Matoi the Sacred Slayer 装神少女まとい (Soushin Shoujo Matoi)

Alternative Name: 神装少女小缠 (Shén Zhuāng Shào Nǚ Xiǎo Chán)

 

Genre: Action, Drama, Magical Girls, Supernatural,

 

Description: 

 

Matoi Sumeragi, a second-year junior high school student, works part-time as a shrine maiden at Tenman Shrine in the city of Kamaya. Her close friend Yuma Kusanagi is part of the family of the shrine's chief priest, and is a candidate to be the successor shrine maiden. One day, Matoi and Yuma walk from the school to the shrine as usual, but when they arrive, they are greeted by the shrine's now damaged grounds, and Yuma's parents have both collapsed from their wounds. Matoi's father Shingo, a police detective, launches an investigation, and he comes upon a man who does not seem entirely sane, his only witness. When he holds down the man, Yuma begins the ritual of Divine Possession. Something strange then happens, not with Yuma, but with Matoi. Matoi Sumeragi, who had only wanted a normal, peaceful life, takes the role of a god, and gains the power to banish evil spirits.

 

Episode: 12 + 2 Special

 

Original Run

Series: October 4, 2016 – December 27, 2016

Special: December 27, 2016

Special: April 21, 2017

Studio: White Fox

Alice & Zouroku アリスと蔵六 (Arisu to Zōroku)

Alternative Name: 爱丽丝与藏六 (Ài Lì Sī Yǔ Cáng Liù)

 

Genre: Fantasy, Slice of Life, Magical Girl, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi,

               Supernatural, Superpower, Tragedy

 

Description: 

 

A group of young girls possess a mysterious power known as "Alice's Dream," which gives them the ability to turn their thoughts into reality. Detained and experimented upon, these youths are locked away in secret until one of them manages to escape. Her name is Sana—a girl with the power to ignore the very laws of physics. When this willful powerhouse crosses paths with a stubborn old man named Zouroku, his carefully-ordered life will never be the same again.

 

Episode: 12

 

Original Run: April 2, 2017 – June 25, 2017

Studio: J.C. Staff

 

Assault Lily: Bouquet アサルトリリィ Bouquet

Alternative Name: 突击莉莉 BOUQUET (Tú Jí Lì Lì BOUQUET)

 

Genre: Action, Magic, Fantasy, Magical Girl, Alternative Version

 

Description: 

 

On Earth in the near future, mankind was on the verge of destruction from an attack by a mysterious life form called the Huge. The whole world united together against this threat, using magic and science to create weapons called Charms. Around the world institutions known as Gardens raise girls called Lilies to wield these weapons. Riri Hitotsuyanagi managed to pass the exam to enter the prestigious Garden known as Yurigaoka Girls' School. She entered in an attempt to find Yuyu Shirai, a girl who rescued her in her past.

 

Episode: 12 + 13 ONA

 

Original Run

Series: October 2, 2020 – December 25, 2020

ONA: July 20, 2021 – January 4, 2022

Studio: Shaft

 

The Cosmopolitan Prayers 超変身コス∞プレイヤー (Chō Henshin Cos∞Prayer)

Alternative Name: 超变身祈斗士 (Chāo Biàn Shēn Qí Dòu Shì)

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Action, Magic, Transformation, Sci-Fi, 
               Fanservice, Magical Girl, Romance, Mecha, Alternative Version, 

               Harem, Ecchi

Description: 

 

Koto unknowingly seals away the Sun Goddess Amaterasu, and now she is in a different world and can't return. Meeting priestesses who combat the evil in this strange place she learns that Black Towers throughout the land keep Amatersu sealed away and are guarded by evil monsters. Koto must now find a way to help defeat these monsters and return the world to the way it was.

Episode

Season 1: 8 + 3 Special + 1 Movie 

Season 2: 9 + 4 Special

 

Original Run: 

Series: January 12, 2004 – March 1, 2004

Movie: August 21, 2004

Special: July 16, 2004 – July 26, 2004

Season 2: May 4, 2004 – June 29, 2004

Special: September 28, 2004 – January 26, 2005

Studio: Imagin & Studio Live

YUSHABU: Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru 結城友奈は勇者である

Alternative Name: 结城友奈是勇者 (Jié Chéng Yǒu Nài Shì Yǒng Zhě)

Genre: Magical Girl, Dark Fantasy, Action, School, Drama, School Life,

              Post-Apocalyptic, Tragedy, Slice of Life, Transformation, Aliens,

              Alternative Version

Description: 

In her everyday life, Yuuna Yuuki is a hero. As proof, she is in her middle school's Hero Club, where she does her best to help others and bring a smile to everyone's face.

