History Manga / MagicalCircleGuruGuru

* BellyDancer: Ena wears a outfit like this most of the time, but doesn't actually do much dancing. ''That'' "honor" is given to Old Man North-North, an old man who dances around in a grass skirt.

* GorgeousGaijin: During their stay in Alahabica, they came across a blonde haired lady, wearing sexy clothing with a stars-and-stripes pattern and a [[ComicBook/WonderWoman Wonder Woman-esque]] headband, [[{{Gainaxing}} jiggling her large breasts.]] [[spoiler: It turns out that [[ItMakesSenseInContext the lady is a manifestation of Kukuri's]] [[ACupAngst anxiety about her chest size]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: [[ButtMonkey Old Man North-North]], [[GadgeteerGenius Toma]], [[TheHero Nike]], [[BlackMage Kukuri]], [[MagicalGuide Gipple]], [[WarriorMonk Juju]], [[DarkIsNotEvil Runrun]], and [[BalefulPolymorph the Dark Magic Society president]]]]

* BalefulPolymorph: The president of the Dark Magic Society used to be human until he was turned into a poodle by Lord Giri.
** Gizaia turned almost everyone in Dohgma into dogs.
** Sly gradually turned into a duck due to eating an enchanted food that was meant for the princess.
** Planano, the queen of flowers, turned a traveler, and later Old Man North-North, into a grasshopper after being shocked by the traveler accidental exposure of his undies and the Old Man's dance, respectively.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n0RUWeRtAo Latin American]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FlLennO0ik Arabic]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eImYA5O2EY Italian]] dubs have completely different intros from the Japanese version

* ArtEvolution: Having been around for 25 years (as of this writing) [[http://dic.nicovideo.jp/oekaki/14657.png Hiroyuki]] [[http://image.itmedia.co.jp/nl/articles/1702/03/fsfigurugururm01.jpg Eto's]] [[https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51B2KE0DM9L._SX301_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg art style]] [[https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/6139aH2XaAL._SX349_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg has changed]] [[https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51vOy3lzwAL._SX351_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg drastically]] [[http://caramelsource.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/guruguru2.jpg over the years]].

** The author of a sacred Guru Guru text is named "Wanchin," which is translated as "Barckweiner".

''Magical Circle Guru-Guru'' (''Mahoujin Guru Guru'') is a sixteen volume manga by Hiroyuki Eto that follows Kukuri and Nike's adventures. Eleven volumes of the manga were covered in a 45 episode anime series and a 38 episode sequel series, ''Doki Doki Densetsu Mahoujin Guru Guru.'' A manga sequel, ''Mahoujin Guru Guru 2'', started serialization in Creator/SquareEnix' ''Gangan Online'' in November 2012 and, finally, a new anime adaptation began airing in 2017. This series starts from scratch rather than continuing from where the previous 2 series left off.

* LightEmUp: The Cool Pose in the 2017 version can defeat many monsters at once. The [[BadassGrandpa G-Fantasy team]] has a version where they do this as a group.

* {{Reboot}}: The 2017 series is this for the first two series, this time adapting the entire first manga.

* ForeignFanservice: During their stay in Alahabica, they came across a blonde haired lady, wearing sexy clothing with a stars-and-stripes pattern and a [[ComicBook/WonderWoman Wonder Woman-esque]] headband, [[{{Gainaxing}} jiggling her large breasts.]] [[spoiler: It turns out that [[ItMakesSenseInContext the lady is a manifestation of Kukuri's]] [[ACupAngst anxiety about her chest size]]]]

* SanityBall: Nike and Kukuri takes turns in being the straight guy, whether it is Nike on Kukuri's [[TheDitz naivety]] or Kukuri on Nike's flirting with other girls and occasional [[DirtyKid perverseness]].

* LetsGetDangerous: Nike and Kukuri are fairly capable when need be. Otherwise, they're very easily distracted to say the least.

* OnlyOneName: Almost every character in the series (except for Jujuku Shunamur, AKA "Juju"), only have a single word in their name, most likely as a reference to ''[[Franchise/DragonQuest Dragon Quest]]''.

* AdaptedOut: Geil and Ena occasionally appears in the first series, only to have their asses handed to them, while in the 2017 series, they only appeared in the first episode

* GRatedDrug: Blue Pepers make humans who eat them (like Nike and Kukuri) go on a mad, Studio4C animated drug trip and wreck the place like a bunch of wild cats.

%%** And then there's the whole todo with the Blue Peppers. That fact that Studio4C did work on that episode is not a great suprise.

[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: [[ButtMonkey Old Man North-North]], [[GadgeteerGenius Toma]], [[TheHero Nike]], [[BlackMage Kukuri]], [[MagicalGuide Gipple]], [[WarriorMonk Juju]], [[EmbarrassingFirstName Runrun]], and [[BalefulPolymorph the Dark Magic Society president]]]]

** Planano, the queen of flowers turned a traveler, and later Old Man North-North, into a grasshopper after being shocked by the traveler accidental exposure of his undies and the Old Man's dance, respectively.

* IdiotCrows: The "Got Nothing" Fairies serve this purpose, popping up and chanting "he's got nothing" or some variation of when a character is confused.

* OneWingedAngel: Subverted by Gizaia, who transforms into a fire-form and is promptly eaten before he can even finish introducing himself.

%%* RebelliousPrincess: Juju is a rebellious ''priestess.''

* SpiritualSuccessor: The series was inspired by the author's earlier work on some Yonkoma based on ''Franchise/DragonQuest''.

* CouchGag: The clips that play on the background when showing Nike and Kukuri at the beginning of the opening of the 2017 series are different in every episode. CreepyDoll: The protagonists meets two of them in the endless tower, saying that they're doomed to be trapped in there forever. [[MoodWhiplash Old Man North-North then proceeds to whack them with a broom.]]

* CreepyDoll: The protagonists meets two of them in the endless tower, saying that they're doomed to be trapped in there forever. [[MoodWhiplash Old Man North-North then proceeds to whack them with a broom.]]
* CouchGag: The clips that play on the background when showing Nike and Kukuri at the beginning of the opening of the 2017 series are different in every episode.

* PlotArmor: Lampshaded by Nike to Kay after Kukuri somewhat survived [[spoiler:Kaya's ultimate attack.]]

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The Gaba thieves deliberately only use code-names instead of their actual names.

* OlderThanTheyLook: The main characters are 13 years old, but the art style makes them look like they're around 10.