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Anime Review: ‘Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A’s’

A surprisingly solid sequel to an uneven first effort.

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A’s directed by Keizô Kusakawa. Written by . Starring Yukari Tamura, Nana Mizuki, and Kana Ueda. Seven Arcs, Japan (2005). 13 episodes of 25 minutes (approx. ). Not rated.

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I am continuing to work my way through Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha now that it once again enjoys a U.S. license. Although this is a well-known and much-venerated series, I have to admit this is my first time through it. It had not had a legal release in North America for some time, as I understand it, and I also admit I had avoided it in large part because of the somewhat exaggeratedly negative review by Carl Kimlinger, as I mentioned in my review of the first series.

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