Lyrical Selection re-edits of the first two films will air in October.
The official website for the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series announced on Monday that the series is launching a project to celebrate its 20th anniversary, with the first project being titled Lyrical Selection, a television adaptation of the franchise's Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The MOVIE 1st and Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha the Movie 2nd A anime films, set to air in October.
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The 2010 Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha movie. MOVIE 1st is a retelling of the original 2004 Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha television anime, which is considered an alternate continuity. Similarly, the 2012 Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha the Movie 2nd A's movie is a retelling of the 2005 Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's sequel anime.
Discotek Media recently released the original 2004 TV anime on Blu-ray on January 30 earlier this year, and it describes the story:
Nanoha Takamachi is just a normal third grader in elementary school. However, one day she meets the mysterious ferret Yuuno, who carries a magical device called Raising Heart, and her destiny of becoming a magical girl is sealed. Soon, she finds herself at odds with Fate Testarossa, a girl from another world who is fighting for control of the ancient and dangerous “Jewel Seed” as well as the intervention of the Time-Space Administration Bureau. Nanoha faces a long war, but she does not want to fight, but only wants to be friends. Will she be able to use her magic to fulfill her true intentions?
The Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha franchise announced a new project in January 2020, but did not specify the form or medium of the new project. Franchise creator and writer Masaki Tsuzuki has since written the original anime Extreme Hearts, which premiered in July 2022. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.
Writer Masaki Tsuzuki, director Akiyuki Simbo, and animation studio Seven Arcs began the franchise in 2004 with the 13-episode Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha television anime. Four more television anime series followed, culminating in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid in 2015 and the spin-off ViVid Strike! in 2016. Two films, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The MOVIE 1st and Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha the Movie 2nd A's, adapted the first two television series in 2010 and 2012. Two more films, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Reflection and Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Detonation, followed in 2017 and 2018. Discotek Media released both films on Blu-ray Disc in August and September 2023. The franchise has also spawned several manga, novels, and drama CDs.
Source: Official website of the Nanoha franchise, Natalie Manga