a kingdom for a stage

and i’m not talking about being a fan of someone and wanting to go see them on tour. im not talking about being happy when they drop something new or reach a cool milestone. im not talking about writing fanfiction and using them as a face character. im not talking about making edits/gifs of them, or anything like that. 

im talking about dedicating your life to this person. seeing them as some sort of deity who can do no wrong. monitoring their every move and always being ready with a comment/opinion/statement. feeling like you owe them something and that you alone are the key that will make or break their career. feeling like you need to defend them no matter what. attacking strangers just because they may not necessarily agree. creating drama day after day to the point where your online presence is just a steady stream of negativity with no end in sight. 

Hello there! I do have some recommendations for the magical girl genre, as I’ve watched quite a few of them over the years. 

First is the Precure series, which is probably the largest magical girl franchise in the world today and took over Sailor Moon’s role as Toei’s magical girl cash cow in the mid 2000s. I haven’t seen all of the various series so I’m just recommending the ones I’ve watched.

Hugtto Precure (my favorite series, I recommend starting here)

Mahou Tsukai Precure

Go! Princess Precure

Star Twinkle Precure

Fresh Precure

Suite Precure

Heartcatch Precure (haven’t watched this one yet but it’s highly praised)

If you’re okay with something darker than regular magical girl series, I highly recommend Puella Magi Madoka Magica and its various spinoffs (including the Magia Record anime; I highly recommend playing the game it’s based off of, too).

Other magical girl series I’ve seen and recommend are:

Ojamajo Doremi

Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch

Yuki Yuna is a Hero

Magical Girl Raising Project (edgy warning)

Cutie Honey Flash (all Cutie Honey incarnations are magical girl series, it’s just that Flash is the most shoujo of them)

Cutie Honey Universe

Revolutionary Girl Utena (I personally don’t think it’s in the magical girl genre, but some people think it is so I’m adding it)

Princess Tutu (I’ve only seen half of it but am planning on finishing it)

Kill La Kill (like Utena, its inclusion is iffy but I’m still adding it for completion’s sake)

Magical Girl Site (edgy warning)

Magical girl anime I’ve heard of and people seem to like (but I haven’t seen myself) are:

Cardcaptor Sakura

Wedding Peach

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha‎

Magic Knight Rayearth

Creamy Mami

Day Break Illusion

My-HiME

Shugo Chara!

Symphogear

Tokyo Mew Mew

Wish Upon the Pleiades

Two Men Contemplating the Moon, 1830, Caspar David Friedrich