This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical podcaster Charlie about Miraculous Ladybug Season 2 (2016). You can find cer on Twitter and Tumblr.  News: (1:00) Shugo Chara sequel comic slated to begin Summer 2024 (Mention of Peach-Pit's Nichirei Foods collaboration, Magical Girl Karat and the Disappearing Fried Chicken) Magical Girl Tsubame Against the World comic begins on October 7th What I've watched: (3:15) Soaring Sky PreCure Yes! PreCure 5 Go! Go! Dekoboko Majo no Oyako...

In this bonus episode, Ayu answers your questions and gets deep into PreCure All Stars F, which debuted in Japanese theaters on September 15th! Non-spoiler questions Plot synopsis (17:13) Further questions (52:25) Original podcast music by Hazel, @⁠afewbruises⁠ ⁠Want to share your idea for a topic or guest? Submit your idea here!⁠ ⁠Extra special hugs to anyone who buys something off the magical wishlist!⁠ ⁠Join our Discord!⁠ ⁠Commission Ayu for art, drop off a donation, or sign up for...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical enthusiast Bia about the first half of Powerpuff Girls Z (2006). You can find her on Twitter, Tumblr, DeviantART, Threads, TikTok, AO3, and Instagram.  Warning for animal cruelty, sexualization of minors, and racial and homophobic caricatures. News: (1:00) Ladybug film now available on YouTube! Madoka Magica scene0 coming to Magia Record What I've watched: (1:43) Soaring Sky PreCure Main Topic (3:00) Series mentioned:  Sailor...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical mangaka Yase about Magical Girl Site (2017). You can find them on Twitter and Instagram.  News: (1:00) Sweet and Sour Catch! Teenieping debuts September 22nd in South Korea Miraculous Paris: Tales of Shadybug and Claw Noir comes to Disney Channel France on October 21st Burn the Witch Episode 0.8 announced PreCure All Stars F breaks franchise box office records for its opening weekend What I've watched: (4:34) Soaring Sky PreCure...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical podcaster Lola Valentine about Winx Club Season 1 (2004). For more Winx podcast goodness, check out Winx Forever also on Twitter and Instagram! Warning for sexualization of minors, antiblack racism, and anti-Romani stereotypes. News: (1:00) Dekoboko Majo begins Oct 1st Komi Witch Lara Season 2 announced Estrella project announced Madoka Magica Walpurgisnacht coming Winter 2024 What I've watched: (4:10) Soaring Sky PreCure Komi...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical creator Greg Leatherman about his game Glitter Hearts.  Main Topic (1:00) Series mentioned:  Sailor Moon Voltron Ronin Warriors Cardcaptor Sakura Star Blazers (Space Battleship Yamato) Robotech Macross Power Rangers (Sentai Series) Magical Girl Raising Project Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! Tenchi Muyo! Pretty Sammy PreCure Madoka Magica Steven Universe Magic Knight Rayearth Scooby Doo Josie and the...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical tabletop roleplayer Liv from Superidols! RPG about Kamichama Karin (2007). You can find them as livinaday on all the socials. News: (1:00) Cure Wing now has a costume - Read Ayu’s article on it for details! Re Cutie Honey on BD from Discotek! Rainbow Bubblegum began 8/30 in South Korea… and maybe more? Upcoming comic volumes: Mahou Chunen 4 and Magical Girl Incident 3 (2 in English) New comics: Peekaboo Smile and My Sister Will Not...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical podcaster Giana Luna from Shoujo Sundae about Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card (2018). You can find her on Twitter and Instagram. Look out for her single, Twilight Champagne, coming soon! News: (1:00) Otona PreCure 23 Power of Hope reveals 4 additional character redesigns! 24/7 Magical Maiden Mimi graphic novel coming 2024 Magical Suite Prism Nana has a new project in the works…?! What I've watched: (3:25) Soaring Sky PreCure Main...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical kimono stylist Rin about Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya (2007). You can find her and her kimono work on Twitter. News: (1:00) Hana no Ko Lunlun gets a reboot/potential sequel announced in China Alkali Rettousei magical girl series comicalized from a vocaloid song starting September News about Madoka Magica's next movie… is coming Sept. 10th What I've watched/read: (7:15) Soaring Sky PreCure Komi Witch Lara Mermaid Melody Pichi...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical professor name about Crystal Fairies Z Squad aka Zeta Girls (2006). You can find him on ⁠Twitter⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠. News: (1:00) Prisma Illya Licht: The Nameless Girl teaser visual announced at 10th Anniversary event Balala the Fairies: Star Fate Butterfly Awakening 1 begins August 11th! New comic Magical Girl Live! combines magical girl death games with cash prizes Crowdfunding for Japanese magical girl battle board game Majo x Majo...