

Mainly aimed towards young girls but often with a significant Peripheral Demographic of adult males. Essentially, old school magical girl coming of age stories updated with the sensibilities of the modern age and the roles of girls and women in it. Neo-classical, codified by Cardcaptor Sakura.As of present, most magical girl shows can be loosely organized into three broad categories. The wave of shows inspired by Sailor Moon eventually subsided, but new sub-genres spawned soon in its wake. A small further subgenre of the Magical Girl Warrior is the Magical Girl Phantom Thief, seen in Phantom Thief Jeanne, Saint Tail and Hatena Illusion

Sailor Moon was a huge hit, and, naturally, other shows were made in the same style. This was essentially a combination of the earlier style shows with the Super Hero genre, particularly the Super Sentai formula. The Magical Girl Warrior subgenre, despite being the most well-known style of Magical Girl show in the west, didn't hit until Sailor Moon in 1992 (unless you count Cutey Honey, which wasn't aimed at girls but had a lot of influence on it, or Devil Hunter Yohko, which wasn't aimed at girls either). This was the first instance of a magical girl team. A one-shot OVA produced in 1987 featured a Bat Family Crossover between Studio Pierrot's four '80s Magical Girl shows ( Magical Angel Creamy Mami, Persia, the Magic Fairy, Magical Star Magical Emi, and Magical Idol Pastel Yumi). This lasted until Ashi Production's Magical Princess Minky Momo hit the airwaves in 1982, followed by Studio Pierrot's Magical Angel Creamy Mami in 1983 (the first Magic Idol Singer show).
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Originally, all Magical Girl shows were produced by Toei Animation, so "Magical Girl" wasn't so much a genre as a Series Franchise.
