LoliRock

I thought "LoliRock" and "Winx Club" were wonderful tributes to the "magic girl" genre in anime series. I came across this series on Netflix, and after watching the first season, I love it!

As far as I know, the plot goes like this: while auditioning for the pop band named after the series' title, young Iris discovers she is a long-lost princess from the crystal-themed dimension known as Ephedia. Talia and Auriana, two judges (also princesses from Ephedia), had been hunting for her to join their band of magical warriors battling against the wicked sorcerer Gramorr, who rules Ephedia. Besides battling Gramorr, the three princesses must collect "oracle gems" from the Royal Crown of Ephedia while their band becomes famous throughout the city they protect.

So anyway, as I said, I love this series with its story and stunning animation.

I loved the first two seasons and so did my nieces (5 and 8) The art style was cute and bright, the music was really catchy to a point I'd find myself humming along while cleaning house, and the overall plot was surprisingly good! I went in expecting something for a five year old with little plot and characters with no personality and actually found myself watching it even without my nieces when I discovered it had both. I'm glad I gave this a shot and it's not annoying like some shows my nieces watch over and over and... though you do need to keep in mind it's for kids and if you can't stand shows like My Little Pony or Equestria Girls you most likely will not enjoy the silliness or voices in it.

Anyone who enjoyed My Little Pony will enjoy the familiar voice casting of two of it's main characters (two of my favourites actually) and I urge people to find the show and really give it a chance. It's better than you'd think and not nearly as annoying as some other shows out there! My nieces like to dance to the music and want to dress up with the little concerts at the end of each episode. Would be cool for a little doll and costume line to come out in the future. (Hey Mattel, get on it.) I know I'll have to buy the girls little toy microphones this Christmas now at the very least.

I did see a couple complaints online of a character using the word hell ("Hell yeah!", specifically) once out of two entire seasons (Okay Karens hakuna your tatas. Your delicate flower has and will hear far worse at home from your own mouth.) and honestly I completely missed that myself if not for reading the comments on a random reddit post on a search to find out why it disappeared off Netflix. I know my nieces totally missed it because they love to copy anything they hear.

I genuinely found nothing to fault the show except that (and, again, keeping in mind it's created for kids) the villains are made rather painfully dumb albeit charming little oddballs. (Think Jesse and James in Pokemon.) And the animation is a little... twitchy (for lack of a better word) at times but the visual details put into every scene completely make up for it.

Overall, great show! My nieces loved it. I loved it (and I'm not a fan of musicals or shows based around music). We're looking forward to a Season 3 and I'm hoping for a toy line for my nieces similar to Monster High and Ever After High (their other favourites after MLP).

To be honest, this show has top notch quality.. I'm a guy that sometimes gets picky whenever comes to an anime or cartoon shows.. And if I don't like it. I'm leaving it as a not-so worth to watch and I'll stop watching it.. But this one passed my standards. This show should continue moving to Season 3 tbh and I'm really waiting.. And also this show belongs to my Top list that I've actually done watching between Steven universe and Svtfoe.

And if you have noting to watch anymore. Watch this. 11/10

And guess what. This show has a hint of sailor moon and some tiny Steven universe taste to me (cuz loving each other and not break apart, and iris at the beginning of the season reminds me of Steven yet to learn himself to learn to use powers) and also you can watch it on their official YouTube channel if you don't have money to buy Netflix subscription because of the Chaos 2020 happening here.

And further more that the characters has some different clothing designs every episode which is surprising unlike other cartoon or anime shows which same outfit...

And finally they have some good songs but I'm not blend into it.. Sure it does bring the show in rythm but I'm more of an old music listener from the 80s (this line is just my opinion peeps) but their song something about the first ending of the episode is kind of stuck in my head and their intro not gonna lie there unlike my other europop favorites.. But still good show and music

This show is so amazing, from the writing to the music and even the animation and art style! if you have a child i'd definitely suggest you let them watch this!

If you love magical girl animes, then this show is for you! It has an amazing storyline! It is made for a younger audience, but anyone can enjoy it! The show may seem a little formulaic at times, but it definitely pays off by the season finales. Also, the music is really good and there is great character development!