Features
This series is known as various superheroes similar to the Kamen Rider , Super Sentai , and Metal Hero Series . However, these shows mainly focus on cute robots similar to Robocon, cute and unusual creatures, masked individuals who get tracked down by school children, and magical girls.
Each one is supposed to invoke mysterious humor; hence the name fushigi, which means "mystery" in Japanese. This series of programs was shown throughout the 1980s and ended in the early 1990s. All these programs were created by Shotaro Ishinomori, creator of the Kamen Rider, Super Sentai and Robocon series of manga and tokusatsu, as well as many other Toei Superheroes.
This series is divided into three subcategories:
- Robot and extra terrestrials : from Robot 8-chan to Morimori Bokkun.
- Children's detective team : Hardgumi and Maringumi.
- Magical girl : from Magical Chinese Girl Paipai! to Keeping-Words Sisters Chouchoutrian
Especially, the subcategory magical girl is known as "a gateway to female entertainers", female entertainers who starred in this magical girl series were selected for variety shows and anime theme songs after this series. Among them, Wakako Shimazaki who starred in "Magical Chinese Girl Ipanema!" has survived in the entertainment world until today in 2021.
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