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Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (TV)

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Alternative title:
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha (Japanese)
Nanoha, a Garota Mágica (Portuguese)
魔法少女リリカルなのは (Japanese)
魔法少女奈葉 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: magical girl
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Yuuno Scraia is a mage from a distant planet working to fix the problem he started when Jewel Seeds were accidentally spread around the world. In a failed attempt to seal a seed properly, he winds up on Earth in the form of a ferret. However, his battle with the seeds did not end upon reaching the Earth and he needs somebody else's help to seal the seeds for him. Takamachi Nanoha hears his telepathic cries for help and comes to his rescue. When she is given a pearl known as the Raging Heart she is able to transform into Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha and wield a staff to fend off the evil that lies within the Seeds. In order to help Yuuno complete his mission, she needs to seal all 21 Jewel Seeds away, but Fate may be playing a hand in the matter to prevent Nanoha's goals.
User Ratings: 1203 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 98 votes (sub:84, dub:6, raw:4, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Thai language dubbed
)
 Excellent: 208 votes (sub:188, dub:13, raw:1, others:6
2 German subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 364 votes (sub:324, dub:25, raw:6, others:9
7 Spanish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 305 votes (sub:253, dub:35, raw:4, others:13
4 Russian subtitled
4 French subtitled
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 126 votes (sub:106, dub:14, ?:1, others:5
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 63 votes (sub:53, dub:3, ?:2, raw:1, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Not really good: 11 votes (sub:9, dub:1, others:1
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Weak: 16 votes (sub:15, dub:1)
 Bad: 6 votes (dub:3, sub:3)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 2187 users, rank: #527 (of 9583)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.546 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.5376, rank: #1658 (of 9705)
Weighted mean: 7.408 (Good+), rank: #1967 (of 9705) (seen all: 7.52 / seen some: 6.29 / won't finish: 4.33)
Bayesian estimate: 7.409 (Good+), rank: #1690 (of 7286)
Running time: 26 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage:
2004-10-01 to 2004-12-25
2006-08-06 to 2006-10-29 (Singapore, Channel U Broadcast)
Release dates: We have 15
Opening Theme:
"innocent starter" by Nana Mizuki
Ending Theme:
"Little Wish ~lyrical step~" by Yukari Tamura
Insert song:
"Take a shot" by Nana Mizuki (ep 12)
Official website:
Links: We have 6
Trivia: We have 2
Review:
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (Blu-ray) 2024-01-30 (from $39.95)
DVD (Region 1)
    Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha - Box Set (DVD) 2008-11-11 (from $109.33)
    Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha - Complete Set (DVD) 2009-11-10 (from $274.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Akiyuki Simbo
Script:
Masaki Tsuzuki (eps 1-13)
Storyboard:
Katsuyuki Kodera (6 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 9, 12-13
)

Masashi Abe (eps 4, 7)
Osamu Tadokoro (eps 2, 8, 10-11)
Episode Director:
Akihiko Nishiyama (ep 8)
Geisei Morita (ep 3)
Keizou Kusakawa (eps 1, 11/OP)
Masashi Abe (eps 4, 7)
Noriaki Akitaya (ep 2)
Ryouki Kamitsubo (eps 6, 9, 13)
Takehiro Nakayama (ep 10)
Yoshinari Saito (eps 5, 12)
Music: Hiroaki Sano
Original Work: Masaki Tsuzuki
Character Design: Yasuhiro Okuda
Art Director: Shinji Katahira
Chief Animation Director: Yasuhiro Okuda (6 episodes
eps 3, 6, 8, 10-12
)

Animation Director:
Chiyuki Tanaka (eps 2, 6, 11)
Hikaru Takanashi (ep 3)
Kazuhiro Ōta (eps 4, 7)
Makoto Kaneko (ep 12)
Makoto Takahoko (ep 8)
Rondo Mizukami (ep 12)
Shinpei Tomooka (ep 9)
Takehiro Nakayama (ep 10)
Yasuhiro Okuda (eps 1, 13/OP)
Yoshinari Saito (ep 5)
Art design: Shinji Katahira
Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama
Director of Photography: Seiichi Morishita
Executive producer:
Isamu Tanaka (eps 1-13)
Producer: Akio Mishima (King Records)

