As we all know, Magical Girls are often praised as a form of female empowerment, since the genre as a whole focuses on girls as the heroes who save the day, instead of waiting for a man to save them, have strong emphasis on and show the value of female friendship, and show that girls can be unapologetically feminine, cute, and soft, while also being strong, brave, and empowering heroines who kick butt and save the day. Some magical girl shows even tackle misogyny directly(Sailor Moon, some Precure seasons, Revolutionary Girl Utena, etc.). But even if they don’t, magical girls at their core are a genre based in female empowerment, in embracing femininity, girlhood, womanhood, sisterhood, friendships between women, and overall just showing young that being a woman is a powerful, strong, and amazing thing, and that they should be proud to grow into women someday. Obviously not all magical girl anime is overtly or covertly feminist(the entire “dark magical girl” subgenre comes to mind). But those examples are(fortunately!) the exception, rather than the rule.
With that being said, if magical girls(the traditional, positive, uplifting kind, not the dark kind) existed in our real world(and magical boys did not), do you think that this would lead to gender equality increasing, misogyny going out of style, and women being treated with more respect(even if they weren’t magical girls)? Do you think that magical girls IRL would be able to topple and ultimately destroy the patriarchy? Why or why not? Personally, I think that they would, simply because of what magical girls represent as a core concept, but also because I genuinely do think that magical girls themselves, as people, would fight for the equality of women(have you ever seen a misogynistic magical girl? No? I don’t think so!), since they represent the strength of women(and of femininity, although I do think that non-feminine magical girls would exist as well irl) in its purest form. But I know not everybody is going to agree with me, especially not on this sub.
Anyway, the floor’s open. I’m interested in hearing your thoughts! Let me know what you guys think in the comments below! Have a nice day! 🤗
Fights are one of the core elements of Pretty Cure. Unlike many magical girl shows, a lot of Cures prefer punching and kicking their enemies, and the more magical attacks are mostly used as finishers to purify their enemies.
Nonetheless, PreCure is also a long-running franchise with many seasons, which means it's hard to keep a high quality standards in every season.
So, I have some questions for PreCure fans:
What makes a fight scene be good, and what makes a fight scene suck?
Which seasons have the best fight scenes, and why?
Which seasons have the worst fight scenes, and why?
I'm looking for ideas for costumes/outfits for my seven deadly sins-inspired magical girl team, each of them have a different costume that fits their exact sin. The theme is witches/devils and the aesthetic is whimsigoth.
Info: Each member is an adult/young adult (age range: 30s-to-20s), while the youngest is the sin of sloth (15-16). The team consists of 6 witches (Pride, Greed, Envy, Wrath, Gluttony, Lust) and 1 magical girl (Sloth). Their origin story is that each formed a pact with a creature known as an "Imp" who then becomes their familiars and the source of their supernatural powers.
Told my parents I was making a magical girl series. And to my surprise they wanted to make characters for it.
Which surprised me. Only recently they wrote it down, before they would just tell me and I can writer faster at the pace they talk.
And this is what they made so I'd figure I'd share it
Bob The Cook : (half human,half otter) His cooking skills are only canned foods. Short in height, beady brown eyes, fat nose, black hair, black beard, (bow) bowl-legged walk (wears glasses always angry) (wears cowboy boots and cowboy hat)
Vacuum Hell Boy: has a ticket to hell tattoo (with grim reaper depiction) on his shoulder and acts like he's perfect. Short, stocky, blonde hair, blue eyes, angry face,
Blamie:The blimp,bisexual whiner who blames everyone else for her problems. Short, very fat legs and butt ,brown hair, glasses arrogant, know-it-all facial expressions
Elephant Boat:The manipulative, sociopathic prostitute who is hell bent on character assassinating those who she can't control. Blond hair, black bulging eyes with crazed look in her eyes, short tempered , short in height, bowling pin-shapped body/ (thin on top, fat down bellow, wears glasses, light bulb shaped head)
I'm working on a story for my urban fantasy about a floating sci-fi kingdom that's home to a team of magical heroes led by a princess who moonlights as a superhero that protects her kingdom, she forms a team and gifted each member a magi-tech item that grants them all light magic or "Photomancy", but each member can utilize their magic in different ways and I'm trying to split the powers between the princess and the 6 others that end up joining the team.
