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Magical girl anime has been a staple of the broader anime genre for decades. As the 2000s shifted into the 2010s, magical girl anime shifted with it. Series like Sailor Moon or Magical Lyrical Nanoha have captivated fans of the subgenre in the past and featured melodramatic stories to coincide with spectacular battles. There were still plenty of lighthearted titles from the 2010s, but shows that dealt with darker themes started becoming more prominent.

It's common for many people in the anime community to see the 2010s as the decade when magical girl titles leaned into being edgy and serious. More popular titles from the past decade indeed subverted conventional tropes, but not all of them were strictly dark. Many used these bleak story beats to reinforce themes of hope and prevailing through despair. Even in the face of overwhelming odds, most of these shows remind their audience that there...

It's been a busy few days for Magical Girl Raising Project , and today brings more news for the ever-expanding magical girl story! Today, we get a look at the whole cast of Magical Girl Raising Project F2P the Stage in costume. The new poster spotlights lead magical girls Stella Lulu and Alma, with the rest of the cast in the background: Related: Magical Girl Raising Project F2P the Stage Shares Cast Photo of Alma Additionally, Magical Girl Raising Project has launched a portal site with links to all its major project and information on the series as a whole. Magical Girl Raising Project F2P the Stage ~Chapter 1~ will be performed at Tokyo's Hakuhinkan Theater from February 6-10, 2025. Toshiki Tanabe (stage adaptations of Yuki Yuna Is A Hero and Black Jack ) will direct, and the show will be produced by Odd Entertainment. Crunchyroll currently streams the anime adaptation...

Back in January 2023, Magical Girl Raising Project teased that the Restart light novels would be getting an anime adaptation. Production is now officially underway for the new anime series, and we have a first look at the staff and cast. The lead cast consists of: Pfle voiced by Yoshino Nanjo (Eli Ayase in Love Live! School Idol Project ) Shadow Gale voiced by Reina Kondo (Otomi in Mayonaka Punch ) Masked Wonder voiced by Fairouz Ai (Power in Chainsaw Man ) Pechka voiced by Honoka Inoue Nonako Miyokata voiced by Jenya (Zoya in Akiba Maid War ) Rionetta voiced by M.A.O (Shion in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime ) Clantail voiced by Mariya Ise (Cure Lemonade in Yes! Precure 5 ) Magical Daisy voiced by Maaya Uchida (Catarina Claes in My Next Life as a Villainess ) Nokko-chan voiced by Hime Sawada (Cecilia in Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence ) @NyanNyan voiced by Akari Kito...

Last month, it was announced that Magical Girl Raising Project: F2P —the spinoff web manga written by Asari Endo and drawn by Ryota Suzuki—would be adapted into a stage play. Today, we meet the first of the show's magical girls in a new costume photo. Misato Kawauchi plays Alma, a magical girl currently working with the Resistance in F-City. Kawauchi previously starred as Chisato in the stage adaptation of Lycoris Recoil , and has had roles in Kamen Rider Ex-Aid and Ultraman Taiga . Related: The Demon Girl Next Door Stage Play Reveals Cast Visuals More cast members will be unveiled at the Magical Girl Raising Project restart Fan Event taking place December 13-14. Magical Girl Raising Project F2P the Stage ~Chapter 1~ will be performed at Tokyo's Hakuhinkan Theater from February 6-10, 2025. Toshiki Tanabe (stage adaptations of Yuki Yuna Is A Hero and Black Jack ) will direct, and the...

Singer Nano's official YouTube channel has started streaming a music video for her latest digital single song, "Do or Die." The rock tune is now featured as the opening theme for Shadowverse Flame: Arc-hen , the latest season of the TV anime Shadowverse Flame series. As her first theme song work for the Shadowverse franchise, "Do or Die" released digitally on April 13. The lyrics were written by herself, while Shota Horie , best known for his collaboration works with LiSA , worked on music and arrangement. Nano "Do or Die" music video Shadowverse Flame: Arc-hen creditless opening movie Digital jacket Nano made her major debut in 2013 and previously provided theme songs for Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova- (2013), Aria The Scarlet Ammo AA (2015), Magical Girl Raising Project (2016), Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits (2018) , The Fruit of Evolution: Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made (2021), and many more anime series. Nano profile...

As the name suggests, the magical girl genre is full of stories of young girls who gain magical powers that allow them to save the world from evil. These heroines are usually quite young, often in their early teens, though some are even still children. However, it isn’t unheard of for a magical girl series to feature an adult heroine.

Though rare within the genre, there are quite a few notable adult magical girls out there. They often play a different role from their young counterparts, either acting as a support system for new heroes or taking on much tougher missions that young magical girls aren’t ready for. Adult magical girls add an extra flair to their series and bring in more mature themes and plots that take the story to the next level.

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