2nd Key Animation:
Akiko Fujimoto (ep 11)
An Katsuragi (ep 4)
Eiki Arasato (ep 11)
Keita Watabe (ep 4)
Kiyokazu Hatakeyama (eps 11, 13)
Masaaki Yamano (ep 12)
Reiko Sato (ep 12)
Toshiharu Kumaoka (ep 4)
Toshimitsu Takechi (eps 11, 13)
Animation producer: Osamu Uemura
Art Supervision: Kazuhito Hisajima (eps 1-13)
Assistant producer: Shigenori Iwase (eps 1-13)
Assistant Production Manager:
Kenichiro Komaya (ep 4)
Kōichi Tamino (ep 12)
Masahiro Hoki (eps 4, 7)
Ryū Yamamoto (ep 9)
Takanori Yano (eps 2, 8, 13)
Yūtaro Norimatsu (ep 13)
Associate producer: Shigenori Iwase (King Records)
Color design: Tomoko Tasaki
Color Specification:
Haremi Miyagawa (eps 4, 7, 10)
Megumi Nagasaka (ep 3)
Megumi Saitō (eps 2, 6, 11)
Tomoko Tasaki (eps 1, 8, 12-13)
Yuki Kimura (eps 5, 9, 12)
Design: Masakatsu Sasaki (Puppet Soldier; ep 12)
Digital Color:
Haremi Miyagawa (6 episodes
eps 4, 7-8, 11-13
)

Masaru Seto (eps 1, 13)
Masashi Itō (eps 1, 13)
Rieko Sakai (ep 6)
Tatsuya Inoue (eps 4, 7)
Yukari Oda (ep 7)
Yuki Kimura (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8, 13
)

Editing: Kazuhiko Seki
Effects Director: Shinpei Tomooka (ep 12)
Ending Animation: Hirofumi Suzuki
Film Editing:
Tomohito Imura (eps 1-13)
Yōhei Yamamoto (eps 1-13)
Finish Check:
Haremi Miyagawa (4 episodes
eps 4, 7, 10, 12
)

Megumi Nagasaka (ep 3)
Megumi Saitō (eps 2, 6, 11)
Tomoko Tasaki (eps 1, 8, 12-13)
Yuki Kimura (eps 5, 9, 12)
In-Between Animation:
Akiko Fujimoto (eps 2, 5)
Beom Seok Hong (eps 2, 5, 8-13)
Eiki Arasato (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8-13
)

Itsuki Takemoto (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8-13
)

Katsuyuki Yamazaki (ep 6)
Kiyokazu Hatakeyama (eps 1, 5-6)
Masato Okada (eps 4, 7)
Reiko Sato (eps 1-2, 5)
Shingo Tamaki (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8-13
)

Tomoko Fukunaga (eps 2, 6)
Toshimitsu Takechi (eps 1-2, 5)
Toshiyuki Satō (ep 6)
Tsuyoshi Kandō (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8-13
)

Wakako Shigemoto (ep 7)
Yoshie Kimoto (eps 2, 6)
Yuichi Hirano (ep 2)
Yukiko Shimizu (ep 3)
Yuko Tamura (ep 6)
Yūsuke Nakamura (ep 6)
Yuuji Takano (eps 8-13)
In-Between Check:
Akiko Fujimoto (eps 1, 5, 8, 13)
Chie Yamazaki (eps 6, 10)
Kiyokazu Hatakeyama (eps 2, 9)
Reiko Sato (ep 11)
Saki Watanabe (Madhouse Studios; ep 12)
Soji Ninomiya (ep 4)
Tomoko Nakayama (ep 7)
Insert Song Arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki (ep 12)
Insert Song Composition: Toshiro Yabuki (ep 12)
Insert Song Lyrics: Toshiro Yabuki (ep 12)
Insert Song Performance: Nana Mizuki (ep 12)
Key Animation:
Akie Tsutsumi (ep 8)
Akiko Fujimoto (eps 8, 12-13)
Akio Kitahara (6 episodes
eps 2, 5-6, 11-13
)

