#Magic User's Club TV

[obscureanimeoftheday]

Obscure Anime of The Day:

Magic User's Club

Aired: 1999

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Magic, Romance, School, SciFi

[tornado1992]

No one knows where Sonic lives.

Even in his so called world renowed hero status, there’s way too little that the general public knows about Sonic The Hedgehog, sure, they know what his favorite food is, they know the names of his friends, and they know when his birthday is, but they don’t know where is he from, how is he so fast, or what is his reason to fight.

They know about most of the times he has saved the world, but they don’t know why his shoes don’t get burned by his speed, they know he can turn into a god-like glowy golden being, but they don’t know how exactly the magical jewels that do that work, they know he’s unstoppable, but they don’t know why.

Most people don’t care that much about that kind of information, even if he’s a hero, that’s his own business, even heroes need privacy; but then there’s the curiosity, the enigma, the mystery, most of those questions will be left without a solid answer, but there’s a few that should have definitive one.

Where does someone who can run around the whole globe in a matter of hours live? There’s a lot of theories.

Sonic has enough fame to have several fan clubs all around the world, and between all those fan clubs there’s been a lingering interest in the enigma of where does sonic live, between all the other questions this one is the one that gets the most possible answers, considering factors like his speed, his well known crave for adventure, his love for nature, all of it could make the difference between the right answer and the wrong answer.

At certain point, the curiosity reaches to more general public apart from the fanatism prone, and when in opportunity to talk to him, a lot of people start asking him the same question: “where do you live?” the answers all equal and all different at the same time “right here in the same world as you” “it varies from time to time” “I don’t think you could visit me”

The vagueness, the confusing contradictions, the evasion of the subject; he’s doing this on purpose. They might not know a lot about the blue speedster, but now this sole data needs to be known.

They start asking Sonic’s acquaintances instead of the hedgehog himself, they know they’re not getting an answer out of him at this point, and if anyone could have one, his friends should know it. Turns out that they don’t know.

Most of his friends being more annoyed with the fact that not even they know where he lives than about the people sticking their noses to his friend’s business was a surprise to the masses, and underwhelming, backtracking, frustrating surprise.

There’s an anonymous user online who affirms that not even the hedgehog’s arch nemesis knows where Sonic lives. Reliable sources support the statement.

The waters of nonsense gossip calm down after some time, but the question still remains, left to be more of general curiosity than lingering mystery.

A random day in a random town, a news program happens to be live outside when the speedster passes by and stops to smell the flowers around the area, the reporters ask him for a small interview, he says they have till he finishes picking up enough flowers for a crown.

They ask the same question everyone has asked for quite some time, just a different word, “Sonic, where is your home?”

Apparently the accidental rephrasing change is what finally gets it, as the speedster just says “right now? should be at mystic ruins”

He runs off immediately, the reporters left speechless, the program still on air on TV’s and the web, and the world going wild.

They finally got a straight, solid, specific answer. “That can’t be true” “but it can” “it’s logical” “it’s not” “he must’ve been joking” “he sounded serious” and more and more discussions take place around that single interview, the fan clubs are theorizing again, the general public is now more curious, and the official news from all over the globe need to confirm this by themselves.

So they ask again.

A full week later, a different city in a different country, different news reporters don’t even bother to ask him for an interview, they just run to him the moment they see the blue blur pass by and ask him again “Sonic, where is your home?!” He yells his answer without stopping:

“Last time I checked was in Central City”.

“It’s a contradiction” “then he was joking before” “he might change where he lives weekly” “we need more proof” “that was way too specific again”.

A different continent, two days later, a group of kids manage to record him when he greets them from the other side of a mountain, they ask “Where is your home?!” He yells back “I’m not sure at the moment!”

The confusion only grows, now no one knows if he’s genuinely giving true answers or full ass lying, it would be logical for him to do either. The curiosity becomes a mystery again, and people are legitimately trying to track all the locations he has mentioned to find out what is this all about. Some people even try to track him down. They try.

