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魔法*ガ ルズ Article by Karen Gellender  Frilly dresses, glittering swirls of light, cute-as-a-button talking animals — these are the things that come to mind at the mention of magical girls. For many examples of the genre, this is accurate, but it wasn't always thus. The magical girl genre, which debuted with Sally The Witch before the days of color TV, took a while to achieve the form we now know so well, and fans might be surprised to learn that its plots were not always magical, or even about--or intended for--girls. The image of a ballerina-esque magical girl dancing and fighting her foes with pink rays of magic may be our go-to image, but it's probably fair to say that the genre has more breadth and complexity than we often give it credit for. Read More...
たまこまーけっと Anime Review by Ben Huber  Kyoto Animation, or 'KyoAni' as they're called by their fans, have a long history of shows about cute girls. They're most famous for animating The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, K-On!, and Nichijou, three incredibly popular shows that are, well, all about cute girls. But these previous works have all been based off of existing stories, such as manga and light novels. What happens when the skilled people at KyoAni get to create their own original show? More cute girls, obviously! Read More...
ぷちます！－プチ・アイドルマスター－ Anime Review by Linda Yau  Watching Puchidols brings to mind one thing and this is nendroids. Nendroids is a type of collectible figurines that are character replicas stylized in a super deformed or a chibi manner. For Japanese fans this screams kawaii, and for fans of this show, there is the same fuzzy feeling. Puchidols or Puchim@s is a spinoff of the anime Idol Master, so watching this series requires at least some degree of characters knowledge to make this show more personable. But not really, so if you're a new viewer to this show then by all means sink in these hilarious slice of life shorts where the Producer is a stylized 'P' caricature and there are plenty of cute female mini idols; each aptly representing their humanoid counterparts. Read More... 
灼眼のシャナ Anime Review by Brian Cirulnick  Hair of flame and eyes ablaze. That's what they say about this Flame Haze. Shakugan no Shana thrusts you into what seems like a normal version of Japan, except this one has a hidden mythology, where extradimensional demons phase into our world, consume humans and then are killed by Flame Hazes, who set everything right -- sort of. They can't actually restore the people, so temporary duplicates called Flames are put in their place, which look and act like the original people, ... for a while. As the flame slowly dies, the person's "existence" in this reality also slowly fades, until no one remembers them, and all trace that they ever existed is slowly removed. This eases the "impact" of the person having died in the first place... Read More...  |
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