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FallenLegend Trickster. from Navel Of The Moon. Since: Oct, 2010
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#1: Feb 6th 2011 at 2:05:03 AM

I don't know if I asked this before lol ( Deja vu?).

But I am looking for a good magical girl series. Preferably one with great action and great and complex characters thanks!

Make your hearth shine through the darkest night; let it transform hate into kindness, evil into justice, and loneliness into love.
Servbot Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
#2: Feb 6th 2011 at 2:10:45 AM

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha

Note: Watch The Movie in place of the first season. The Movie keeps all the plot bits including the All There in the Manual stuff and is more like the rest of the franchise in terms of feel and consistency.

edited 6th Feb '11 2:15:38 AM by Servbot

kalandra Since: Dec, 2012
#3: Feb 6th 2011 at 2:11:25 AM

Are you looking for a straight forward Magical Girl? Cardcaptor Sakura. If you're looking for a new one, Heartcatch Precure recently concluded, and said to be better than the other precures.

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FallenLegend Trickster. from Navel Of The Moon. Since: Oct, 2010
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#5: Feb 6th 2011 at 2:33:08 AM

^^ thanks and ^^^thanks

^Either is fine :)

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MiyaKousaka mya~! from Kibitoukoukou Since: Dec, 1969
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#6: Feb 6th 2011 at 2:33:18 AM

Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

nishishishi~ Nii-nii no baka... .__.
lemedy OM NOM NOM NOM from Australia Since: Nov, 2010
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#7: Feb 6th 2011 at 3:12:52 AM

[up]Hell, yes.

I'd stay away from Pretty Cure, in general - with the exception of Heartcatch, which is awesome.

Raso Cure Candy Since: Jul, 2009
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#8: Feb 6th 2011 at 3:23:59 AM

I second Nanoha... Madoka umm be warned dont watch if you want to see something happy.

Princess Tutu is very good as well as Revolutionary Girl Utena for the subversion (can be quite dark too like Madoka.

Zero No Tsukaima, Kore Wa Zombie Desu Ka are considered Magical Girl as well and are pretty good. Puni Puni Poemi for a good spoof (sort of continuation of Princess Tutu).

On the Shōjo side of things I have heard good things about Shugo Chara and Pretty Cure.

edited 6th Feb '11 5:31:21 AM by Raso

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ShayGuy Since: Jan, 2001
#9: Feb 6th 2011 at 5:16:15 AM

I'm not sure whether to recommend Nanoha myself; I can never decide whether I like it or not. Cardcaptor Sakura, on the other hand, I keep finding I don't like, and I'm not entirely sure why, when most other people seem to.

Princess Tutu is my gold standard. Of the Pretty Cure franchise, some seasons are more popular than others; Heartcatch seems to have a good reputation.

I'm not personally familiar with Sailor Moon beyond the R movie, but there's a reason it's still remembered today. I'm told that said movie is a pretty good representation of the show's strengths. (And, of course, I have to recommend [In Which I Watch] Sailor Moon.)

And I haven't watched any yet, but like others have said, Madoka Magica has garnered an excellent reputation. Still airing, though.

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#10: Feb 6th 2011 at 5:53:57 AM

Puni Puni Poemy is easily my favourite magical girl show~ And it's only two episodes, so you can zip right through it! Just... Don't go in expecting anything less than complete insanity. Then again, it's a Nabeshin work, so you really shouldn't be expecting anything else.

Cliche Since: Dec, 1969
#11: Feb 6th 2011 at 8:23:12 AM

Cardcaptor Sakura, on the other hand, I keep finding I don't like, and I'm not entirely sure why, when most other people seem to.

Upon rewatching it, I found that it's a show that gets by primarily on charm. The overall plot is, frankly, ridiculous, and the background elements are rather underdeveloped. Instead, it focuses on a Card of the Week format with only minimal continuity between the individual episodes. Still, it's pretty entertaining on the basis of individual episodes and the Slice of Life elements, if that's the kind of thing you're into.

FallenLegend Trickster. from Navel Of The Moon. Since: Oct, 2010
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#12: Feb 6th 2011 at 2:02:26 PM

I just saw puni puni poemi. It was very bizarre but lots of fun lol.

Now I am watching Magical girl lyrical nanoha from episode 1

edited 6th Feb '11 2:22:39 PM by FallenLegend

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Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
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#13: Feb 6th 2011 at 2:10:05 PM

Bad move. Pull out now and watch the movie instead.

It really is superior in every meaningful way.

What's precedent ever done for us?
FallenLegend Trickster. from Navel Of The Moon. Since: Oct, 2010
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#14: Feb 6th 2011 at 2:22:23 PM

really? ok I will :)

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Anarchy just a medicine seller from Perak, Malaysia Since: Jun, 2010
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#15: Feb 6th 2011 at 3:07:58 PM

You have to admit that for what it does do, it does very well. Cardcaptor Sakura, I mean. The (manga) ending was a bit of a cop out, but otherwise it is rather charming, as you said.

Also I REALLY don't think Madoka is what they're looking for.

edited 6th Feb '11 3:08:22 PM by Anarchy

Thenamelesssamurai from Atlanta, Georgia Since: Nov, 2010
#16: Feb 6th 2011 at 6:11:21 PM

It's been a long time since I read CCS, but how was the ending a cop-out Anarchy?

Revolutionary Girl Utena has been described as the Evangelion of Shōjo, so you might enjoy that.

edited 6th Feb '11 6:12:00 PM by Thenamelesssamurai

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MiyaKousaka mya~! from Kibitoukoukou Since: Dec, 1969
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#17: Feb 6th 2011 at 6:16:26 PM

^ Madoka is the Evangelion of Mahou Shoujo.

nishishishi~ Nii-nii no baka... .__.
Noimporta Since: Jan, 2001
#18: Feb 6th 2011 at 6:26:20 PM

Evangelion is the Evangelion of Evangelion.

Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#19: Feb 6th 2011 at 6:47:21 PM

^That, and nothing else.

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YamiiDenryuu Since: Jan, 2010
#20: Feb 6th 2011 at 6:47:26 PM

I say, watch Madoka, but save it for last. You'd get the best experience that way. (:

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#21: Feb 6th 2011 at 6:47:58 PM

MARRY ME, NOIMPORTA!

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FallenLegend Trickster. from Navel Of The Moon. Since: Oct, 2010
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#22: Feb 6th 2011 at 7:04:09 PM

I just got the movie :) I will see tomorrow. I too exited too see what this nanoha is all about :)

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Thenamelesssamurai from Atlanta, Georgia Since: Nov, 2010
#23: Feb 6th 2011 at 7:13:11 PM

Evangelion is the Evangelion of Evangelion.

That made me laugh really hard. Thanks for that. I was describing Utena on what I've read on this wiki, anyway. I still have to see it myself.

Tell me how you like the movie. I've been meaning to check it out too, but I haven't had time since I just started reading Mahou Sensei Negima.

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Anarchy just a medicine seller from Perak, Malaysia Since: Jun, 2010
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#24: Feb 6th 2011 at 8:07:29 PM

Maybe cop-out wasn't the right word... it just seemed a little abrupt? It seemed to be setting up a conflict, and then time skipped to a happy ending.

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#25: Feb 6th 2011 at 8:20:29 PM

Nanoha is awesome.


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