Magic Knight Rayearth

Hikaru Shidou, Umi Ryuuzaki, and Fuu Hououji are strangers brought together by fate when they meet during a seemingly normal field trip to Tokyo Tower. Accompanied by a great flash of light, they hear a mysterious woman's plea to save "Cephiro," and the junior high heroines are suddenly swept away by a giant flying fish. Afterwards, they arrive in an unknown land, where they encounter a man called Master Mage Clef.

Clef informs the girls that they were summoned by Princess Emeraude to fulfill their destinies as Magic Knights, restoring peace and balance in Cephiro. The formerly lively and peaceful land has been in disarray ever since High Priest Zagato imprisoned the princess, who acted as Cephiro's pillar of stability. The Magic Knights reluctantly accept Clef's words as truth and embark on a journey to save Cephiro from the clutches of evil.

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Shidou, Hikaru Main

Shiina, Hekiru Japanese

Ryuuzaki, Umi Main

Yoshida, Konami Japanese

Hououji, Fuu Main

Kasahara, Hiroko Japanese

Mokona Supporting

Shiratori, Yuri Japanese

Ferio Supporting

Yamazaki, Takumi Japanese

Clef Supporting

Sasaki, Nozomu Japanese

Zagato Supporting

Kosugi, Juurouta Japanese

Emeraude Supporting

Ogata, Megumi Japanese

Presea Supporting

Shinohara, Emi Japanese

Caldina Supporting

Nagashima, Yuko Japanese

Hirano, Toshiki Director, Storyboard, Chief Animation Director

Urakami, Yasuo Sound Director

Oobari, Masami Episode Director

Motonaga, Keitarou Episode Director

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Apr 17, 2022

ZaikoHaitsugi

Recommended

This season alone would be enough to put the anime into my top 10 favorite of all time.

It's a story thoroughly crafted, with a bittersweet lesson about the hardships and injustices of one's life within the world. The soundtrack is simply wondrous, helping the voice actors' perfomance with a solid boost, especially during dramatic scenes.

Characters are well developed, with the three main characters having well established arcs concluded into the story seamlessly. The villains also adds to the plot's purpose. Although the last few episodes can feel quite rushed, they still manage to deliver the intended narrative by all metrics.

The visuals, though old by ... today's standards, compensate for its age with elegant uniqueness. Machinations of the representation for the characters have quite specific deliveries at key times, contributing to the feel overall of the series, even at the naive moments.

The show overall deserves a 10 out of 10 in my book, definitely an experience worth revisiting.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Aug 29, 2022

curvedtree

Mixed Feelings

In a 20-episodes season, I wasn't expecting 6 filler episodes, especially episode 9. All of the filler episodes can be skipped (7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 17) and you won't miss anything, even because some of them don't make sense like how two antagonists interact on episode 9 and on episode 10 they seem to be interacting for the first with each other.

This series is also a bit weird because it feels too short by the amount of upgrades the Magic Knights get, but since most antagonists are boring and the fights are shallow if the show was longer it would have been a drag.

Funny ... thing is that I watched a couple of episodes in the 90's (I have a vivid memory of that waterfall Zagato's minions hide), but I was never interested in this show, even now as I was watching it, I took a long time to watch only 20 episodes of this show. It feels a bit a drag, all characters besides the protagonist trio are forgettable, Presea is good too, but being a side character she doesn't show up much.

Something worth praising is the opening, it has beautiful animation, the singing and the lyrics are great, probably one of the best I ever heard.

Honestly, I'm not writing this review about the whole show per se, but for people to skip the whole filler episodes, they are not worth your time, and don't have anything good to add, unless you are REALLY enjoying the anime.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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May 15, 2020

Hyouron

Not Recommended

Ahhh, Magic Knight Rayearth. Reeking of nostalgia, when magical school girls were all the rage and believing in the self and one’s will, against all logic, was all a heroine needed (never mind the will of the antagonist). Way back, even prior to the establishment of stereotypical characters. Have to give it some credit for being those foundational series before the importance of character growth and narrative became as established as it is today. It’s also so difficult to be harsh on the loopholes, flatness of characters, and inconsistent storylines when it was a children’s show. Though it was there when anime had just started ... to boom, it had some good plot twists given the monotony.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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