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“Anime featuring regional magical girls from Japan, born from variety show and pixiv illustration contests.”
Magica Wars
魔法少女大戦
5.73
12,081 rank · 17,372 viewers · 5 favorites
Mahou Shoujo
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Synopsis
Anime featuring regional magical girls from Japan, born from variety show and pixiv illustration contests.
"Mahou Shoujo Taisen" is a project created from a variety show for the Otaku "2.5 Chigen TV" (2.5 Dimension TV). The characters are the mahou shoujo that represent each local town in Japan. The characters that won from the second illustration competitions that were held on pixiv will appear in the anime. (Source: MAL News)
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Community consensus
Derived from 2 sampled reviews
6.5
/10
What 2 viewers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6.5
mode 5
σ 1.50
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.50 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.50
Running avg · Aug 2014 → Mar 2016
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “This is a show that more people should appreciate. Mahou Shoujo Taisen (or as my friend used to call it, 4 minutes of disappointment) is a series of shorts that is currently airing weekly. We...”
- 5 “Story: Mahou Shoujo Taisen is a compilation of stories based within different Prefecture's of Japan. Themes of nationalism are represented throughout the work, and it doesn't try really hard to be...”
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A Tv Production · Spring 2014
Gainax.- Format 26 × 4′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 44m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2014 – Sep 2014 Spring 2014
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-8414 catalog