Those who are great fans of Magical Girls might have found new anime and manga content with Magilumiere Inc. Here, what Sailor Moon and Card Captor Sakura do becomes a profession.
What is the manga about? In Magilumiere Inc., we follow the adventures of Kana Sakuragi. She applies for countless jobs but is rejected every time. Suddenly, she gets involved in an incident where she helps a Magical Girl named Hitomi Koshigaya defeat a monster.
This draws the attention of the start-up company where Hitomi works. She manages to snag a coveted job as a Magical Girl. The manga then follows her career and all the encounters she has with the dangerous creatures.
The manga is a mix of comedy and action and does not take itself as seriously as other Magical Girl series, such as Sailor Moon or Pretty Cure. It also shows how Magical Girls would fare in today’s RTL2 anime.
There is even an anime for Magilumiere Inc.:
This is how Magical Girls would work today
What is special about the manga? The story shows what being a Magical Girl as a profession would look like. There are many companies that specialize in eliminating the so-called Kaiis and equip their employees with state-of-the-art technology.
- The Magical Girls fly on high-tech brooms that can also be used as weapons
- To launch attacks, precise specifications must be made, such as power and pattern
- Even the transformation into a Magical Girl only happens when a specific code is activated
- USB sticks are used to catch the monsters
The humor is evident not only in the absurd setting but also in the characters. For example, the boss of the start-up company is an adult man who is in cosplay. There are numerous situations that make the reader chuckle.
What are the weaknesses of the manga? The fights seem less threatening than in many Magical Girl series. The girls rarely get into trouble, and the monsters do not seem very menacing.
This is partly because the protagonists are rarely aware of the dangerous situation. But the monsters are also to blame for the lack of threatening situations. They come across as generic and not very dangerous.
Those who can live with these negative aspects can confidently dive into the manga. It is published by Crunchyroll.
And what if I don’t like reading mangas? There is even an anime for Magilumiere Inc. since 2024. In Germany, you can watch the 12 episodes on Amazon Prime. However, the anime is rated slightly lower on MAL compared to the manga. The manga has a score of 7.41 / 10 based on around 2,000 reviews, while the anime only scores 6.96 with nearly 9,500 ratings.
A good alternative anime remains the classic of Magical-Girl animes. Sailor Moon can still be watched today as a series and fascinates even new fans who didn’t know the anime from the 90s through a remake: 5 reasons why you can still watch Sailor Moon today
