History Main / MagicalGirl

* Girl By Moonlight is a game built on the ''UsefulNotes/ForgedInTheDark'' system, that includes multiple playbooks corresponding to different themes and tones within the Magical Girl genre, including a sci-fi Mecha playbook.

* ''Series/CuteyHoneyTheLive'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - a live action version of Cutey Honey.

{{Magical Girl Warrior}}s arguably have the widest demographic appeal, and in the West are often synonymous with the entire [[ShoujoDemographic Shoujo]] genre, let alone the idea of a Magical Girl.

''Sally the Witch'''s American counterpart, Creator/{{Archie|Comics}}'s ''ComicBook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' (then known as the ''Sabrina'' portion of ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaAndTheGroovieGoolies'' 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 SaturdayMorningCartoon. 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.

* ''Animation/KungFuWa'', A 8-year old girl named Tee Yang meets a Kung-Fu Master [[ForcedTransformation turned into a sock]] by a [[FishOutOfTemporalWater time vortex]], she agrees to help him find and seal evil spirits called [[MonsterOfTheWeek Kwei]], she borrows his mystical powers by putting him on her foot and turns into a super heroine called Kung-Fu Girl.

* ''Animation/TeaTeaCherry'', also another South Korean example and a fairly modern take of the genre. It is about three (later five) teenage girls (all named after fruits) saving creatures in another dimension by solving puzzles and looking for clues that were left behind.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWomanAndTheStarRiders'' may have been a truncated property but what was made features Wonder woman in a skirt and tights leading a group of gals with magical powers wearing sparkly outfits while protecting and using magic gems.

* ''Literature/AvalonWebOfMagic'' three girls, Emily, Adriane, and Kara, find stones/crystals - that come from a fantastical alternate dimension in need of help - that grant them magical abilities.
* ''Literature/DaughtersOfTheMoon'' a series of novels about five girls who are granted powers by the moon goddess, Selene, in order to fight off an ancient evil called the Atrox, who aims to end all hope and spread darkness across the world.

* ''Literature/{{Twitches}}'' twin girls, Cam and Alex, who were separated at birth find each other, and learn that their odd behaviours are in fact the sign of mystical powers that reach their full potential when they're together. They fight off an evil force known as 'The Darkness'.

* The ''Franchise/GirlsXHeroine Series'', created by Creator/TakashiMiike, is a {{tokusatsu}} series centered on middle school {{Magical Girl Warrior}}s. Shows in teh series are:

* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' has the gender-neutral Magical Child archetype for the Vigilante class. The Magical Child can cast spells(like the Summoner) and comes with a familiar, that changes forms as the Child grows in levels, and eventually gets the ability to switch between them. And yes, it has a TransformationSequence. Once that starts at thirty seconds, and can get shorter with new talents.

** Meanwhile in ''Literature/ArcanaMagiZero'', Alysia Perez and Megumi Miyazaki are magical girls complete with TransformationSequence, [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes magical outfits]] , and [[CallingYourAttacks random attack names]].

* Rosalina Folium, or Mirabilis as she calls herself, in the ''Fanfic/ForestofDespair'' believes that she is a magical girl. She has a wand, outfit, spell names, flowers and everything needed except for actually magic.
* ''Webcomic/FriendshipIsMagic'', a Website/DeviantArt comic based on the eponymous ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' takes on this genre in full force ([[AffectionateParody almost to the point of parody]]), including a HighSchool in an [[GhibliHills urban Japanese setting]], CallingYourAttacks, [[PowerCrystal magical forehead crystals]], and even a litte {{Chibi}} [[Creator/LaurenFaust Fausticorn]] sidekick.

* ''Series/H2OJustAddWater'' an Australian TV show about teenage girls that turn into mermaids. Some episodes are just SliceOfLife about the girls trying to hide their magic from their peers, while others will touch on parts of mermaid mythology.

* The toku series ''SeishoujoSenshiSaintValkyrie'', which appears to have been inspired by ''Webcomic/SparklingGenerationValkyrieYuuki''.

* MagicalGirlGenreDeconstruction--a sub-genre themed around deconstructive and subversive Magical Girl works.

* ''Animation/FlowerFairy'' is basically China's answer to ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'', featuring a young girl named Xia An'an capturing and using the powers of fairies with her companion, Prince Kukuru of the fairy continent Labelle, to fight evil.

