What is this genre all about? Magical girls (also known both in Japan and in the West as mahou shoujo, and in Japan as majokko) are young girls with superhuman abilities of magical nature. In the early years, magical girls usually used magic to solve everyday problems and often transformed into idols; nowadays, however, the term is most often used to refer to with girls who fight evil using magical powers, and, although transformations are still common, they tend to be more along the lines of a change of costume.
We present you the list of Magical Girl anime you should watch right now.
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Top 20 Magical Girl anime you should watch right now. [2026 List]
- 20. Sasaki to Pii-chan 2nd Season
- 19. Magical Knight Rayearth (2026)
- 18. Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku: restart
- 17. Kabushiki Gaisha Magi Lumiere 2nd Season
- 16. Sasaki to Pi-chan
- 15. Meitantei Precure!
- 14. Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica
- 13. Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance
- 12. Magic Knight Rayearth
- 11. Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica: Walpurgis no Kaiten
- 10. Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
- 9. Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku
- 8. Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete
- 7. Shoujo Kakumei Utena
- 6. THE RIBBON HERO
- 5. Cardcaptor Sakura
- 4. Kabushiki Gaisha Magi Lumiere
- 3. Jewelpet Magical Change
- 2. Yes! Precure 5 GoGo!
- 1. Mahou no Shimai LuluttoLilly Part 2
20. Sasaki to Pii-chan 2nd Season
The second season of Sasaki to Pii-chan.
Sasaki and Peeps 2 is currently airing and will have Episodes. It is also Known as: 佐々木とピーちゃん 第２期, Sasaki to Pii-chan 2nd Season
19. Magical Knight Rayearth (2026)
A school trip to Tokyo Tower turns into a battle for another world when Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu are summoned to Cefiro! With Princess Emeraude captured, the magical world teeters on the brink of collapse. To save her, the three girls must awaken their powers, become the Legendary Magic Knights, and face deadly enemies before Cefiro is lost forever!
Magic Knight Rayearth (2026) is currently airing and will have 21 Episodes. It is also Known as: 魔法騎士レイアース (2026), Magical Knight Rayearth New Project, Mahou Kishi Rayearth (2026)
18. Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku: restart
A stage reading in the Magical Girl Raising Project franchise announced that an anime adaptation of Asari Endou's Magical Girl Raising Project Restart light novel volumes has been green-lit. Hiroyuki Hashimoto reported on Twitter that he will return from the first Magical Girl Raising Project anime as the director. The franchise's Twitter account also teased that various initiatives are in the works for "Project restart."
Magical Girl Raising Project: restart is currently airing and will have Episodes. It is also Known as: 魔法少女育成計画 restart, Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku: restart
17. Kabushiki Gaisha Magi Lumiere 2nd Season
The second season of Kabushiki Gaisha Magi Lumiere.
Magical Girls - they're strong, cool, and agile. Everyone wants to be one. Popular and high-paying, it's a respectable line of work. Kana Sakuragi, Hitomi Koshigaya, and the members of Magilumiere work to promote the Alice System, which allows Magical Girls to order the magic they need to battle. But behind the scenes, factions seeking to ease magic regulations and make a profit are moving...
Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. Season 2 has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 株式会社マジルミエ 第2期, Kabushiki Gaisha Magi Lumiere 2nd Season
16. Sasaki to Pi-chan
Tired and unfulfilled by his dead-end job, Sasaki decides to adopt Peeps, an adorable pet Java sparrow. Peeps, however, is really Piercarlo, a powerful sage from another world! After Peeps bestows Sasaki with magic and the ability to cross worlds, the two decide to export household items for profit in pursuit of a leisurely lifestyle. But when Sasaki’s new magic gets him mixed up in a whole other kind of supernatural struggle back in Japan, will it destroy his chances at realizing the relaxing life of his dreams?
Sasaki and Peeps has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 佐々木とピーちゃん, Sasaki to Pi-chan
15. Meitantei Precure!
The 23rd installment of the long-running Precure series.
Anna Akechi is a second-year junior high student living in Makoto Mirai Town. On her 14th birthday, she has a chance encounter with a fairy named Pochitan, and a magical pendant caused her to travel back in time from 2027 to 1999! In the Makoto Mirai Town 28 years in the past, Anna meets Mikuru Kobayashi, a girl her age who wants to become a great detective.
Meanwhile, people in town are in trouble as their prized possessions are being stolen from under their noses - the cause being a group of Phantom Thieves. To stop them, Anna and Mikuru turn into Pretty Cures! Maybe if they solve these mysteries, Anna can find her way back to her own time?
Meitantei Precure! is currently airing and will have 51 Episodes. It is also Known as: 名探偵プリキュア！, Star Detective Precure!, TanPre (たんプリ)
14. Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica
Madoka Kaname and Sayaka Miki are regular middle school girls with regular lives, but all that changes when they encounter Kyuubey, a cat-like magical familiar, and Homura Akemi, the new transfer student.
