History Manga / MagicKnightRayearth

* TalkingToHerself: Umi and Princess Emeraude in the English dub have the same voice actress Creator/WendeeLee.

* MisBlamed: Some fans weren't happy with director Toshiki Hirano for the changes to the second season compared to the manga, but CLAMP encouraged Hirano to take the show in a different direction since the manga was still ongoing and they didn't want him to spoil it.

The first half of the manga ran from 1993 to 1995 in ''Magazine/{{Nakayoshi}}''. The manga would later receive a sequel that ran from 1995 to 1996, which deals primarily with the aftermath of the Magic Knights' action in the first half. The anime, directed by [[Anime/{{Dangaioh}} Tosh]][[Anime/{{Iczer}} iki]] [[Manga/VampirePrincessMiyu Hir]][[Anime/HadesProjectZeorymer ano]] [[note]]at the time of this series' production, he was going by his real name, Toshihiro Hirano, but later started going by his current stage name [[/note]] and produced by Creator/TMSEntertainment and airing from 1994 to 1995 on Creator/NipponTelevision, is split into two seasons, with the second season deviating more from the manga than the first.

The first half of the manga ran from 1993 to 1995 in ''Magazine/{{Nakayoshi}}''. The manga would later receive a sequel that ran from 1995 to 1996, which deals primarily with the aftermath of the Magic Knights' action in the first half. The anime, produced by Creator/TMSEntertainment and airing from 1994 to 1995, is split into two seasons, with the second season deviating more from the manga than the first.

* WrenchWench: Presea is a skilled Master Smith.

%%* ExtraordinarilyEmpoweredGirl: The three girls.

Three schoolgirls--[[HotBlooded the boisterous]] Hikaru Shidou, [[{{Ojou}} the graceful]] Umi Ryuuzaki, and [[{{Meganekko}} the bookish]] Fuu Hououji--are visiting TokyoTower on a class trip when [[CallToAdventure they are suddenly whisked away]] to the magical land of Cephiro. There, they discover that they have been summoned to become Magic Knights and go on a grand quest to save Princess Emeraude, [[BarrierMaiden whose prayers sustain the peace of Cephiro]], from the clutches of High Priest Zagato.

* {{Bishonen}}: As per Creator/{{CLAMP}}'s standard modus operandi for character designs.

** Fuu switches from {{meganekko}} to NerdGlasses mode, or has a flash of ScaryShinyGlasses when making an uncharacteristically snarky comment.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Umi with blue hair, Ferio with green hair, Caldina with pink hair.

* EvilIsHammy: Debonair, nuff' said!

* ExtraordinarilyEmpoweredGirl: The three girls.

** WhamLine:

* SchrodingersCast: Some characters who the anime killed off but were alive and well in the manga had to be "brought back" in the second season because they were needed for the plot. There's just one problem... [[UniverseBible it goes against CLAMP rules, you know]]. [[spoiler: And some of these resserections turned out to be complete lies.]]

* TrappedInAnotherWorld: The premise. They can't get back until they fulfill the conditions of the quest.

* AfterTheEnd: The second season. Cephiro has been reduced to a wasteland and a crystal palace filled with refugees, and it gets even worse as it goes on, as the dying world's surface begins to tremble and fall apart.

* BigBad: Zagato in the first season (probably), and Debonair in the second.

* DubNameChange: In the Portuguese version: Hikaru to Lucy, Umi to Marina, and Fuu to Anne. Other international dubs (Italy, Latin America, Philippines) used these names or a variation on them, such as "Anemone" for Fuu in the Italian dub or "Anais" for Umi in the Latin American Spanish dub. "Luce" (still pronounced "Lucy") and "Marine" were variations for the other two that popped up in dubs. [[note]]"Luce", "Marine", and "Anemone" were the suggested names long given by TMS for localized versions of the series. At least 13 episodes were dubbed in English with these names, but the project fell through due to the lack of network interest. Media Blasters eventually acquired the license for the series and went with retaining the original Japanese names.[[/note]]

** Hikaru's in the hands of another sets the violator ablaze. It also has the side effect of removing braiwnashing magic.

* DubNameChange: In the Portuguese version: Hikaru to Lucy, Umi to Marina, and Fuu to Anne. Other international dubs (Italy, Latin America, Philippines) used these names or a variation on them, such as "Anemone" for Fuu in the Italian dub or "Anais" in the Latin American Spanish dub. "Luce" (still pronounced "Lucy") and "Marine" were variations for the other two that popped up in dubs. [[note]]"Luce", "Marine", and "Anemone" were the suggested names long given by TMS for localized versions of the series. At least 13 episodes were dubbed in English with these names, but the project fell through due to the lack of network interest. Media Blasters eventually acquired the license for the series and went with retaining the original Japanese names.[[/note]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The end of Part I, both manga and anime.]]

* AfterTheEnd: The second season. Cephiro has been reduced to a wasteland and a crystal palace filled with refugees.

* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the SaveThePrincess genre of Heroic Fantasy, [[spoiler:as it turns out that the real reason Princess Emeraude summoned the Magic Knights to Cephiro was not to rescue her, but to ''kill'' her. This is due to her massive inner conflict between her role as Cephiro's Pillar and her love for Zagato, her supposed kidnapper]].

* ShootTheDog: Played completely straight with [[spoiler: the Magic Knights themselves. They aren't here to save the Princess, they were summoned to destroy her because since she had found love, she could no longer function as the Pillar.]]

* OlderThanTheyLook: Anyone in Cephiro can invoke this trope. But poor Hikaru is mistaken for a ''grade schooler'', both by her schoolmates as well as Umi and Fuu when they first meet her, because she's so short and innocent.