Sparkleside Chats with Magical Girl Ayu

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical translator Sasha about Floral Magician Mary Bell (1992). You can find her on Twitter . Warning for slight transmisogyny and body horror. News: (1:00) Magilumiere English translation coming to print Spring 2024 What I've watched and read: (2:44) Soaring Sky PreCure Magical Destroyers Mermaid Melody Pichi Pitch Pitch aqua 2 It's My Turn...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical writer Rebecca Rudranath about Flowering Heart season one (2016). You can find her on Twitter and Twitch and check her work out over at Nintendo Force .  Warning for disordered eating and fatphobia, animal cruelty, and some age gap romance. News: (1:00) Kitti Katz debuted on Netflix ( Trailer ) Grand Slam Romance is out (US only) Magical Girl...

Sparkleside Chats is back May 30th, so in the mean time let's catch up with what we missed during the hiatus. News Blu-Rays: Looking For Magical Doremi , Tokyo Mew Mew New Season One Games: Spell Drop Saga , Girl By Moonlight , Panic in Sweets Land Dancing Star PreCure, an all male team gets a live stage show in autumn 2023 Sailor Moon Day Party Miraculous Ladybug film July 28th Mermaid Melody...

In this bonus episode, Ayu watches the first episode of Mahou Shoujo Magical Destroyers and talks about her first impressions. This is the final episode before the true hiatus! Join us on Discord to keep up to date with news and such!

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical creator Kagura about their Star Rangers side story, Bakemono Files . You can find them on Twitter , Tumblr and Instagram .  Reminder: SC is going on hiatus! No new episodes until further notice. Main Topic (1:00) Series mentioned:  Hero-san and Former General-san (Hero-san to Moto Onna Kanbu-san) aka Superwomen in Love Kamen Rider Magilumiere...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical academic Misu about Little Witch Academia (2013) and Little Witch Academia: The Enchanted Parade (2015). You can find them on Twitter. Sparkleside Chats is taking a break from releasing new episodes after episode 150. Please be patient as Ayu pulls herself together again. Warning for fatphobia. News: (1:00) Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card continu...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical actor Vani C. about Ayamaru Tantei Kiruminzuu (2009). You can find him on Twitter and Instagram .  Warning for sexualization of minors, fatphobia, and implied romance between a minor and an adult. News: (1:00) Shows coming in April: Tokyo Mew Mew New S2 (4/4) and Magical Destroyers (4/7) Otona PreCure '23: Power of Hope website launched wi...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical enthusiast Danieru Huli about Healin' Good PreCure, the 17th season of the Pretty Cure franchise (2020). You can find them on Twitter , Tumblr and Instagram .  Warning for discussions of sexual assault/rape and abuse in relation to the (completely appropriate) allegories in this series. News: (1:00) Gushing Over Magical Gir...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical writer InfiStudios about Artiswitch (2021). You can find her on Instagram .  Warning for discussions of suicide, murder, body horror, colorism and biphobia. News: (1:00) Magical Destroyers beings April 7th SHY adaptation confirmed for 2023 release The final Owl House tv special, Watching and Dreaming, coming April 8th 86 magical...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical creator Batichi Kristen aka K about her completed comic XII: Of Magic and Muses, and its sequel series XII: Of Rogues and Remnants. You can find her on Instagram .  Warning for mentions of bullying, authoritarian violence, violence against children at the hands of adults, and body horror. Series mentioned:  Magic Knight Ray...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical artist Nico about Nurse Angel Ririka SOS (1995). You can find him on Twitter and Instagram .  Warning for mentions of disordered eating, death and torture, gender stereotypes, homophobic stereotypes, and sexual harassment in the workplace. News: (1:00) Tokyo Mew Mew New Season 2 begins April 4th: KV / Trailer Winx Club to b...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical YouTuber ErynCerise about I Married A Witch (1942). You can find them on Twitter and Instagram and check out Mahou Profile and Superidols RPG (plus Blast Off on Patreon) as well as  Roar to Heaven and BASE . Warning for dubious consent, sexual harassment and assault, anti-Black racism, gaslighting, death, drugging, and attempted...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical artist John Smith about the 9th season of Pretty Cure: Smile PreCure (2012) which is commonly known as Glitter Force. You can find them on Twitter and Instagram .  Warning for brief discussions of implicit racism and misogyny. News: (1:00) Aradia Beat kickstarter ends this week!! Go go go!! New Korean MG series Komi Witch Lara b...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical artist Jamie about Wish Upon The Pleiades or Houkago no Pleiades (2015). You can find him on Twitter and Tumblr .  Warning for sexualization of minors. News: (1:00) Sailor Moon Cosmos full trailer revealed Soaring Sky PreCure reveals their first male and first adult main Cures Magical Girl Raising Project restart adaptation anno...

