Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha

While this show starts off a bit predicatable, it ends up being quite different to the unsual magical girl series. Firstly, though it appears aimed at kids, some of the storyline is not what you would expect - and a bit more sophisticated. Not that kids couldn't watch it (my 8 year old daughter did and thought it was great) - its a bit more on the drama, and less on the 2 dimensional villains. The bad guys have a deeper side to them, and aren't just stupid monsters bent on destroying the world. Its really a sci-fantasy series, with magic mixed in with science fiction, that largely it resembles the magical girl type universes. I binge watched all 12 eps with my daughter, so definitely worth looking at if you and the kids like the magical girl genre - one of the better ones.

I only saw the first episode of this and then dropped it.

Nanoha does not act like a nine-year-old. She is in third grade, yet she's very perceptive for a third grader and can be sickeningly sweet, too. She is simply a normal caring, idealistic third grader.

I found Arisa very annoying and bratty. Like how she yelled at a dog to stop barking but she loves dogs? She's a hypocrite!

There were some religious things in it, the thing that I hate the most about anime.

This show felt like a long time watching it and I kind of couldn't wait for it to end.

If you are fan of the Sakura card captor series, this is a series you must see, because its all magic and powers, also the battle of good and evil, in a quest of a very strange gem needed to save a parallel world. Also this series contain good and very developed characters, interesting situations and you could think that is a very Girly series, but not, it contains a very good combination of humor and magical fights that are worth to see. But please not try compare to other series that contain magic and fights, because this is very unique and has his own magical that can make you pass a good time.

Worth to give a chance.