Akira Otsuka (OP)
Akira Watabe (ep 3)
Akira Watanabe (ep 3)
An Katsuragi (ep 4)
Atsushi Yamamoto (eps 4, 7)
Ayako Karatani (eps 2, 6, 11)
Chie Yamazaki (ep 12)
Chikara Sakurai (ep 11)
Chiyo Hosokawa (eps 4, 7)
Chiyuki Tanaka (eps 2, 11)
Daisuke Kamei (ep 2)
Eiji Uemura (ep 8)
Eiki Arasato (ep 12)
Hajime Yoshida (eps 4, 7)
Hayato Tejima (ep 3)
Hideki Sadai (ep 12)
Hideki Takahara (ep 4)
Hideo Maru (ep 1)
Hiromitsu Hagiwara (ep 4)
Hironobu Kobayashi (小林広信; ep 12)
Hironori Naruse (ep 4)
Hironori Yamamoto (ep 1)
Hiroshi Kosuga (eps 4, 7)
Hiroshi Motoyama (ep 8)
Hiroyuki Terao (OP; ep 5)
Hitoshi Morikawa (ep 4)
Ikuo Yoshida (ep 2)
Jun Watanabe (ep 1)
Kaori Saito (ep 12)
Katsumi Aoshima (ep 5)
Katsuya Asano (ep 9)
Kazuhiro Ōta (eps 4, 7)
Kazuki Toi (eps 8, 13)
Kazuyuki Ikai (ep 6)
Keiichi Honda (ep 11)
Keiko Ichihara (eps 2, 6, 11)
Kenichi Umemoto (eps 1, 12)
Kenichirou Okamoto (OP; eps 1, 8, 13)
Kiyokazu Hatakeyama (eps 2, 8, 12)
Koichi Nakaya (eps 2, 6, 11)
Koichi Yagami (ep 9)
Kōji Miura (eps 4, 7)
Koji Yabuno (OP)
Kou Yoshinari (ep 1)
Kuniaki Masuda (ep 7)
Masaaki Sakurai (ep 13)
Masanori Osawa (eps 3, 13)
Masaru Yoshioka (ep 7)
Masato Nishikawa (ep 7)
Masatoshi Fujimoto (藤本正利; eps 2, 6, 11)
Masatoshi Fukuyama (ep 12)
Masatsugu Morimoto (ep 7)
Masayuki Fujita (ep 1)
Masayuki Yoshiki (OP; ep 13)
Mikio Fujiwara (ep 4)
Mitsuteru Kubo (eps 8, 12)
Miyuki Ueda (ep 5)
Naoki Yamauchi (ep 11)
Nobuko Shinohara (ep 7)
Nobuyuki Furukawa (eps 8, 13)
Noriko Gotō (ep 7)
Reiko Sato (eps 8, 13)
Rie Fujiwara (ep 11)
Rondo Mizukami (ep 12)
Satoshi Isono (ep 1)
Seiji Masuda (ep 1)
Shinichi Nozaki (ep 11)
Shinji Yamamoto (ep 4)
Shinnosuke Kon (eps 8, 12)
Shinpei Tomooka (OP; eps 1, 5, 9)
Shinsuke Hamaura (ep 7)
Shintaro Tsubota (ep 12)
Shinya Ojiri (OP; ep 6)
Soji Ninomiya (ep 7)
Taeko Oda (ep 3)
Taizo Yoshida (eps 5, 13)
Takahiro Hoshinoo (ep 6)
Takahito Katayama (eps 3, 5)
Takayoshi Hashimoto (OP; Studio Mu; ep 11)
Takehiro Nakayama (ep 10)
Takeshi Miyamoto (eps 2, 6, 11)
Tamotsu Tomaru (ep 3)
Tetsuya Takeuchi (eps 9, 11)
Tokuyuki Matsutake (ep 1)
Tomoyuki Kitamura (eps 2, 6, 13)
Toshiharu Kumaoka (eps 1, 5, 8, 12)
Toshimitsu Takechi (eps 2, 8, 12)
Tsuyoshi Iwamura (eps 5, 8, 12)
Tsuyoshi Takahashi (eps 4, 7)
Wakako Yoshida (ep 4)
Yasuomi Umetsu (OP)
Yoshihiro Taniguchi (eps 8, 13)
Yoshinari Saito (OP; 6 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 9, 12
)

