Magical Girl Rion-Chan (partially lost media from magical girl franchise; mid 2000s)

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Mahou Shoujo Magical Rionchan artwork by Azusa Rei.

Status: Partially Found

"Magical Girl Rion-chan”, also known by the titles "魔法少女莉欧," "マジカルりおんちゃん," or "Mahou Shoujo Rion-chan," is a magical girl franchise created in the mid 2000s as a collaboration between Japan and China as a branch of Sanrio called “Sanriowave”. The plot of both the anime and manga revolved around a group of girls who gain magical powers and magical girl forms from a hello kitty plush. [1] The names of the three main characters are listed as Rion, Kanna Fujimiya, and Minamo Suzuhara, whose magical girl forms were themed after the Sanrio characters Hello Kitty, Badtz Maru, and Cinnamoroll. [2]

Information regarding the series is scarce, with no known air date for the anime or release date/end date for the manga. Not much is known about how much of the series was ever produced. Some of the few known facts about the series are that it won an award at the "Golden Dragon Award Original Animation & Comic Competition" in 2009. The only known company who worked on the Magical Girl Rion-Chan series of the series is Sanrio Weilang Co., Ltd. (三丽鸥威浪股份有限公司) which appears to just be another title for Sanriowave instead of an actual creator. Magical Girl Rion-Chan is also known to have been awarded the "Golden Dragon Award Original Animation & Comic Competition" in 2009. [3]


Little media of the series can be found for both the anime and manga. The three main characters did have figurines produced which can be viewed on myfigurecollection.net. [4] For a long time, no footage of the series could be found. On September 23rd, 2021, YouTube user Crystal Dark Pinkie posted two clips titled “Magical Girl Rion-chan Transformation Scene”[5] and “Magical Girl Rion-chan opening scene”[6] showcasing footage from the animated series. The two clips originated from the video-sharing site Nico Nico. According to a tweet by Azusarei, an artist who worked on the series, the clips found were only animation samples, and that no full series was ever produced. [7] If a full series was made, no information or media from it were ever released. On October 18th, 2021 Twitter user niconicochorus replied to a thread discussing the series with a picture of a Chinese version of the manga, though only the cover was shown, no inside contents being revealed, But later the Twitter used has protected their posts. [8] Besides the listed above, little to no media has been found relating to the series. On October 30th, 2021, Same YouTube user Crystal Dark Pinkie (Twitter alias pinkie_dark) has found some of the manga from Chinese social network named "Weibo".

Availability

As of now, most media related to Magical Girl Rion-Chan is lost. Episodes of the anime were not known to have a home media or online release. A few people have been found to have copies of the Chinese version of the manga, but the most that have been released of this are pictures of the cover. A transformation scene from the anime is available online. However someone managed to have pictures of Comic stands of Magical Girl Rion-chan.[9]

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