Nanoha

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
魔法少女リリカルなのは (Mahō Shōjo Ririkaru Nanoha)
Genre	Magical girl, Science fantasy

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (魔法少女リリカルなのは, Mahō Shōjo Ririkaru Nanoha) is a Japanese multimedia franchise that encompasses four anime television series, two theatrical adaptations, multiple manga and Drama CD adaptations and sequels, as well as model figures and plastic models. It began in 2004 with Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, an alternate universe spin-off of the Triangle Heart series, and is on-going to date.

The series is named after its protagonist Nanoha Takamachi. At the beginning of the series, Nanoha is a 9-year old schoolgirl in modern-day Japan, who is swept into a conflict between extra-dimensional powers vying for control over magical artifacts they had discovered on Earth. Nanoha herself is revealed to be tremendously powerful in the extra-dimensional techno-magic and in later installments, leaves Earth altogether to pursue a magical career. In the chronologically latest franchise entry, Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force, she is 25. Nanoha's role has gradually diminished in the installments following Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS, to the point where she only appears briefly in the 2016 anime ViVid Strike!, which is set in the same universe but whose title no longer contains her name.

Nanoha Takamachi first appeared as a minor character in the eroge visual novel Triangle Heart 3, released on December 8, 2000. She was first cast as a magical girl on a merchandise CD Triangle Heart 3 ~Lyrical Toy Box~, released on June 29, 2001. Nanoha's first animated appearance was in the first episode of Triangle Heart 3 OVA adaptation, released on July 24, 2003. All three titles, as well as the entire spin-off franchise starring Nanoha, were written by Masaki Tsuzuki (都築真紀, Tsuzuki Masaki).

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