Sparkleside Chats with Magical Girl Ayu

In this episode, magical girl Ayu talks with magical podcaster Cassidy (@ madlobotanist ) of PreCure Podcast Engage about Magic Users Club (Mahou Tsukai Tai) from 1997. What I've been watching: Go! Princess PreCure Yes! PreCure 5 Hug PreCure Futari wa PreCure Max Heart Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Ojamajo Doremi Princess Tutu News: New magical girl project: Untitled Magical Girl Powerpuff news...

In this episode, magical girl Ayu talks with magical singer Hibiki about her namesake's origin, Suite PreCure. You can find her on Twitter (or get her PreCure News ), Instagram and YouTube . What I've been watching: Mewkledreamy Ojamajo Doremi Assault Lily Bullet Tokyo Mew Mew Go! Princess PreCure Hug PreCure Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch The Journey of Elaina News: "Powerpuff" news - title an...

In this episode, magical girl Ayu talks with magical creator Renie Jesanis (@ renieplayerone ) about her webcomic, Kate Blast , in the Aradia collective. What I've been watching: THE HEALIN GOOD PRECURE MOVIE Tropical Rouge PreCure Hug PreCure Miracle Tunes Mewkledreamy Shugo Chara!! Doki Pretear Ojamajo Doremi Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt Yes! PreCure 5 News: Futari wa PreCure refreshed on...

In this episode, magical journalist Haru Nicol is back to talk about Magical Girl Ore (Mahou Shojo Ore) from 2016. Content warning for discussions of homophobia, particularly lesbophobia. Links: Magical Girl Light Novel list (Japanese only) What I've been watching: Go! Princess PreCure Hug PreCure Magic Users Club Shugo Chara!! Doki Magical Doremi Also, reading the Futari wa PreCure novel News: Ne...

In this episode, magical girl Ayu talks with magical student Magdad about Pretear: The New Legend of Snow White(2001). You can find her on Twitter , Instagram or Reddit . What Ayu is watching: Revolutionary Girl Utena Mewkledreamy Suite PreCure Magic Users Club Magical Doremi Go! Princess PreCure Shugo Chara Doki Also: Read some of the Witchy PreCure novel News: Powerpuff Girls live action reboot...

In this episode, magical girl Ayu talks with magical YouTuber Leo aka Magical Cinnamon about Happiness Charge PreCure and magical girls in Brazil. Find him on Twitter , Instagram , and of course, on YouTube . News: Smewthie's single preview Shugo Chara's comic reprint/new comics? Series Mentioned: Sailor Moon Cardcaptor Sakura Magic Knight Rayearth Corrector Yui Super Doll Licca-chan Tonde Burin (...

In episode 22 of Sparkleside Chats, we talk to magical creator War Bunni about her series Magical Girl Academe, which she writes for. Read the webtoon here and support the team on Patreon here . Content warning for discussion of homophobia. How to help people in Venezuela What I've been watching: Tropical Rouge PreCure episode 1!! Suite PreCure Magical Girl Ore Shugo Chara Doki ! Miracle Tunes Tok...

In this bonus episode, you can listen to Ayu as you watch the premiere episode of Tropical-Rouge PreCure. Don't forget to join the Discord server for a voice chat on Sunday! Find the podcast online on Twitter or Instagram @magicalgirlayu or on Anchor at sparkleside, and don't forget to comment online with the hashtag #SparklesideChats! Contact us by email at sparklesidechats@gmail.com or in DMs.

In episode 21 of Sparkleside Chats, we talk to magical student @PixieShmixie about Magical Girl Raising Project (2011) aka Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku. Find Pixie Shmixie on Twitter , Tumblr , or even the Sparkleside Chats Discord ! Due to the nature of this show, there are major warnings for discussion of violent murder, suicide, and child abuse. The episode contains a lot of spoilers. News: Ashl...

In episode 20 of Sparkleside Chats, we talk to magical academic Simon Gough about Puella Magi Madoka Magica aka Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica (2011). If you want to submit a topic or guest idea a great way to do that is through this form . That's how Simon became a guest! News: New Powerpuff Girls pilot  What I've been watching: Healin' Good PreCure Ojamajo Doremi Happiness Charge PreCure Go Pri...

The sparkles are back!! In this episode, magical girl Ayu talks with magical creators Jordan and Beck about their webcomic, Magical Boy Basil. You can read the comic here and support them on Patreon . We discuss loss of family in this episode. What Ayu has been watching during the break: Sailor Moon (season 1) PreCure Max Heart Psychic Mami Wandering Witch Magical Doremi Magical Girl Ore Cutey Hon...

In this episode, magical girl Ayu talks with magical creator Mary Bellamy aka Zorilita about her magical girl series, Ah Heck!, Faux Facts, and Cosmic Cupcake Chaos. Visit her websites here and here , and check her out on YouTube , Twitter , Tumblr , Facebook and Patreon . Ah Heck! can also be read in part here . What Ayu is reading: Futari wa PreCure novel What Ayu is watching: Madoka Magica Suga...

