Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
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| Name: | Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (魔法少女リリカルなのは Mahō Shōjo Ririkaru Nanoha) |
| Abbreviation(s): | Nanoha |
| Creator: | Akiyuki Shinbo (director) & Masaki Tsuzuki (writer) |
| Date(s): | 2004 (anime), 2009-2011 (manga) |
| Medium: | anime, manga |
| Country of Origin: | Japan |
| External Links: | Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha on Wikipedia Official Website (Japanese) |
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Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha is a magical girl anime and manga series, that ran in 2004 and from 2009 to 2011.
Canon
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha features the titular character, Nanoha Takamachi, who is enlisted by mage Yuuno Scrya to collect the Jewel Seeds; while helping her become a mage herself. Later, after the collection of the Jewel Seeds, mage Fate Testarossa appears with the intention to collect the Jewel Seeds[1].
Characters
- Nanoha Takamachi
- Yuuno Scrya
- Fate Testarossa Harlaown
- Teana Lansta
- Subaru Nakajima
- Shamal
- Signum
Fandom
Shipping
In the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha fandom, the most popular ship is Nanoha/Fate, a F/F ship. On Ao3, one in every four fanworks feature this pairing[2]. Fans site their close dynamic in the canon media as to why they enjoy the ship. One fan saying, "the show was trying, so hard not to be gay, while still having Fate and Nanoha... be Fate and Nanoha... "[3].
Other ships in the fandom are not nearly as popular, however they still exist. Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ships include:
- Nanoha/Fate
- Teana Lanster/Subaru Nakajima
- Shamal/Signum
- Fate Testarossa Harlaown/Signum
Almost all ships in the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha fandom are yuri.
Fanworks
Fanfiction
Notable fanfiction include:
- falling like the stars by Extrinsical
- The White Devil of the Moon by bissek
- Game Theory by Immatrael
- Saved by the Bell by Satashi
On Fanfiction.Net, there are 2.2k fanworks under the 'Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha' fandom tag[4].
Zines
Resources
- Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha | Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha fanworks on AO3
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha fanfiction and crossovers at FanFiction.net
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha fanfiction at Shoujo-Ai Archive
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Wiki
- nanoha, a Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha LiveJournal community
References
- ^ https://myanimelist.net/anime/76/Mahou_Shoujo_Lyrical_Nanoha
- ^ https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Mahou%20Shoujo%20Lyrical%20Nanoha%20%7C%20Magical%20Girl%20Lyrical%20Nanoha/works, accessed September 17th, 2024
- ^ https://www.tumblr.com/a-dauntless-daffodil/741478861818200064/i-i-am-not-over-how-fate-explains-the-family?source=share
- ^ https://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Magical-Girl-Lyrical-Nanoha/?&srt=4&r=103, accessed September 17th, 2024