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Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha魔法少女リリカルなのはMahō Shōjo Ririkaru Nanoha
Genre	Genre, Bishōjo, Magical girl, spin-off
Anime series
Directed by	Akiyuki Shinbo
Studio	Seven Arcs
Network	Gifu Broadcasting System TV Saitama Mie Television TV Osaka Chiba Television Broadcasting TV Kanagawa Malaysia NTV7
Original run	October 1, 2004 — December 25, 2004
No. of episodes	13

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (魔法少女リリカルなのは, Mahō Shōjo Ririkaru Nanoha) is a thirteen episode spin-off of the Triangle Heart series of games and OVAs that aired between October and December of 2004. Nanoha, the magical girl and younger sister of Kyōya and Miyuki, takes precedence here while her sword-wielding siblings are reduced to minor characters. Nanoha is also clearly set in an alternate universe; the late Shirō Fuwa was always named Takamachi and survived his originally fatal injury, new characters such as Fate Testarossa are added, and others, such as Fiasse Crystela, are removed.

A sequel, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's, aired between October and December of 2005. A third series, titled Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS began airing on April 1, 2007. There have also been corresponding manga series bridging the story and adding new elements to it, as well as CD dramas.

The series, whilst having some of the traditional trappings of Magical Girl shows, differs in several key ways. First, Nanoha bases its 'magic' on technology in lieu of traditional 'magical' elements of said shows. Second, the series has more carefully crafted choreography than more typical magical girl shows, reflecting the different target demographic (teenage and young adult male viewers rather than the traditional young female audience of the magical girl genre). Third, and perhaps most importantly, the show's story is significantly more emotionally intense than those of other magical girl series, dealing with themes such as social alienation and child abuse.

Contents 1 Story 2 Characters 3 Glossary of terms 4 Episode list 5 Trivia 6 Theme songs 7 External links

StoryEdit

Nanoha Takamachi is a 3rd grade elementary school girl. She lives with her parents who run a coffee shop, and her older sister and brother who are in high school and university respectively. Nanoha's regular life changes when she hears a voice calling to her on the way home and ends up rescuing an injured ferret (who is actually a transformed boy called Yūno, an archaeologist from a distant world). She obtains a magical crystal called Raising Heart, and gains magical powers.

After their encounter, Nanoha and Yūno have to collect the twenty-one "Jewel Seeds" (ジュエルシード, Jueru Shīdo), powerful lost crystals from Yūno's world that grant wishes and are very dangerous when misused. However, Nanoha and Yūno are not the only ones after the Jewel Seeds. So is Fate Testarossa, a foreign girl with sad eyes...

CharactersEdit

Main article: Characters

Glossary of termsEdit

Main article: Terminology

Episode listEdit

Main article: Episodes

TriviaEdit

• Jewel Seed #14 appears two times in both episode 4 and episode 6.
• The text in pink under the logo reads "Magical girl lyrical Nanoha. She whispers some words mildly in your heart, and makes your gentle days."
• Starting in episode 7, the black title screen of later, "serious" episodes begins to replace the Raising Heart title screen. However, the Raising Heart screen reappears twice after that.
• Nanoha is left-handed and consequently is always shown wielding her staff in her left hand.

Theme songsEdit

Opening

"innocent starter" performed by Nana Mizuki

Ending

"Little Wish -lyrical step-" performed by Yukari Tamura

Insert song

"Take a Shot" performed by Nana Mizuki (in episode 12)

External linksEdit

• Official website (Japanese)
• Nanoha/Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia. (Anime)
  
  
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