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<p>76.19.97.253: notes</p> <hr /> <div>The '''magical girl''' ('''mahō shōjo''') subgenre of [[anime]] and [[manga]] archetypically feature young girls who use an external object and/or trigger phrase to undergo a transformation which grants them superhuman and/or magical abilities, and who have a talking animal sidekick who acts as an adviser; a series can lack some of these archetypal qualities and still be considered &quot;magical girl&quot;. Though the most popular and well known series have the heroines fighting an evil to protect the Earth, this is not a requirement of the genre; a popular sub-genre has the transformation age up the protagonist so that she can become a celebrity like a singer, and some series have the protagonist fighting mundane evils rather than one that threatens the entire world. Older magical girls were known in Japan as ''majokko'', literally &quot;witch girl&quot;. <br /> <br /> &quot;[[Sally, the Witch]]&quot; ([[Mahoutsukai Sally]]) from 1966 is considered the first magical girl anime.<br /> <br /> Occasionally there are transgendered versions of the magical girl; the magical boy. <br /> <br /> [[Category:Genres]]<br /> [[Category:Characterization]]</div>

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