Magical Emi, the Magic Star is a tV series anime that premiered in summer 1985, produced by Studio Pierrot.

About the production: the story comes from an original script, there are 38 episodes of about 23 minutes and its current status is "finished".

Its main genres are comedy and mahou shoujo, with themes such as Magic, Family Life, Shapeshifting and Episodic.

On AniList, Magical Emi, the Magic Star has an average score of 67%, a good score, and appears on 2,585 users' lists.

The franchise continues in or follows from: Mahou no Star Magical Emi: Semishigure.

Kozuki Mai is an elementary student who wants to be a magician and perform in her family's "Magicarat" magical act. However, she is too young, and her magic skills are not very good. Then one day, she encounters a ball of light that was put into a stuffed doll of flying squirrel, bringing it to life and somehow giving her the power to turn in to the 18 year-old magician "Magical Emi." As Emi, Mai was able to join the magic act. But she must keep her identity a secret from her family and from her crush.

Official synopsis from AniList.