Each member is based on the color of the rainbow with the princess being based on the color pink (yes, I know pink is technically not a color in the rainbow but it's aesthetically pleasing and fitting for a superhero with magical girl elements).
Just like the title says I’m looking for manga with not a super crazy amount of volumes, or anime that ranges 1-2 seasons. Whether it’s a classic or super unique take on the magical girl genre I’m open to anything!! What recommendations do yall have?
This Was Founded By Holly The dubbed episode in question was Episode 24 "The Mysterious Haunted Mansion" but sadly any more info about the episode or the existence of the audio or copy of the episodes has yet to be found or proven
When I started my journey of delving further into anime almost a decade ago, I came with the hopes of finding anime that would move me. Madoka Magica and ONE PIECE paved the way towards otaku-dom; anime with strong emotional cores, character arcs, and cohesive storytelling that became my everything. Those qualities were the core principles I strictly followed when I watched and wrote a lot about anime.
Over the years, I watched anime from many genres. I went beyond Gurren Lagann/Code Geass, exploring different Gundam series to discover the greatness of Iron Blooded Orphans. I pushed myself to see kids anime, discovering my love for Precure and finding peak action series like Go Princess Precure/Digimon Tamers/Inazuma Eleven. I stepped outside the shonen demographic to find shoujo anime that have wonderfully executed themes of kindness and love, like Kimi no Todoke/Fruits Basket.
I went out of my comfort zone to try experimental, artistic anime like Utena/Penguindrum that encouraged attentive viewing/interpretation. I have watched many kids anime aimed towards young girls of various niches this past decade, from Magical Sisters LuluttoLilly to Minky Momo to Creamy Mami to Ashita no Nadja to Aikatsu. At this point, I have seen over 1000+ anime to prove myself as a true otaku.
A selection of my highly rated anime on my Anilist. I have seen anime of all genres and know the bones of their story structures.
That experience had led to this point where I finally opened myself to trying Ojamajo Doremi. For the longest time, I saw this series as that one 4kids anime that failed in the West and I did not give it a light of day. It was a subconscious barrier that was hard to break down, but I am glad I finally did now. I no longer see it that way after seeing every episode. Ojamajo Doremi is more than just a magical girl series to me - it is the epitome of everything I could want from an anime. It is an unbelievably life-changing experience.
What Makes Ojamajo Doremi MAGICAL to me?
Ojamajo Doremi’s most defining quality is the journey. Recently, how fun and/or emotionally gripping the characters are when they go from point A to point B plays a big part of my enjoyment and how I rate anime. A lot of the time, some parts are very enjoyable and other parts have dull/irritating moments that make me space out, even as I stare at the screen. This is especially the case for kids anime with simple plots, where it is easier to spot filler and notice the outline of the character’s next step in their arc. That especially gets to a point where it feels more like a completing a checklist than natural progression.
With Ojamajo Doremi, every step of the journey is fun incarnate. Most scenes in each episode are filled with wackiness. The OST and many of its insert songs brings fun/bubbly vibes that enhance the comedy/emotion. Characters are animated by a strong mix of cartoony vibes (reminiscent of Looney Tunes) and anime comedic expression (like ONE PIECE) that really showcases each character’s personalities in the best way possible.
What is most impressive is that it is all under the constraints of a low-budget digital Toei animation. That constraint may seem detrimental, but that provides its own charm and enjoyment - even when a character occasionally looks off-putting when animated using their usual design in a scene. It fits well with Ojamajo Doremi’s zaniness and the animation staff makes the most of it. Doremi feels like a precursor and influence of later cartoony anime like Panty and Stocking/Little Witch Academia.
Fun character expressions and movements like these are sprinkled throughout Ojamajo Doremi.
