magical girl

英語

詞源

仿譯自日語 魔法少女 (mahō shōjo /⁠まほうしょうじょ⁠/)。

名詞

magical girl (複數 magical girls)

1. 魔法少女
   • 2013, Christopher Hart, Magical Characters, Watson-Guptill Publications, →ISBN，第 17 頁:

     The magical girl starts out as a typical schoolgirl. Her transformation—via a glamorous costume, and amplified by special powers—gives her a new identity.

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   • 2014, Lien Fan Shen, 「The Dark, Twisted Magical Girls: Shōjo Heroines in Puella Magi Madoka Magica」, 出自 Norma Jones, Maja Bajac-Carter, Bob Batchelor 編, Heroines of Film and Television: Portrayals in Popular Culture, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN，第 183 頁:

     Contrary to conventional magical girl anime, in which protagonists happily accept their superpower, shōjo heroines are reluctant to become Magical Girls in Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

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   • 2015, Deborah Shamoon, 「The Superflat Space of Japanese Anime」, 出自 Lilian Chee, Edna Lim 編, Asian Cinema and the Use of Space: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Routledge, →ISBN，第 98 頁:

     The magical girl genre was originally aimed at girls: series like Sailor Moon were first serialized in shōjo manga (girls' comics) magazines and contained many traits common to that genre.

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