Kyuubey offers them a proposition: he will grant one of their wishes and in exchange, they will each become a magical girl, gaining enough power to fulfill their dreams. However Homura, a magical girl herself, urges them not to accept the offer since everything is not what it seems.
A story of hope, despair, and friendship, Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica deals with the difficulties of being a magical girl and the price one has to pay to make a dream come true.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 魔法少女まどか★マギカ, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magika, Magical Girl Madoka Magica
13. Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance
Thirty years ago, the world was nearly destroyed by the sudden appearance of unknown "invasive alien species."
Humans and these “invasive species” continue to vie for living space, and while humanity’s safety is currently barely secured, the world could be destroyed at any moment. Living in fear of death and destruction, people go about their daily lives as if trying to avert their eyes from danger and disaster.
In this world, the United Nations Hazardous Species Investigation Agency, "EXCEEDS," has begun operations to ward off crises and disasters caused by invasive species.
The story begins on the island nation of "Mizuho" in the Far East. Shina Hisase is a young invasive species extermination hunter living on a remote island. What incident will befall Shina, who wishes only to live quietly with her younger sister Setsuna, her sole remaining family member?
Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of ~48 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance is currently airing and will have 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 魔法少女リリカルなのは EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance
12. Magic Knight Rayearth
Three young girls, Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu, are transported to a magical world called Cephiro during a field trip to Tokyo Tower. They are soon greeted by Master Mage Clef, who explains to them that they have been summoned to become the Legendary Magic Knights and save Cephiro. The girls are less than enthusiastic about this idea, and only want to return home. Clef further explains that they must seek out the three Rune Gods to help them fight. He bestows armor and magical powers to each of them. They learn from Clef that High Priest Zagato has kidnapped the Pillar of Cephiro, Princess Emeraude. The Pillar of Cephiro has the sole responsibility of keeping Cephiro alive and in balance with her prayers. Without Princess Emeraude, Cephiro would fall into ruin. Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu must fight off Zagato's henchman and find the Rune Gods if they ever want to get back home. They soon learn that friendship and loyalty are the only things they can rely on in the crumbling Cephiro.
Magic Knight Rayearth has finished airing and it has 20 Episodes. It is also Known as: 魔法騎士（マジックナイト）レイアース, Mahou Kishi Rayearth
11. Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica: Walpurgis no Kaiten
The 10th anniversary online event for the Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica anime revealed on Sunday that the franchise is getting a new anime film titled Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica: Walpurgis no Kaiten. The film will be an official sequel to the Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica: Hangyaku no Monogatari film that opened in October 2013. The tagline on the new film's visual reads, "Now, let's continue the story."
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht: Rising- has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ 〈ワルプルギスの廻天〉, Magical Girl Madoka Magica Movie 4, Puella Magi Madoka Magica Movie 4
10. Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
Tsukino Usagi is a 14-year-old girl in junior high. She's ditzy, whiny, and a crybaby. She often flunks her tests, and she is always scolded by her family. However after a bad day, Usagi is surprised to encounter a black cat that can talk! The cat, Luna, grants Usagi the power to transform into Sailor Moon, a fighter who is to save the world against the Dark Kingdom and its evil ruler, Queen Beryl.
Of course, Usagi can't do it alone, and there are others who will help her on the way...
Sailor Moon has finished airing and it has 46 Episodes. It is also Known as: 美少女戦士セーラームーン, Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon
9. Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku
A social game called The Magical Girl Raising Project allows one in tens of thousands of people to be a "magical girl" — possessing extraordinary physical capabilities and looks, as well as special magical powers that set them apart from the rest of the human race. But one day, in a district containing 16 magical girls, the administration announces that it must halve the number of magical girls to solve the problem of magical energy. At first, the 16 magical girls race to collect more "magical candy" than their competitors, but the rules quickly become twisted, and it quickly becomes a murderous battle for survival among them.
Magical Girl Raising Project has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 魔法少女育成計画, MahouIku
8. Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete
Hiragi Utena is a major fangirl of the magical girls protecting her city, so when she has the chance to become one herself, she leaps at the chance to join their technicolor ranks… but when she transforms, she learns she isn’t fated to be a daring do-gooder, but rather a villain on the side of evil! At first, she tries to quit her new gig as the leader of the local baddies, but she quickly realizes she enjoys it and is a total natural at tormenting the magical girls she loves so much. With both a bang and a whimper, Hiragi’s journey as a magical-girl-tormenting sadist has begun!
Gushing over Magical Girls has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: 魔法少女にあこがれて, I Admire Magical Girls, and..., Mahoako
7. Shoujo Kakumei Utena
"Never lose that strength or nobility, even when you grow up." When Utena was just a child and in the depths of sorrow, she found salvation in those words. They were the words of a prince, who wrapped her in his rosescented embrace and bestowed upon her both a ring and the promise that it would lead her to him again. She never forgot the encounter. In fact, she was so impressed that she aspired to be like the prince and also help those in need. Now a spirited teenager, Utena attends the prestigious Ohtori Academy. However, her strong sense of chivalry soon places her at odds with the school's student council and thrusts her into a series of mysterious and dangerous duels against its members.