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical creator Enit about their Webtoon Captain Jellyfish. You can find them on Instagram. Warning for discussion of misgendering. Series mentioned:  Ojamajo Doremi Miraculous Ladybug Soaring Sky PreCure Cardcaptor Sakura Sailor Moon Magical Girl Site Futari wa Precure Yes PreCure 5 Go Go Go Princess PreCure Witchy PreCure Tropical-Rouge PreCure Delicious Party PreCure Vocaloid Steven Universe The Penguins of Madagascar Big...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical translator Arz about Pretty Rhythm Rainbow Live (2013). You can find him on Twitter and Tumblr.  Warning for depictions of emotional abuse between friends and within families, ethnic erasure, sexualization of minors, and self harm. News (1:00): Waccha Primagi Reading Live in September PriPara mobile game launching in August Magical Natalie Kickstarter coming soon Supa Team 4 is now on Netflix Balala the Fairies Magic Fate Castle 2...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical game master Cat about Sailor Moon SuperS (1995). You can find them on Twitter, find their games at Peach Garden Games, and listen to Sword of Symphonies and Roar to Heaven! Warning for pedophilia/sexualization of children, age gap relationships, and allusions to sexual assault/rape. News: (1:00) This Way Madness Lies coming to Nintendo Switch! Sophie: Starlight Whispers Artificial Magical Girl Kaini short to debut in theaters...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical podcaster Chika about Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne (1999). You can find her on Twitter and Instagram. Don't forget to check out her podcast Shoujo Sundae! Warning for age gap romance, dubious autonomy and boundary-breaking, depictions of abuse and assault, gaslighting, and teen sexuality. News: (1:00) PreCure All Stars F trailer and posters dropped! What I've watched: (3:18) Soaring Sky PreCure (both the TV series and comic!) Main Topic...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical drag performer and cosplayer Jimmy Sherfy about the first half of Himechan no Ribon (1992). You can find him on Facebook and Instagram.  Warning for drugging, kidnapping, death and general misogyny and queerphobia. News: (1:37) Otona Precure '23 Power of Hope: New key visuals featuring Nozomi, Rin, and Saki and Mai from Splash Star! SHY announced for October 2023 release "NEW Panty and Stocking" announced at AX Gushing Over Magical...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical creator Niambi about her ⁠webtoon, ⁠Moonlight Star⁠. You can find her on ⁠⁠Instagram and support her on Ko-Fi or Patreon!  Main Topic (1:00) Series mentioned:  Winx Club W.i.t.c.h Powerpuff Girls My Life As A Teenage Robot Shugo Chara PreCure Princess Tutu Steven Universe The Craft Coraline Ava's Demon Agents of the Realm Fate Grand Order Dislyte Euphoria Music featured:  Wonder and Mystery from...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical game designer Shann about Little Witch Academia (2017). You can find them on Twitter and Instagram.  Warning for ethnic stereotypes and fatphobia. News (1:00) Miraculous Ladybug Special Into the Re-Verse announced What I've watched/read (2:15) Soaring Sky Precure Tokyo Mew Mew New Magical Destroyers Main Topic (6:30) Series mentioned:  Soaring Sky PreCure Sailor Moon Tropical-Rouge PreCure Healin' Good PreCure Futari wa...

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 PreCureMagical Destroyers Mermaid Melody Pichi Pitch Pitch aqua 2 It's My Turn To Save the World! Main Topic (9:10) Series mentioned:  Princess Tutu Revolutionary Girl...

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical critic Kai about Wonder Egg Priority (2021). You can find them on Twitter and YouTube.  Warning for discussion of self-harm and suicide, bullying, sexual assault and rape, transphobia and corrective rape, fatphobia and eating disorders, domestic violence and abuse, grooming, gaslighting, cult brainwashing, animal cruelty, gore, and general psychological horror. News: (1:00) Dancing Star PreCure cast and showtimes announced Graphic...

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 Raising Project restart Twitter launched What I've watched: (4:27) Soaring Sky...

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 Pichi Pichi Pitch Aqua official English translation What I've read and watched Vampire Magicka...

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! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sparkleside/message

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 Co. Ltd. Sentai series Zebraman Gatchaman Chainsaw Man Demon Slayer Kill La Kill Panty...

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 continuation confirmed! Crowdfunding: Four Leaf vol. 1 (read FL here) Steam game: Life After...

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 with staff announcements Magical sports romance graphic novel Grand Slam Romance to be released in...