Are there any Magical BOY Anime?

[Crossroads Inc.]

Anyone at all familiar with "Sailor Moon" and such, will be familiar with the 'Magical Girl; concept present in a great deal of anime and manga. The standard stereotypes tend to be:
Teenage or college girl finding some magical device by accident or destiny.
Using said device to 'transform' into (usually) a scantly clad super hero.
Compulsively naming off attacks before using them on bad guys.
Saying some form of "Battle cry" before going into combat.

It is a theme that bass been used countless times, but has me wondering if there has ever been a Magical 'Boy' anime?
Now I know there are plenty of anime with male heroes and transforming super powers. Ronin Warriors comes to mind as a good example...
But I am curious if there has ever been, well, a specifically "girly" version that was much more like the Magical Girl trope?

[Eleas]

He-Man? Granted, he doesn't cry out the name of each and every attack, but otherwise...

[Cycloneman]

Would Kämpfer count?

[Vendetta]

Apart from every shonen fighting series and tokusatsu show ever? I mean the differences between silly fighting shows aimed at girls and those aimed at boys tend to be what happens outside of the fighting after all.

[NeoGoomba]

Maybe El-Hazard: The Magnificent World would count?

[Grandmaster Jogurt]

Are you just looking for the superficial trappings or what? Because at its core, the magical girl genre is made to give girls an empowering and affirming story with characters like themselves in a medium full of material aimed at boys and a society that devalues and punishes femininity (while simultaneously demanding it).

Stuff like attack names and frilly outfits and stuff I could see there being examples of maybe though?

[LadyTevar]

Isn't there a Loki anime that could count as MagiBoy?

[Haruko]

I know this doesn't count, especially as it is not an anime (much less if the theme is relevant), but when reading the title I immediately thought of an American cartoon that recently started airing: Rebecca Sugar's Steven Universe. Steven has a "crystal gem," whatever that means, protruding from his belly button for some reason. Needs to learn to control his powers so far (seems he should be able to make shields at a whim), as the three ladies who watch over him have (they also have "crystal gems"). Steven's a neat character. Miss Sugar wrote some of the the most memorable and (I dare say) heartening episodes for Adventure Time before leaving to produce this new show. The animation is beautiful. I recommend watching an episode, if you haven't already.

[Crossroads Inc.]

He-Man? Granted, he doesn't cry out the name of each and every attack, but otherwise...

OK first off.. THIS Mad me "Lol"

Are you just looking for the superficial trappings or what? Because at its core, the magical girl genre is made to give girls an empowering and affirming story with characters like themselves in a medium full of material aimed at boys and a society that devalues and punishes femininity (while simultaneously demanding it).

Stuff like attack names and frilly outfits and stuff I could see there being examples of maybe though?

I guess Initially I was looking for something that might almost be a parody of the normal Magical Girl genre.
Almost something LIKE sailor moon in male format. Really Once I start looking, I found various forms of 'Magical Boy' all over the place. A huge amount of shounen anime and manage it looks like follows similar themes. And "Saint Seiya" Also looks to be quite a bit of what I was after. (I LOVE The costumes they ware in it)

I fully agree with you in terms that the genre is one of the few place in Anime and Japanese culture where females can be heroes or have 'Power'.

[Zeropoint]

I fully agree with you in terms that the genre is one of the few place in Anime and Japanese culture where females can be heroes or have 'Power'.

Well, anime also has hordes of "gun bunnies"; hot girls with impressive firearms and the skills to use them to great effect. However, this is less about giving girls an empowering role model and more about giving boys something to lust after.

[SAMAS]

Frankly, it does both.

[Grandmaster Jogurt]

No, there's a very distinct difference between characters made for heterosexual male gaze and characters made for female identification. Sure, characters of the former variety can be squinted at and molded into something you can pretend is the latter because you're so starving for something of that kind, but for people who actually live that sort of life the difference is quite obvious.

[montypython]

The closest thing I can to a 'magical boy' anime I can think of is an old series I saw as a kid while visiting Japan called Parman which was about a kid learning to be a superhero with a special helmet giving him powers.