Mahoutsukai Tai! (Magic User's Club OVA)

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English: Magic User's Club OVA

Japanese: 魔法使いTai!

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Type: OVA

Episodes: 6

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: May 25, 1996 to Oct 25, 1997

Producers: Bandai Visual, Triangle Staff, Nozomi Entertainment, Youmex

Licensors: Media Blasters, NYAV Post

Studios: Production Reed

Source: Original

Genres: Sci-Fi, Comedy, Magic, Romance, Fantasy

Duration: 28 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.13¹ (scored by 2,771 users)

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Ranked: #3103²

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Popularity: #5271

Members: 6,437

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One sunny day invaders came from space. They weren't little green men or funny girls wearing school uniforms, though. They were ugly robots which defeated the UN forces in seconds. After that the invaders (known as "eyeballs") roamed around and observed human society. In fact, they were peaceful unless attacked. They were polite and followed all the traffic laws, too. Still, they were aliens and the people of Earth wanted them to go home. The Kitanohashi High School Magic Club took it on themselves to defeat these foul robots and free the world.

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Adaptation:	Mahou Tsukai Tai!
Sequel:	Mahoutsukai Tai! (TV), Mahoutsukai Tai! vs. Shamanic Princess

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Characters & Voice Actors

Aburatsubo, Ayanojou

Main

Koyasu, Takehito
Japanese

Sawanoguchi, Sae

Main

Konishi, Hiroko
Japanese

Aikawa, Akane

Main

Iwao, Junko
Japanese

Nakatomi, Nanaka

Main

Iizuka, Mayumi
Japanese

Takakura, Takeo

Main

Onosaka, Masaya
Japanese

Miyama, Mizuha

Supporting

Sakuma, Rei
Japanese

Sawanoguchi, Saki

Supporting

Tanaka, Atsuko
Japanese

Yoshimoto, Yoshito

Supporting

Nishimura, Tomohiro
Japanese

Minowa, Minoru

Supporting

Ootsuka, Akio
Japanese

Kubo, Katsuhito

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Inoue, Hiroaki

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Satou, Junichi

Director, Script, Storyboard

Wakabayashi, Kazuhiro

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Itano, Ichirou

Episode Director, Key Animation

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"Senobi wo Shite Follow You (背伸びをしてFollow You)" by Mahou Tsukai Tai (魔法使い隊)

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"Mata Ashita (またあした)" by Masami

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Aug 5, 2008

6 of 6 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

TrenchKamen (All reviews)

18 people found this review helpful

I'm glad I had the chance to watch this when I was visiting a friend. I had always meant to see it--it's been a staple of anime canon for ages--but just had never gotten around to it.

This is one of the few anime with a Petite Ditz as the main character where I did not spend most of the show wanting said ditz to choke. Sae is genuinely adorable and lovable, everything most anime heroines aspire to be. Her over-the-top klutziness is endearing as opposed to hackneyed and grating. She pulls off the old school "Love Conquers All" magical girl beautifully. She seems GENUINE.

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Jan 19, 2009

6 of 6 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

Retro8bit (All reviews)

15 people found this review helpful

Teenagers with magical powers that go to a normal style school to learn it, what a concept eh?

Mahou Tsukai Tai (Magical Users Club) is a 6 episode OVA about a group of school members that also study magic, yet oddly enough it is provided by the school itself, in the form of a club! I am not sure if it could truly be considered a "magical girl" title (at least not in the traditional sense anyway) since there are no transformations or any kind of staple magical attack.

As far as the story goes, it centers around a mysterious giant bell that has oddly appeared from space one day. Mankind was no match for it, and thus people now have to live with the fact that this immense object looms over head. To sum it up, about half of the title will contain action sequences with the girls fighting off a monster from the bell, while the other half will usually be about life in school or at home. Sometimes I started to get the feeling that some of the episodes were leaning a bit on the "filler" side, that some parts of the story seemed just a bit pointless to the overall plot. But I think it did a pretty good job of developing the over all story and concept, and they do wrap things up in the end. What makes the story enjoyable, is not the plot itself--but the characters, they really know how to interact with one another well. You also get a pretty decent variety in this, such as: magic, slice of life, comedy, and lite romance themes. My only disappointment is that none of the character relations were resolved, though as anime fans it sadly something we have to get use to in a lot of series in general. I know...I hate it when it ends like that too!

The characters are all fleshed out quite nicely in this anime, yet at the same time nothing new; Sae is your typical girl who doesn’t have the confidence in herself, Nanka has the spunky spirit of the group, and Akane flakes any chance she gets. (yet surprisingly there really is no true moe character in this) With that in mind however, none of the girl’s personalities ever come out as annoying, in fact the only character that ever kind of annoyed me was a boy named "Takeo." He rarely ever acts serious when the time calls for it, and falls more in the category of "goofy" than anything else. Not that there is anything wrong with that, I just felt he tended to over do it at times. Oh and the character Ayanojyo? He will most likely crack you up with his hilarious pick up lines on Takeo. The homosexual tension between the two is used as a running gag throughout the series, due to the fact that Takeo is straight. Sae is the one that stole the show for me though, she is the kinda character you just can’t help but root for despite her self consciousness. They are overall a very endearing and lovable cast!

The clarity of the anime definitely shows its age when compared to now-a-days anime (1996 title), but just because its an older title doesn’t mean it can’t stand up against some of the other magic series out there, the character design is what stands out the most as far as art goes, all of them have a good sense of style and appeal...and not to mention color. The backgrounds and environments were pretty decent to look at too, though it was kind of a hit and miss at some points, not all were as detailed as others. The only bummer about the art is the lack of stylized magical attacks. The characters do display some, but they are not very flashy or interesting to look at.

The soundtrack to this title is also quite charming. Both the opening and closing have a nice catchy beat...as does the main BG theme that plays throughout, even though I would say only one was actually memorable. The soundtrack is by no means the best out there in this genera, but it does the anime justice! Surprisingly both the dub and sub form were quite good, both seemed to match the characters pretty nicely. I would give a slight nug to the sub version though, since I found a few of the dub actors a bit standard compared to them.

Overall "Mahou Tsukai Tai" is an endearing overlooked series, and deserves much more attention than it gets. It doesn’t do anything to really stand out among the other magical girl series out there though, and does contain a few filler style episodes. But if you’re looking for a new solid and fun magical series, I recommend trying this one out. I think you will find it a good anime to invest your time in!

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Aug 7, 2019

6 of 6 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 4

ktulu007 (All reviews)

2 people found this review helpful

Mahoutsukai Tai was released as an OVA in '96 & '97 from Production Reed. The OVA spawned a whole bunch of follow up media including manga and a thirteen episode anime. The good news is that this is the same studio that brought us Nuku Nuku. The bad news is they also brought us Nuku Nuku Dash. So, I have no idea how this one is going to turn out.

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Our story begins with invaders from space. They declare themselves in charge and defeat the forces sent against them. They proceed to hang around, doing nothing unless provoked and just kind of observing. They even obey traffic read more

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Sep 25, 2018

6 of 6 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 6

Fel_Temp (All reviews)

1 people found this review helpful

So this was one of those anime I'd often see recommended back when I first got into anime in the late 90s and early 2000s, but for whatever reason, I never got around to watching it at the time. But now that I finally found it on Nozomi Entertainment's YouTube channel, what I found was a product of its time that's aged rather poorly. Or maybe I've just grown too far out of the target demographic.

I'd heard that this was a magical girl series going in, and while that's technically not wrong, it's pretty clear that it expects its audience to identify more read more

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