In this episode, magical girl Ayu talks with magical filmmaker and podcaster Shereen Lani Younes about the final season of Sailor Moon, Sailor Stars. Follow Shereen on Twitter and Instagram and check out her website . News: Live Action Winx Club series coming to Netflix Tropical-Rouge PreCure's team has leaked via merchandise listings (the links have been taken down between recording and uplo...

In this episode, magical girl Ayu talks with magical writer Rose Stewart about seinen (young male targeted) magical girl series, especially of the last ten years. You can find Rose on Twitter , Instagram and Tumblr . Due to the nature of the chat, trigger warning for mentions of suicide, death, ableism, sexualization of minors, lesbophobia and incest. What Ayu is watching: Sugar Sugar Rune Happine...

In this episode, magical girl Ayu talks with Darien (@ CureWaffle ) about the sweetest season of PreCure, Kira Kira PreCure A La Mode (2017). Follow him on Twitter and join his Discord here . What I've watched:  Futari wa PreCure and Max Heart - mentioned PreCure Podcast Engage (Still reading the Futari wa PreCure novel) Ojamajo Doremi - but not the movie yet. Magical Girl Ore Healin' Good Pr...

In this episode, magical girl Ayu talks with magical girl creator Batichi Kristen ( @batichikristen ) about her webcomic XII: Of Magic & Muses( @xiicomic ). You can also find her on Pillowfort and read the comic here . There are spoilers to what has already been published online. News: Japanese Box Office - how are Miracle Leap and Looking for Magical Doremi doing? Frozen 2 comic illustrated b...

In this episode, magical girl Ayu talks with magical teacher Rose about Mai Otome, the pseudo sequel to Mai Hime. Follow Rose on Twitter @ AngryAria . Due to the content of the show, trigger/content warnings for discussions of sexual matters, sexual assault, and romantic intonations between adults and children. I mentioned the form for future topics and guests which you can fill out here if you ar...

In this episode, magical girl Ayu talks with magical cosplayer and crafter Laffi about Magical Angel Creamy Mami, the very first Studio Pierrot magical girl. Follow Laffi on Twitter and Instagram , and follow their crafting business on Laffi's website or on Etsy . News: The next PreCure movie has been announced upon the Magical girl voice actress Nana Mizuki announced she is expecting her first ch...

In this episode, magical girl Ayu talks with magical girl creator Rink aka kellerybird about her webcomic Saffron Wave. Follow Rink on Twitter and Instagram , and read her comic on Carrd , Webtoon , Tapas , Comicfury , and check out more into on Twitter . Also if you can, support her on Patreon . Question of the week: What historical setting would you like to see magical girls in? News: Stalking @...

In this episode, magical girl Ayu talks with magical artist Salvatore Marrone aka retrosofa all about Cutie Honey, including the time he loved Cutie Honey so much he ended up on a Japanese TV program. Follow Salvatore on Twitter , Tumblr or Instagram and read his comic No More Mermaids (18+) on Tapas. Question of the week: What magical girl character will you be for Halloween? News: New Cardcaptor...

In this episode, Magical Girl Ayu talks to magical media critic and tokusatsu superfan Haru Nicol aka @SmilingRider on Twitter and Instagram about magical boys. This episode's main discussion was recorded in 2019. Question(s) of the week: What two seasons of PreCure has Ayu watched zero episodes of? What magical girls have you dressed up as? What Ayu is watching and reading: Nanoha Mahou Tsukai Sa...

In our first creator episode, Magical Girl Ayu talks to magical artist Dominique Davis, who has just started her own magical girl webcomic, Bug County. We talked about her history with magical girls and her process making this series. Read Bug County here and find Dominique @Petalromance on Twitter and Instagram . What Ayu is watching: Full Moon wo Sagashite Magical Girl Raising Project Fate/kalei...

In this episode, Ayumi talks to magical cosplayer Fadhili about the Italian magical girl series, W.I.T.C.H. and her experiences watching it in French Canada. Find her on Twitter and Instagram . What Ayu is watching/reading: Seinen magical girls Mama wa Shôgakkô yonensei (1992) News: Transcripts and a Tumblr incoming! (Thank you to Mercedez ) The podcast will hopefully come to YouTube and maybe Ama...

In our first regular episode, magical girl Ayu talks to friend and magical knitwear designer Francoise Danoy (IG: ArohaKnits ) about her childhood favorite, Cardcaptor Sakura, also known as Cardcaptors. Music featured: Cardcaptor Sakura eyecatch Opening -  Catch You Catch Me Cardcaptors opening What I'm watching (aside from pod research): Ojamajo Doremi Himitsu no Cocotama Healin' Good PreCur...

In episode 2, Magical Girl Ayu and magical animator Bianca Rose Alejos continue our 2019 breakdown of the past twenty years of (mostly shojo) magical girls, then we catch up again with Bianca in the present to see what else has been added to the canon in the past year. While this episode is clean, it does discuss some topics that aren't suitable for children. Shownotes: Girls x Heroine tokusatsu s...