will usually find a non-violent solution to whatever problem is confronting her and very rarely ends up in a fight.
15	* AlphaBitch: Mitsuko, although her GirlPosse is unusual in that they all suffer from some serious {{Gonk}}.
16	* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: "Change Face!"
17	* CallingYourAttacks: Although they're actions rather than attacks. For example, Limit cries "Miracle Jump" when she does a superhuman jump, "Miracle Run" when she uses her super-speed, and "Miracle Power" when she uses her super-strength. And always [[GratuitousEnglish in English to boot]].
18	* {{Crash Into Hello}}/{{Meet Cute}}: Subverted for laughs in the ice-skating episode when Nobuko crashes into a guy on the ice rink and looks up to discover that he's [[{{Bishonen}} very handsome]]... and then his girlfriend immediately appears and pointedly pulls him away.
19	* DubNameChange: Limit-chan is known as Cybernella in the Italian dub. Yet the title card for the Italian dub still reads "Limit, Miracle Girl," [[GratuitousEnglish in English]], under the word "Cybernella."
20	* FlyingBroomstick: Actually it's her book-bag, but it serves the same purpose.
21	* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: Limit's ring has this power.
22	* GirlishPigtails: Nobuko
23	* GratuitousEnglish: "Miracle Power!" "Change Face!" "Change Back!" Just to name a few of Limit's magical catch phrases, which are all in English.
24	** In addition, Limit's family housekeeper, who also serves as Limit's nanny and mother figure since her actual mother is dead, lived in Hawaii for a time and is fluent in both Japanese and English.
25	* GreenEyedMonster: In one episode, Limit and Nobuko's friendship gets strained because Nobuko is jealous of Limit's talent at ice-skating.
26	* HotbloodedSideburns: Limit
27	* IJustWantToBeNormal: Limit's reaction to becoming a cyborg.
28	* MagicalIncantation: Limit has a very simple one whenever she wants to use her magical pendant to transform - she calls out, "Change face!" to transform, and "Change back!" to return to her normal self.
29	* MeaningfulName: In creator Shinji Nagashima's original proposal for the series, Limit would have had only a year to live after being reincarnated as a cyborg, hence the name "Limit." Toei and NET rejected this proposal as too dark, yet the name Limit stuck, although it has no meaning in the final version of the show.
30	* MissingMom: Limit's mother is killed in the same plane crash that necessitated Limit's cyborgification.
31	* MuggleBestFriend: Nobuko
32	* MusicalPastiche: The theme song for the Italian version closely resembles the Beatles' "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da".
33	* NerdGlasses: Nobuko.
34	* NonHumanSidekick: Go, the robot-dog.
35	* ReplacementGoldfish: Averted - the only way to keep Limit alive after the plane crash that nearly took her life was to make her a cyborg. Limit is well aware that she is a cyborg and it is a major source of insecurity for her throughout the show.
36	* RingOfPower: Limit's ring can emit a scent that calms people down.
37	* SuperSpeed: One of Limit's powers.
38	* SuperStrength: Another of her powers.
39	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Nobuko and Limit, respectively.
40	* TransformationSequence: A very short one whenever Limit uses her disguise power.
41	* TransformationTrinket: Limit's pendant, which she also uses to activate her other powers.
42	* UmbrellaOfTogetherness: Limit and Nobuko share an umbrella in episode 18, though in this case it doesn't seem to have any romantic implications.
43	* WeCanRebuildHim

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