A whole month later, there’s a celebration near sunset city, a commemoration of some sorts, there’s been a lot of battles in way too little time so people just try to think about the party rather than the motive for it. Sonic attends the celebration along some of his friends.

A local news channel manages to reach him at the chili dog stand where he is waiting for his food while talking to the two tailed fox everyone knows is his best friend. They don’t mean to interrupt, but these opportunities are limited.

They ask the same question, the same word change that they know works: “Sonic, where is your home?”

The blue blur hangs an arm around the kit’s shoulder in a half hug as he grins widely, he says loudly: “right now, it’s right here!”

This time his home was with him.

[kessyathena]

Kessy's Recommendations

A little while ago a friend who's into Little Witch Academia asked for recommendations and I immediately suggested Magic User's Club. It's one of my go to's and a great show, but it's pretty obscure these days. That got me to thinking about all the other great OVA's I've seen that everyone's forgotten. So here's a selection of my favorites from the golden age of OVA's (1980's -2000's). If you're looking for a thread that connects these, my personal tastes run to character driven stories. I've tried to emphasize titles that are easy to access, mostly ones that are free on Youtube.

Assemble Insert: 1989, 2 eps.

comedy, superhero, idol, mad scientist, police

The city is being overrun by a mad scientist and his mecha equipped gang, so what's the overworked underpaid police force to do? Obviously, hold a competition for the next big idol! Err, I mean superhero to save the city. Wait, is there a difference? Maron really wants to know, since she's the (un?)fortunate winner of the competition.

All Purpose Cultural Catgirl Nuku Nuku (Bannou Bunka Neko-Musume): 1992, 6 eps.

comedy, catgirl (sort of), android, superpower, evil corporation

Ryuunosuke just wanted a pet, so when the minions of his overbearing mother accidentally kill the stray kitten he'd picked up his father does the only sensible thing: transplant the cat's brain into the experimental android body he's got in the back seat of the car. Ryuunosuke's new "big sister" is cheerful, energetic, able to bend steel beams with her bare hands, and overly fond of fish and sunbeams.

Nuku Nuku got a TV reboot and a second unrelated OVA called Nuku Nuku Dash, but the original OVA is definitely the best version.

Dragon Half: 1993, 2 eps.

comedy, fantasy world, WTF am I watching?, dragon girl

Mink is the child of a dragon mother and a human father. (Don't think about it too much.) Her father was formerly the champion of the evil king, who still bears a grudge. So there are evil minions, a guy named Dick Saucer who can't decide if he's a singer or a swordsman, a princess who's half slime, the finger water squirter of DOOM, and Beethoven! Don't wait for it to make sense, just enjoy the ride.

Plastic Little: 1994, 1 ep.

action, scifi, space opera, fanservice, yuri subtext

Tita and her galant crew make a living in the pet shop trade, capturing exotic animals in their planet's ocean of clouds for export. One day Tita runs into a beautiful young woman being pursued by a group of uniformed goons. Impulsively deciding to help the stranger, Tita and her crew are drawn into a military conspiracy to wreak havoc on the colony. Naturally, there's a caped villain, high speed chases, battleships, and ridiculously unsafe walkways over a vast chasm.

Elf Princess Rane (Yousei Hime Ren): 1995, 2 eps.

comedy, WTF am I watching?, magic, yuri subtext, idiot protagonist

Well, there is a plot to this one, but describing it would take too long, make no sense, and miss the point. Rane is a frenetically paced, gag after gag wild romp into hilarity and the absurd. There are fairies from another dimension who only speak an unintelligible language, a scheming corporation, a large group of identical sisters, and a protagonist so obsessed with treasure hunting he sees it everywhere to the point of being oblivious to what's in front of his nose.

