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Magic Knight Rayearth
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Hekiru Shiina
Hikaru Shidou (voice)
20 eps
Hiroko Kasahara
Fuu Hououji (voice)
20 eps
Konami Yoshida
Umi Ryuuzaki (voice)
20 eps
Hideyuki Tanaka
Rayearth (voice)
20 eps
Akio Otsuka
Windam (voice)
20 eps
Tessyo Genda
Celes (voice)
20 eps
Emi Shinohara
Presea (voice)
20 eps
Minami Takayama
Ascot (voice)
20 eps
Nozomu Sasaki
Clef (voice)
20 eps
Takumi Yamazaki
Ferio (voice)
20 eps
Yukimasa Kishino
Lafarga (voice)
29 eps
Yuko Nagashima
Caldina (voice)
20 eps
Yuri Shiratori
Primera (voice)
49 eps
Yuri Amano
Alcyone (voice)
20 eps
Megumi Ogata
Eagle Vision (voice)
49 eps
Chinami Nishimura
Lady Aska (voice)
29 eps
Jun'ichi Kanemaru
Zazu Torque (voice)
29 eps
Jurota Kosugi
Lantis (voice)
49 eps
Ryotaro Okiayu
Inouva (voice)
20 eps
Atsuko Takahata
Debonair (voice)
29 eps
Aya Hisakawa
Tarta (voice)
29 eps
Kikuko Inoue
Tatra (voice)
29 eps
Kiyoyuki Yanada
Geo Metro (voice)
29 eps
Kohei Miyauchi
Chang Ang (voice)
29 eps
Takkô Ishimori
Chang Ang (voice)
29 eps
Yuka Imai
Mira (voice)
30 eps
Miki Ito
Nova (voice)
30 eps
Satomi Korogi
Sang Yung (voice)
31 eps
Yuko Kobayashi
1 eps
Yumi Touma
2 eps
Keiji Fujiwara
1 eps
Saeko Yoshizawa
2 eps
Masaharu Sato
2 eps
Sanae Miyuki
1 eps
Minoru Inaba
1 eps
Kae Araki
2 eps
Masami Kikuchi
1 eps
Tomokazu Seki
1 eps
Kumiko Nishihara
2 eps
Ako Mayama
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Magic Knight Rayearth actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Magic Knight Rayearth reads strongest on Spectacle, World Building and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
While on a field trip to the Tokyo Tower, three middle school girls suddenly find themselves in another world and must save its princess to return home.
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 49 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
19973 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Magic Knight Rayearth
199420 episodes
7.1IMDbThree junior high school girls are brought together by fate when they hear a voice asking them to save the world. The land that calls them is named Cephiro and the voice belongs to Princess Emeraude. She stands as the Pillar whose will maintains the peace of this magical world where belief is power. But the peace in Cephiro is now threatened as Princess Emeraude is imprisoned and monsters begin to invade. With her last bit of strength, the princess summons forth the three girls who must fulfill their destiny to become the Magic Knights in the hopes of saving her world.
Season 2 · Complete
Magic Knight Rayearth 2
199529 episodes
7.0IMDbFilled with regret, Hikaru, Umi and Fun return to Tokyo. Dark forces still brew with the broken land of Cephiro and the foreign leaders of Autozam, Fahren and Chizeta, seek the crown of the pillar so they may seize its limitless power. Now the girls are summoned back by an unknown force and must find a new Pillar before Cephiro ceases to exist. But the land is plagued by a new type of monster, led by Debonair and Hikaru's alter ego, Nova!
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E03
Rayearth OVA - Episode 3
S00E02
Rayearth OVA - Episode 2
S00E01
Rayearth OVA - Episode 1
S02E29
The Road to Victory: The Tomorrow that the Believing Heart Opens!
- Directed by Hitoyuki Matsui
S02E28
An Endless Battle!
S02E27
The True Pillar is: Hikaru or Eagle?
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Direction
- Hitoyuki MatsuiDirector
- Koichi ChigiraDirector
- Keitaro MotonagaDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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