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Type: TV
Episodes: 24
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 14, 2003 to Apr 6, 2004
Duration:
24 min. per episode Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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StatisticsScore: 7.371 (scored by 3893 users)
Ranked: #9222
Popularity: #252
Members: 6,401
Favorites: 66 1 indicates a weighted score
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SynopsisHis name is Kazuki Shikimori, 17 years old. He attends Aoi Academy, a school for elite magicians. Each magician has a set limit of spells, and performing more spells than the limit allows will cause the user to turn into dust. In this case, the number of magic Kazuki can use is far below the average in his school. Then one day, all of a sudden, three girls: Yuuna Miyama, Kuriko Kazetsubaki and Rin Kamishiro, appear before him. But of all the things that they are after, it is his genes. And for Kazuki, the girls' appearances may also spell his doom, as he soon realizes that his magic count is decreasing ever steadily due to the fact that he can't resist using magic to help them.
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Related AnimeAdaptation: Maburaho
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Oh c'mon. Harem anime, girls with magical power, boy with strong magical power. C'mon, it's completely obvious!
Essentially they're the same type of anime. A loser guy with secret hidden powers is suddenly the love target for a bunch of hormone crazed teenage witches - with lots of magical shenanigans and ecchi hijinks thrown into the mix.
I have to say though that of the two, Magikano was funnier.
Because they both deal with some sort of magical powers. Also there is one boy special boy(main character) who is liked by a number of girls that fight over him.
These two shows are alot alike, there both about boys who all of a sudden get surronded by lovly young girls.
They have chararters with very simlier trait
Yuna- Maika
Kuriko- Ayami
Yuri-Rin
there both funny amd fun to watch, if you like Maburaho you should try Magikano ^^
out of the teo Magikano is funnier and crazier but there both good...
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Magic, Harem, and all of the distinct characteristics you expect from a good old fashion catfight. If you enjoy Negima, you'll enjoy Maburaho!
Same location which is the school, same type of anime which is Harem, same type of protagonist- they both think that they are weak but in truth they're really strong...
Both have a similar style of comedy and ecchi harem, and both involve a magician with many girls
Both series involve characters that use magic in a school setting(one has a magic school, one's similar to Harry Potter in how magic use around non-magic users is prohibited), and both are comedy titles. Both also have a bit of romance, although it's a lot more prominent in Maburaho than Negima.
However, fans of the anime adaption of Negima, be warned- Maburaho has a little more fanservice than Negima, and the rating's a bit higher. Other than that, fans of either series should like the other one. :)
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Reviews
| Overall |
9 |
| Story |
7 |
| Animation |
8 |
| Sound |
8 |
| Character |
9 |
| Enjoyment |
9 |
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Aug 12, 200724 of 24 episodes seen 33 of 43 people found this review helpful Maburaho,
Story:
The story, it's good, mostly like your regular harem but has a type of hidden charm that you just can't put your finger on.
Art:
Art is good, nothing outstanding like Madhouse or Bones production, but who cares? It is good animation for the type of genre it is. You wouldn't want to see Death Note drawn like Maburaho and Maburaho like Death Note would you? It would completely ruin the atmosphere.
Sound:
... The soundtrack is good, nothing outstanding but short of great. Character voices are good as usual, fits the characters perfect.
Character:
What can I say, I'm a sucker for a person with hidden powers, and when the time comes completely owns. The main character is great, another loser with hidden powers is always a plus. All the girls are like any other harem anime, all different personality's, oh look... There's another girl with a sword...
Why did I like this anime?
The story wasn't great, but the feeling and the characters themselves make up for it. It is a good breather type anime between series. Hidden power guys surrounded by beautiful girls has it's charms. Anyways this anime gives off a good feeling and that makes up for all it's cons. Why all the characters in the op song but not in the anime? Because the production crew only wanted to focus on the relationship between the main character and all the girls, if you want more substance go read the manga.
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| Overall |
5 |
| Story |
6 |
| Animation |
7 |
| Sound |
7 |
| Character |
6 |
| Enjoyment |
5 |
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Sep 27, 200824 of 24 episodes seen 3 of 5 people found this review helpful Well after reading the above info on this title, you probably have a good idea as to what this series is about. Yep, its your basic "ecchi anime" with all the scenes and cliches that come with it. Now before I say its bad or not lets review the basics.
As far as plot goes its the same old same old story done many times before it. Boy and girl are childhood friends, make a promise to each other, boy forgets and tries to remember who she is. While this is as script...ed as it sounds, it may have actually worked had the series been only half as long. But running at 24 episodes only drags things on, and you will most likely just want it to end already. Things do start to pick up somewhat towards the last few episodes, but the ending is more on the weird side than anything else, and leaves much to be desired.
Music wise......The opening and ending theme are pretty good, but other than that there isn't really much to write home about.
The character design, while not bad, is pretty mediocre. All the characters that do have distinct personalities are more directed towards the stereotypical, (the nice girl, the geek, the samurai girl etc.) with the exception of Yuna, she is probably the most entertaining of the bunch.
So while Maburaho isn't really a bad anime, it does what you would expect and nothing more. Had it been only half as long it probably would have gotten a higher score. I say skip this one and check out better entries into this genera such as: Shuffle, Ninja Nonsense and Magikano.
So again to recap:
Pros:
Series has colorful artwork, and an okay opening/closing theme. Some episodes and jokes might be considered funny.
Cons:
Characters won't impress you, as neither will the plot. This is the kind of series that benefits from a shorter episode number. read more
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| Story |
7 |
| Animation |
7 |
| Sound |
10 |
| Character |
3 |
| Enjoyment |
6 |
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Mar 31, 200824 of 24 episodes seen 10 of 18 people found this review helpful This anime was quite enjoyable at times but also very annoying.
The story is really a varity of "random" episodes with useless stories. Though a few were good, as they participated in the main story. It's basically about a boy who can only use magic "8" times then he will turn into dust. Also he finds out that his genes are those of famous magician's so his Son/Daughter would be the "Greatest Magician". Once this is fount out, the harem begins really....
The animation and art in this wasn't terrible considering when it was made, but it could of been better. Also I noticed in fights, sometimes they would repeat the same move from a previous episode which annoyed me some bit.
Sound on the other hand was amazing, I enjoyed it most. It is proberly the best thing that came from this anime in my opinon, but none the less, this is my opinion. As certain scenes I will not metion appear, they time the music right, and apply the right music. This made up from the "Not good but not bad" animation.
The Characters in this are basically "Kazuki", the boy who can only use magic 8 times, "Rin", "Yuna" and "Kuriko" the Harem Girls. The reason I have given the characters a low rating may be a biased opinion but it's mainly effected by "Yuna". The amount of times I wanted to kill her in this anime was unbelievable. She's one of those "I can murder someone but still be forgiven" characters and also a selfish girl. The other characters like Rin who uses a sword and doesn't really care about getting the genes, and Kuriko who goes straight after his genes are decent characters though.
Enjoyment, I can't say I hated it, as their were some enjoyable moments, but also some agonisingly painful moments in which I felt like dropping the anime, though my rule of never dropping anime stopped me from doing so. Overall it's an anime you may enjoy if you can put up with annoyance. read more
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Opening Theme"Koi no Mahou" by Ichiko
Ending Theme"We'd Get There Some Day" by Ichiko
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