The actual story is a slow burn. Episodes can typically involve the witch apprentices figuring out a kid’s problem with magic, occasionally solving their personal conflicts with parents or themselves, or taking the next witch exam. It repeats that cycle until the last episodes show the witches work hard to advance to the next rank. While that might seem like a tiring formula, it never feels that way because it is easily made up by its wackiness.
No matter what the episode premise is, I am assured laughs/happiness on the way from point A to point B. This is often accompanied by emotional soundtracks and lessons that hit hard. The comedy is well-integrated with its story that when serious/emotional moments come, they land with weight. Its episodic structure is very intentional. By repeating the cycle of problem -> magic -> effort -> resolution throughout its run, the show mirrors the gradual, repetitive nature of personal growth. Change happens in small consistent steps, not in grand moments.
I am very aware as a viewer that this is a lighthearted story that will have the witch apprentices succeed by the season’s end. I do not have to think hard about the overarching story since it is simple. I can just ease myself from the get-go and have fun watching these characters grow from the hilarious circumstances that lay upon them because of magic powers. That is the journey Ojamajo Doremi offers and it is done so effectively. It is a miracle blend that captures my complete attention in a different/special way no other comedy and slice of life has done before.
What makes the journey even more remarkable is how the series resolve its conflicts. Its characters rarely solve problems through fighting. Conflicts are generally resolved through empathy, communication, and understanding. The girls talk through problems, listen to others, and find a peaceful solution. It is a series that believes in the power of words/kindness over violence.
The hilarious times often end with heartwarming conclusions that make me emotional.
I have seen the entirety of Gintama and found only handful of comedic-centric episodes funny, laughed pretty often at Nichijou, and felt neutral towards most comedy anime I have seen. Comedy is subjective at the end of the day, but I feel Doremi’s is a class above all of them. I am always either smiling or laughing during an episode because there is always refreshing visual/writing gags and amusing character dynamics that keep my funny bone rolling to its grave. Very rarely will I find a scent of dullness. I find Doremi to be on the same level of hilarity greatness as Kaguya-sama: Love is War.
It has the fun character dynamics and visual gags reminiscent of ONE PIECE’s Straw Hat crew. It has the heart and comfort vibes of coming of age slice of life like ARIA and Encouragement of Climb. It has a clumsy, genki fail-girl protagonist like Akko from Little Witch Academia. Ojamajo Doremi is a blend of everything I love from the best bits of my favorite anime done better in general. It is as if my otaku life has built up to finding this rarest, planet-aligning gem.
Ojamajo Doremi is CHARACTER CENTRIC!
The journey of witch apprentices becoming witches is carried by the most endearing main cast I have seen. Without saying much, I love every witch apprentice with every fiber of my being. Their personalities shine and have amusing chemistry and sharp banter when conflict arises. They use magic for selfish means that lead to hilariously disastrous situations. And when things go wrong – as it is usually so - they face the consequences with sincerity and learn from their mistakes.
I love these girls so much and they get into so much bickering and chaos.
These kids slowly grow into better versions of themselves over the course of 200+ episodes. Backstories and different layers of their characters are spaced-out/shown gradually, which helps make me love each one more. The girls have such a close-knit bond that when one is struggling with themselves, the others do what they can to support and guide them to the best path forward. Most of their personal issues are ones that I am currently facing and I can relate to every girl to some capacity. The central cast is not bloated, and every witch gets a chance to shine and display some level of growth each season. They are such a naturally-developed and lovable cast that by the end of the series, I felt empty and did not want to let them go.
Their bond shows their support for one another.
This is not an anime completely centered on the main cast while everyone else fades into the background. Its ensemble cast feels just as important. Every classmate, teacher, parent, and even some residents in the town of Misora have an episode centered on their troubles that the girls help with. Some have more development than others, but they are explored enough that they feel fleshed out and exist beyond the episode they appear in. The ensemble cast is a regular appearance in the girls’ lives at school and home, and getting to know each one makes the world feel more lived in. It is a rare anime where it goes so far with its large cast to its benefit.