But Yuuna, always up to any task, is about to become an even bigger hero. Mysterious destructive forces called Vertexes begin threatening the world she loves, and the Hero Club is called upon by a strange phone app to save it. Along with her best friend Mimori Tougou, as well as sisters Fuu and Itsuki Inubouzaki, they must transform into magical girls in order to battle the Vertexes.

In between studying and putting on shows for kids, Yuuna and the Hero Club must fight for the very existence of their world and face the harsh truths behind their own powers, all the while discovering what it truly means to be a hero.

Episode
Season 1: 12 Episodes + 1 Special 
Season 2: 6 Episodes + 3 Movie
Washio Sumi no Shou: 6 Episodes

Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru Churutto!: 12 Episodes

Season 3: 12 Episodes

Original Run

Season 1: October 16, 2014 – December 25, 2014

Special: November 18, 2017

Season 2: November 25, 2017 – January 6, 2018

Washio Sumi no Shou: October 7, 2017 – November 11, 2017
Movie: March 18, 2017
Movie: April 15, 2017
Movie: July 8, 2017

Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru Churutto!: April 10, 2021 – June 26, 2021

Season 3: October 2, 2021 –  December 18, 2021

Studio: Studio Gokumi / W-Toon Studio (Movies)

Happy Seven はっぴぃセブン

Alternative Name: 欢乐七福娘 (Huān Lè Qī Fú Niáng)

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Magic, Romance, Magical Girl, Harem,        

              Fantasy, Transformation

Description: 

Amano Sakogami is a girl who has an unnatural amount of bad luck. One day, she stumbles into the clubroom of the Better Fortune Research Organization, which consists of a boy and seven other girls who secretly use the power of the luck deities to fight against the Magatsugami, monsters who can affect a person's luck & well-being. Amano soon becomes the club's manager, and joins the club in their fight against the Magatsugami and their controller, Kukitomoe.

Episode: 13 + 7 Special

Original Run
Series: October 2, 2005 – December 25, 2005
Special: January 17, 2006 – July 28, 2006

Studio: Studio Hibari

Mini Goddess Karin かみちゃまかりん (Kamichama Karin)

Alternative Name: 小女神花玲 (Xiǎo Nǚ Shén Huā Líng)

Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance, Magic, Drama, Magical Girl, 

               Transformation

Description: 

Karin Hanazono is an orphan, living with her relatives. Her life has never been easy, her studies are not well, she is not the best in sports and technically she is miserable. Left with only a ring as a memento from her departed mother, she suddenly finds her life changed, as she was mourning her pet cat, Shii-chan. On that night she met a strange boy, Kazune Kujyou. After that event, she experiences several mysterious incidences that soon led her to find out that she is a little goddess. Finding others like her she soon sets out to understand herself better as her mysterious powers grow and she becomes beset by opponents.

Episode: 26

Original Run: April 6, 2007 – September 29, 2007

Studio: Satelight

Shigofumi: Stories of Last Letter シゴフミ ～Stories of Last Letter～

Alternative Name: 死后文 (Sǐ Hòu Wén)

Genre: Fantasy, Psychological, Thriller, Drama, Supernatural, Letters, 

               Magical Girl, Multiple Personality, Tragedy, Gunslinger, 

               Life After Death

Description: 

Fumika and Kanaka are mail carriers- but not the typical kind. For one, Kanaka is a talking staff and for two, Fumika delivers shigofumi: letters from the dead addressed to the living. These letters are a final, true, communication derived from hate, hope, and love. The story unfolds following this pair and their uncommon job as well as Fumika's unique 'situation'.

Episode: 12 + 1 OVA + 7 Special

Original Run

Series: January 6, 2008 – March 22, 2008

OVA: September 26, 2008
Special: March 25, 2008 – September 26, 2008 

Studio: J.C.Staff

Devil Hunter Youko 魔物ハンター妖子 (Mamono Hantā Yōko)

Alternative Name: 魔物猎人妖子 (Mó Wù Liè Rén Yāo Zi)

Genre: Horror, Magical Girl, Comedy, Supernatural, Action, Ecchi, 

               Fanservice, Magic, Fantasy, Transformation, 

Description: 

Yohko Mono is a regular girl making her way through high school--until she learns that she is the 108th successor to a line of warriors charged with defending the earth against demons. Eventually she must fight her ultimate battle against the demon who started it all.

Episode: 6

Original Run: December 1, 1990 – July 1, 1995

Studio: Madhouse

Guardian Hearts がぁーでぃあんHearts

Alternative Name: 守护之心 (Shǒu Hù Zhī Xīn)

Genre: Comedy, Magic, Romance, Fanservice, Harem, Magical Girl, 

               Ecchi, Action, Fantasy

Description: 

Hina a guardian heart accidently shows her true identy one day to a boy she then starts living with him, but many other girls start living with him for the same reason, even if the girls see it as a accident , it seem to be intentinal.