Magic User's Club (Mahoutsukai Tai!): 1996, 6 eps.

comedy, romance, school life, alien invaders, magic, unrequited love, yaoi

The Earth has been invaded by aliens! However, the aliens are content to sit in their giant spaceship while observing humanity with robotic probes. So when Sawanoguchi Sae joins her school's club of neophyte magic users and the club president declares that they're going to defeat the aliens with magic, she's nothing but enthusiastic. And a massive klutz. What hope do they have considering that the rest of the club consists of Sae's best friend who only joined for Sae's sake, a vice president whose main interest is his crush on the president, and a freshman who frequently skips club activities to go on dates?

There is also a very good 13 episode TV series which is a direct continuation of the OVA featuring the same cast and hijinks but with a change in tone, not the least because the aliens are gone.

Birdy the Mighty (Tetsuwan Birdy): 1996, 4 eps.

action, school life, undercover aliens, conspiracy, gender bender, body sharing

Tsutomu is your average school kid out for a stroll one evening when he runs into a man running for his life from… something. The man turns out to be an alien in disguise and the something, well let's just say it radically changes Tsutomu's life as he's drawn into a conspiracy involving interplanetary criminals. A Federation Officer named Birdy Cephon shows up, but due to reasons he winds up having to share his body with her.

The series got a TV reboot called Birdy the Mighty: Decode. In my opinion, the original OVA is better.

R.O.D: Read or Die: 2001, 3 eps.

action, superpowers, secret agent, yuri subtext

Yomiko Readman is your average substitute teacher… Okay, no she isn't. She's absolutely obsessed with reading: her home is filled with stacks of books. She also has the ability to manipulate paper in any way she wishes, turning ordinary stationary into shields, weapons, giant flying paper airplanes, and so on. And she has a side job as a secret agent. So when a group of superpowered villains threatens the world, agent "The Paper" swings into action. Immediately after one of the bad guys steals her book!

ROD also has a TV series that has the same setting but completely new characters and plotline. The connections to the original OVA only gradually become apparent.

Murder Princess: 2007, 6 eps.

action, fantasy world, action girl, body swap, yuri subtext, lost technology

Alita and Faris are from such different backgrounds that you'd never expect them to meet. Alita is the princess of the kingdom of Forland and has lived a sheltered life in the capital. Faris is from a tragic background and survives on her wits and her skill with a sword as a bounty hunter. However, one night there is a palace coup and Alita is forced to flee for her life into the dark and dangerous Ellend forest, where Faris is hunting monsters for the price on their heads. The two literally run into each other and straight off a cliff. During the fall, the shared near death experience causes them to switch bodies. They're forced to reluctantly team up to defeat the coup and uncover the forces behind it.

Electromagnetic Girlfriend (Denpa-teki na Kanojo): 2009, 2 eps.

drama, mystery, romance

(Note: "Denpa" literally means "electromagnetic wave," but is colloquially used to mean "crazy" in much the same sense as "tin foil hat.")

Juuzawa Juu is a high school delinquent. One day a girl he's never met comes up to him and declares that he is a reincarnated king and she is his servant and knight. Despite Juu's best efforts to get rid of her, she continually follows him around. As if this wasn't enough, there's a serial killer stalking the town, and Juu suddenly finds himself caught up in the case when he's the one to find the body of the latest victim: one of his own classmates.

[clash-of-the-wizards]

CLASH OF THE WIZARDS ROUND 1-A BOUT 11

WIZARDMON (Digimon) VS BLOOM PETERS (Winx Club)

Propaganda under the cut!

PROPAGANDA

WIZARDMON "His name is literally Wizardmon. He can't NOT be the best wizard."

"His name is literally WIZARD(mon). Fun fact! He’s originally from a place called Witchelny and moved to the digital world."

