People have been clamoring for a Harry Potter anime since approximately 10 minutes after the invention of animation. And here I am, knocking on your internet door to tell you the good news: all the magic of Hogwarts can be found in anime form with Little Witch Academia. Little Witch Academia started as a short in …
Back when I first envisioned the concept of this column, there were a few shows that I knew I wanted to do and Cardcaptor Sakura is one of them. I barely remembered anything about it, but it stuck out to me as a particularly iconic magical girl show. And I think I’m not alone in that, since …
Zombies. Necromancers. Boobs. Dapper Dressed Animals. Magical Girls and Boys. Pudding Monsters. This month I watched Is This a Zombie, and boy was it interesting. When I wrote about Glitter Force a few months ago, I mentioned that it was like the essence of the magical girl genre – made in a lab. Is This …
The city of Townsville! Home to an unexpected set of magical girls, the Powerpuff Girls! Okay so they aren’t magic per say, but this month, I watched The Powerpuff Girls and I’m here to say that the spirit of magical girl is alive with them. Created in 1998 by Craig McCracken and originally called Whoopass …
Sailor Moon is unquestionably the sparkling, magical queen of the magical girl genre. What Sailor Moon did would redefine the entire genre, as well as introduce an entire generation of young people to manga, anime, and girl power. A brief history of Sailor Moon: in 1991, a one shot manga called Codename: Sailor V was …
Remember that magical girl anime where a team of five color coordinated young girls discover they are warriors who transform using makeup compacts into frilly outfits with elemental attacks? You know, Glitter Force? A quick introduction: Glitter Force is the English dub of an anime called Smile! Pretty Cure!, which is the ninth in a …