Episode: 6 + 4 

Original Run

Season 1: May 23, 2003 – November 28, 2003

Season 2: January 28, 2005 – March 25, 2005

Studio: Venet

Fantasista Doll ファンタジスタドール (Fantajisuta Dōru)

Genre: Action, Comedy, Magic, Magical Girl, Sci-Fi, Tournaments, 

               Slice of Life, Fantasy, Mobile Apps, Living Dolls

Description: 

Uzume Ono is a young student and former champion of a trading card game competition. She is trusted with a special device containing six powerful Fantasista Dolls. These dolls are sentient virtual beings who reside in cards which are now controlled by their new master, Uzume.

Episode: 12

Original Run: July 7, 2013 – September 28, 2013

Studio: Hoods Entertainment

After School Pleiades 放課後のプレアデス (Hōkago no Pureadesu)

Genre: Adventure, Action, Magical Girls, Magic, Moe, School, Drama,
               Magical Boy, Aliens, Sci-Fi, Outer Space, Alternative Version

Description: 

Subaru is a young girl who discovers that her best friend Aoi is part of magical group trying to recover alien engine fragments so that a little being from the Pleiades star system can return to his home. Subaru considers joining them as she was selected by the Pleiadian, president of this after school club, as the possible new member.

Episode: 4 ONA  + 12 Episodes + 1 Movie

Original Run
ONA: February 1, 2011
Alternative Version: April 9, 2015 - June 25, 2015
Movie: June 4, 2011

Studio: Gainax 

Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan 撲殺天使ドクロちゃん (Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan)

Alternative Name: 扑杀天使朵库萝 (Pū Shā Tiān Shǐ Duǒ Kù Luó)

Genre: Magic, Comedy, Romance, Ecchi, Angels, Fanservice, 

               Magical Girl, Gratuitous Violence, Parody, Harem, Fantasy

Description: 

In the future, a man named Sakura is destined to create the technology for eternal life, which (due to Sakura's lolicon tendencies) freezes all women's aging once they turn twelve. God refuses to allow this, so he sends his angels to the past to kill Sakura before he can do this. But one angel, Dokuro-chan, decides to try to change the future without killing him. Problem is, Dokuro is very temperamental, and is constantly killing Sakura (and lots of other people too) in incredibly bloody ways with her giant spiked club. Good thing she can bring people back to life - if only to gruesomely kill them again the next time she loses her temper.

Episode: 4  + 2 

Original Run

Season 1: March 12, 2005 – September 10, 2005

Season 2: August 11, 2007 – November 10, 2007

Studio: Hal Film Maker & Nomad (S1) / Hal Film Maker (S2)

Nanatsuiro★Drops ななついろ★ドロップス (Nanatsuiro★Doroppusu)

Alternative Name: 七色★星露 (Qī Sè★Xīng Lù)

Genre: Comedy, Magic, Romance, Magical Boy/Girl, Fantasy, School, 

               Transformation,

Description: 

Masaharu Tsuwabuki is a normal student, though not very social. One day he meets a new student named Sumomo Akihime, and another girl named Nadeshiko Yaeno, Sumomo's close friend. That same afternoon, he suddenly bumps into Arthur, a servant of Nona Yūki from Figurare who at the time was disguised with a mask. The collision causes Arthur to drop a bag full of magical potions; amid gathering up the scattered cans, one of them is accidentally switched with Masaharu's soda can. Upon drinking it, he transforms into a stuffed animal lamb at night. He must collect seven stardrops, in order to return to normal.

There are two primary worlds within the story of Nanatsuiro Drops: the human world called Retroscena, and a magical world called Figurare from which the Stellar Spinners originate. There are currently two schools that teach magic within Figurare: Pramu Clovis and Sentou Asparas. According to Natsume, each year the two schools pick their top Stellar Spinners (the one from Pramu Clovis is called Prima Pramu, and from Sentou Asparas is called Prima Asparas) to send to the human world to capture seven stardrops in a goodwill competition to improve relations.

Episode: 12

Original Run: July 2, 2007 – September 30, 2007

Studio: Diomedea

Venus Versus Virus ヴィーナス ヴァーサス ヴァイアラス (Vīnasu Vāsasu Vaiarasu)

Alternative Name: 维纳斯VS病毒 (Wéi Nà Sī VS Bìng Dú)

Genre: Action, Fantasy, Drama, Romance, Supernatural, Superpowers,

               Magical Girl, Gothic, Lolita, Shoujo-Ai

Description: 

Venus Versus Virus revolves around the life of a young girl named Sumire Takahana who has had the power to see ghosts since she was a small child, though no one believes her. One night while running to her dorm building to make curfew, a broach flies out of nowhere and she pricks her finger on it and sees a demon. Suddenly, another girl clad in gothic lolita clothing arrives bearing a huge gun and kills the demon. Once the ordeal is overwith, the girl gives Sumire a flier for a local clothing store, Venus Vanguard. When Sumire comes to the store, the girl, whose name is Lucia Nabashi, she explains to her that because she pricked her finger on Lucia's broach, Sumire now has the power to see demons as well as ghosts. Additionally, Lucia now wants Sumire to help her rid the world of these demons called Virus that threaten to consume all of humanity.

