>>102718757>>102718818Magical Girls have genre staples that mark them;
>stock transformation sequence>strong emphasis on love or/and even more importantly, friendship>focuses on emotion, either powered by it or deals with it through the Victim of the Week>Speaking of; a VOTW and MOTW format>frills, ribbons, sparkles and cute costumes>divide between normal & magical lives>mascot character>magical trinket that gives powerMost Japanese Magical Girl shows share these, only dropping one or two aspects at most.
France follows the format mostly but American magical girl shows are a lot less uniform, to the point it's hard to tell which ones should count.
Then you get to the split between the older Witch/Magical Girl in training shows and the more current and popular Magical Girl Warrior shows.
