This Week in Magical Girls – Jan. 8-14

FINALLY - things have been happening in the world of magical girls, enough to actually be able to post something like this!  Then again, I've also been trying to get my thesis together and school's started back up again, so I haven't been able to post here.  But now that stuff has been happening, I …

Ake Ome! – State of the Majokko Address

First of all, allow me to apologize for the silence.  I think I hinted at it in the Magical Girl Raising Project Episode Twelve review, but I took a break until the end of December for the holidays and to spend time with my son.  But now that we are preparing to head back to …

Magical Girl Raising Project Ep. 12 REVIEW

**SPOILERS AHEAD** The Bloodbath is finally over...but who survived? Was the ending tragic, or what is something else. These answers and more after the click.

This Week in Magical Girls – 12/12-12/17

As Christmas draws ever closer, I'm a bit salty that we don't have a lot of magical girl news this week.  Someone obviously didn't get the memo that Magical Girls are the gift that keeps on giving.  But here are a few notables in the world of magical girls that may be of interest to …

This Week in Magical Girls – Dec.4-10

Even though not a lot of things happened this week, we always did like quality over quantity. Click to get the goods.

Magical Girl Raising Project Episode 10 REVIEW

There is no such thing as hope in this series. It's the destruction of hopes in dreams, dressed in frilly skirts and covered in blood, crushed under the weight of a merciless steam roller. And that's a PROBLEM.

Maho Shojo Mom Illustration

Allow me to introduce my official new Magical Girl avatar, the Maho Shojo Mom.  It was drawn and inked by the amazing Kathryn Fell, an accomplished illustrator from Dallas, Texas.  She was referred to me by a friend of mine, and I'm so glad that she did, because HOLY CRAP. When it came to designing …

Magical Girls Slay Together!

Featured Image from the Magical Girl Project.  All gifs/photos courtesy of tumblr and their respective users. Let me start out by saying that I have no idea where I'm going to go with this entry.  I mean after all, I started this blog with the intention of showcasing my research into the magical girl narrative. …

Two Years of Magical Girl Studies

Thanks to Facebook's nifty little tool "On this Day", I found out that yesterday two years ago (November 7, 2014), I declared my intention to write my undergraduate honours thesis on Magical Girl series.  But would you believe that I almost did my thesis on creating a fun way to study Japanese using popular culture? …

Magical Girl Raising Project Ep. 5-6

Author's Note:  Some Photos are courtesy of Efnuu via Twitter.  Thank you so much for letting me use your screencaps! Also, please forgive my ghetto ones, this is new to me after all. SPOILER WARNING: If you haven't seen episodes five and six - WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? TURN BACK NOW! To put it …