Mahou Yuugi 2D (Magical Play)

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English: Magical Play

Synonyms: Magical Witchland

Japanese: 魔法遊戯: 飛び出す!!ハナマル大冒険

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Type: ONA

Episodes: 24

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Nov 16, 2001 to May 3, 2002

Producers: Starchild Records, Imagica, Arcturus

Licensors: ADV Films, Sentai Filmworks

Studios: AIC

Source: Original

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Magic, Fantasy

Duration: 5 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 6.43¹ (scored by 921 users)

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Ranked: #6164²

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Popularity: #7272

Members: 2,773

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Padudu is a 12-year-old apprentice witch, chosen to represent her town in the coliseum. Donning her magical fish costume, which keeps her warm and fed, she sets off on her journey. But on the way she's swept away by a river to Dance Valley. Mayor Koffy captures her and throws her into the dungeon, hoping to eliminate the competition for Dance Valley's own coliseum candidate. Luckily for Padudu, this dungeon holds the mysterious witch Nonononn. They join together in a magical fight for survival. At the end of Blue Gender Trailer, the Magical witchland word came out!

This is the online version of Mahou Yugi...

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Padudu

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Tokunaga, Ai
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Pipin

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Shima, Ryouka
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MyuMyu

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Murai, Kazusa
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Uokichi

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Tachiki, Fumihiko
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Mustard

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Katou, Nanae
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Cofy

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Ichijou, Miyuki
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Ketchup

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Nagata, Ryoko
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Purilun

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Minaguchi, Yuko
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Zucchini

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Kobayashi, Yumiko
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Nonononn

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Saeki, Tomo
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Hayashi, Hiroki

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Tokunaga, Ai

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Azuma, Kiyohiko

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Nagaoka, Seikou

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"Pa-Pa-Du-Wa" by Ai Tokunaga

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"Again Tommorow" by Ai Tokunaga

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Apr 22, 2016

24 of 24 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 4

Fear_the_Reefer (All reviews)

4 people found this review helpful

Becoming a magical girl isn’t always easy. Not only is it a challenge, but it’s also a competition, and you have to win that competition before you’re even allowed to travel to Earth to take up the position. Yes, that means all Magical Girls are aliens, but we’ll go ahead and gloss over that fact. Padudu, an innocent, kind-hearted preteen girl from Sea Heaven, has just moved to the world of Sweetland to face these challenges, so that she can live out her dream of going to Earth and spreading happiness wherever she goes! Alongside her in this quest is her read more

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Jan 12, 2018

24 of 24 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 5

Meatloaf292 (All reviews)

2 people found this review helpful

Mahou Yuugi is an incredibly unique, cute series, but it doesn't offer very much beyond that.

Story - 3: The story is split across 24 episodes of approximately 5 minutes each, most of which stand alone with the exception of a few multi-parters. The nature of its broadcast is somewhat abused in this regard, leading to a complete lack of direction. The story follows three aspiring magical girls in a nonsensical realm where they complete challenges to earn Flower Marks, of which they need a certain amount in order to become magical girls and go to Earth. This doesn't actually happen, though. This is first and foremost a wacky slapstick comedy with little actual development besides the characters changing location. The most glaring example of this is how the series decides to end with the conclusion to a three parter. Despite having set up some lore and had a goal set out from the start, the series ends with the conclusion to a three parter about the trio opening shops in a city. What could have been a weird yet fun 22 minute diversion in a 26 episode series was instead one of the primary arcs, taking up about an eighth of the runtime.

Character - 5: Relationships and character traits are established, but never expanded on in any meaningful way. Despite characters not having very much to them, they all served their roles and worked off each other well. I'm mostly docking points for reasons related to the story, where seeds are planted for development that are never expanded upon. This problem seems to grow worse as the series progresses, focusing less and less on the main villain and her foil and instead shifting gears to her incompetent minion.

Art - 7: This series has loads of great style to it. From heavily airbrushed storybook backgrounds, to some fantastic character designs by Azuma Kiyohiko of Azumanga Daioh fame, it had a lot going for it in its aesthetic. It was one of the main reason I picked it up, next to "I heard it recommended in passing and it's short." The show also works very well within its budget constraints and adapts to them for some very inventive animation shortcuts and snappier slapstick. Unfortunately its low technical quality is what's keeping it from getting an 8 from me, though.

Sound - 6: Sound is servicable but nothing extraordinary. Sound effects are incredibly exaggerated to suit the animation, but the music doesn't follow suit, opting for simple, cheery, melodies like those you may find in the starting area of an RPG. I'm not picky about dubs, but the one for this is godawful, as it tries far too hard to mimic the moe sound and just comes across as shrill and grating. The dub on the other hand actually had adorable voice acting, which is a bit of a surprise since I don't tend to like that sort of thing.

Enjoyment/Overall - 7/5: On the whole I did enjoy this series, though not as much as I'd hoped I would. If you have time to spare and it's piqued your interest, go for it! But if at any point you feel like dropping it, it may be a good idea, since it stays consistent in tone after the first few episodes of establishing things. The samey tone is made up for in the wide variety of ideas they can get out in a 5 minute format, but it's a very niche anime and I sort of walk the line on whether it's my niche.

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