Yoshito Miki (ep 3)
Yūji Miyashita (ep 12)
Yūji Yanase (ep 8)
Yukari Watanabe (eps 2, 6, 11)
Yuki Chika (eps 2, 6, 11)
Yūki Hara (ep 5)
Yūki Iwai (OP; eps 8, 11)
Yukihiro Kobayashi (ep 6)
Yūko Hineno (ep 4)
Yūko Yamamoto (eps 4, 7)
Yumi Shimizu (eps 4, 7)
Yutaka Sugiura (ep 5)
Literature Supervision: Kazuhito Hisajima (eps 1-13)
Mechanical Director: Yoshinari Saito (ep 12)
Photography:
Katsutoshi Ooi (eps 1-13)
Koji Sawada (eps 1-13)
Koshiro Iwamoto (eps 1-13)
Tatsuya Kikuchi (eps 1-13)
Yuji Tanahashi (eps 1-13)
Production Desk: Ryū Yamamoto (eps 1-13)
Production manager: Yuji Takae (eps 1-13)
Promotion:
Akiko Aizu (eps 1-13)
Tadayasu Kitakaze
Tomoko Ishioka (eps 1-13)
Yukiko Mukōgo (eps 1-13)
Prop Design: Yoshinari Saito (eps 1-13)
Sound Effects: Emi Takanashi (ena)
Sound Mixing: Megumi Otsubo (eps 1-13)
Supervision: Tatsuya Tanaka
Theme Song Arrangement:
Masatomo Ota (ED)
Tsutomu Ohira (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Masatomo Ota (ED)
Tsutomu Ohira (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Karen Shiina (ED)
Nana Mizuki (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Nana Mizuki (OP)
Yukari Tamura (ED)
Visual Effects:
Keizou Kusakawa (eps 1-13)
Satoshi Fujino
Satoshi Fujita (Studio Twinkle; eps 1-13)
Kaori Mizuhashi as Yuuno Scrya
Nana Mizuki as Fate Testarossa
Yukari Tamura as Nanoha Takamachi

Ai Shimizu as Suzuka Tsukimura
Donna Burke as Raising Heart
Kevin J England as Bardiche
Rie Kugimiya as Alisa Bannings

Asuka Tanii as
Farin
Manager (ep 3)
Aya Hisakawa as
Goalkeeper (ep 3)
Lindy Harlaown
S2U (ep 12)
Erika Amano as Momoko Takamachi
Hikaru Midorikawa as Kyoya Takamachi
Hyousei as Noel
Kazuya Ichijō as Shiro Takamachi
Keiji Hirai as
Black Demon (eps 1-2)
Cram school lecturer (ep 1)
Operator A
Opposing team coach (ep 3)
Kouichi Kuriyama as Armed bureau staff (ep 11)
Mikako Takahashi as
Chrono Harlaown
Player (ep 3)
Miyu Matsuki as Shinobu Tsukimura
Rei Igarashi as Precia Testarossa
Ryoko Shiraishi as
Advertisement voice (ep 6)
Miyuki Takamachi
Sayaka Kinoshita as
Director Makihara (ep 1)
Player (ep 3)
Student (ep 9)
Woman (ep 2)
Susumu Akagi as Dog Beast (ep 2)
Takayuki Suzuki as Armed bureau staff (ep 11)
Takayuki Usami as Operator B
Takeshi Maekawa as Samejima (ep 10)
Yuki Matsuoka as Amy Limiette
Yukie Maeda as Homeroom teacher
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
ARCTURUS (eps 9, 11)
E-cho (eps 8-9)
Hal Film Maker (ep 4)
Nakamura Production (eps 8-13)
Radix (eps 9-10, 12)
STUDIO GAO (ep 4)
Animation Assistance:
ARCTURUS (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-6, 8~13
)

feel. (eps 4, 7)
Sunny Side Up (ep 3)
Animation Production: Seven Arcs
Background Art: E-cho (eps 1-13)
Digital Color:
AIC (ep 3)
ARCTURUS (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-6, 8-9, 11, 13
)

