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 …

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 …