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Gushing Over Magical Girls
8.1
Yr
2024
Rt
24m
Status
Returning Series
Animation
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Comedy
Series Brief
Overview
Hiragi Utena is a major fangirl of the magical girls protecting her city and leaps at the chance to join their ranks. But once she transforms, she learns she's a villain who enjoys being a magical-girl-tormenting sadist instead!
Why fans love it
Gushing Over Magical Girls turns the standard henshin hero formula inside out. Rather than focusing on a traditional battle between good and evil, the series centers on a protagonist who accidentally aligns with the forces of chaos. By framing the conflict through the lens of a fan who discovers a sadistic streak, the show subverts the usual power dynamics found in sci-fi animation.
The tone leans heavily into comedy through its depiction of elaborate transformations and peculiar power plays. With a cast including Fuka Izumi, the series balances themes of girls' love and ecchi aesthetics with an irreverent approach to the magical girl genre. It occupies an odd corner of the fantasy landscape where the line between hero and adversary is blurred for the sake of theatrical intensity.
Featured Players
Cast 8
Aoi Koga
as Araga Kiwi / Leopard (voice)
Fuka Izumi
as Hiiragi Utena / Magia Baiser (voice)
Kaori Maeda
as Haruka Hanabishi / Magia Magenta (voice)
Mayuko Kazama
as Sayo Minakami / Magia Azul (voice)
Misato Fukuen
as Venarita (voice)
Shiori Sugiura
as Morino Korisu / Nero Alice (voice)
Misaki Ikeda
as Kaoruko Tenkawa / Magia Sulfur (voice)
Kana Asumi
as Vatz (voice)
Production Board
Crew
Original Music Composer
Sound Effects
Key Animation
Series Director
Storyboard Artist
Sound Director
Series Composition
Writer
Color Designer
Animation Director
Producer
Comic Book
Director of Photography
Director
Character Designer
Art Direction
Signal Match
Cast Similarity
2.5 Dimensional Seduction
3 shared cast members
Shared
Fuka Izumi, Kaori Maeda, Mayuko Kazama
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
2 shared cast members
Shared
Aoi Koga, Mayuko Kazama
mono
2 shared cast members
Shared
Fuka Izumi, Aoi Koga
I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too
2 shared cast members
Shared
Kaori Maeda, Mayuko Kazama
Love Is Indivisible by Twins
2 shared cast members
Shared
Misaki Ikeda, Mayuko Kazama
Girlfriend, Girlfriend
2 shared cast members
Shared
Aoi Koga, Mayuko Kazama
To Your Eternity
2 shared cast members
Shared
Aoi Koga, Mayuko Kazama
Dan Da Dan
2 shared cast members
Shared
Kaori Maeda, Mayuko Kazama
Flower and Asura
2 shared cast members
Shared
Fuka Izumi, Aoi Koga
Horimiya: The Missing Pieces
2 shared cast members
Shared
Aoi Koga, Mayuko Kazama
Signal Match
Crew Similarity
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5 shared crew members
Shared
Masato Suzuki, Masahiko Oouchi, Tsutomu Ohno
+2 more
Roles: Animation Director, Director, Director of Photography
+1 more
Dolls' Frontline
3 shared crew members
Shared
Masato Suzuki, Aoi Mori, Tomoka Ootaki
Roles: Director, Key Animation, Opening/Ending Animation
+1 more
Pass the Monster Meat, Milady!
3 shared crew members
Shared
Yoko Sakurai, Tomoka Ootaki, Arisa Taira
Roles: Art Direction, Character Designer, Sound Effects
Bogus Skill «Fruitmaster» ~About that time I became able to eat unlimited numbers of Skill Fruits (that kill you)~
3 shared crew members
Shared
Maki Kamiya, Tomoka Ootaki, Arisa Taira
Roles: Art Direction, Character Designer, Director
A Galaxy Next Door
3 shared crew members
Shared
Aoi Mori, Ryou Kujirai, Arisa Taira
Roles: Background Designer, Director of Photography, Storyboard Artist
Mechanical Marie
2 shared crew members
Shared
Johannes Nilsson, Yasuharu Takanashi
Roles: Original Music Composer
Farming Life in Another World
2 shared crew members
Shared
Johannes Nilsson, Yasuharu Takanashi
Roles: Music, Original Music Composer
An Adventurer's Daily Grind at Age 29
2 shared crew members
Shared
Johannes Nilsson, Akinari Suzuki
Roles: Original Music Composer
16bit Sensation: Another Layer
2 shared crew members
Shared
Satoshi Motoyama, Atsushi Otsuki
Roles: Sound Director, Storyboard Artist
KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World
2 shared crew members
Shared
Kota Kimizuka, Shuhei Yamamoto
Roles: Producer
Topic Overlay
Topic Keyword Similarity
Please Put Them On, Takamine-san
4 shared keywords
Topics
nudity, ecchi, based on manga
+1 more
Plus-Sized Elf
4 shared keywords
Topics
nudity, ecchi, based on manga
+1 more
Love After World Domination
4 shared keywords
Topics
ecchi, based on manga, anime
+1 more
Harem Camp!
3 shared keywords
Topics
ecchi, based on manga, anime
The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King
3 shared keywords
Topics
ecchi, based on manga, anime
Ayakashi Triangle
3 shared keywords
Topics
ecchi, based on manga, anime
BASTARD‼ -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-
3 shared keywords
Topics
ecchi, based on manga, anime
Does It Count If You Lose Your Innocence to an Android?
3 shared keywords
Topics
ecchi, based on manga, anime
Undead Unluck
3 shared keywords
Topics
ecchi, based on manga, anime
Do You Like Big Girls?
3 shared keywords
Topics
ecchi, based on manga, anime
Keyword Cloud
Keywords
based on manga
bdsm
ecchi
anime
girls' love (gl)
nudity
henshin heroes
magical girl
fangirl
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Technical Sheet
Details
- First Aired
- January 03, 2024
- Status
- Returning Series
- Episode Runtime
- 24 minutes
- Origin
- JP
- TMDB Votes
- 95