Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Strickers

Mahou Shoujo Lyrial Nanoha Strikers

Original Creator: Masaki Tsuzuki

Production by: Seven Arcs

Sequel of: Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's

OAVs: none

Movies: none

Live-Action: none

Extra: there are two sequel manga

Genre: Action, Magical Girl, technology/sci-fi, Drama

Number of Episodes: 26

ANN's Plot Summary: "Set 10 years after the events in Lyrical Nanoha A's, now three Rank S mages, Nanoha, Fate, and Hayate are working for the Time-Space Administration Bureau. Following Hayate's Dream to make her own division that helps into all kind of disasters, including the Lost Logia cases, Fate and Nanoha including their own trainees, create Riot Force 6. Unfortunately not all can go as planned, because uncontrolled Lost Logia will get in the way of Riot Force 6 and is up to Nanoha, Fate and Hayate to deal with them while training their new trainees and helping with other tasks that arise along the way."

My Ranking: 3 1/2

My Rating: R

okay so the characters are grown up so you know what that means....boobs! yeah. lots of revealing stuff in this one. including nudity and some disturbing circumstances.

My Review:Our little girls are all grown up, and so is the series. While I feel I could safely classify A's as simply a continuation of the original, Strikers definitely has that sequel factor. After all, we know Nanoha and Fate as the little kickass magical girls with style bigger than life. and quite frankly the fact that they were young gave MGLN some of its charm. So, now that they are all grown up the series can give a person mixed feelings. At times I found myself wondering who this Nanoha was. Was she the same little girl I knew from before. It can be a little heartbreaking to see your characters older but all you can do is hang on and try to accept them for what they are now even though you are so missing those little pigtails.

For starters, the series, taking place ten years after A's, throws you without much warning. Different setting, different situation, different politics. Yeah. It gets quite confusing so it can feel like you're expected to know who all these people are and what's going on right away. Also during the series you can tell that the only reason this character asked this question was for the viewers own benefit. While the first two give a lot in a little package, the strikers package is poorly wrapped and quite frankly spewing out the edges.

Another factor about this series is that it has a serious case of TMCS. (too many characters syndrome) There are so many characters, a lot of who you feel you're expected to know, and they all have to have their moment in the plot. So sometimes you find yourself asking 'wait who is that guy again?' also the constant switch between locations where each character is doing their own thing can get a little tiresome.

On the other hand, there is actually a reason this series gets 3 1/2 stars. The plot is really clever. As the saga progressed it got closer and closer to sci-fi until this series reached the peak. Becoming a politically involved battle against bio-technological revolutionists and the Magical system of government support......it gave me a wonderful headache. Genius! and a bit freaky at times. Okay we've always had magic and technology but add in artificial human genetics and other means of inhumane acts and you've got one surprising freak show which luckily makes a lot more sense than this attempt of a review. oy. but again this series expects a little too much of its audience at times.

Being full of action, strikers gives plenty of wow and boom. Of course we'd expect nothing less. Also I have to admit though this series was quite heart wrenching and emotional at times. But then that leads to the most important point I must make about strikers. Though it does take a while to get into things and the leading eps may feel awkward and dragging, the last episodes make it all worth while. Even if them being older is a total turnoff, even if you are really confused and overloaded. Stick with it long enough to watch the last episodes. They are amazing.

And so that's my review for Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Strikers. It was difficult to put into words but this is the best conclusion of the series I could come to. And I think it works.

Comparison: same as predecessor.

For the best quality subs get the DVD rips by Coldlight. was also subbed by Teadium. this series is not licensed.

Sample Vid: Again. Along with A's sample vid this amv got me into the saga. Truly awesome!