BLOOM PETERS "She’s the Fairy of the Dragon Flame! A lost princess, sent to Earth by her sister as their planet gets destroyed, who rediscovers her magic & destiny at 16. She founds & names the Winx Club, her roommates who are also teens and also apparently the only ones who can save the magic dimension (repeatedly. Ah, kids cartoons). Every season, she and her friends get at least one new fairy form & access to new (plot-related) spells. Winx Club is an iconic early 2000s tv show & it’s great fun!"

[fuyyu]

so, i have this little piece of analysis on the world building of winx club's original run. it was meant to be part of kind of a rewrite based on fate's tv show fumbles and i have contemplated the idea of making a video essay on it but since it will most likely never happen, i am posting here a snippet of the perspective i was the most salty about.

✨ technical spells ✨

(or whatever the english adaptation used to call them)

there are many aspects of the workings behind magic that are never explicitly stated in the series, but through the shows events we can deduce them. for example, witches use magic thanks to negative energy or something akin to "waves", elements that aren't necessarily spiritual. all witches seem to focus on mind control or natural phenomena and they don't have access to transformations (or they can access transformation-like powers without it); on the opposite side we see fairies who use positive energy or spiritual/conceptual powers (that's why we can have some kinda bs-y powers like "technology"): they are the most powerful when they transform. we know also that witches, if they so wish, can become fairies (just like mirta did) so it's really more of a choice than anything else.

what they all have in common is, evidently and weirdly, that they are female magic users. considering the context in which winx club was first released, i won't tap (too much) into gender identity matters for this post, so every time i talk about women in this post i am (unless specified otherwise) refering to cis gender women, as i could expand on trans perspectives but i prefer to refer to the canon for now.

in the second season, this phenomenon is tangentially but subtly explored. how, might you ask? this the season to be jolly, because an interesting character is introduced to do so: professor avalon. he is an expert of ancient magic, assuming the teaching role for a brand new class in charmix, which focuses on "technical spells".

what are they? avalon states that there is a significant difference between magic that fairies use in combat when they shout out random names and recited enchantments. so, technical spells seem to access a different magical source which can be taken advantage of through these very specific formulas and rituals engineered over the centuries by knowledgeable fairies, witches, enchantresses, wizards and so on and so forth.

this is extremely relevant.

not only it appears most of the witches magic is perpetrated through rituals of sorts, making them probably the primary technical spells user-base, but in this instance avalon says that the magic fairies usually use when transformed is somehow invoked from their within, and it's spontaneous. this is proven true in many episodes when the fatigue in battle derives from depletion of one's magical energy. and we know witches can achieve this ability, too. there is an internal and an external energy source. what is the origin of this internal magical capability?

we can point at various possibilities. but before we do that, i would like to explain why i think these may be the options.

up until the 3rd season, which is the original run, we never see (human) men using magic without any kind of aid. men (or men presenting, in some cases) who use magic are:

valtor, a demon made by trixies' foremothers

nabu, who needs a sceptre to use magic

dark circle's wizards (s4), who are implied to use in some measure earth's fairies magic, captured through millenia

saladin, a light's company/alliance member, uses a sceptre like nabu

wizgiz is a leprechaun

palladium is an elf

avalon too is heavily implied not to be (totally) human, because of his paladin form

men, in this status quo, have to either spend a great amount of effort, time and resources to master magic (but basically never master it like fairies do) or become a specialist. and here is the catch. in season 1 we learn something that basically confirms (or at least, so i see it) magix a women's world, as opposed to the world bloom comes from: specialists can be women as well.

while there are no male fairies, no male witches, and all male magic users are non-human or aided by external sources (magical objects and technical spells), it's implied there are, indeed, female specialists when darcy enters a specialists' bike contest and the announcer immediately identifies her as a woman. this alone doesn't confirm that female specialists are a thing and if they are they are probably very scarce, but the announcer let us deduce it by being taken aback but not commenting on how that shouldn't be possible in the first place. somehow, it's let to be understood that a female uniform exists as well. this may vary from adaptation to adaptation, but in italian there isn't much of an objection to her participation on the spot.

so, we can safely assume that there are no gender policies on academy enrollment in any of the schools. it's just not possible for men at the current state of affairs to enroll in alfea or torre nuvola. but women can enroll in insititutions like fonterossa.

