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メルヘン・メドヘン

Maerchen Maedchen

🚪 Often abandoned

Hazuki Kagimura is a normal girl who is usually alone. With her relationship with her new family not going so well, she retreats every day to the world of stories and books. One day, after school, one of the library's bookshelves sends her to another world with a magic school, where she meets Shizuka Tsuchimikado. She finds out that girls (called "mädchen") who attend the school are selected by old fairy tales and folk stories to wield their magic and are taught how to wield it in the school. The school has girls who are chosen by such stories as Kaguya-hime no Monogatari, Issun-boushi, Der Freischütz, Shuten-douji, The Little Matchstick Girl, The Gigantic Turnip, Arthurian legends, and The Ramayana. Hazuki herself is chosen by the Cinderella story. (Source: Anime News Network)

Names

Originalメルヘン・メドヘン (japanese)
RomajiMärchen Mädchen
EnglishMaerchen Maedchen
Chinese原书·原书使 (simplified · via bangumi)
Also known asMarchen Madchen · Fairy Girls

Facts

FormatTV series · 12 ep · 24 min · 5h total
Aired2018-01-11 → 2019-04-25 (Winter 2018)
StatusFINISHED
StudioHoods Entertainment
SourceLight novel
OriginJapan (Anime)
GenresFantasyMahou Shoujo
ThemesMagicFemale ProtagonistIsekaiFairy Tale
StreamingCrunchyroll

Reception

Community score5.17 / 10
Bayesian score5.79 / 10
Composite28.1
On lists13,451
Favourited63 (0.5%)
Completion54.9%
Drop rate27.9%
In backlog33.2%
Score spread σ2.01

Score distribution

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Where it places

CohortValueTierRank
StudioHoods EntertainmentE31 of 31
Broadcast seasonWinter 2018E82 of 82
GenreMahou ShoujoE253 of 255
Year2018E378 of 383
Source materialLight novelE922 of 927
Season (all years)WinterE1,541 of 1,557
EraLate 2010sE1,818 of 1,863
GenreFantasyE2,127 of 2,142
LengthSingle-courE2,636 of 2,668
FormatTV seriesE3,293 of 3,322
OriginJapanE7,079 of 7,157

Key staff

DirectorHisashi Saitou, Shigeru Ueda
Series compositionTomohiro Matsu, Ryuunosuke Kingetsu
Character designKantoku
MusicRio Okano
Original creatorTomohiro Matsu, Kantoku

AniList id 99720 · MAL id 35997 · Bangumi 220632 · record updated 2026-08-26