Magical girl

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Magical Girl ( Japanese 魔法 少女 mahō shōjo also 魔女 っ 子 or 魔女 っ 娘 , majokko , each German "magical girl") is the name of a genre of anime and manga . It is one of the main genres of shōjo manga aimed at female, youthful audiences. The genre is not limited to this target group, however, but also extends to his works , for example .

features

A Magical Girl is a youthful, female character ( Bishōjo ) who gains supernatural powers through a special item and whose fate is to fight against dark forces. In addition, the figure often has minor character weaknesses such as B. Clumsiness and everyday problems she has to deal with in addition to the main storyline.

Typical for Magical-Girl are repetitive transformation sequences as well as playing with the resulting multiple identities. In addition, the main character usually receives support in the form of a small supernatural being such as a fairy or a cat.

Works

Mahō Tsukai Sally , which was broadcast from 1966 to 1968 and was based on the manga of the same name by Mitsuteru Yokoyama , which in turn was inspired by the US sitcom In Love with a Witch , is considered the first Magical Girl and Shōjo Anime . Magical girl manga, however, existed before, such as Himitsu no Akko-chan by Fujio Akatsuka , which appeared between 1962 and 1965.

In 2004 the series Mahō Shōjo Lyrical Nanoha was released , which uses the same stylistic means as previous Magical Girl series, but shows physical violence and is aimed at an older male audience. Puella Magi Madoka Magica ( Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magika ), also by Akiyuki Shimbō , takes up the genre, but turns it on its head with its dark plot and adult themes.

The first Magical Girl anime published in German was Angel the Flower Girl , which was produced by Studio Toei in 1979 and appeared in 19 episodes on VHS cassettes in the mid- 1980s .

One of the most important works of the genre in the classical sense is the manga Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi , which was the first to hit the German market in 1998 and is considered to be one of the triggers for the subsequent success of manga. Other Magical Girl series known in Germany include Wedding Peach , DoReMi , Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne , Card Captor Sakura , Cutie Honey and Pretty Cure .

Individual evidence

  1. a b Andrea Ossmann: Manga phenomenon. The history of the origins of Japanese comics and their significance for German publishers and libraries p. 49 ff. Diploma thesis at the University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart - University of Media, 2004. pdf ( Memento of the original from September 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hdm-stuttgart.de
  2. Ga-netchû! The Manga-Anime-Syndrom p. 267. Henschel Verlag, 2008.
  3. Patricia Duffield: Witches in Anime . In: Animerica Extra . Vol. 3, No. October 11 , 2000 ( digitized ).
  4. Masanao Amano: Manga Design . Taschen Verlag, Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-8228-2591-3 , p. 30 .
  5. Tim Jones: Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha. In: THEM Anime Reviews. Retrieved July 8, 2015 .
  6. Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy: The Anime Encyclopedia: A Century of Japanese Animation . 3. Edition. Stone Bridge Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1-61172-909-2 , entry: Lyrical Nanoha .
  7. Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy: The Anime Encyclopedia: A Century of Japanese Animation . 3. Edition. Stone Bridge Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1-61172-909-2 , entry: Puella Magi Madoka Magica .

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