❤️‍🩹 why is that? ❤️‍🩹

(or better put, why could that be?)

here the rewrite is heavy handed, but this can be a very fun and interesting thought. maybe magic is, at it's core, creation. magic is the ability to not change reality, but to make thing exist in reality. let me explain.

when flora makes dying plants vigorous, she isn't changing the plant's structure, she is creating the nutrients ex novo and providing essentials (such as sunlight previously absent) and making it so that the plants feels the benefits of those new things.

traditionally, and in the winx club world view, women hold this power. women have the miracle of birth on their side. and the power to make a new life has to, somehow, be the same that allow magic to flow. it could be whatever, you can call it life force or whatever.

so, magic could be inherently tied to one's fertility (and here various conversations could be started, as to "would a transmasc still be a fairy?" and "are sterile women capable of magic?") or the potential of it. faragonda is a great fairy, but she doesn't transform anymore and that might be why. she can still use powerful magic, though. most of it is relatable to technical spells, if we want to force this point of view, but i will let that to you.

another option is chance. at some point magic just happened and women are the one who got it for cosmical possibility and their appearance, as well as other invisible characteristics, are results of that magic and not viceversa as previously theorized.

or again, it's hormonal. maybe progesteron and other typically female hormones are tied to magic. or a fictional hormone is. this would allow men to use it too, in limited quantities and enhance it through external sources (accessible through previously stated magical tools).

this was, in my humble opinion, a great starting point for a hypothetical winx tv show. it could elaborate on a complicated world building while tapping into social aspects that, being the kids' cartoon it is, the original show couldn't. it could give a definite structure to the magic world and open up infinite possibilities for the earth's narrative that apparently lost all of his magic (but we know it didn't really), investigate new storylines and give some fairies god-like status (thinking about dafne and bloom rn). also it could be a great trampoline for so many environmental details, like people in the background using casually magic only being women and men rarely doing so.

it could also be an amazing way to explore complicated gendered issues of the real world, through a meticulous deconstruction operated in these new lenses.

why am i salty about this? 2 reasons. the live action didn't pick this up and THE ORIGINAL CARTOON FORGOT ABOUT TECHNICAL SPELLS AS WELL!! they are never brough up again. damn you, winx club.

(finally letting this thought go and if you want to expand on this please do)

[sophisticatedpjparty]

I don't think I've ever properly explained my magical girl manga concept here before, so to catch everyone up:

This is the basic summary of what I'm currently calling

Action-Magic Art Club!!

Basically, a handful of artists all over a city in Japan are mysteriously given powers based on their art styles and mediums. These powers are contained within little vials or pendants containing different art mediums (paints, craft materials, charcoal, pastels, whatever), which grant their users their abilities and are activated when the vial is opened.

The series will follow 4 girls who help the other artists who've been given powers gain better control of their abilities and stop magic-related disasters, while also leading up to a mystery surrounding disappearances in the city they're protecting.. Oh, and cute slice of life shenanigans too.

These are the 4 main characters who are granted these abilities; Shizue, Kagami, Naoki, and Ishi. Each have their own unique powers and styles!

(Pictured are their casual/everyday outfits, I'll be posting full refs including their magical girl transformations soon!)

Shizue is a 19 year old trans girl who lives in the city with her younger sister, Kagami. She's a hobbyist artist who makes surrealist paintings with watercolors, and after finding her vial, gains the power to manipulate large amounts of paint into different shapes and states. She tends to be quiet and reserved, and often struggles with strong feelings of anxiety in her day-to-day life. However, despite the challenges she faces, she's very hardworking and responsible, especially after becoming Kagami's primary caretaker at an early age. No matter what comes her way, she does her best to be kind and understanding to the people around her.

