Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (anime): Difference between revisions

The first series in the ''[[Lyrical Nanoha|Nanoha]]'' franchise, simply titled ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha''.

 

It starts with a typical cookie-cutter plot: Twenty-one [[Lost Technology|dangerous artifacts of incredible power]] called [[MacGuffin|Jewel Seeds]] have fallen to [[Insignificant Little Blue Planet|Earth]] following a cross-dimensional accident. A mage named Yuuno is badly injured while attempting to retrieve them, and is discovered half-dead by Nanoha Takamachi, an [[Ordinary High School Student|ordinary 9-year-old elementary schooler]].

 

 

 

 

 

 

* [[Actor Allusion]]: Nanoha's orange "civilian" outfit in the first season is reminiscent of Kanami's outfit from ''Scryed''. Fitting, given that they're both voiced by [[Yukari Tamura]].

* [[Animation Bump]]: The first episode is ''too'' smoothly done. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RokGy2iXnTo Observe.]

* [[By the Power of Greyskull]]: Averted for the most part. In the first episode, Yuno tells Nanoha a password she needs to say to activate Raising Heart but after that she doesn't need it.

* [[Collapsing Lair]]: The Garden of Time, as a result of Precia's failed attempt to use the Jewel Seeds.

* [[Cute Giant]]: One episode had a kitten come into contact with one of the Jewel Seeds, which granted its wish of wanting to grow up... and grow it did, becoming as tall as the trees. Despite being giant, it still acted like a kitten, not aggressive at all. Provided the page image for [[Mega Neko]].

* [[Dramatic Wind]]: Used to great effect during Nanoha and Fate's talk on the bridge.

* [[Dungeon Bypass]]: Chrono does one in the finale, apparently because he couldn't find the door to Precia's inner sanctum.

* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: The first few episodes of the original series were a standard [[Magical Girl]] show, and it wasn't until ''A's'' that it really became a [[Gundam]]-[[Recycled in Space|in-a-schoolgirl-skirt]] show.

* [[Face Fault]]: Nanoha gets one in the first episode, when her father asks what a ferret is.

* [[False Camera Effects]]: Episode 1 includes a brief sequence of Nanoha running that is made to look like it was filmed with a hand-held camera.

** [[Say My Name]]: A soft-spoken and adorable example. It's even the name of the last episode.

* [[Frilly Upgrade]]: Significantly less than most examples in the genre, with later seasons trying to see how much metal parts they can jam into Nanoha's barrier jacket before she start resembling an actual mecha.

* [[Humongous Mecha]]: Precia deploys a variety of robots that clearly fall into the category to defend her lair in the finale. Nanoha proceeds to smack them down like she was an escaped [[Super Prototype]] from a ''[[Gundam]]'' show.

* [[Genre Shift]]: Within the course of the original thirteen episodes, the series shifts from typical [[Magical Girl]] fare to something more dramatic as well as becoming more action oriented in the process. By the end of the season the action and drama aspects have become central to the series.

* [[Mythology Gag]]: Lindy's fairy wings, Chrono's [[Spikes of Villainy]], and other references to [[The Anime of the Game|the original Nanoha game]].

* [[Ominous Floating Castle]]: The Garden of Time, Precia's fortress.

* [[Power Levels]]: Nanoha's average magical power is given to be 1.27 ''million'', while Fate's is 1.43 million. All other mentions use letter rankings.

* [[The Power of Friendship]]: Saved Fate's life arguably. Of course, given the definition of "befriend" in use by the Nanoha fandom, it can also be employed to ''blow you up''.

* [[Spoiler Opening]]: The original OP shows Fate and Arf from the start of the show, but they actually feature first in episode 4.

* [[Stock Footage]]: Compared to later seasons, the usage of stock footage [[Transformation Sequence|Transformation Sequences]] is [[Egregious|egregiously]] high.

* [[Storming the Castle]]: The season's climax is the storming the Garden of Time.

* [[Theme Tune Cameo]]: Used as Nanoha's cellphone ringtone.

* [[The Thing That Goes Doink]]: Lindy's Japanese-style receiving room has one. Said room also happens to be ''on a spaceship''.

 

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* [[Adaptational Angst Upgrade]]: Only in the manga. As a result, this version of Nanoha acquired the [[Fandom Nickname]] "Emoha."

* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: It fixes many of the pacing and writing problems of the first season, and in general alters things to be more consistent with later seasons. It also animates some of the [[All There in the Manual]] material, largely about Precia, painting a clearer picture overall.

* [[DVD Commentary]]: Provided by Subaru, Teana, Erio, Caro, Vivio, Fate, and Nanoha.

* [[Monster Sob Story]]: Due to [[Adaptation Distillation]], the movie does a much better job of explaining Precia's [[Tear Jerker|backstory]].

** The picnic scene came after the reactor accident in Fate's memory sequence. It's probably Fate she was talking to and Fate saying she wanted a little sister. Which goes a long way to explaining why Precia didn't have her revelation until the end: it would take jumping through many more mental hoops to realize that, since she never got around to spending time with Alicia and asking her about presents, it could be Alicia asking from beyond the grave through the memory imprinted in Fate that she wanted a little sister, while the "Alicia" saying these words--the girl who Precia was only slowly realizing was too different from the original Alicia--IS the sister she was asking for.

* [[Panthera Awesome]]: The little kitten that encounters a Jewel Seed in the movie, instead of a [[Mega Neko]], turns into a giant, demonic, black panther, which sprouts large bat wings.

* [[Surprisingly Good English]]: The movie has the best English so far with the devices finally having learned proper grammar.

* [[Take My Hand]]: In the manga after their final fight, Nanoha falls off a rooftop and Fate catches her. First she grabs her by the hand and then holds her with both arms Superman style. They were both too tired and beaten up to fly so they had an emergency water landing shortly after. Still a great rescue, especially since Fate jumped after her so fast the stretcher she was on ''disintegrated''.

* [[Voodoo Shark]]: The first season had a few minor plot points that were later [[Ret Conned]]. For example, in the original series Nanoha was the one who thought up Raising Heart's staff and cannon modes herself, but after season one all new devices have predetermined forms and require hardware upgrades for new ones. Naturally, when they remade the first season for the movie, they made sure it was consistent with the later seasons. However, this opened up a new [[Plot Hole]]. While Raising Heart having its staff and cannon modes pre-loaded makes sense, it's never explained why Yuuno didn't try using either mode before handing the device over to Nanoha.

 

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