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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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