In this bonus episode of Sparkleside Chats, Ayu watches & reacts to the premiere episode of Soaring Sky PreCure (aka Hirogaru Sky PreCure) and gives her initial impressions. Watch it on Crunchyroll Premium!

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical creator Cloud about her webtoon Super Nova . You can find them on Instagram and read her other stories 7 Relics Princes s and Dream Catcher . Warning for discussion of bullying, domestic abuse, homophobia, and depression, and discussion of cultural insensitivity. Series mentioned:  Delicious Party Cloudy Wondrous Eclore Magie Su...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical enthusiast Danieru Huli about Police x Heroine LovePatrina (2020). You can find them on Twitter and Instagram .  Warning for fatphobia, cultural insensitivity, and discussion of police violence. News: (1:00) Sailor Moon Cosmos unveils new trailer, release dates, and voice actors Magical Destroyers announces tie-in mobile game de...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical podcaster Dana Lexa about the first season of The Owl House (2020). You can find her on Twitter and Co-Host and listen to her on Superidols RPG ! Warning for anti-Blackness. What I've watched: (1:00) Delicious Party PreCure Wish Upon The Pleiades Magia Record Main Topic (6:10) Series mentioned:  Akazukin Chacha High School Heroe...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical cosplayer Chrissy about Tropical-Rouge PreCure (2021). You can find them on Twitter and Instagram .  Warning for  News: (1:00) Hirogaru Sky PreCure aka Soaring Sky PreCure has been revealed! (Ayu's translations here ) What I've watched: (4:38) Delicious Party PreCure Smile PreCure Main Topic (6:00) Series mentioned:  Healer...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical researcher and activist Jack Harrison-Quintana about Hana no Ko Lunlun (1979). You can find him on Twitter and Instagram .  Warning for racial/ethnic stereotypes and age gap relationships. News: (1:00) Magical Destroyers to be released in April 2023 New comic debut: My Wife Might Be A Magical Girl New Netflix series: Princess Po...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical creator Alex Fletcher about their comic Taxipsychy .  Warning for discussions of death and the dead bodies of animals. Series mentioned:  Sailor Moon Cardcaptor Sakura Tokyo Mew Mew Digimon Pokemon Madoka Magica Revolutionary Girl Utena Steven Universe She-Ra Soul Eater Bleach Music featured:  "Mysterious Synth Ambient" by...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical game designer Shann Smith about D.N.Angel (2003). You can find them on Twitter and Instagram .  Warning for relationships with age gaps and general sexism. News: (1:00) Sparkleside Chats will take a week break after episode 135! Check out Ayu's new article about Tropical-Rouge PreCure (spoilers ahead!) The Owl House season 3 ret...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical podcaster Charlie about the second arc of Cardcaptor Sakura (1999). You can find cer on Twitter and check out cer podcast PreCure Podcast Engage . Warning for romantic relationships between adults and minors, child marriage, and implied incest. News: (1:00) Hirogaru Sky! PreCure announced Acro Trip animated series announced Mira...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical crayon Lapis about the second season of LoliRock (2016). You can find her on Tumblr or Twitter . Warning for mention of casual racism.  News: (1:00) The Owl House season 3's first special coming to Disney+ New comics: Armagia volume 1 and Magical Girl Thirties volume 1 What I'm watching: (4:15) Delicious Party PreCure The O...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical superfan Salvatore about the first arc of Majokko Megu (1974) aka Bia, la sfida della magia. You can find him on Twitter , Instagram , and Tumblr .  Warning for sexism, sexualization of minors and attempted suicide and murder.  News: (1:00) Announcements of English publications of magical girl comics: Suzune Magica, Magical...