Super Doll Lika-chan (1998– ) User Reviews (2)

typical magical girl series

[gjhong · 7/10 · 27 June 2003]

I've only seen the first episode of Super Doll Licca-chan but it seems like a typical magical girl show like Hime-chan's Ribbon or Akazukin Cha Cha. First you should know that the Licca-chan doll is the Barbie of Japan. In this TV series a little girl named Licca is given a bracelet called the Ring of Calling by her grandmother. When she is in trouble she can use the bracelet to call for protection. As it turns out grandma has three dolls called the Doll Knights that can transform into human-sized guardians. The first of the Doll Knights is named Licca. As a doll she wears a military-style jacket and pants but as a protector she wears a cute fighting outfit. The bad guy is Scarecrow who has been told to capture the Princess of Doll Land who is a school girl who will appear at his museum on a school trip. He manages to identify the princess but Licca uses her Ring to call for help which arrives in the form of Super Doll Licca-chan! A fight occurs and that is about it for episode one.

The art style is typical for magical girl shows. If you like Hime-chan's Ribbon or Akazukin Cha Cha or Fairy Pelsha then you will like this too. I give it a "B".

Japanese Barbie

[elonmusk-is_a_moron · 7/10 · 24 July 2023]

This used to be shown in the Latin American feed of Cartoon Network during the 2000s, very good times.

Oddly enough, my older brother used to like it a lot, despite not being a very big fan of "girly" anime.

I used to find it kinda annoying back then, since the main character often behaved in a rather dumb way. I mean, she was supposed to be naive, but she there were several episodes where she behaved in a incredibly dumb manner, often failing by the most obvious tricks by the villains.

In that sense, she was kinda Penelope Pitstop. But I liked the art style a lot, which was very cute.

Turns out this series was inspired in the japanese version of Barbie. Unfortunately, unlike the Barbie movies, this anime series was not succesful enough, so there weren't any sequels or spin offs.

Not my favorite anime, but I still remember it fondly.