Handmade transformation compact brooches and magic wands are popular accessories. Beyond the casual outfits with magical girl print, there is also many frilly sailor uniforms and over-the-top lolita dresses inspired by the outfits from the various series. Magical girl-inspired fashion, also known as Mahou Kei, shares many visual similarities with Fairy Kei. School uniforms or anything like decorated dresses.Sally the Witch by Mitsuteru Yokoyama was the first Magical Girl anime to air in 1966, whilst Himitsu no Akko-chan was the first Magical Girl manga (first printed in 1962), but the most well known and influential Magical Girl anime in pop culture is, for now, Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon (often shortened to Sailor Moon) by Naoko Takeuchi.Īlthough the genre and aesthetic is more geared towards girls, there are various examples of Magical Boys existing as well. Alongside these color coded costumes, a very iconic part of what makes a Magical Girl a Magical Girl visually is the animated transformation from a normal young girl into her Magical Girl identity. These characters often have their own designated color, weapon, and power assigned to them, although which colors, weapons, and powers can vary. Magical Girls are often in a team of young girls, destined to save the world. The aesthetic is often hyper feminine and very in touch with expressing emotion freely, both positive and negative. It is a common theme for the protagonists to need to balance their school lives, personal lives, and their responsibilities of saving the world as a Magical Girl. Magical Girls are a genre in fictional media which centers both around the concepts of girls coming of age and possessing power through their femininity rather than by rejecting it.
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