MAGICAL GIRL ANCESTORS // Mahou Profile: A History of Magical Girls
Channel: ErynCerise
Date: 12/12/2017

Today on Mahou Profile, we look at two key precursors to the magical girl genre: Tale of the White Serpent (a.k.a. Hakujaden) and Princess Knight. The former is a landmark piece of anime history that features two important female magic users, and the latter sets several tropes that will eventually become common to the magical girl genre.

UPDATE 1: Forgot to mention that the Nozomi release of Princess Knight is also available on Crunchyroll! http://www.crunchyroll.com/princess-knight

UPDATE 2: The bit in the outro about garbage Patreon fees is no longer applicable. There was a scare around this time that Patreon would start charging patrons per pledge. Thankfully that didn't come to pass! Phew!

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Transcript and works cited for this episode available here: https://mahouprofile.com/2019/05/29/mp-001-ancestors

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LINKS AND CREDITS

Magical Eryn avatar by Olivine Arc: https://listography.com/olivinearc?m=0580652416

Title card art by Onsta: https://twitter.com/OnstaMonsta

Panda and the Magic Serpent R1 DVD: https://www.amazon.com/Panda-Magic-Serpent-Hisaya-Morishige/dp/B01G2I3TVU

Tale of the White Serpent R2 DVD (French): https://www.amazon.fr/Serpent-Blanc-%C3%89dition-Collector/dp/B0002QXMVG

Princess Knight (manga) Vol.1: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193565425X

Princess Knight (manga) vol. 2: https://www.amazon.com/Princess-Knight-Part-Osamu-Tezuka/dp/1935654314

The Twin Knights (manga): https://www.amazon.com/Twin-Knights-Princess-Knight/dp/1939130018