Revolutionary Girl Utena has finished airing and it has 39 Episodes. It is also Known as: 少女革命ウテナ, Shoujo Kakumei Utena
6. THE RIBBON HERO
Princess Sapphire of the lost kingdom. Stripped of everything in her homeland, Silverland, by the calamity known as "Nergal," she arrived in Goldland at the very depths of despair. While carrying the weight of her past, she began to find a glimmer of hope through the kindness of the people. Yet, as if mocking her peaceful daily life, the calamity "Nergal" appears once more. The same despair that reduced her homeland to ashes is now threatening to steal the light from this land as well.
"No more loss for me. No more loss for anyone.”
Wiping way her fears of sorrow, the young girl takes up her sword.
This is the story of a hero who ties her ribbon and resolves to defy fate.
Note: This anime is inspired by Osamu Tezuka's manga "Princess Knight”.
THE RIBBON HERO has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: リボンへーロー, THE RIBBON HERO
5. Cardcaptor Sakura
Sakura Kinomoto is your garden-variety ten-year-old fourth grader, until one day, she stumbles upon a mysterious book containing a set of cards. Unfortunately, she has little time to divine what the cards mean because she accidentally stirs up a magical gust of wind and unintentionally scatters the cards all over the world. Suddenly awakened from the book, the Beast of the Seal, Keroberos (nicknamed Kero-chan), tells Sakura that she has released the mystical Clow Cards created by the sorcerer Clow Reed. The Cards are no ordinary playthings. Each of them possesses incredible powers, and because they like acting independently, Clow sealed all the Cards within a book. Now that the Cards are set free, they pose a grave danger upon the world, and it is up to Sakura to prevent the Cards from causing a catastrophe!
Appointing Sakura the title of "the Cardcaptor" and granting her the Sealed Key, Keroberos tasks her with finding and recapturing all the Cards. Alongside her best friend Tomoyo Daidouji, and with Kero-chan's guidance, Sakura must learn to balance her new secret duty with the everyday troubles of a young girl involving love, family, and school, all while she takes flight on her magical adventures as Sakura the Cardcaptor.
Cardcaptor Sakura has finished airing and it has 70 Episodes. It is also Known as: カードキャプターさくら, CCS, Cardcaptors, Card Captor Sakura
4. Kabushiki Gaisha Magi Lumiere
Magical girls: strong, cool, the ultimate dream job. College student Kana Sakuragi is job hunting - without much luck! One day, she is caught up in an attack by a "Kaii." Fiesty magical girl Hitomi Koshigaya flies to the rescue, and Kana uses her excellent memory to help her take it down. Hired as a magical girl by Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc., Kana takes her first step into the working world!
Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 株式会社マジルミエ, Magilumiere Co. Ltd.
3. Jewelpet Magical Change
The story follows the adventures of rabbit-shaped Jewelpet Ruby, her long-best human friend Airi Kirara and the other Jewelpets on their mission to restore the Jewel Castle, which had fallen from the skies into the middle of the town because of humanity's lack of faith in magic. To restore people's belief in magic, Jewelpets transform into humans to study more about them.
Jewelpet Magical Change has finished airing and it has 39 Episodes. It is also Known as: ジュエルペット マジカルチェンジ, Jewelpet Magical Change
2. Yes! Precure 5 GoGo!
A direct continuation of the former season, this series again follows the story of Nozomi Yumehara and her friends from Yes! Precure 5. The girls who had formerly lost their powers and bade farewell to their friends Coco and Nuts from Palmier Kingdom are resurrected as Pretty Cure by the mysterious woman Flora who also wants them to find her in a place called Cure Rosegarden. To go there, they need the magic Rose Pact and the powers of the four kings of countries surrounding Palmier. But a dark organization called Eternal is also striving to get to Cure Rosegarden by stealing the Rose Pact. Luckily, Precure get helped by new allies: the delivery-boy Syrup who can change into a giant bird and fly them anywhere they want and the mysterious and beautiful fighter Milky Rose stand alongside Pretty Cure to protect what is really valuable.
Yes! Precure 5 GoGo! has finished airing and it has 48 Episodes. It is also Known as: Yes! プリキュア5 GoGo!, Yes! Precure 5 GoGo!
1. Mahou no Shimai LuluttoLilly Part 2
The second half of Mahou no Shimai LuluttoLilly.
Mahou no Shimai LuluttoLilly Part 2 is currently airing and will have Episodes. It is also Known as: 魔法の姉妹ルルットリリィ 第2クール, Magical Sisters LuluttoLilly Part 2, るるりり, MSLL
