Tell Me, Magical Pendulum ~Rilu Rilu Fairilu~

**Tell Me, Magical Pendulum ~Rilu Rilu Fairilu~** (おしえて魔法のペンデュラム ~リルリルフェアリル~ *Oshiete Mahō no Penduramu ~Riru Riru Feariru~*?) is the 3rd and currently the final anime series in the *Rilu Rilu Fairilu* franchise. It is a spin-off to the first two seasons. The series is animated by Studio DEEN. It is directed by Chisei Maeda and written by Akemi Omode.

The series aired from July 7, 2018 to January 5, 2019 on Kids Station on Saturdays at 8:15 AM (JST). For terrestrial broadcast, it premiered on July 15, 2018 on TOKYO MX, airing on Sundays at 7:00 AM (JST). Each episode lasts for 15 minutes.

## Story

Fairilus are magical fairies living in Little Fairilu whose everyday life is filled with fun opportunities. Among the world is an ancient magical item that has existed since long time ago, known as the Magical Pendulum – A fortune-telling device that watches over the universe. It can be used to summon Fairilus and allows humans to travel into the place and meet them. Fortunes will be told through cards called Fairilu Cards. Besides being majestic, Fairilus also are friendly fairies who exist to help people in trouble and make their dreams come true whenever they need them.

## Characters

### Fairilus

* Lip
* Spica
* Sumire
* Himawari
* Rose
* Rin

### New Fairilus

*Flower Fairilus*

* Drop
* Juli

*Legend Fairilus*

* Fairilu Guga
* Fairilu Selene

### Humans

* Arisu Hanazono
* Marie Hanazono
* Ema Hanazono
* Nagisa Nanami
* Kurumi Yuzuki
* Mitsuki Kusano
* Sion Masaki

## List of Episodes

*Main article: Tell Me, Magical Pendulum ~Rilu Rilu Fairilu~/Episode List*
## International Broadcast

It had its first broadcast outside of Japan in South Korea on Disney Channel on February 9, 2019, a month after the series ended in its home country.

In Hong Kong, it premiered on TVB Jade on February 23, 2021.

## Trivia

* This is the first *Rilu Rilu Fairilu* anime set in a parallel universe to the previous seasons.
* This season adapts some of the settings depicted in the book *Rilu Rilu Fairilu's Secret Encyclopedia*. For instance, the Fairilus' clothing design in the book is used in the anime.
* This is the first season to completely not being broadcast on TV TOKYO and its network.
	+ This is also the first time in 13 years since its Sanrio anime predecessors, *Onegai My Melody* and *Jewelpet* anime series, aired.
	+ Moreover, this is the first time that the first television station broadcasting the show in Japan is not terrestrial, but satellite.
* This is the shortest season by far, having 26 episodes.
	+ The period of time of each episode is also being shortened, with only 15 minutes instead of 30.
* This season has returned airing in the morning on weekends, after *The Magic Mirror* was broadcast in the evening on Fridays.
* This is the first season that mostly used Flash-based animation.
* This is the first season that only has one opening and one ending theme.
* This is the first season in the anime series without a major antagonist.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 (2018, May 31). Rilu Rilu Fairilu 3rd Season's Cast, Title, July Premiere Revealed. *AnimeNewsNetwork*. Retrieved Jun 9, 2018.
2. ↑ (n.d). おしえて魔法のペンデュラム ～リルリルフェアリル～. *Animax*. Retrieved Jun 18, 2018.
3. ↑ (n.d.). リルリルフェアリル　おしえて魔法のペンデュラム. *SEGATOYS*. Retrieved Jun 3, 2018.