Magical Girl anime franchises like Sailor Moon, Pretty Cure and Puella Magi Madoka Magica are packed with recognizable tropes ...

[Photo via Funimation] Throughout the ‘90s, magical girl anime became increasingly concerned with this idea of physical transformation, and the idea of challenging binaries. At the forefront of ...

Anime original ... oddity in her magical girl powers is that Natusko doesn't actually transform herself. Instead, her peg bar ...

I have always had a love for the magical girl anime genre. My favorite show growing up was Ojamajo Doremi — a show about a group of girls who become witch apprentices. When I was a child, I was so ...

Not only is there a shoutout to the common magical girl trope of a young girl running with a piece of toast in her mouth, there’s a full magical girl transformation sequence toward the end.

It’s also the unfortunately rare anime ... each girl retains their distinctive but down-to-earth character designs (courtesy of Saki Takahashi), there’s still Magical Girl transformation ...

The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to be Archenemies review is positive overall. Plenty of elements in the anime adaptation ... The magical girl transformation sequences were well ...

Despite its worldwide popularity, anime is still considered a niche interest in the English-language press. But the wall is beginning to crumble, with the international success of Demon Slayer ...