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Things I do not have time for no really brain stop it: a novel (or three or five) exploring the concept of magical-girl anime from the PoV of someone who's grown up watching magical-girl anime.

...rec me other-than-Sailormoon magical-girl anime?

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Cardcaptor Sakura, Puella Magi Madoka Magika (this one comes with many, many warnings that are also spoilers, but it's really a lot of trope inversion at base, which given magical girl tropes, should tell you a lot), Full Moon o Sagashite (a bit not quite traditionally Magical Girl, but good and cute, from what I remember; I do need to actually watch all of it at some point), Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne (I've only read a good portion of the manga, years ago, but now I want to go find the anime xD)...

Um, this list on wikipedia might be a good source; I haven't watched or heard enough (or any, about some) about most of these to give recs. :D

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I refused to read Full Moon wo Sagashite in high school bc my sisters told me it's really sad. Kamikaze kaito Jeanne also broke my heart, but I can only second the rec; it's fantastic.

Aside from the above, I've watched/read/enjoyed: Revolutionary Girl Utena, Magic Knights Rayearth, Princess Tutu, Saint Tail.

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Also Precure | Pretty Cure (new characters/story each season so you can jump in wherever). Only the first season is available on Hulu, but I can recommend Heartcatch, Suite or Smile.

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Seconding Cardcaptor Sakura (do not watch the American dub, though, it got Bowdlerised rather badly) and Magic Knight Rayearth.

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Seconding Puella Magi Madoka Magika. I don't usually think of Revolutionary Girl Utena as magical girl, but I do usually think of it as amazing.

So far as prose goes, though, there's a rather old (2002) work of online fiction called sailor nothing, which is a magical-girl story from the PoV of someone who's grown up watching magical-girl anime. It's also quite dark, with a lot of warnings. I enjoyed it when I first read it, and I thought it had a lot of really cool hypertext stuff going on, but I haven't re-read it recently. I can only hope it hasn't been visited by the suck fairy.

Nod, thanks. I will read the story pretty soon. I'm marathoning Sailormoon, what there is of it on Hulu.

Seconding CCS, Rayearth, Princess Tutu and adding Prétear (although I have yet to forgive it for the final episode *grumps at it*). Cutie Honey you'd probably want to focus on Cutie Honey Flash if you wanted to include it, Shamanic Princess... probably doesn't quite count for what you're looking for, but I thought I'd mention it anyway.

*looks at linked list* Oh, and if you're interested in what Europeans do with the magical girl series, add Winx Club to your list. (What I've seen of it ranges from hilaribad to terribad, though, so I can't say I recommend it.)

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It comes with caveats, but the webcomic Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki is about a story of a boy grown up on magical girl anime who ends up getting the chance to live it out. It does some trope deconstruction, but it eventually ends up more in Norse mythology than magical girl anime.

An anime that has magical girls in it is Someday's Dreamers.

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Wow, I haven't thought of that webcomic in years, and I never did manage to finish it!

The update schedule went very long between chapters, so I haven't finished it, either.

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