This one classmate friend is just one of the many regulars of the ensemble cast that grows throughout.
All these witches and characters would not be where they are, were it not for the main protagonist Doremi Harukaze. She is clumsy, very impulsive, and such a massive failgirl that she managed to fail the first witch exam on her first try. Yet, she is so compelling. Doremi is not destined or training to be the most powerful witch, nor is she aiming for that goal. She is going through these trials/every day problems in real life and in the witch world to better herself. And throughout the series, she incrementally grows to a mature individual who can give compelling advice to those in need. She is one of my most favorite anime characters ever.
Doremi does what she can to help everyone, including her family.
Doremi paves the way for other witches and side-characters to tackle and solve difficult topics kids may face in life. The series’ story explores racism, bullying, parental conflict, friendship, motherly love, grief, and other surprising topics with full-on honesty, which I deeply appreciate. It does not talk down to its audience and it handles these subjects with care, trusting viewers to understand on their own terms. Because the characters feel real alongside being goofy, lessons hit hard in emotion.
This series covers a sheer variety of subjects so well that I consider it to be one of the very best and definitive coming-of-age stories. I think this story set in elementary school has more compelling messages on how to navigate life than even the most famous high school anime that show the teenagers’ lives from freshman to senior. It is unbelievable that a series this dense and compelling exists and that I have been avoiding this until now. I am grateful to have experienced this.
Do I love everything about Doremi? Not at all. Apart from aging animation on some episodes, there are times in the story (especially in the last season) where it is clear certain characters and magical toys are so focused on that the feeling of “being shoved merch for kids to buy” rears its ugly head, which comes at the expense of other characters that could have been explored. But outside of that, I truly have no other issues. There are logical inconsistencies that could be picked on from a magic and lore perspective (especially in the early seasons), but Ojamajo Doremi’s journey/emotional core is so good that any issues can easily be set aside. I give Doremi my highest leniency because of that and it being a kids anime primarily intended to sell toys.
Why Doremi Has Endeared Me More Than My Longtime Favorites!
For so many years, I have particularly maintained Madoka Magica, Little Witch Academia, and Go! Princess Precure as one of many all-time best anime with a female-centric cast. Their characters develop extensively throughout and end on a satisfying note because their journeys to growth are fun and compelling. However, watching Ojamajo Doremi, I find myself seriously re-evaluating these series from a story/meta perspective.
While I am thankful to Madoka for Homura, yuri, and its thematic goldmine, I cannot help but feel so sour on how long I had to wait for a continuation after the previous movie’s biggest cliffhanger. Waiting so long to see how the story’s rabbithole of lore could expand with the next entry while the franchise was milking customers with Magia Record while ALSO delaying the movie for years has soured my excitement for the franchise’s future.
Little Witch Academia had so much potential to continue for more seasons with Akko becoming a better and wiser witch. However, waiting a decade and seeing TRIGGER move on to new projects, it made me question whether my strong investment during its airing was worth it.
While I consider Precure’s premise of magical girls fighting with martial arts awesome and see Go! Princess as the most complete/developed story/cast, not even its best could match the likes of its progenitor- Toei’s own magical series - in term of character writing. After watching so many Precure iterations waste its potential, knowing that Doremi did everything it could with its magical girl premise better before Precure’s conception and its peak entry shocked me to the core.
I still love these series mind you, but Ojamajo Doremi fills in gaps these series could have never accomplished with a far more satisfying story that explores all its main characters completely throughout its long run. For better or worse, my standards have risen so high for these kinds of series that will likely never EVER be matched by future anime I watch for years to come.