* ''Series/KamenRiderExAid''[='=]s Poppy Pipopapo (Asuna Karino) transforms into her disguised civilian form or her true Bugster form when she says, "Costume Change" that bares some Magical Girl elements and and has a true bubbly and energetic personality like one of the protagonists from those magical girl series such as Usagi "Serena" Tsukino (Sailor Moon) from ''Series/SailorMoon'', & Miyuki Hoshizora (Emily) (Cure Happy) (Glitter Lucky) from ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'' (''Anime/GlitterForce''). Also, as Asuna, she has a mature and no-nonsense persona, although her normal personality will momentarily surface if she is addressed by her real name. But as Kamen Rider Poppy, she uses with the Gashacon Bugvisor II (Buggle Driver II) & the Tokimeki Crisis Gashat, given from Amagasaki Ren (Lovelica Bugster) & her transformation sequence has some Magical Girl elements, like ''Series/SailorMoon'', & ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'' (''Anime/GlitterForce'').

!This trope is [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16906426710.72224400 under discussion]] in the Administrivia/TropeRepairShop.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' has the gender-neutral Magical Child archetype for the Vigilante class. The Magical Child can cast spells(like the Summoner) and comes with a familiar, that changes forms as the Child grows in levels, and eventually gets the ability to switch between them. And yes, it has a TransformationSequence. Once that starts at thirty seconds, and can get shorter with new talents.

* ''Anime/MagicalFunTimeNow''

{{Magical Girl Warrior}}s arguably have the widest demographic appeal, and in the West are often synonymous with the [[ShoujoDemographic Shoujo]] genre, let alone the idea of a Magical Girl.

{{Magical Girl Warrior}}s arguably have the widest demographic appeal, and in the West are often synonymous with the [[ShoujoDemographic Shoujo]] genre, let alone idea of a Magical Girl.

{{Magical Girl Warrior}}s arguably have the widest demographic appeal, and in the West are often synonymous with the idea of a Magical Girl.

Of course, there are other examples that feature similar themes but diverge even further from the old-style shows. Many fans felt that shows such as ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' were still Magical Girl shows, despite all the dissimilarities from the previous generation (others disagree, and feel that ''Rayearth'' is [[ShoujoDemographic Shoujo]] [[RPGMechanicsVerse RPG World]] {{Fantasy}} instead).

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''Sally the Witch'''s American counterpart, [[Creator/ArchieComics Archie]]'s ''ComicBook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' (then known as the ''Sabrina'' portion of ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaAndTheGroovieGoolies'' 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 [[SaturdayMorningCartoon Saturday-morning cartoon]]. This early Magical Girl show was very unusual that it included a [[LaughTrack laugh track]]--which is not present in ''Sally the Witch'' (which didn't came to America), but more common in American-produced cartoons.

%%[[caption-width-right:350:[[http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=19619705 Behold]] ThePowerOfLove [[MoeAnthropomorphism personified]]! [[note]]Clockwise from top-left: Anime/PrettySammy, [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Kaname]], [[LightNovel/IsThisAZombie Ayumu Aikawa]] ([[EmbarrassingButEmpoweringOutfit Yes]], [[WholesomeCrossdresser he's male]]), [[Manga/TokyoMewMew Ichigo Momomiya]], [[Manga/CardCaptorSakura Sakura Kinomoto]], [[Anime/OjamajoDoremi Doremi Harukaze]], [[Anime/OkusamaWaMahouShoujo Ureshiko Asaba]], [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Nanoha Takamachi]], and {{Mentor Mascot}}s [[Manga/CardCaptorSakura Keroberos]], [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Kyubey]], and [[Anime/PrettySammy Ryo-Ohki]].[[/note]]]]

* ''Literature/MagicalGirlRaisingProject'' is a dark {{Reconstruction}} of the trope, where AnyoneCanDie is firmly in effect.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=19619705 Behold]] ThePowerOfLove [[MoeAnthropomorphism personified]]! [[note]]Clockwise from top-left: Anime/PrettySammy, [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Kaname]], [[LightNovel/IsThisAZombie Ayumu Aikawa]] ([[EmbarrassingButEmpoweringOutfit Yes]], [[WholesomeCrossdresser he's male]]), [[Manga/TokyoMewMew Ichigo Momomiya]], [[Manga/CardCaptorSakura Sakura Kinomoto]], [[Anime/OjamajoDoremi Doremi Harukaze]], [[Anime/OkusamaWaMahouShoujo Ureshiko Asaba]], [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Nanoha Takamachi]], and {{Mentor Mascot}}s [[Manga/CardCaptorSakura Keroberos]], [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Kyubey]], and [[Anime/PrettySammy Ryo-Ohki]].[[/note]]]]