Toei Majokko Chibis I finally completed to go with the Pierrot set

Magic Girls help to remind us that are femininity isn’t a weakness, but something that can be empowering!

A whole posse of vintage magical girls!

Clockwise from bottom: Sally, Lalabel, Mako, Meg, Cutey Honey, Lunlun, and Akko.

In the center: Chappy.

What better place to start a blog about magical girls than with Sally?

Based on a manga by Mitsuteru Yokoyama that started in 1966, Mahou Tsukai Sally (Sally the Witch) is often considered the first mahou shoujo series (though it is predated by Akko-chan’s Secret by a few years.) It follows the adventures of Sally, the princess of the “Witch World”, as she visits Earth, makes friends and causes all sorts of mischief with her magic powers. Unlike today’s popular concept of “magical girls”, in which a “mundane” human girl obtains magical powers and uses them to do good for the world, a model based on the superheroes of American comics, Sally enters the scene already equipped with her magic. She uses magic not as a weapon but to accomplish all sorts of trivial, everyday goals; Yokoyama cited the American sitcom Bewitched as an influence for Sally, and Sally’s misadventures follow very much in the vein of Bewitched, with Sally being pressed to hide her magic while masquerading as a normal girl.

Yokoyama was an admirer as well as a rival of Osamu Tezuka, creator of the prototype shoujo manga, Ribbon no Kishi or Princess Knight. His sci-fi adventure series for boys, especially Tetsujin 28-go, were strong opponents of Tezuka’s Astro Boy; perhaps with Mahou Tsukai Sally Yokoyama wished to challenge Tezuka in the budding realm of shoujo manga. Tezuka, by the time of Sally, had not only Princess Knight and the cuddly Unico under his belt, but also the short series Angel’s Hill, a more dramatic story about a mermaid princess who comes to live among humans.

Whatever the purpose behind its inception, Sally quickly became a staple of a new genre. Stories about little girls with magical powers in the style of Sally emerged: Mahou Tsukai Chappy, Majokko Megu-chan and Mahou Shoujo Lalabel (Lalabel the Magical Girl) are successful examples; Go Nagai, another pillar of mahou shoujo and latecoming rival to Tezuka and Yokoyama, also created a Sally-style magical girl in Majokko Tickle. While today mahou shoujo draw more from Nagai’s other great magical girl story, Cutey Honey, we still occasionally see series about witch girls vacationing in the human world and the subsequent clash between the fantastic and the mundane. Examples include Hime-chan no Ribbon, Ultra Maniac and Sugar Sugar Rune; a shounen variant appears in Mahou Sensei Negima.

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The original magical girls. The Elder Mahous.

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Often considered one of the first shoujo anime (and magical girl anime), "Sally the Witch" was an important stepping stone in the history of shoujo in Japan. Now, thanks to Hell's Missionary, we have the first few chapters of the manga that started it all!

Sally the Witch, Anthro lion, like Leo/Kimba

Mahou Tsukai Sally 2 (1989)

Sally the Witch picture book

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Wanted to share this anyway even if it’s late

Mahou Tsukai Sally 2 (1989)

VHS Cover of “Mahoutsukai Sally: Astrelea Palace’s Party” (1990)

Similar to the lost quiz episode/video game of Sailor Moon, Sally the Witch had it’s own special episode where kids could call in & give their answers. 

The episode revolves around Sally taking Sumire & Yoshiko to Astrelea for a party, however if they don’t leave by midnight then Sumire & Yoshiko might not ever return to Earth again

Little Witches 101: Mahoutsukai Sally

The Very First Shojo Anime Magical Girl

She’s a princess from another world who lives and learns among the humans all while trying to hide her magical powers.  Magic hijinks, shenanigans, and the power of friendship ensue.  No, she’s not Sailor Moon.  She’s Mahotuskai Sally.

In a series about little witch magical girls you can’t not talk about Mahousukai Sally. Though it can be argued she wasn’t exactly the first magical girl ever, she was the first magical girl in anime and completely changed the game in terms of anime marketed explicitly to girls.  Therefore, Sally is essentially the grandmother of mahou shojo in anime and should be loved for the adorable 1960s shojo sweetness it provides.

*~As always: Not spoiler free! If you wish to experience the full series without major points being explained, stop reading now!~*

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Top row: Sally #2, Akko #2, and both Minky Momos.

Bottom row: Creamy Mami and Yuu, Mai and Emi, and Persia.

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