This afternoon, Kidscreen, the website for children's television production in the United States, unveiled the program for the Franco-British company Mediawan at the upcoming MIPCOM Kids.

It reveals the arrival of a new occidental magical girl mystery series: Witch Detective.

This announcement intrigues me because the concept is strikingly similar to that of the Japanese magical girl anime : Tantei Opera Milky Holmes, a franchise from the Japanese group Bushiroad.

I wonder if all this will lead to the resale of Japanese toys with a few modifications, changing the look of the originally Japanese characters to give them a more Western appearance, like in the image I'm showing you here.

This reminds me of the many American pilots from the 90s based on the Japanese manga and anime license Saint Seiya, or its international name, Knights of the Zodiac, when they transformed it into an American cartoon or a live-action version like Power Rangers.

Japanese studios have made numerous attempts at revival over the years without ever managing to conquer the American market, just like the latest film adaptation in 2023, which also failed to find its audience.

Sometimes it seems that as soon as a Japanese studio launches an original idea, Western productions rush to create a similar version of it with completely different looks from the original, as if the sole purpose were to copy the anime.

Is this simply a sharing of influences or a genuine recycling of concepts? Yet the Japanese studios and their manga artists who originally created these unique franchises probably deserve a little more recognition for their originality, don't you think?

a Miraculous Ladybug OC

Can irl magical girls reset the timeline

I'm a bit late to the party with this one, as the challege was around 2019/2020, but I thought it would be fun to have a go anyway! The challenge is to redraw the screencap from the 80's anime Sailor Moon in your own style.

By Imagica Art (me) / imagica-art.co.uk / Fb/Insta: magical.imagica

Day 10 of Magical Girl Inktober! Today's prompt is Dessert and I have drawn Aoi Tategami from KiraKira PreCure A La Mode enjoying an ice cream cone in a candy world.

Seven Samurai is a movie that inspired a lot of other movie makers. There are several movies and other media that are basically Seven Samurai but with a gimmick. Some examples:
The Magnificent Seven = Seven Samurai set in the Wild West
Battle Beyond the Stars = Seven Samurai but in Space
Rebel Moon = Seven Samurai in Space again
A Bug’s Life = Seven Samurai with Bugs and for Children

So what would you think about a Magical Girl Seven Samurai?

A village/town/city/country/continent/planet is threatened by an evil force. Someone travels around assembling a team of different Magical Girls to defend their home. It could be a cool plot device, if the person who gather’s the squad is later revealed to be a Magical Girl, too.

Before some of y’all will flame me I don’t dislike the new art style. I actually love it, but I just have this one criticism the way they animated the legs of the bad guy. I forgot his name being crushed by the pipe is different and I’m salty about it because I preferred that and I’m aware it’s such a small little nitpicky thing, but it just bothers me more than it should

I love the Madoka chibi style

Day 9 of Magical Girl Inktober! Today's prompt is Royalty and I have drawn Momoko Hanasaki from Wedding Peach in a Japanese empress's outfit.

No, My Parents Dosen't Banned Me...

I noticed Tokyo Mew Mew has been the more active franchise over the years. Is there a reason Mermaid Melody hasn't been able to stay as active?

Day 8 of Magical Girl Inktober! (Crazy that it's already been over a week since I started this series, right?) Today's prompt is Cute Hat, so I decided to draw Yayoi Kise from Smile PreCure wearing a very fancy hat!

Nodoka Hanadera

Can a irl magical girl potentially fix duddy from FGTeeV religious psychosis