Finished Tokyo Mew Mew – Episode 1
September 25, 2011 in Tokyo Mew Mew
Okay so I started a new anime and abandoned the previous one, this new anime happens to be a “Magical Girl” type which is my favorite 
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For those of you who don’t know, magical girl is a famous type of anime popularized by Sailor Moon and it’s been popular ever since. (Before Sailor Moon it was more of a dud). The type revolves around a main character who’s usually a normal person (nothing special) but has the ability to transform and access a special type of power. In a non-transformed state the person usually cannot access any power.
The “Magical Girl” genre also greatly emphasizes the “Transformation” with a dedicated 30 second to 1 minute transformation clip. Before Sailor Moon the genre was more of a dud and the people never used their powers against crime (used it more to help themselves in everyday life) Sailor Moon was the first anime in the category to introduce the idea of crime fighting which was never thought of before and thus largely popularized the genre.
After Sailor Moon many more anime were made into this genre namely Kamichama Karin (characters transform into a god-like person) and Shugo Chara (characters transform into a would-be version of themselves), but several hundred more have been made and are being made into this category as thanks to Sailor Moon.
This anime “Tokyo Mew Mew” is another anime in the same category so I’m back to watching my favorite genre.
Also, some people argue that all the anime in the “Magical Girl” genre are all the same. I do agree with this to a point… They all have the same transformation style clip in every episode, rotate around the same principles, have the same type events in every story arc and, to some extent, the same type ending. But each one is very different, it’s not a seen one seen them all type thing. Each one has a very unique storyline that’s usually well planed out and equally interesting to watch.
The usual last segment is below: