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is a thirteen episode spinoff of the Triangle Hearts series of games and OVAs that aired between October and December of 2004. A sequel, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's, aired between October and December of 2005. A 3rd series is rumored to be in the works for release in October 2006.

The series, whilst having some of the traditional trappings of Magical Girl shows, differs in several key ways. First, MSLN bases its 'magic' on technology in lieu of traditional 'magical' elements of said shows. Second, the series has more carefully crafted choreography than more typical magical girl shows, reflecting the different target audience (teenage male viewers rather than the traditional young female audience of the magical girl genre). Third, and perhaps most importantly, the show's story is significantly more emotionally intense than other magical girl series, dealing with themes such as social alienation and child abuse.

Story

Takamachi Nanoha is a 3rd grade elementary school girl. She lives with her parents who run a coffee shop, and her older sister and brother who are high school students. Nanoha is a normal girl until she meets a ferret(actually a transformed boy, Yuno) who was/is an archaeologist from a distant world. She obtains a magical crystal, the Raging Heart, and gains magical powers.

After their encounter, Nanoha and Yuno have to collect the twenty or so “Jewel Seeds," powerful lost crystals from Yuno's world that grant wishes and are very dangerous when misused. However, Nanoha and Yuno are not the only ones after the Jewel Seeds. So is Fate Testarossa, a foreign girl with sad eyes...

Characters

Nanoha Takamachi (高町なのは Takamachi Nanoha)
Yūno Scraia (ユーノ・スクライア Yūno Sukuraia)
Fate Testarossa (フェイト・テスタロッサ Feito Tesutarossa)
Suzuka Tsukimura (月村すずか Tsukimura Suzuka)
Alisa Bannings (アリサ・バニングス Arisa Baningusu)

Weaponry

Raging Heart (レイジングハート Reijingu Hāto): Nanoha's intelligent device.
Bardiche (バルディッシュ Barudisshu): Fate's intelligent device.

Cast

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