Magical Girl
Genre in Japanese anime and manga which features girls with magical powers. It has become popular with Western television shows and comic books as well.
Name:
Magical Girl
Aliases:
Start year:
1992
First issue:
Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon (1992) #1 Vol. 1
Usually magical girls are a group of teenage girls made as a team to save the world from evil magic. They mostly have the magical power to transform their outfits to become superhero-like girls. Their teams usually have a theme and are sometimes color coordinated.
Japanese Examples:
- Princess Knight (prototype)
- Sally the Witch (actual first)
- Cutie Honey
- Minky Momo
- Sailor Moon
- Cardcaptor Sakura
- Magical DoReMi
- Tokyo MewMew
- Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
- Shugo Chara!
- PreCure
Western Examples:
- Winx Club
- W.I.T.C.H.
- Zodiac Starforce
- Star Vs. The Forces of Evil
- Sabrina the Teenage Witch
- She-Ra
