Sparkleside Chats with Magical Girl Ayu

Thanks for waiting! Not only is that part of the title of the latest PreCure movie, but Sparkleside Chats is back from the dead to give the detail, SPOILER-heavy synopsis & review! Original podcast music by Hazel, @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠afewbruises⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Keep up to date with the Magical Girl Media Google Calendar!⁠⁠⁠⁠...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical creator Vicky about Unicorn Academy Season 1 (2023)⁠. You can find her on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram , Tiktok and ⁠ Bluesky⁠⁠ . News: (1:00) Magical Girl HoloWitches volume 2 drops October 17th, livestream performance on Halloween Magical Girl 201 Volume 4 Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch aqua Volume 6 Princess Catch Teenieping Promos continue Witch Ha...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical enthusiast Anne about Winx Club Season 6 (2014)⁠. You can find her on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tumblr and Bluesky⁠ . News: (1:20) Disney Channel to release Vampirina: Teenage Vampire Fantasy Patrol S5 to premiere in September Coven Academy series greenlit by Disney Starlight Revolver now in early access Magical Girls’ Conventional Village (MahouMura) coming in...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical producer Marlene Sharp about the upcoming Mongly Syndrome⁠. You can find her on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ her website . News: (1:00) The Ebony Witch premieres on YouTube October 4th Creamy Mami & Minky Momo collaborative project announced New webcomic: Grey Zone Magical Girl The Black Cat and the Witch's Classroom is coming 2026 A New trailer for Flower F...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical writer Emerson about Miraculous Ladybug (2021)⁠. You can find him on ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky⁠⁠ or Twitter⁠ . News: (1:00) Witch Detective show in production Madoka Magica Walpurgisnacht Rising coming Feb 2026 Magical Girl holoWitches Vol 1 drops August 19th Aikatsu x Pripara the movie is coming October 10th I Want to Eat The Mermaid Princess Volume one d...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical YouTuber Imani about Ojamajo Doremi Na-i-sho (2004)⁠. You can find her on ⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky⁠ , Twitter or ⁠⁠⁠ YouTube . News (1:00) Sugar Sugar Rune releases new prequel short, reboot announced Wicked Spot vol 1 English edition out Spring 2026 Prism Nana news coming October 19th Dancing Star PreCure The Stage 3 out in December, theaters and show dat...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical creator Rink about Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura (2009-2012)⁠. You can find her on ⁠⁠ Bluesky or ⁠⁠ Tumblr . News (1:00) Upcoming shows: Cute High Earth Defense Club High Collar, New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, Kamitsubaki City Under Construction, The Secrets of the Silent Witch, and The Water Magician Sam Witch announce...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical writer Ella Anders of Winx4Life about Season 5 of Winx Club (2012)⁠. You can find her on ⁠ Twitter or ⁠ Instagram⁠ . News: (1:00) Magilumiere Vol 17 out June 4th Shugo Chara Jewel Joker Vol 2 out July 11th, Vol 1 to get a reprint English print editions of Ichi the Witch and Magical Girl Dandelion coming Spring 2026 Miraculous World Tokyo &...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical creator Kara Buchanan about her novel Magica Riot and the greater Maidensong universe ⁠. You can find her on ⁠ Bluesky or Tumblr ! News: (1:00) New comic: Magical Girl Inaba  Winx Club: The Magic is Back premieres on BBC in September K-Pop Demon Hunters (June 20th) drops first trailer Himitsu no AiPri Junior Novel 1 out now Champignon Witch to...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical creator Cloud about Twinkle Catch! Teenieping (2021)⁠. You can find them on YouTube or Instagram (Alt accounts here & here ). News: (1:00) Miraculous Chibi short series announced Secrets of the Silent Witch premieres July 4th DNAngel is now on Crunchyroll Angel Mate vol 2 out May 23rd Predatory Magical Girls vol 1 out May 12th (not for eve...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical illustrator M about Mermaid Magic (2024)⁠. You can find them on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter . News: (1:00) Aikatsu x PriPara film announced for Fall 2025 Magical Girl Full Heart comic launched Magical Girl and the Narco Wars webcomic launched Princess Doremi S4 begins May 9th in China Magical Girl Dandelion Volume 2 out July 25th K-Pop Demon Hunters out Jun...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical historian Jack Harrison-Quintana about Utau! Dairyugujo (1992)⁠. You can find him on ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tumblr⁠⁠ . News: (1:00) Lock & Key Kickstarter Sleepless Domain Book 2 Alkali Underachiever Vol 2 ( Comic / Novel ) Winx Club transformation sequences unveiled:  Flora / Tecna / Musa / Stella Ichi the Witch Vol 3 June 4th holoWitches adds Fubuki and L...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical creator Kiana Mai Khansmith about her animatic ⁠ Pretty Pretty Please I Don't Want To Be A Magical Girl . You can find her on ⁠ Tumblr , Twitter , Bluesky and Instagram . News: (1:00) W.i.t.c.h. live action reboot is in talks? Secret Jouju Magic Harmony film coming May 1st Hello Osaka Season 2 confirmed Cute High Earth Defense Club High Co...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical creator Kristan about his comic Amara . You can find him on Twitter⁠ and Instagram . News: (1:00) Upcoming shows: Himitsu no AiPri Ring, Once Upon A Witch’s Death, Princess Session Orchestra, Witch Watch, Maebashi Witches, Welcome to the Illegally Occupied Magical Girl Village, Rainbow Bubblegem 2 Premiering July 2025: New Panty & Stocking...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with enthusiast Danieru Huli about Magilumiere (2024). You can find her on ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ Bluesky⁠⁠⁠ or Instagram . News: (1:00) Himitsu no AiPri: Ring Arc begins April 6th at 9:30 AM JST Princess Session Orchestra begins April 6th at 9:00 AM JST Magilumiere drops dubs in multiple languages on Amazon Prime Video Pretty Pretty Please I Don’t Want To Be A Magical G...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical librarian Cami about A Magical Girl Retires (2024). You can find her on ⁠ ⁠ Bluesky⁠⁠ , YouTube or Anilist . News: (1:00) My Wife Might Be A Magical Girl ends with 24 chapters New one-shot: But I Can’t Become An Angel New novel/comic: If I Become A Magical Girl… Witch Watch and Maebashi Witches announce April 6th  Thai BL drama Magic Lover deb...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical artist Lillith about Catch! Teenieping (2020). You can find them on ⁠ Twitter⁠ , Tumblr , or ⁠ Bluesky⁠ . News: (1:00) Magical Girl Dandelion Volume 1 out April 25th Ichi the Witch Volume 2 out March 4th A+ Magical Kindergarten Novel out now Once Upon A Witch’s Death to premiere April 1st, joining Witch Watch, Maebashi Witches, Princess Sessio...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical enthusiast Paige about the Cutie Honey film and Re: Cutie Honey OVA series. (2004). You can find her on Twitter ( alt ) or on Bluesky . News (1:00) Sailor Moon The Live NA Tour in March/April Mermicorno Starfall premieres on Cartoon Network January 31st PriOrche announces the series will be broadcast for one year Himitsu no AiPri season two ch...

