Line #19 Anime/SuperDollLiccaChan


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3	''Super Doll★Licca-chan'' is a televised {{Anime}} series directed by Gisaburō Sugii from studio Geneon and featured on TV Tokyo. The 52-episode TV series aired in Japan from 6 October 1998 through 28 September 1999, and has been translated into multiple languages including English, Chinese, Spanish, Italian and Tagalog. The {{Anime}} also inspired a serialized {{Manga}} of the same name produced by publisher Kodansha in its monthly Manga magazine Nakayoshi.
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5	The series was inspired by the long-selling and popular Takara doll lineup ''Toys/LiccaChan'' (considered by some to be the Japanese equivalent of Franchise/{{Barbie}}[[note]]Which is also available in Japan[[/note]]). The Anime was designed to serve as a means to adapt their line of dolls and create a line of action figures. However, the new figures were only a mild success, and did not remain in production for long.
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7	The story of the anime follows an ordinary elementary school girl named Licca Kayama.[[note]]Takara's official full name for the doll.[[/note]] It details the strange circumstances surrounding her origins, and also delves into the origins of her protector, Doll Licca. Licca herself descends from a long line of defenders of the Fantasy Kingdom, from which all our fairy tales originate; she and her family must use three super powered dolls (Doll Licca, Doll Isamu and Doll Izumi), along with the help of her friends, to thwart the machinations of Professor Scarecrow and his minions.
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9	!!This series provides examples of:
10	* ActionGirl: Doll Licca and Doll Izumi.
11	* AdaptationNameChange:
12	** In some dubs, Doll Licca is never referred by name and is just known as the ''Doll Protector'' or ''Dama Protectora'' in Latin America to avoid confusion between her and Licca Kayama.
13	** In the Latin American dub, the Fantasy Kingdom was renamed as the Doll Kingdom (El Reino de las Muñecas).
14	* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Sumire likes Dai, who likes Licca, who likes Rui, who likes Doll Licca.
15	* AntiVillain:
16	** Scarecrow, Wire and Pull are only doing what they are doing because they were told that only by bringing Licca to the Fantasy Kingdom they would be able to save it from its destruction.
17	** [[spoiler: Isamu, while controlled by Yae. He's ''not'' evil, but genuinely believes he's doing the right thing.]]
18	* BarrageOfBats: Misty, the demoness doll from the Demon Kingdom, can conjure bats to attack the Doll Knights.
19	* BigBad: Professor Scarecrow aims to seize the throne of Doll Kingdom from the titular Princess Licca for himself. [[spoiler:[[DiscOneFinalBoss Until]] it’s revealed that he’s actually a minion of Devaul, who is possessing Queen Yae and is the one who actually wants to conquer Doll Kingdom while having deceived Scarecrow into doing his bidding.]]
20	* CreepyChild: Catherine. [[spoiler: Subverted, she's not evil. In fact, she's the original owner of Doll Izumi and sends her out more than once to protect Licca.]]
21	* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler: Licca's grandfather died in an HeroicSacrifice to save his and Nanae's daughter Orie aka Licca's mom.]] [[spoiler: Or so we think.]]
22	* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Shown in the Doll Knights' choice of weapon; Doll Licca uses a KillerYoyo and Doll Izumi has a magic baton she uses as a boomerang, both ranged weapons, while Doll Isamu uses a {{BFS}}. It's subverted since Doll Isamu is more prone to shoot {{Sword Beam}}s from his sword than to actually directly slice at enemies.
23	* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Licca is left in the darkness about why Scarecrow and Co. are trying to kidnap her repeatedly. [[spoiler: Until the second half of the series kicks in.]]
24	* MagicalGirlAU: The anime is one to the more mundane ''Toys/LiccaChan'' toy line.
25	* MagicalIncantation: "Tururu tururu kureiro kureiro", to summon Doll Licca. "Fururu Furora Gurine Guraine" to summon Izumi. "Pereso Perese Burune Buraine", to summon Isamu.
26	* MascotFighter: Appeared in ''VideoGame/DreamMixTVWorldFighters''. There, she could slap around the likes of [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Simon Belmont]] and [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime]].
27	* MerchandiseDriven: The show was produced to adapt the Licca-chan dolls as an anime and to promote a series of action figures based on the show.
28	* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Licca starts as an ordinary grade schooler before finding out she's secretly a princess and villains are after her.
29	* ParentsInDistress: [[spoiler: Licca's father Pierre is captured by the Doll Kingdom people in the last third of the series.]]
30	* [[PluckyGirl Plucky Children]]: Licca and her friends are these.
31	* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: Licca learns that she's the princess of the Doll Kingdom.
32	%% * SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: Rui.]] ''Several times''.
33	* TerribleTrio: Dr. Scarecrow's henchmen, Pull and Wire, are both a BrotherSisterTeam and a two-person version of the trope.
34	* TwoGirlsAndAGuy: The Doll Knights are a trio comprised of two girls and a guy.
35	%%** Doll Licca: KillerYoyo
36	%%** Doll Isamu: {{BFS}}
37	%%** Doll Izumi: Staff

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