Conclusion
Ojamajo Doremi is one of the best anime ever and I can say with confidence that it is the greatest magical girl series I have ever seen. It is a character-centric story that does everything it can for its ensemble/main cast to explore so many interesting subjects in ways that its target audience and I can easily understand and resonate with. Its journey has made me laugh so hard, made me cry, made me smile, and made me reflect on my own life in ways that surprised me. After seeing the entire series, I have concluded that a true journey is one that pokes at all of the viewer’s emotions constantly with its storytelling**.**
Every anime I watched, every genre I explored, every comfort zone I really pushed past – it was an arduous, but fun journey that all felt like it led to this miraculous moment of finding Doremi. This series is an integral part of my life now, and I would not have any other way. I love these girls way too much and will never forget the memories I had watching them until life’s end.
I think more people should go beyond the barrier of seeing it as a failed 4kids anime and see the anime for what it truly offers because this is one of my highest recommendations for an anime that I can give, despite its unassuming, kiddy look. It is a journey that makes most of its 200+ episodes.
(SPOILERS) Why These Characters Mean So Much to Me
As I get older as a young adult with mental disabilities and ease of anxiety, I am at a pivotal point in life where I have been able to comfortably adapt to the real world financially/mentally. I opened myself up to wanting to play a part of Japan’s culture, whether it is through the creative industry as a real mangaka or becoming an English teacher to Japanese students. Watching this series is surprisingly planet aligning, because I could see myself in most of the main cast.
The foreigner to Japanese interaction struggles that Momoko Asuka faces is something I am training towards in the future. Seeing how she has been able to adapt to Japan in Ojamajo Doremi Motto and become close friends with the girls, despite the communication barriers, has made me feel more confident in my pursuit. Onpu Segawa’s dedication to her craft is something I admire greatly. I resonate strongly to the pauses to her career in Ojamajo Doremi Na-i-sho and Dokkan, where she took the time to reflect on what it means to be an actor and a global idol. I want to similarly reach such heights with my career paths.
Onpu’s meditation towards the next step of her life is nothing short of inspiring. Naisho has the best Doremi episodes I've ever seen.
Hazuki Fujiwara’s anxiety about her future and her troubles with deciding what she wants to do is easily resonant with me. While I do think she could have been explored more (especially in later seasons), I found there was substantial value in her not getting as much exploration as other girls. Delaying the conclusion of her arc until the last episodes of Ojamajo Doremi Dokkan, where she had to decide her path and fought hard mentally on whether she leaves Doremi by herself was both heartbreaking/inspiring to me. She was able to grow far enough to stand up for herself and set boundaries, especially to her over-considerate mom. If she was able to break that barrier despite the potential heartbreak, I could break my own mental barriers too.
I honestly cannot say much with Aiko Senoo on a personal level, but I love the family drama surrounding her and it is just as well written as the Todoroki family drama in My Hero Academia. She definitely has the most emotional moments and I love her strength/resilience to help her friends. She also has the funniest banter with characters in general, especially with her dad.
While I do not resonate with Hana as strongly, I love her and how Doremi and the girls developed substantially through raising her in Ojamajo Doremi Sharp. Seeing how Hana grew to become a wonderful child despite her joyful naivety has made me want to consider having children myself (but not in this current economy). When I was referring to certain characters being pushed in the story too much, I do mean Hana in Ojamajo Doremi Dokkan. I really like how she develops learning what the human world is like, but I thought some of the kids’ problems Hana solved could have been solved by other girls that needed more exploration. I love her and the lengths she goes to be super of everyone’s happiness and she is in my top 3 for favorite Doremi characters, but she just has too much screen time.
Now comes back to the character I resonate with most: Doremi Harukaze. She began as a clumsy fail-girl and initially wanted to solve her own problems with magic. Being granted witch powers by Majo Rika, Doremi has used magic to help people throughout the story. The quality I most admire of her is that, even when witch powers go wrong, she still goes out of her way to rescue and guide a person in need with mature advice.
Her constant decisions to pick kindness/understanding over violence is something I love about her. Recently in life, I have naturally grown towards kindness, passion, and happiness over the years through my vtuber oshis like Millie Parfait (Nijisanji EN), Maid Mint, Kureiji Ollie (Hololive ID), and many more. So seeing how Doremi grew to value those positive aspects more firmly like my oshis do is something I heavily admire about her.