Her other interests include gaming, cosplay, and anime.

Kagami, on the other hand, is incredibly energetic, outgoing, and most of all intense in everything she does. She's a 16 year old high school student who likes to draw and write action manga in her free time. Upon finding her vial, she gains the ability to summon short-range magical weapons made of ink. She's very determined and nearly unstoppable when she sets her mind to something, but can sometimes a bit reckless and hot-headed. She's strong, passionate, and would do anything to protect the people she cares about.

Her other interests include alternative music, poetry, & athletics.

Naoki is a 20-year-old Japanese-American immigrant who lives with her girlfriend, Ishi. She's fun, carefree, and does her best to keep the people around her in high spirits. She's a freelance artist that specializes in nature paintings, and when she discovers her vial, becomes able to instantly create plants out of acrylic paint. Although sometimes impulsive, she's optimistic, loving, and always strives to be compassionate.

Her other hobbies include cooking, hiking, swimming, & photography.

Ishi is a 21-year-old storyboard artist for an animation studio. Level-headed, mature, critical, and always honest, she can sometimes come off as cold or blunt, but underneath her stern exterior she feels a deep care and concern for others that guides her above all else. When she finds her vial, she develops the power to create nearly unbreakable structures out of charcoal. Between her work at the studio and her life as a magical girl, she often finds herself overworked and stressed, but no matter what, she'll always make time for her friends when they need her.

In her small amounts of spare time, she enjoys reading, interior design, and TV dramas. (But secretly, she's also a massive nerd who loves fantasy rpgs and loud music to release all the pent up stress in her mind)

Some backstory/dynamic ramblings:

As a couple, Ishi and Naoki tend to bring out the best in eachother, as while Ishi helps bring Naoki down to earth and offers a more realistic approach to Naoki's endless optimism, Naoki helps Ishi to loosen up and recognize when she's been pushing herself too hard, and when it's time to take a break. They care for eachother in their own ways and balance eachother's perspectives in a healthy way.

They met online when they were much younger, when Naoki resided in the US. Their relationship was already strong, but one day after turning 18, Naoki decided to collect her savings and fly overseas to stay in Japan, due to unfortunate circumstances in her home and family life. She had planned to stay with extended family that agreed to take her in, but upon arriving, found an empty house, and the discovery that that they hadn't been seen since the morning before. Ishi offered her a place to stay instead, and they've lived together ever since. Naoki never forgot the kindness and compassion Ishi showed her that day at a time when she was stricken with grief and needed support more than ever; and does her best to pay it forward every day.

As sisters, Shizue and Kagami both care about eachother, but often clash with eachother due to their polar opposite temperaments and outlooks. Shortly before the series begins (roughly a year), their parents disappeared under unknown circumstances, and Shizue as a very young adult was made to step in and act as Kagami's caretaker during investigation. They've both dealt with the loss in their own ways and in some ways it's created a rift between them, but at the end of the day Shizue wants nothing more than for Kagami to be safe and happy, and even though she'd never say it, Kagami secretly looks up to her older sister and appreciates everything she does for her.

I'm not sure when I'll start releasing actual pages as I've still got quite a few things to work out in the story, but I'm excited to write more and I hope you all enjoy it, however it ends up looking when I'm ready to share it with you. ♡

Feel free to ask any questions or share any thoughts you have! I'm happy to talk about it anytime ☆

[bluecube92]

Anime List *UPDATED*

Anime I have watched:

