<sod>{{nihongo|'''''Sally the Witch'''''|魔法使いサリー|Mahōtsukai Sarī}} is the first [[magical girl]] genre [[anime]] in [[Japan]]. This may (even more broadly) be the first [[shōjo]] anime as well.<ref name="witches_in_anime">{{cite news|title=Witches in Anime|url=http://www.mindspring.com/~theduffields/resume/articles/features/witches.htm|accessdate=2011-10-15|newspaper=[[Animerica Extra]] Vol 3, No.11|date=October 2000|author=Patricia Duffield}}</ref><eod>
<sod>{{nihongo|'''''Sally the Witch'''''|魔法使いサリー|Mahōtsukai Sarī}} is the first [[anime]] [[magical girl]] of what eventually become a genre in [[Japan]]. Even more broadly may be considered the first [[shōjo]] anime as well.<ref name="witches_in_anime">{{cite news|title=Witches in Anime|url=http://www.mindspring.com/~theduffields/resume/articles/features/witches.htm|accessdate=2011-10-15|newspaper=[[Animerica Extra]] Vol 3, No.11|date=October 2000|author=Patricia Duffield}}</ref><eod>