Episode: 12

Original Run: January 11, 2007 – March 29, 2007

Studio: Studio Hibari

Modern Magic Made Simple よくわかる現代魔法 (Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō)

Alternative Name: 簡單易懂的現代魔法 (Jiǎn Dān Yì Dǒng De Xiàn Dài Mó Fǎ)

Genre: Magic, Comedy, Action, Fanservice, Magical Girl

Description: 

The story revolves around Koyomi Morishita, a clumsy high school freshman girl who is often mistaken for a grade-schooler because of her shortness. Koyomi becomes a disciple of Misa Anehara, a 25-year-old graduate student who happens to be one of the most powerful modern-day magicians.

Episode: 12 + 1 Special

Original Run
Series: July 11, 2009 – September 26, 2009
Special: June 29, 2009

Studio: Nomad

Card Captor Sakura カードキャプターさくら (Kādokyaputā Sakura)

Alternative Name: 魔卡少女樱 (Mó Kǎ Shào Nǚ Yīng)

Genre: Magical Boy/Girl, Romance, Comedy, Magic, Adventure, School,

               Transformation, Kids

Description: 

Sakura Kinomoto was an ordinary 4th grader until the day she opened a strange book and let dozens of powerful magic cards loose on the world. Keroberos, the Guardian of the Clow Cards, informs Sakura that it is now her responsibility to find and capture the freed cards. However, much to the reluctant Sakura's dismay, things aren't going to be easy for her; simply saying magic words and waving her wand around isn't good enough. Each card is a living, thinking, and extremely powerful being. She'll have to learn to cope with her new responsibilities, as well as ordinary troubles involving love, school, family, and friends. With the support of her friend Tomoyo and a young boy with powers of his own, she must learn how to use her newly awakened magical abilities to collect each card and prevent the disaster that will befall the world if she doesn't.

Episode
Season 1: 70 Episodes + 3 Special + 3 Movie + 1 OVA
Season 2: 22 Episodes + 1 Special

Original Run
Season 1: April 7, 1998 – March 21, 2000
Special: September 25, 1998 – September 25, 1999
OVA: September 13, 2017
Season 2: January 7, 2018 – June 10, 2018
Special: April 1, 2018

Studio: Madhouse

Angel Tales おとぎストーリー 天使のしっぽ (Otogi Story Tenshi no Shippo)

Alternative Name: 天使的尾巴 (Tiān Shǐ De Wěi Bā)

Genre: Harem, Magical Girl, Romance, Magic, Comedy, Pets/Animals,

               Alternative Version

Description: 

Goro's down on his luck. He keeps losing jobs and has little money. One day, he meets a fortune-teller outside of a pet store who predicts that his luck will change. That night three girls appear in his apartment claiming to be his guardian angels. Soon a total of twelve girls appear to help him, each one a reincarnation of a deceased pet once owned by Goro.

Episode

Season 1: 12 episodes + 2 OVA 

Season 2: 11 episodes + 1 OVA + 4 Special

Original Run

Season 1: October 4, 2001 – December 20, 2001
OVA: March 25, 2002 – July 25, 2002

Season 2: March 6, 2003 – April 3, 2003
OVA: January 22, 2004
Special: 2005 - February 26, 2005

Studio: Tokyo Kids

Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? これはゾンビですか?

Alternative Name: 這樣算是殭屍嗎? (Zhè Yàng Suàn Shì Jiāng Shī Ma?)

Genre: Comedy, Harem, Fanservice, Vampires, Ecchi, Supernatural, 

               Magical Boy/Girl, Zombies, Romance, Fantasy, Action, Magic

Description: 

Ayumu Aikawa is a normal high school boy. One day, he is killed by a serial killer and revived as a zombie by a necromancer named Eucliwood Hellscythe. He starts to serve Eu as her guard but he happens to deprive the mahō shōjo Haruna of her magic power. Haruna orders Ayumu to fight against the anti-mahō shōjo system "Megalo" in her place.

Episode

Season 1: 12 episodes + 2 OVA

Season 2: 10 episodes + 1 OVA

Original Run

Season 1: January 11, 2011 – March 30, 2011
OVA: June 10, 2011 - April 25, 2012

Season 2: April 5, 2012 – June 7, 2012
OVA: October 20, 2012

Studio: Studio Deen