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Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
魔法少女リリカルなのは
(Mahō Shōjo Ririkaru Nanoha)
Genre Adventure, Bishōjo, Magical girl
TV anime
Director Akiyuki Shinbo
Studio Flag of Japan Seven Arcs
Licensor Flag of the United States Geneon - On hold
Network Flag of Japan Gifu Broadcasting System, TV Saitama, Mie Television, TV Osaka, Chiba TV, TV Kanagawa
Flag of South Korea Qwiny
Flag of Malaysia NTV7
Original run 1 October 2004 – 25 December 2004
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 anime directed by Akiyuki Shinbo that aired between October and December of 2004.

The series is a spin-off of the Triangle Heart series of games and OVAs. 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.

It was announced at AnimeExpo 2007 that Lyrical Nanoha and its sequel, Lyrical Nanoha A's, have been licensed by Geneon for English language distribution;[1] however, Geneon has since ceased distribution of DVDs in North America, and an English language release seems uncertain.[2]

Contents

Main article: List of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha episodes

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 (レイジングハート Reijingu Hāto?), 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...

Main article: List of characters in Nanoha

Nanoha Takamachi (高町 なのは Takamachi Nanoha?)

This sweet grade three student feels that, though she plays a good supporting role in others' lives, unlike the rest of her family and friends, she has no closest friend to turn to and no direction in her own life. However, when she meets Yūno and discovers her strong aptitude for magic, Nanoha activates the magical crystal, Raising Heart, that Yūno was carrying and wholeheartedly carries out her search for the Jewel Seeds.

Yūno Scrya (ユーノ・スクライア Yūno Sukuraia?)

Yūno is a magic-user from Midchilda, and is the same age as Nanoha. Despite his young age, he worked as an archaeologist and discovered a set of ancient and powerful artifacts (the magical term for this is Lost Logia) known as the Jewel Seeds. When the Time-Space Administration Bureau lost the Jewel Seeds, Yūno went to Earth to track them down; whilst fleeing from monsters, he was injured and transformed himself into a ferret. He is mistaken as Nanoha's familiar, though his true form is that of a regular human.

Fate Testarossa (フェイト・テスタロッサ Feito Tesutarossa?)

Abused by her ruthless mother, Fate regardless remains blindly and unquestioningly loyal to Precia and carries out her search for the Jewel Seeds. However, as Nanoha persists to try to learn her motivation and become her friend, Fate is faced with a shocking truth from everyone around her and must decide what to do with it.

Arf (アルフ Arufu?)

Fate's outspoken dog-woman familiar. Her distaste of Precia is mutual, but she cannot do anything to protect Fate from her mother. Arf instead takes out her anger on her enemies. She is very kind to Fate and rather protective of her.

Precia Testarossa (プレシア・テスタロッサ Pureshia Tesutarossa?)

Precia is a mage residing in the Garden of Time. She went insane when her daughter Alicia died. She instructs her daughter Fate to find the Jewel Seeds and beats her ruthlessly when she does not do enough to satisfy her. Precia desperately wants the Jewel Seeds to revive Alicia, to the point that she will not hesitate to remove any obstacles. She was kind and stable once upon a time, but any trace of that is long gone.

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Ending Theme:

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  • "Take a shot" : Episode 12
    Lyrics, Composition and Arrangement by: Toshirō Yabuki
    Performed by: Nana Mizuki

  1. ^ Koulikov, Mikhail. "Anime Expo 2007 – Geneon Entertainment", Anime News Network, July 2, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-16. 
  2. ^ "Geneon USA to Cancel DVD Sales, Distribution by Friday", Anime News Network, September 26, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-28. 

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Nanoha
Series: Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha | A's | StrikerS | Triangle Heart
Characters
Main: Nanoha Takamachi | Yūno Scrya | Fate Testarossa | Arf | Hayate Yagami | Subaru Nakajima
Wolkenritter: Vita | Signum | Shamal | Zafira | Reinforce
Time-Space Administration Bureau: Chrono Harlaown | Teana Lanster | Erio Mondial | Caro Ru Lushe
Takamachi Family: Kyōya Takamachi | Miyuki Takamachi | Vivio
Scaglietti's organization: Uno | Due | Tre | Quattro | Sette
Others: Precia Testarossa |Alisa Bannings | Suzuka Tsukimura | Lutecia Alpino | Agito
Zest Grangeitz | Cinque | Sein | Otto | Nove | Dieci | Wendi | Deed | Minor characters
Other
Spells | Glossary | Episodes | Project Fate
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