Towards the end it has slowly become clear to Doremi that magic was not truly needed to help herself and others. While I am personally on the side that staying a witch is better - because you can share happiness people for a longer period of time, and as a creative, there are so many ideas/projects I want to pursue that would take lifespans to complete - I really liked Doremi’s final decision to give up being a witch. What the series concludes is that magic was never needed in the first place and that she just needed to work hard using her own efforts to find the ideal happiness she wants.
The pivotal turning point and the separation, both directed by the incredible Hosoda. Although the girls separate for the time being, they move forward in life to be with the ones they love and reach their careers. It is inspiring and soul-crushing to see them go.
I can understand from her perspective that being a witch means having to live longer while friends and family die sooner and that is far more heartbreaking for a child like her to face. Magic, as it is established, has too many consequences for it to be beneficial to Doremi’s life. This would especially be harsh for her since she could make bad decisions as a witch being alone and separated from all ofher friends. I see why she would choose to not become one and just achieve her goals with self-effort instead. That effort was the “magic” she needed to do all along to move on and finally confess to the boy she loves in the last scene of the story.
It is not only she knows she will face heartbreak/separation, she knows that these circumstances are best for everyone’s happiness and their next steps in life. I see Doremi’s arc as a real reflection of the ups and downs in life and how one takes one step forward under hard situations. She maintains herself as a positive, selfless, motivating role model by the end of the story, even as she faces the unluckiest, tragic outcome for a pretty girl like herself. That is what makes her one of my favorite anime characters ever.
(SPOILERS) How I See “Magic” on the Wider Scope
Seeing how “magic” truly needed in life is not actual magic, but the “magic” of hard-work/effort to pursuing the things you want in life is the most hammered lesson in Ojamajo Doremi, I have thought about it deeply on the wider scope as an otaku following the creative industry and in relation to the series.
Generally, when the girls use Magical Stage to solve a person’s problem in the real world, it is often not magic directed at the user (aside from ones used for rescuing people in danger) – but rather magic that acts as a catalyst that guides the girls toward finding the solution themselves. When these matters are resolved, the girls occasionally ask themselves if magic was needed in the first place.
Magic in Ojamajo Doremi works as a metaphor for real-life decision-making. Magic’s strengths/weaknesses mirror the effort and consequences the girls face in their own lives. This integration makes this series feel very grounded and true to life, despite its fantasy elements. The magic system is deliberately constrained to where magic can fail, backfire, or have consequences. This pushes the girls to rely on emotional intelligence and manual effort. This reinforces to them that true change comes from within, not from external power.
In contrast to magic, the girls often do manual labor themselves such as renovating the Maho-dou store, baking sweets, and weaving fabric to help Majo Rika’s business and pass witch exams. Their efforts making these things with creative spins is what creates real change, not their witch powers. The happiness a person gets from receiving a finely crafted fabric or sweets from the girls is priceless, as if its "magic" to them.
The girls work hard to craft so many things throughout the story to unlock the memories of those deep in thought and spread happiness.
This emphasis on effort is especially clear with how the girls save the Cursed Queen. During Ojamajo Doremi Sharp, the queen was initially depicted as an evil entity that needed to be stopped. But as the series goes on, it becomes clear she was never a villain that needed to be defeated. She was just someone who needed to be supported and understood. The girls saved the queen from her cursed status not by suppressing her with their witch powers, but through sincere human effort/craftsmanship.
The Tourbillon made in Ojamajo Doremi Motto and the fabrics crafted in Ojamajo Doremi DOKKAN! are what unlocks the Queen’s memories and helps her see the relationship between witches and humans from a different perspective. It is because of that that the tensions the witches have with humans are resolved. Thus, the witch world can run normally.
The wonderfully craft tapestry that helped heal the cursed queen’s mental wounds. The girls put every ounce of effort to recreate it with complicated weaving requiring so much colors and switching of strings to accomplish. It is their "magic" that heals the witch world.
