Alternative TitlesEnglish: Magical Stage Fancy Lala Synonyms: Mahou no Stage Fancy Lala, Magical Stage Fancy Lala Japanese: 魔法のステージ・ファンシーララ
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Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 5, 1998 to Sep 27, 1998
Duration:
24 min. per episode Rating:
G - All Ages
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StatisticsScore: 7.181 (scored by 575 users)
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Popularity: #1785
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SynopsisMiho Shinohara is a care-free third-grader and an aspiring manga artist. One day, she encounters Mogu and Pigu - two lost fairies disguised as stuffed animals. In exchange for staying at her home until they find a way to return to their own world, the fairies give Miho a special sketch pad and pencil that enable her to magical create real objects from what she draws. With the pen, Miho can also transform into Lala, a beautiful teenage girl created from her manga art. As Lala, she is discovered by a talent agency, and so begins her adventures from an ordinary school girl to a model to an idol singer. (Source: ANN) |
Related AnimeAdaptation: Fancy Lala
Spin-off: Harbor Light Monogatari - Fashion Lala Yori
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buta_hill
15 of 18 people found this review helpful
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26 of 26 episodes seen
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| Overall |
9 |
| Story |
8 |
| Animation |
9 |
| Sound |
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| Character |
10 |
| Enjoyment |
10 |
First of all I must say that I'm not into maho-shoujo series, that's why Fancy Lala was a big discovery for me. It's oriented on mature themes and not some almighty little girls what's common in such type of animes. Fancy Lala is definitely among underrated shows. It's not a wonder if we take first, misleading episode into consideration. At first I thought about dropping it too, but fortunately I haven't.
Story: The story envolves around girl called Miho.With help of magical dinosaurs she posseses power to transform into teenage beauty. We see adult problems from 9-year-old girl's point of view. She is able to carry out both Idol job and at the same time remain normal school girl. The story is a big development for Miho, we see her handling different situations. It's just irresistable not to love that excellent character. A weak girl grows into one of the strongest female lead.
What I don't like about story is that we don't really get any explanations about those magical powers, how did those dinosaurs appear or disappear. However it doesn't really matter. Those dinosaurs serverd their purpose and that's the main thing.
Characters: One of the strongest thing in Fancy Lala is the character development. Every one of them is flashed out very well and their problems never feel out of place or contrived. I mostly loved how they facialy expressed everything and not with some generic dialogues. Obviously Miho is the stand out. I was blown away with her behavior after Lala's disappearing by the end of the series. How a little girl feels guilty and apogoizes to the agency members. That moment was very well-done. It's the result of the whole build-up. Yea, Miho has grown up!
Art/Ost: Great animation. It really helped out with expressing those emotions. Also the character design is simple and appealing. Transformation sequences look average as well. Same must be said about the ost, which is propitious to the subtle drama moments.
This is my first anime review. That in itself is a testament to the degree to which I'm impressed by this series. Don't be fooled, as I was, by the rather mundane description. I've seen nothing else, anime or otherwise, so simultaneously fun, touching and slightly profound. I really enjoyed with it and especially the ending which was truly fair and original.
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In both anime the main character changes to older girl by magic and becomes singer/actress/photo model/..
They are both girls who transform into an adult.
These two shows are very similar. Both are about a young girl pursuing her dream of becoming a singer and doing it by transforming her body into an older version. The main difference is that Fancy Lala is very lighthearted compaired to Full Moon. In Full Moon wo Sagashite the plot is much more complex and deals with fighting against death and other things, while Fancy Lala just talks about becoming a singer. I'm not saying that Full Moon is depressing... it's incredibly interesting and if you can survive the filler episodes you'll find an awesome anime. Fancy Lala is the typical "little girl's dream of becoming a singer", while Full Moon is inspiring... it's about never giving up on your dreams or your life.
Both series have similar concepts- they both involve a girl who makes herself older to become a singer. They both also have cute 'mascots' that cheer them on, and both involve the girl becoming a model(at some point.)
Of course, there's a lot of differences between the two, but I'm nearly 100% positive that anyone who likes Fancy Lala will also like Full Moon, or vice versa. :)
When you watch this series you'll notice a lot of similarities besides they are of the Mahou Shoujo genre, in fact I have the idea the author of Full Moon based his own series in Fancy Lala the differences may be in the lenght of series that has more episodes to be told in Full Moon allowing more in depth development, and in Fancy Lala the story isn't ominous like Full Moon wo Sagashite with Mitsuki.
Similarities are the protagonists thansform in a teenage version of themselves, they get their magic transformation from a pair of magical mascots, and both become famous and popular idols.
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Fancy Lala and Creamy Mami are both Studio Pierrot Magical Girl series about young girls who are given the power to transform into an older girl and become idol singers. Lala is sort of like an updated version of Mami
Both mahou shoujo anime where the protagonist is a little girl who can transform into a pretty, popular singer/idol. The girl also has two magical creatures that follow her everywhere.
In both Creamy & Fancy Lala the idol has a female rival who hates and envy her.
Last but not least, for both anime the original illustrations and character designs are by Akemi Takada.
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Opening Theme"La La La -Kuchibiru ni Negai wo Komete- (LaLaLa...When you wish upon your lips)" by Reiko Omori
Ending Theme"Shiawase na Ki·bu·n (Happy Feeling)" by Reiko Omori
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