Grating and obnoxious, Magikano runs on a combination of cheesy, middle school sex jokes and a basketful of tired cliches.  This series is loud and hyperactive--the kind of thing that makes you want to turn down the TV, just for a little relief.  Images are bouncing all over the screen, and the thin storylines are excuses to string together a few gags.

Haruo Yoshikawa is a typical middle school boy with three younger sisters.  His three sisters, Maika, Fuyuno, and Chiaki, hide a rather huge secret: They are witches.  They are also very protective of their older brother, who has no clue as to what they are hiding.  Haruo's happy, oblivious position is threatened when Ayumi Mamiya, a witch who has been unfortunately cursed, shows up.  Only Haruo can break Ayumi's curse, but she has to awaken his latent powers and "make him a man" in order for that to happen.  Concerned for their brother's virtue, and not wanting to reveal the existence of magic, the three sisters do everything they can to deflect Ayumi's clever advances. 

Meanwhile, the class president, Yuri Kurosu (and yes, her name is the root of many jokes), is also a witch, and has an enormous crush on Haruo.  Haruo, once again, is oblivious, but Yuri does her best to make certain Ayumi doesn't get to him first.  Ah, yes.  It's the-dorky-boy-surrounded-by-pretty-girls type of series. 

But wait!  There's more!  In addition to the three witchly sisters, the seductress, and the pining crush, there's the cute witch hunter, Marin Nijihara.  Marin concludes that Haruo is a saint, and that she must pledge her allegiance to him, serving him and keeping him safe from harm at any cost.  Of course, she is inept, and only manages to protect him by sheer luck.  Haruo still has no clue that all this is happening, and blithely drifts through his seemingly normal life.

That's right.  You get all seven cookie-cutter cliches in one series!  The dense boy, Haruo.  Maika, a sister who's a little too devoted to her big brother.  Fuyuno, who only thinks of food.  Chiaki, who only thinks of money.  The conniving Ayumi.  Love-sick Yuri.  And duty-bound Marin.  Could life get any better?  Just think of all the scenes of cute teenage girls touching each other and giggling.  The panty shots!  The action figures!  The impromptu fashion showdown between Ayumi and Yuri--complete with flaming, lisping designers!  The cute girls accidentally turned into even more adorable children--and then change back into cute teenage girls...in their underwear!  The peeping toms who are turned into...wait for it...horny toads!  Shoot me now.

That said, I was amused by the random Star Wars references.  The Magikano Marketing ads for spell books and photo manipulation kits that are patterned after late-night infomercials actually are funny.  If hyperactive, colorful animation, cute teenage girls, and much shouting, whether in English or in Japanese is your thing, then the combination of Pepsi and Pop-Rocks that is this series is perfect.  If your humor runs that way, then Magikano is funny.  Otherwise, this series made for a very long two hours that, regrettably, I can never have back.

Details: Runtime 2:05, contains episodes 1-5.  Extras include clean opening and closing animation and some previews.