History Anime / MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs

* LateArrivalSpoiler: The DVDCommentary totally spoils that Lutecia Alpine and Agito are going to be good girls, despite they are villains in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikerS''.

* BittersweetEnding: The threat of the Book of Darkness is over, as is its control over Hayate and the Wolkenritter's lives, but [[spoiler:this requires Reinforce's HeroicSacrifice, preventing her from sharing her mistress and knights' happiness and greatly upsetting Hayate. To make the loss easier to bear, Reinforce suggests Hayate name her new magical device "Reinforce" in her memory. As MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers shows, Hayate did more than that: the remnants of Reinforce are used to create Reinforce Zwei, with hints that at least some of the original personality has been preserved intact.]].

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: This one is only two years later, shortly after the creation of Reinforce Zwei, likely because they intend for the next movie to be an {{interquel}} between ''A's'' and ''Anime/{{StrikerS}}''.

The anime was dubbed and is available by Creator/FUNimation along with the original series.

The anime was dubbed and is available by {{Funimation}} along with the original series.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The commentary cast is with 21 members almost as big the movie cast, in contrast to commentary cast of ''The Movie 1st'' which had only seven members. The cast includes the three Aces[[note]]Nanoha, Fate and Hayate[[/note]], the Yagami family[[note]]Signum, Vita, Shamal, Zafira, Reinforce Zwei and Agito[[/note]], the Forwards[[note]]Subaru, Teana, Erio and Caro[[/note]], Team Nakajima[[note]]Vivio, Einhart, Rio, Corona[[/note]], Miura, Lutecia, and even [[Creator/TomokazuSugita Chrono]] and Yuuno. It's taken UpToEleven when ''all'' 21 members comment about the final battle scene.

** Fate's changes her black cape with a white cape during the GrandFinale, a nod to her mantle which she wears ''[=StrikerS=]'' onwards.
** Vita uses Kometfliegen against Nanoha, despite she demonstrates it in ''[=StrikerS=]'' for the first time.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Natchwal appeared after Vita got bound and hit with a Divine Buster, before taking their linker cores]].

* MythologyGag: Fate's changes her black cape with a white cape during the GrandFinale, a nod to her mantle which she wears ''[=StrikerS=]'' onwards.

* OpposingCombatPhilosophies: Present in the later seasons as well, but best showcased here. In general, Midchildian Mages use a mixture of defensive barriers, support magic and [[WaveMotionGun ranged attacks]] designed to support any situation or tactic. Belkan Knights specialise entirely in combat magic, using punishing melee attacks and cartridge-enhanced weaponry to make themselves unrivalled in one-on-one fights. Of course, there are exceptions to both rules like Fate and Hayate.

** Vita uses Kometfliegen against Nanoha, despite she uses it for the first time in ''[=StrikerS=]''.

* MythologyGag: Fate's changes her black cape with a white cape during the GrandFinale, a nod to her cape which she wears ''[=StrikerS=]'' onwards.

* TogetherUmbrella: Nanoha and Yuuno, though with snow and not rain. Also subverted, since it marked the end of Yuuno's [[DemotedToExtra story importance.]]

** Even Signum gets less action than in the TV series. Her battle with Fate in the desert is cut out [[spoiler:because Fate's Linker Core has already been drained by the Book of Darkness]]. Their third battle in the movie barely shown, because Nanoha vs Vita gets the entire focus during this time, [[spoiler:then Nachtwal shows up and kills the Wolkenritter]].

* DVDCommentary: Like the previous movie, their is a commentary which lasts until the credits. This time, the commentary cast is ''three times'' bigger than the previous one.

* ThemeMusicPowerUp: "Sacred Force - Extended Mix" replaces "BRAVE PHOENIX".

* DemotedToExtra: Yuuno, Chrono, Arf and Amy are demoted to extra even more than in ''The Movie 1st''. Yuuno appears only in six scenes, in one of them we see only his back for a few seconds, and one of them was in the epilogue's ending song, but he gets no action until the final battle. Arf's battles against Zafira is extremely shortened. Chrono gets no action until the final battle because [[spoiler:Graham and the Liese Twins don't appear in the movie]]. And Amy is sometimes replaced by Mariel.

* InconsistentDub: During the final battle scene of the commentary, the cast (including ''Fate'' herself) mistakenly call Fate's ''Plasma Zanber Breaker'' "''Jet Zanber''".

* CanonDiscontinuity: During the final battle scene of the commentary, the cast (including ''Fate'' herself) mistakenly call Fate's ''Plasma Zanber Breaker'' "''Jet Zanber''".

* CallingYourAttacks: Like the previous commentary cast, this cast really loves calling attacks. There is also the rare opportunity to hear adult!Chrono yelling "''Eternal Coffin''"

* BittersweetEnding: The threat of the Book of Darkness is over, as is its control over Hayate and the Wolkenritter's lives, but [[spoiler:this requires Reinforce's HeroicSacrifice, preventing her from sharing her mistress and knights' happiness and greatly upsetting Hayate. To make the loss easier to bear, Reinforce suggests Hayate name her new magical device "The Blessed Wind Reinforce" in her memory]].

** [[spoiler: Natchwal vs Vita and Zafira, respectively]].