Sparkleside Chats with Magical Girl Ayu Ayumi Shinozaki

On this bonus episode, Ayu watches the first episode of Himitsu no AiPri! It's a poppin' good time!

Original podcast music by Hazel, @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠afewbruises⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical editor Lauren Hitzhusen about the comic reboot of Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders. You can find her on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠Blue Sky. Pre-order it before the end of the month!

Check out the Jewel Riders Archive interview with the reboot team. Also, if you have some spare cash, consider supporting their legal funds as some of their physical archive has been damaged due to negligence.

News (1:00)

A Magical Girl Retires is now on sale - read an excerpt here.

Acro Trip (Oct 2024) drops new trailer

King of Prism: Dramatic Prism 1 coming Aug 16th to JP theaters

New magical girl comic “Magical Girls Become Stronger Through Shame” begins serialization in Manga Time Kirara Carat

First look at Winx Club S9 at Comicon Napoli

Unicorn Academy S2 coming Summer 2024

What I'm watching: (6:18)

Wonderful PreCure

Himitsu no AiPri

Fashionable Witches Love & Berry (comic, repub on Ciao Plus)

Main Topic (9:45)

Series mentioned:

Sailor Moon

Magic Knight Rayearth

Tokyo Mew Mew

H2O Just Add Water

Kaitou St. Tail

King Arthur and the Knights of Justice

Music featured:

Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders theme song

Original podcast music by Hazel, @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠afewbruises⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Extra special hugs to anyone who buys something off the magical wishlist!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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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 or DMs.


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This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical creator NAAN about the first season of Bewitched (1964). You can find her on ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ among other places.⁠

News (1:00)

New comics: New Authentic Magical Girl Risuka 7, The Great Kaiju Ganilla VS Magical Girl Lyrical Akari

New game Magical Girl Paranoids coming in 2025

⁠AiPri gets an Italian simulcast

PriPara 10th Anniversary celebrations begin

Magical Angel Sweet Mint gets BluRay release

Catch! Teenieping film coming to South Korea, Summer 2024

What I'm watching/reading: (5:40)

Wonderful PreCure

Himitsu no AiPri

Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders Season 2

SHY

Nico in Fairyland

Main Topic (12:28)

Warning for gaslighting, racism, sexual assault, victim blaming

Series mentioned:

Tropical-Rouge PreCure

Soaring Sky PreCure

Cardcaptor Sakura

Care Bears

I Married A Witch

Sabrina the Teenage Witch

Tabitha

Urusei Yatsura

Batman

Marvelous Melmo

Mary Poppins

Super Mario Bros.

Lolita

The Aristocats

Minky Momo

Gushing Over Magical Girls

Valkyrie drive

Futari wa PreCure

Music featured: 

Bewitched Opening & Ending

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 bonus episodes on Ko-fi!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Feel free to leave a message on Anchor about your favorite magical girl series and it might just appear on a later episode.

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 or DMs.


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This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical translator Sasha about the second half of Hime-chan's Ribbon (1992). You can find her on ⁠Twitter⁠ or BlueSky.

News (1:00)

New comics: Magilumiere #11, “You’re Banished!” The Banished One Was Not Me But the Silent Magical Girl #1, Magical Girl Regina Lena #1, Magical Girl 201 #1, Magical Maiden Mimi available for preorder now!

New games: The Witch Trials of the Magical Girls, Witchroid Vania, Rainbow Cotton

New musicals: Winx Forever, Dancing Star PreCure (2?)

AiPri gets a simulcast… in Spanish only!

What I'm watching: (6:45)

Magical Girl Aiko

Wonderful PreCure

Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders

Main Topic (10:30)

Warning for kidnapping, mention of death, fatphobia, and racism against people of the SWANA region.

Series mentioned:

Lyrical Nanoha

Precure

Healer Girl

Acro Trip

Magilumiere Co Ltd

Magical Girl Tsubame

Minky Momo

Sailor Moon

Sally the Witch

Himitsu no Akkochan

Digimon

Mama's a Fourth Grader

Music featured: 

The Energy of Your Smile (Opening)

First Summer (Ending 2)

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 bonus episodes on Ko-fi!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Feel free to leave a message on Anchor about your favorite magical girl series and it might just appear on a later episode.

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 or DMs.


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This week, we talk with magical creator Janaka Davis aka DarkHalo4321 about her comic Moonlight Apparition. Follow her on Twitter, deviantART, Facebook, Instagram or Tumblr. You can also support her on Patreon and Ko-fi. 

Additional Links:

Danny Phantom fan video

Series mentioned:

Sailor Moon
Cardcaptor Sakura
PreCure
Tokyo Mew Mew
Shugo Chara
Danny Phantom
Kim Possible
Gravity Falls
D.N.Angel
D. Gray-man
Naruto
Snow White with the Red Hair
Toilet-bound Hanako-kun
Blue Exorcist
Tsubasa Réservoir Chronicle

Music featured: Autumn Trail by tobylane from Pixabay

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!

Feel free to leave a message on Anchor about your favorite magical girl series and it might just appear on a later episode.

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 Twitter DMs.


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This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical enthusiast Echo about Magical Girl? Naria Girls (Mahou Shoujo? Naria Girls) from 2016. You can find her on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter.

News (1:00)

SC is asking for questions for the staff of the Jewel Riders comic reboot! (⁠Twitter⁠) (⁠IG⁠)

SHY season two: July 2024!

Wonderful PreCure The Movie: September 13, 2024

New PVs for MahoAku (July 2024) and Magilumiere (Fall 2024)

King of Prism will COME BACK this summer

Magical Girl WOMD Muscle Girls volume 2 on sale March 29th

New webcomic Terminality launched!

Ojamajo Doremi announces a 25th Anniversary Exhibition, a CGI Project, and a 16-20s project (help give it attention by watching the promo video!)

What I'm watching: (9:00)

Magical Girl Aiko

Wonderful PreCure

Main Topic (13:10)

Warning for sexualization of minors.

Series mentioned:

Cardcaptor Sakura

Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch

Sailor Moon

Chobits

Shugo Chara

Princess Tutu

Mawaru Penguindrum

Madoka Magica

PreCure

gdgd fairies

Strawberry Prince Here We Go

Strawberry Prince Quest

Whose Line Is It, Anyway?

Miracle Tunes

Music featured: 

We Are Naria Girls (Opening)

Awaken! National Characters (Ending)

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 bonus episodes on Ko-fi!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Feel free to leave a message on Anchor about your favorite magical girl series and it might just appear on a later episode.

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 or DMs.


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