Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha)

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Synonyms: Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha

Japanese: 魔法少女リリカルなのは

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Type: TV

Episodes: 13

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 3, 2004 to Dec 26, 2004

Premiered: Fall 2004

Broadcast: Unknown

Producers: Starchild Records, Omnibus Japan

Licensors: Geneon Entertainment USA

Studios: Seven Arcs

Source: Original

Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama

Themes: Mahou Shoujo, Super Power

Duration: 25 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.41¹ (scored by 41,164 users)

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Ranked: #2021²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #1921

Members: 100,925

Favorites: 1,036

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Nanoha Takamachi, an ordinary third-grader who enjoys spending time with her family and friends, rescues an injured ferret that she had dreamed about the night before. The next day, the ferret cries out to her telepathically, asking Nanoha to save him. The ferret reveals himself to be Yuuno Scrya, a mage from another world who is trying to collect the dangerous 21 Jewel Seeds that he accidentally scattered across the world. He enlists Nanoha's help, gifting her the magical wand Raising Heart, and teaches her how to become a powerful mage.

Days later, after reclaiming a few of the Jewel Seeds, another mage appears: Fate Testarossa. Stronger than Nanoha, Fate refuses to divulge her reasons in trying to collect the Jewel Seeds. Nanoha senses a melancholy in her eyes, but Fate refuses to communicate. Directed by Akiyuki Shinbo, Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha is a story about the clash of emotions when goals collide.

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Adaptation:	Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha
Sequel:	Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's
Spin-off:	Triangle Heart: Sweet Songs Forever
Alternative version:	Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 1st, Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha: Lyrical Toy Box

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Characters & Voice Actors

Testarossa, Fate

Main

Mizuki, Nana
Japanese

Takamachi, Nanoha

Main

Tamura, Yukari
Japanese

Scrya, Yuuno

Main

Mizuhashi, Kaori
Japanese

Arf

Main

Kuwatani, Natsuko
Japanese

Testarossa, Alicia

Supporting

Mizuki, Nana
Japanese

Harlaown, Chrono

Supporting

Takahashi, Mikako
Japanese

Bannings, Alisa

Supporting

Kugimiya, Rie
Japanese

Tsukimura, Suzuka

Supporting

Shimizu, Ai
Japanese

Testarossa, Precia

Supporting

Igarashi, Rei
Japanese

Harlaown, Lindy

Supporting

Hisakawa, Aya
Japanese

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Mishima, Akio

Producer

Shinbou, Akiyuki

Director

Kameyama, Toshiki

Sound Director

Kusakawa, Keizou

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Opening Theme

"Innocent Starter" by Nana Mizuki

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Ending Theme

"Little Wish ~lyrical step~" by Tamura Yukari

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Dec 5, 2008

Skadi

Recommended

As a fan of anime, the magical girl genre has not always been a favorite. Perhaps I have watched the wrong shows up until now and got a bad impression of it. Up till now, magical girls are usually extremely silly shows with way to many loli's, overly long and indecent transformation scenes, and perverted magic animals from other worlds or dimensions. Did I miss something? Happily, Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha is not one of those.

Starting out there is nothing particularly original or extremely interesting about this show. Nanoha, an ordinary young girl gets magical powers from a magic using ... ferret from another world. (Pause while that soaks in a bit, boy does it sound silly when I read that) Overlooking the silliness of that, this ferret, named Yuuno has a mission to retrieve some magical artifacts that have slipped into the world so Nanoha agrees to help him. The story starts out pretty predicable and not all that exciting, with the first few episodes being a monster of the week kind of format. Eventually a rival emerges after the same thing as Nanoha but for more sinister reasons. This rival is Fate, and this is when the story really starts to pick up and become more exciting. By episode 7 or 8 I was on the edge of my seat as the action built up to the exciting climax. The story has enough twists and turns to keep you guessing and while some of the plot lines were predictable others came as a surprise. In the end I was left with many emotions as the story puts you through the full range from sadness to joy. It was very well done indeed!

Character wise, this show is truly outstanding. Fate and Nanoha are two of the most interesting characters I have seen. The story does a great job in developing them and growing them into what they become by the end. The two familiars, Yuuno and Arf are also fleshed out pretty well and are also very interesting and fun characters. The chief villain is also very well written, and while she is a mean and vile character I felt a wide range of emotions about her too. The supporting characters are pretty good, in a short series like this they don’t get a lot of development, which is ok because doing so would have taken away from the ones who deserved the screen time.

The cast is really good, especially for the main characters. Rie Kugimiya is one of my favorite actresses but shines in a small role as one of Nanoha's friends. The music is also great, the OP, EN songs are catchy, especially the opening. I found myself singing along frequently! Animation is good too, I loved the character models for the most part. Though I’m not a huge fan of how the men and boys were drawn but that’s a personal preference. I’m not a big fan of boys who don’t look like boys. Particularly Yuuno, if they hadn’t told me he was a boy I wouldn’t have known. Also as staple of magical girl anime is the transformation scene. Weeee! We get to see a naked 3rd grader changing into her magical outfit! Hooray! The problem is not so much that I had to endure this scene, it’s that for the first 7 episode or so I had to endure it EVERY TIME!!!!! The FULL SCENE! Come on we’ve seen it 8 times already I know Nanoha's body better than my own now how about the short version now and then?

Despite my frustration with all the transformation scenes for the first half of the show, in the end it didn’t damper my enthusiasm and enjoyment of it once the last episode was over. If you’re a magical girl fan, this is a cant miss show. And if you’re not, this is still a cant miss show.

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Dec 5, 2007

Killuan

Recommended

Nanoha is not spectacular in part, but as a whole it shines. I can explain this by saying that the animation, sound, story, and character development as seperate entities are nothing remarkable (with some deference to the opening sound track) - As a complete intertwining smorgasbord of sensual imagery, these elements form an exceptional, and enjoyable investment of time.

The animation got me hooked in the first episode with two short lived but highly innovative sequences that are never again revisited in style or similarity. Lukily for me, that was not near as important in further episodes as I became further engrosed in the series. ...

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Jul 17, 2008

Shini-tan

Recommended

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha (I'll abbreviate it to MSLN in the review for the sake of convenience) is an anime about a magical girl named Nanoha. Along the way, she meets another magical girl named Fate, and tries to help her with her problems.

story;
At first, MSLN seems very typical. There's a girl, she discovers that she has magical powers, and she sets off to seal the jewel seeds which have gone rampant. As I said, typical, right? But then, along comes Fate Testarossa, and the whole story changes. Around the second half of the series, the plot picks up its pace, and it's hard to ...

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