The first episode of the circus anime is a 9/10. Good plot hook and funny without being too saccharine/dark. Would have watched the second episode if the torrent hosting site didn't fuck up and put a different show as the file.
But the first episode of the Nanoha show is dogshit, 40 minutes for a basic bitch backstory that doesn't even seem to affect the main heroine in any way. She is the exact same in the beginning and the end despite the trauma, and there isn't even a plot hook to save her sister or survivor's guilt.