My favorite anime and a pretty underrated one (at least in the West anyways) at that. It's one of the few adult-oriented magical girl shows that aren't pretentious and/or edgy in the slightest. The show is basically Gundam but with the most woMANLY magical girls/women in all of fictional history instead of giant robots. It's filled with all the ingredients that make a great show: action, comedy, suspense, drama, morals, positive messages, etc.! However, please avoid ViVid (the 4th season) like the plague even though it has its moments (I haven't read the 5th season manga, Force yet but I've heard nothing but bad things about it but ViVid's spin-off, ViVid Strike! was surprisingly decent though) and please don't watch Geneon's atrocious English dub of the original and A's (one of the worst dubs of anything I've ever heard)! But overall, I can safely say that this series is absolutely a must-watch, especially the first three seasons (the original, A's, and my personal favorite entry/season, StrikerS) and the movies (the Movie 1st, the Movie 2nd A's, Reflection, and Detonation).