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The is a Japanese Tokusatsu television series produced by TV Tokyo, Dentsu, OLM, Inc. and created by Takashi Miike. Each season revolves around
magical girl is a subgenre of Japanese fantasy media (including anime, manga, light novels, and live-action media) centered around young girls who possess magical abilities, which they typically use through an ideal alter ego into which they can transfo ...
s who fight against enemies, with a toy line produed by Takara Tomy. After '' Idol × Warrior Miracle Tunes!'' was first broadcast in April 2017 with success among its target demographic, four more series followed, grouped under the ''Girls × Heroine'' name and ran until last 2022. Following the series' ending, it was succeeded by ''RizSta: Top of Artists''.


Overview

Each season focuses on elementary school and middle school girls who are given magical items to fight against the forces of evil. They are assisted by fairy mascots and together must battle ordinary people who have been turned evil by the enemy. Their job is to purify these beings and to collect various things which helps them in the battle ahead. As the seasons go on, their magical powers get upgraded, enemies become stronger and along the way, they may gain more members who will assist them in their battles.


Main series

5 seasons have been announced, and the final, Kirameki Powers, and on June 26, 2022. ''Miracle Tunes'' currently has been dubbed in 2 languages and has a European remake. Each of the series has a
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adaptation by Asaka Ogura published in Ciao (magazine) and Yuuki Harami published in Pucchigumi. # ''
Idol × Warrior Miracle Tunes! is a Japanese television series that aired from April 2, 2017, to March 25, 2018, on TV Tokyo. The show is the first installment of the ''Girls × Heroine Series'' conceived by Takara Tomy and OLM, Inc. with the assistance of Shogakukan and EX ...
'' (2017-2018) # ''
Magical × Heroine Magimajo Pures! is a Japanese television drama series that began airing on April 1, 2018 until March 24, 2019. It is the second installment of the '' Girls × Heroine Series'' produced by Takara Tomy and OLM, Inc. with the assistance of Shogakukan and EXPG S ...
'' (2018-2019) # ''
Secret × Heroine Phantomirage! is a Japanese television drama series that aired from April 7, 2019, to June 28, 2020. It is the third installment of the ''Girls × Heroine Series'' produced by Takara Tomy and OLM, Inc. with the assistance of Shogakukan and EXPG Studio. The ...
'' (2019-2020) # '' Police × Heroine Lovepatrina!'' (2020-2021) # ''
Bittomo × Heroine Kirameki Powers! is a Japanese tokusatsu TV drama series that began airing on July 11, 2021. It is the fifth and final installment for the ''Girls × Heroine Series'' produced by Takara Tomy and OLM, Inc. (with the assistance of Shogakukan and EXPG Studio). The ...
'' (2021-2022)


Movies

1. '' Secret × Heroine Phantomirage! The Movie: We'Ve Become A Movie'' (2020) 2. '' Police × Heroine Lovepatrina! The Movie: Challenge From A Phantom Thief! Let's Arrest With Love And A Pat!'' (2021)


Music

To promote the seasons, a temporary idol group is created with the main cast of the shows. Each group provides the opening and ending theme songs while also holding live performances around the country. When each season is completed, the girls cease activities in the idol groups. In 2019, a new idol group 'Girls²' was announced. This was a combination group which included members of all three groups. Yuzuha from miracle², Momoka, Misaki, Youka and Kurea from magical² and finally the newest, Minami, Kira and Toa from mirage². Later, Ran Ishii from mirage² also joined Girls². They provided the opening themes for ''
Secret × Heroine Phantomirage! is a Japanese television drama series that aired from April 7, 2019, to June 28, 2020. It is the third installment of the ''Girls × Heroine Series'' produced by Takara Tomy and OLM, Inc. with the assistance of Shogakukan and EXPG Studio. The ...
'' & '' Police × Heroine Lovepatrina!''. In 2021, 'Lucky²' was announced, a combination unit of members from lovely² and the cast of Kirameki Powers. They will provide the opening for ''
Bittomo × Heroine Kirameki Powers! is a Japanese tokusatsu TV drama series that began airing on July 11, 2021. It is the fifth and final installment for the ''Girls × Heroine Series'' produced by Takara Tomy and OLM, Inc. (with the assistance of Shogakukan and EXPG Studio). The ...
.'' 1 Miracle² - Idol × Warrior Miracle Tunes! (2017-2018) 2 Magical² - Magical × Heroine MagimajoPures! (2018-2019) 3 Mirage² - Secret × Heroine Phantomirage! Endings Theme (2019-2020) 4 Lovely² - Police × Heroine Lovepatrina! Endings Theme (2020-2021) 5
Girls² Girls2 (pronounced "Girls Girls") is a Japanese idol girl group formed by LDH in 2019. The group consist of EXPG Studio graduates who starred in Takashi Miike's ''Girls × Heroine'' series. History Pre-debut: ''Girls × Heroine'' series In D ...
- Permanent Idol Group Providing Openings And Movie Songs (2019-Present) 6 Lucky² - Permanent Idol Group Providing Openings And Endings (2021-Present)


Reception

When ''
Idol × Warrior Miracle Tunes! is a Japanese television series that aired from April 2, 2017, to March 25, 2018, on TV Tokyo. The show is the first installment of the ''Girls × Heroine Series'' conceived by Takara Tomy and OLM, Inc. with the assistance of Shogakukan and EX ...
'' first aired, ''Confidence'' and '' Oricon'' determined it started a "new genre" for shows aimed at the female toddler to primary school age demographic. The series was viewed as a new female counterpart to the ''( Ultraman /
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/ Super Sentai)'' series due to including female-oriented interests, which were often seen in media targeted to young girls. Sumiko Kodama from ''Confidence'' also noted that the show's integration of J-pop elements in collaboration with LDH also made the presentation easy for audiences of all ages to enjoy, as Miracle²'s real-life debut would remind older audiences of Speed. Editors at ''Real Sound'' believe the popularity came from the revived interest in live-action Tokusatsu shows aimed at a female audience, which had declined in the early 1990s due to competing toy sales with ''
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'' and growing interest in
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series The success of the show led to it being a direct competitor to other series for children, particularly the ''
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'' Anime series.


References


External links


Official Site
Mass media franchises Takara Tomy OLM, Inc. Japanese drama television series Japanese children's television series Magical girl anime and manga Magical girl television series Tokusatsu television series TV Tokyo original programming {{DEFAULTSORT:Girls x Heroine