Season 0 of Magic Knight Rayearth premiered on 1997-07-25.

Three junior high school girls are brought together by fate when they hear a voice asking them to save the world. The land that calls them is named Cephiro and the voice belongs to Princess Emeraude. She stands as the Pillar whose will maintains the peace of this magical world where belief is power. But the peace in Cephiro is now threatened as Princess Emeraude is imprisoned and monsters begin to invade. With her last bit of strength, the princess summons forth the three girls who must fulfill their destiny to become the Magic Knights in the hopes of saving her world.

Filled with regret, Hikaru, Umi and Fun return to Tokyo. Dark forces still brew with the broken land of Cephiro and the foreign leaders of Autozam, Fahren and Chizeta, seek the crown of the pillar so they may seize its limitless power. Now the girls are summoned back by an unknown force and must find a new Pillar before Cephiro ceases to exist. But the land is plagued by a new type of monster, led by Debonair and Hikaru's alter ego, Nova!