Oku-sama wa Mahō Shōjo: Bewitched Agnes

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Oku-sama wa Mahō Shōjo: Bewitched Agnes

奥様は魔法少女 Bewitched Agnes (The Wife is a Magical Girl: Bewitched Agnes)
Genre	Magical girl, Shounen
TV anime
Directed by	Hiroshi Nishikiori
Studio	Media Factory, J.C.STAFF
Network	Kids Station
Original run	4 July 2005 –
No. of episodes	13

Oku-sama wa Mahō Shōjo: Bewitched Agnes (奥様は魔法少女 Bewitched Agnes^?), literally The Wife is a Magical Girl: Bewitched Agnes, is a magical girl anime comedy that pays homage to the popular 1960s sitcom Bewitched which both its title and subtitle reference (in Japan Bewitched was known as Oku-sama wa Majo which means The Wife is a Witch).

This homage is quite fitting as Bewitched heavily influenced the first magical girl anime Sally, the Witch. It produced by Media Factory, J.C. Staff, Amber Film Works, and the Oku-sama wa Mahō Shōjo Production Committee, it was broadcast on several television channels in Japan in 2005: Chiba TV, Kids Station, Sun TV, TV Aichi, TV Kanagawa, and TV Saitama.

[edit] Plot

Ureshiko Asaba is a 26 year old housewife, or at least she appears to be. In reality she is a magical girl called Agnes Belle who guards the town in which she lives, which was created by her mother, the previous magical girl. Though she is married she has never kissed her husband Tamotsu because if a magical girl kisses a human they will lose their magical powers. One day another magical girl appears from her homeland of Realm - Sayaka Kurenai alias Cruje who has been sent to replace her, however if this happens the town will vanish and be remade how Cruje wants it. This is not Ureshiko's only problem however - she and her husband are beginning to grow distant and she is developing feelings for a young man who is lodging in her home Tatsumi Kagura.