Episode 55 - Random Battles with J.D. Benefield

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

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

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 [email protected] or in Twitter DMs. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sparkleside/message

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

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical artist Nicole about Magical Girl Pretty Sammy aka Magical Project S (1997) as well as the OVA that preceeded it. You can find her on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠. News (1:00) SC is asking for questions for the staff of the Jewel Riders comic reboot! (Twitter) (IG) Wheels & Roses and 24/7 Magical Maiden Mimi have been successfully funded! Magical Chiikawa brand to open its own store Acro Trip special comic debuts Kira and the (Maybe) Space Princess drops 3/5 Unicorn Boy drops 3/12 Bewitched-inspired comedy in the works at NBC What I'm watching: (6:30) Magical Girl Aiko Wonderful PreCure Winx Club S3 Main Topic (11:15) Warning for sexualization of minors. Series mentioned: Sailor Moon Garfield and Friends Wedding Peach Nurse Angel Ririka SOS Tonde Burin (Super Pig) Demon Slayer PreCure Waccha PriMagi Himitsu no AiPri Tenchi Muyo I Dream of Jeannie Akazukin Chacha Cutie Honey Lyrical Nanoha El Hazard Heidi Girl of the Alps The Mask Sentai series Captain Harlock Yume no Crayon Oukoku Slayers Cowboy Bebop My Adventures with Superman Music featured:  A Dream's Not a Dream if You Dream It (Opening) I Got Carried Away (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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sparkleside/message

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical creator Miracle about her TikTok magical girl series, Magical Melody. You can find her on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Instagram, and watch the series in a playlist on TikTok. News (1:00) Magical Girl Kickstarters: ⁠⁠Wheels & Roses⁠ and ⁠24/7 Magical Maiden Mimi⁠ (both have gotten funded but could use more for their stretch goals!) More information about The Witch's Mystery from Hello Osaka Himitsu no AiPri airs April 7th! More character details have dropped. Magical Girl Tsubame: I Will (Not) Save the World! Volume 1 drops March 4th! Indie Horror Game Magician Day One is out now! Narikiri World exhibition coming in March and April What I'm watching: (5:00) Magical Girl Aiko Wonderful PreCure Komi Witch Lara S2 Hime-chan's Ribbon Bewitched S1 Main Topic (11:00) Series mentioned: Sailor Moon Rayearth Toko Mew Mew Go Princess PreCure Madoka Magica Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Toonmakers Sailor Moon (Saban Moon) Cardcaptor Sakura Pink Moon Atelier Bishoujo Asia Moonlight Justice podcast Music featured: Weightless by Jon Presstone from Storyblocks 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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sparkleside/message

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical writer Mia about the first season of Yuki Yuna Is A Hero (2014). You can find her on ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠. News (1:00) Magical Girl Kickstarters: ⁠Wheels & Roses and 24/7 Magical Maiden Mimi (ignore what Ayu called it lol) What I'm watching: (3:22) Magical Girl Aiko Gushing Over Magical Girls Wonderful PreCure Komi Witch Lara S2 Main Topic (8:40) Warning for gaslighting, sexualization of minors, suicide attempts, and ableism. Series mentioned: Sailor Moon PreCure Mai Hime/Mai Otome Magical Girl Raising Project Glitter Hearts Music featured:  Stars and Flowers Aurora Days 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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sparkleside/message

On this bonus episode, Ayu watches the first episode of Wonderful PreCure! Cry along with her! 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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sparkleside/message

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical artist Willow about the first half of Sugar Sugar Rune (2005). You can find her on ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ and Instagram. News (1:00) HELLO OSAKA announces virtual mystery show, Witches' Mystery, coming in March Magic Chaos bullet hell game announced The Pretty Series announces their newest title: Himitsu no AiPri Dokidoki PreCure to receive sequel novel this year The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies is coming July 2024 KICKSTARTER for Wheels & Roses from Orange Blossom Studio!! What I'm watching: (7:00) Magical Girl Aiko Gushing Over Magical Girls Soaring Sky PreCure (Hirogaru Sky PreCure) Komi Witch Lara S2 Magical Girl Pure Angel Delicious Party PreCure Dekoboko Majo Main Topic (15:10) Warning for mention of age gap relationships and discussion of sexuality in relation to children/children's media. Series mentioned: Sailor Moon Cardcaptor Sakura Minky Momo Tokyo Mew Mew Shugo Chara Princess Tutu Majokko Megu-chan Hansel and Gretel Beauty and the Beast PreCure Music featured:  Obsessed with Chocolat The world beyond the moon 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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sparkleside/message

This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical game designer Cat about the first season of MLPFiM (2010). You can find them on ⁠Twitter⁠, ⁠BlueSky and ⁠their website⁠. As for what else… Season Eight of Sparkleside Chats will be biweekly! News (1:45) Love and Berry anniversary comic published in Ciao magazine Wonderful PreCure begins February 4th High School Kiratto Prichan virtual musicals fully announced: 2/6 and 3/9 respectively What I'm watching: (3:43) Magical Girl Aiko Gushing Over Magical Girls Soaring Sky PreCure (Hirogaru Sky PreCure) Komi Witch Lara S2 Main Topic (6:12) Warning for racism and brief of sexualization of teenage horses. Series mentioned: Symphogear Sailor Moon SuperS Soaring Sky PreCure Schindler’s List The Sneetches and Other Stories DC Super Hero Girls Star Trek Music featured:  Season One opening Winter Wrap Up 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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sparkleside/message