The Japanese title literally translates to "Galaxy Lady Legend Yuna", "Fraulein" refers to the German word "Fräulein" standing for "Miss".

After winning a "Galactic Bishōjo Contest", she becomes "The Savior of Light", a magical girl charged with defending the universe from evil.

Galaxy Fräulein Yuna originated in 1992 when Red Company, in association with Hudson Soft, asked Mika Akitaka to create a video game for the PC Engine Super-CD console.

Hudson Soft released Galaxy Fräulein Yuna in Japan in 1992, with Mika Akitaka as character designer and writer.

[2][3] The specific origins of Yuna lie in Mika Akitaka's MS Girls artwork, which were featured in many anime-related magazines during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

[2][3] In fact, some of the original drawings in Mika Akitaka's book The World Wide Merchandise Division 2001 of Les MS Girls bear a striking resemblance to characters in the Yuna universe.

At the 1998 Anime Expo in Anaheim, California, Mika Akitaka explained that Yuna began when his producer at Red Company asked him to design a shoot-em-up game featuring a character based on his Gundam F91 girl.

[4] There are a total of seven Yuna video games, and a few related software releases: In addition, two Sega Saturn discs entitled Mika Akitaka Illust.

The plot of this anime overlaps with that of the Yuna FX video game; in fact, the opening sequence is completely identical, except for a difference in title card.