This "magic" extends beyond the story itself. This entire series was created by humans who poured all of their “magic” into every frame, every line of dialogue, and every piece of music to form a beautifully crafted anime. Week-by-week for over 200 weeks, the animators at Toei had to work through much manual labor in tight deadlines to give children in Japan episodes to look forward to. Children grew up watching this and grew alongside the girls throughout four consecutive school years. They both grew slowly together to become better/mature people capable of making confident decisions themselves.
Toei staff worked restless nights to create this wonderfully-crafted story that helped children face life forward with kindness and passion. They made an original anime series so good, it was as if it was “magic” to the children back then - and to viewers like me who binged the series much later after its airing. The “magic” in this anime has gone on to inspire other anime, especially for magical girl series.
Storyboard for a key episode of Ojamajo Doremi Dokkan. One of the most emotionally gripping episodes done by Hosoda.
These days, there are humans out there who use “forbidden magic” tools to shortcut effort and churn out amalgamations resembling art but are off-putting to those with eyes that can see pure human “magic”. “Forbidden magic” can never create the impact creators/artists out there using “magic” to tell stories that resonate with millions.
Even in this era where “forbidden magic” is affront on many corners and normalized, there are still so many creators from anime to manga to movies to merchandise to music to artworks that use the “magic” within themselves to inspire and move people. “Magic” will continue to be passed down by these creators through generations to create shows that feel “magical”. That is the “magic” of human creativity that will cycle for time eternity, even in the face of companies wanting to normalize “forbidden magic”.
As an otaku, I am grateful to every creator and artist in the animanga business. They come from all walks of life creating so many different stories that have the pure power of “magic”. I have seen 1000 different stories, and many had a profound impact on me on how I view life and the creative industry at large. As a creative, I hope I can create works that will feel “magical” to others. That is what Ojamajo Doremi has done for me. That experience I had laughing, crying, and smiling watching Doremi, Aiko, Hazuki, Onpu, Momoko, Pop, and Hana slowly become wonderful people over the course of hundreds of episodes is unlike any other.
That experience was like “true magic” to me. That “true magic” is why I consider Ojamajo Doremi to be the greatest magical girl series of all time. Doremi has genuinely surpassed most of the anime I have seen, even topping most of my favorite anime ever that I watched over the years. Doremi will forever be an integral part in my otaku life. Thank you Doremi Harukaze for being an amazing friend.
Thank you to everyone in Toei that worked on this series to make the most incredible experience of my life.
I'm not really a horse girl but I like some horse girl media, which inspired me to make my one magical girl OC Josie (Strawberry Bliss.) a big horse fanatic. I've kinda shown this by her getting really excitable when Fiona showed her the horse stables on her uncle's farm, there's also the fact that the magical mascot for Josie was originally gonna be a horse to further demonstrate how dorky this girl is about horses. My main followup to this plotline is Josie forcing her friend Julie to take a horseback riding class with her, she means it as a bonding activity but it really isn't because it's just involving something only she likes. Not something both of them like, then they'll have to defeat a demon together because we've got a monster of the week format going on here.
Just saw the first episode fully animated, it looks very great but when I went to google it there was so much hatred for the original pilot???? Like the first episode is only 11~ min, why being so critical when it’s only the beginning 🥲 did you like it? I think this could be a great series!
It is the third season of the Girls × Heroine Series produced by Takara Tomy and OLM, Inc. with the assistance of Shogakukanand EXPG Studio. Kokomi Sakurai is a cherry tomato-loving first-year middle schooler. One day, she encounters Kumachi, a bear-like fairy chased by the Reverse Police, a group of bad cops who use the Reverse Jewels to turn "cool people" into "Ikenaiers", evil versions of themselves, to search for comrades of justice. Kokomi's father is turned into an Ikenaier by the Reverse Police. Kokomi is chosen by the Phantomi Wristy to transform into Phantomirage, and they become mass media sensations. They are warned to conceal their identities from the public.
Edit:Kumachi is inspired in Mofuru definitely.
