belong to a sub-genre of
Japanese shōjo anime and
manga. Magical girl stories feature young girls with superhuman abilities who are forced to fight evil and protect the Earth. They generally possess a
secret identity, although it can just refer to young girls who follow a plotline involving magic and a transformation (such as
Full Moon wo Sagashite). Magical girls are known in Japan as , though this term is generally not used to refer to modern magical girl anime.
Sally, the Witch in 1966 is seen as the first magical girl anime.
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