Asahi Production (ep 13)
BUZZ (eps 9-13)
E-cho (eps 1, 5)
feel. (eps 4, 7)
Hadashi Pro (ep 3)
Hanjin Animation (ep 3)
ingres (eps 4, 7)
Mook Animation (ep 9)
Phoenix Animation (ep 7)
Shanghai Xinyang Animation (10 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-6, 8-13
)

Studio Elle (6 episodes
eps 4, 6-7, 9-11
)

Studio Rong (ep 7)
ufotable (ep 7)
Wao World (ep 6)
White Line (ep 3)
Film Editing: Tokyo Laboratory (eps 1-13)
In-Between Animation:
A-Line (ep 7)
Anime R (eps 4, 7)
ARCTURUS (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8-13
)

Asahi Production (ep 13)
BUZZ (eps 9-13)
E-cho (eps 1-2, 5)
feel. (eps 4, 7)
Hadashi Pro (ep 3)
Hanjin Animation (ep 3)
ingres (eps 4, 7)
Madhouse (ep 12)
Mook Animation (ep 9)
Phoenix Animation (eps 4, 7)
SHAFT (ep 5)
Shanghai Xinyang Animation (11 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 8-13
)

Studio Add (ep 7)
Studio Mu (eps 2, 6)
ufotable (ep 7)
Wao World (ep 6)
White Line (ep 3)
ZEXCS (ep 4)
In-between Check: Madhouse (ep 12)
Key Animation:
Hanjin Animation (ep 3)
Studio GOMEZ (ep 6)
Studio Mu (eps 2, 6, 11)
White Line (ep 3)
Original Idea: ivory
Photography:
Adlib
Studio Twinkle (eps 1-13)
Recording Studio: OP Requiem Studio (eps 1-13)
Sound Effects: eNa
Sound Production: Omnibus Promotion
Visual Effects: Studio Twinkle (eps 1-13)
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Tony Oliver
ADR Script: Tony Oliver
Executive producer: Katsuhiko Tsurumoto
Producer: David Miranda (Discotek Blu-ray)

Associate producer: Caleb McPhee (Discotek Blu-ray)
Blu-Ray Authoring: David Miranda (Discotek Blu-ray)
Blu-Ray Compression: Justin Sevakis (Discotek Blu-ray)
Menu Design: Robin Sevakis (Discotek Blu-ray)
Packaging Design: Gary Swarer (Discotek Blu-ray)
Quality Control: Marc Levy (Discotek Blu-ray)
Subtitle Manager: Logan Rebholz (Discotek Blu-ray)
Subtitling: Andrew Kent
Supervising Producer: Justin Sevakis (Discotek Blu-ray)
Cristina Valenzuela as Nanoha Takamachi
Jennifer Alyx as Fate Testarossa
Marianne Miller as Yuuno Scrya

Jonathan Meza as Bardiche
Michelle Ann Dunphy as Momoko Takamachi
Xanthe Huynh as Suzuka Tsukimura

Bailey Chadwick as Raging Heart
Cassandra Morris as Amy Limiette
Julie Rei Goldstein as Precia Testarossa
Kaiji Tang as Shiro Takamachi
Laura Siegel as Noel
Lauren Landa as
Arf
Chrono Harlaown
Michelle Ann Dunphy as
Falin
S2U
Miley Yamamoto as Miyuki Takamachi
Roy Pitt as Kyoya Takamichi
English companies
Distributor:
FUNimation Entertainment (2008)
DVD Menu Authoring: 342 Media DVD Center
DVD Menu Design: 342 Media DVD Center
Internet Streaming: Amazon Prime Video (UK)
Licensed by:
Discotek Media (2023)
Geneon Entertainment Inc. (Expired)
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Yong-Sin Lee as Nanoha Takamachi
Korean companies
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Amazon Prime Video
Spanish cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Borsu
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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