On this bonus episode, Ayu lists all the series current and coming to the small and large screens in the genre: Momentary Lily Promise of Wizard Witchy PreCure ~MIRAI DAYS~ Shining Cardsprites Season 3 Cute High Earth Defense Force Eternal Love Miraculous Ladybug Season 6 You And Idol PreCure Dancing Star PreCure 2 Princess Session Orchestra Maebashi Witches Witch Watch The Water Magician Winx Clu...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu brings back her BFF magical animator Bianca Rose Alejos to talk about the entire history of the magical girl genre. Stay tuned for a bonus episode about the future of the genre. Music featured: Electrostatic from Storyblocks.com Original podcast music by Hazel, @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠afewbruises⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Keep up to date with the Magical Gi...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical artist HikaTamika about the first season of Onegai My Melody (2005). You can find them on their own site . News (1:00) My Magical Girl Chapter One out in English The second trailer for Maebashi Witches Princess Session Orchestra begins releasing lyric videos for original character songs You and Idol PreCure announced for 2025 Pretty Guardian S...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical writer Ella Anders about Sofia the First: Once Upon A Princess, and Season One (2012-3). You can find her on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter⁠ or Instagram . News (1:00) Magical Girls Vs Cat Aliens game Bryan Golden’s latest webtoon, Sea Witch In Training, out now Magica Riot novel ( https://magicariot.com ) Mia & Me renewed for a fifth season Witchy PreCur...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical podcaster Cassidy about Cry Babies Magic Tears Seasons One and Two (2018-19). You can find her on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter or on her website . News: (1:50) Jentry Chau vs The Underworld Trailer Wicked Spot comic debuts Twinkle Catch Teenieping comic debuts in Pucchigumi Heartsping in Love to come to North America in 2025 Rainbow Crew season one debuted i...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical cosplayer Stardust Megu about Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch (2003). You can find her on ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram⁠ and Tiktok . News: (1:00) W.i.t.c.h. (reboot) Vol. 2 released 9/26 Rainbow Guard to come out in November…? Shooting Star Catch Teenieping premieres 10/10 Doki Doki PreCure the novel eBook released 10/2 Magical Girl Ts...

On this bonus episode, Ayu watches episode one of Acro Trip, which is now available on Crunchyroll (alongside episode 2!). Original podcast music by Hazel, @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠afewbruises⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Keep up to date with the Magical Girl Media Google Calendar! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want to share your idea for a topic or guest? Submit your idea here! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...