When Sailor Moon Crystal debuts in Japan next calendar month , it will bring in the preeminent magical girl ( also known as mahou - shojo in Japanese ) anime back to television for the first fourth dimension since 1997 . But Sailor Moon is n’t the only anime superheroine deserving of a counter — here are seven more magical girls we ’d like to see back on the air .
1 ) Magic Knight Rayearth
Although Sailor Moon brought the magical girl musical style to the forefront , the four - woman graphics squad known as Clamp is probably the good - bang mahou - shojo comic Creator . One of their works is Magic Knight Rayearth , which takes three 8th - mark female child , transports them from a school field head trip to Tokyo Tower to a phantasy reality where they have big swords and magic powers , and do them on a very videogame - same quest to rescue a princess from an evil priest . A blueprint for a classic , 16 - bit Nipponese RPG game as much as a manga or anime , updating Rayearth to take place in modern MMORPGs would be a zephyr , especially with the ever - growing ranks of female gamers . Frankly , we could always use more series about damsels in distress getting rescue by badass women .
2 ) Princess Knight
Like middling much everything about Japanese manga , the introduction for the wizard girl genre was laid down by by Oszum Tezuka , the “ god of manga . ” Besides set the visual trend that would overlook the art form , and creating unnumberable beloved fictional character like Astro Boy , Tezuka worte Princess Knight from 1953 - 56 , about a princess list Ribbon who had to pretend she was a boy to inherit her father ’s throne ( to prevent an vicious Duke from taking over the realm ) . While living in a chivalric fantasy public , and thus lacking the hallmark sailor lawsuit , Ribbon still had time to dress out up in a Zorro - style masquerade party to struggle evil as the mysterious Phantom Knight . While it could use some updating ( for representative , she has an angel pal around with her , and the reason Ribbon is so adventuresome is because she has a boy ’s heart as well as a young lady ’s heart ) , it would be very cool to bring this classic Tezuka character to modern audience .
3 ) Card Captor Sakura
If the Sailor Scouts of Sailor Moon were the Beatles , then Card Captor Sakura was a one - girl Rolling Stones . The almost - as - popular series from Clamp ran at the same time with Sailor Moon , demo the same basic themes — a girl with hidden , wizard powers who fights evil in a schoolgirl uniform — with some substantive conflict ; Sakura was much new that the Sailor Moon girls , she was tasked with collecting magical Clow Cards for a petty “ Got ta Catch ‘ Em All ” anatomical structure , and of course her posse comitatus was otherwise magical young woman free . Still , Card Captor Sakura did n’t suffer from a lack of popularity , spawn movies , videogames and more . But the real reason CCS merit a modern remaking is that the show was butchered — butchered — when it came to America . The show was cut to change state Sakura ’s honey interest Syaoran into the independent character even though he had half the CRT screen - time of the real master character — and Sakura was even dropped from the U.S. title , which ended up as Cardcaptors . Cardcaptors was so fearsome that anime licensor Pioneer could n’t betray the DVDs of the adaptation , despite it being on TV … while the DVDs of the original Nipponese version sell just ok .
4 ) Revolutionary Girl Utena
Utena was a sorcerous girl series ahead of its prison term . A mix of artistry , complex storytelling and forward - think sex politics roll in what only seemed on the Earth’s surface to be a run - of - the - mill magical girl serial publication , Utena has been a cult favorite ever since its 1997 debut . Clearly inspired by Princess Knight , Utena debase a not bad deal about the sorcerous genre music genre . Utena is a young girl who is determined to become a prince , and while at the Ohtori Academy , she has devoted herself to protecting Anthy , a disturbingly meek damsel - in - distress with a secret dark streak . The lady friend lust after Utena , the boys incessantly duel Utena for Anthy , her human relationship with Anthy is far from respectable — but who deliver the goods the last affaire d’honneur will gain Anthy , and purportedly the power to revolutionize the man . Frankly , other than adding modern animation , there ’s virtually nothing that want to be added to Revolutionary girlfriend Utena — although perhaps a moment more context for the scene where Utena grow into a car would be nice .
5 ) Sally the Witch
While Princess Knight lay the foundation , Sally the Witch was the serial that built the magical young lady genre . urge on by the American sitcom Bewitched — which was phenomenally pop in Japan — Sally is about the titular crone who longs to leave alone her Magic Kingdom to fall out on Earth . When she see two schoolgirl in trouble , she ca n’t help but come down , and with two novel friends , decides to stick around a while . Much like Samatha on Bewitched , Sally tries to shroud her supernatural powers from all the regular humans she run into , which leads to many a wacky mishap . Sally the Witch had a remaking in 1989 , but it ’s high time we brought her back for round 2 .
6 ) Akazukin Chacha
Akazukin Chacha — well translated as “ Red Riding Hood Chacha ” — never made it over to the U.S. , so do n’t be concerned if you have n’t heard of it . It accept the Greco-Roman fairy narrative pretty liberally , in the sentiency that Red is a young , chance event - prostrate , learner witch mention Chacha who hangs out with a young , OCD wizard named Shiine , and an upstage pup of a nearby werewolf clan named Riiya ( whose werewolf form , by the manner , is adorable ) . The anime deviates from the manga by make up Chacha a full - on sorcerous girl , with a pendant that let her transform into the brawny ( and grown - up ) Magical Princess , but only when she ’s with Riiya and Shiine . While Akazukin Chacha strike all the principal image , it ’s also , really really rummy — one of those cartoons for untried Kid that can be enjoyed by people of any age .
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7 ) Devil Hunter Yohko
Devil Hunter Yohko was one of the former hits in the mid-’90s anime craze , and I can confidentially say it was for one reason : the speech “ CONTAINS BRIEF NUDITY ” on the VHS packaging . However , it was a nice side - benefit that Yohko was actually jolly entertaining . Although it seems like the most traditional genre story of all clip now — teenage young lady discovers she ’s part of an ancient blood of demon hunters with a propensity for magically transform into a tight dress and recoil supernatural screwing — it seemed blazingly new in the early ‘ 90s , thanks in no small part to the burgeoning furore of what was then called “ Japanimation . ” Devil Hunter Yohko was also what used to be call “ raunchy , ” with a teen champion who was looking forrader to misplace her virginity , a gran who keep convulse her condoms , a at random S&M - love schoolhouse principle , and more . But the action was solid , the supporting cast was fun , and no one would consider its good PG-13 antics too obstinate these days . But I may just be biased because it had the most inexplicably mad stop them song of all time :
No preferably do I lessen in loveThan everyone turns out to be a terrorist … They hide their big black machine guns , Where they think that I ca n’t see them , But only one out of all of them , Has any chance of becomingMy one true love life …
Update , 4:25 p.m. , May 5 , 2020 : This C. W. Post has been updated to remove several broken video embeds .
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