Yu-Gi-Oh! Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V Yu-Gi-Oh! Vrains Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens Cardcaptor Sakura Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card Medabots Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt Astro Boy (2003) Transformers Cybertron Seven of Seven Powerpuff Girls Z Case Closed (Detective Conan) Saru Get You On Air (Ape Escape anime) Megaman NT Warrior Viewtiful Joe Spider Riders Kirby: Right Back At Ya! Lucky Star Digimon Monster Rancher Nichijou Tama and Friends Hamtaro Revolutionary Girl Utena Sherlock Hound Montana Jones Samurai Pizza Cats Serial Experiments Lain Azumanga Daioh Slayers Paranoia Agent Kaitou Saint Tail Dinosaur King The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya The World of Narue Magic User’s Club Phi Brain Puzzle of God Dennou Coil Mawaru Penguindrum Nanana’s Buried Treasure Tiger and Bunny Yuri Kuma Arashi Mutant Turtles: Choujin Densetsu-Hen (TMNT OVA) Descendants of Darkness Alien Nine Ninja Nonsense Samurai Deeper Kyo FLCL FLCL: Progressive FLCL: Alternative FLCL: Grunge FLCL: Shoegaze The Irresponsible Captain Tylor Princess Tutu No Game No Life His and Her Circumstances Lupin the III Part One Kanon (2006) Pretear Kino's Journey (2003) Samurai Champloo Golion Ghost Hound Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Little Witch Academia (TV) Cowboy Bebop Kino's Journey (2017) Steins;Gate Monster Strike Ghost in the Shell: Arise Robotics;Notes Martian Successor Nadesico Grimoire of Zero Eden of the East Steins;Gate 0 Ergo Proxy Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day Erased Chaos;Head SSSS.Gridman Michiko and Hatchin Emma: A Victorian Romance Tokyo Magnitude 8.0. Occulitc;Nine Chaos;Child Terror in Resonance Heroman Sarazanmai Blood Blockade Battlefront Shingu Secret of the Stellar Wars Star Driver The Reflection The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-Chan Samurai 7 Fruits Basket (2001) Ouran High School Host Club Beastars Neon Genesis Evangelion Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 BNA: Brand New Animal My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Polar Bear's Cafe Blood+ Carole and Tuesday Fruits Basket (2019) Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Allison and Lillia Noein Appleseed XIII Puella Magi Madoka Magica Figure 17 Cyborg 009 vs Devilman Freedom Project Kill la Kill The Way of the Househusband SSSS.Dynazenon The World Ends With You Odd Taxi S-Cry-Ed Devilman Crybaby Eden The Vision of Escaflowne Death Parade Phoenix Godzilla Singular Point Super Crooks Akudama Drive Durarara!! K-ON! Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story The Orbital Children Stellvia Dirty Pair Trigun Black Butler SK8 The Infinity Shaman King (2001) Cyber City Oedo 808 Spy x Family Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle The Prince of Tennis Trigun Stampede xxxHolic Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Darker than Black Planetes Shaman King (2021) given High-Rise Invasion Spice and Wolf Code Geass Gunbuster Chobits Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts RG Veda Boogiepop and Others Boogiepop Phantom Time of Eve Pluto Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok Mushishi Fate/Stay Night Witch Hunter Robin Campfire Cooking in Another World With My Absurd Skill Kurokami the Animation Monster Dawn of the Witch Shakugan no Shana Please Teacher! Please Twins! Fate/Zero Suicide Squad Isekai Go! Go! Loser Ranger! Ya Boy, Kongming! Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works (TV) Restaurant to Another World Macross Plus Dragon Dentist Delicious in Dungeon Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai

Planning to watch next year: Beastars season 3 Part 2 The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World Toradora Sanda

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20% Community and Ecosystem Rewards

20% Treasury/Reserve Fund

15% Founders and Team

15% Marketing and Partnerships

10% Public Sale/Presale

5% Advisors

The UKS Roadmap: Where Nostalgia Meets Innovation

The journey of UKS is outlined in a meticulously planned roadmap, guiding the project from its foundation to its expansion into decentralized governance and the metaverse.

Phase 1:

Development of website and platform

Smart contract deployment

Community building and initial marketing

Token Generation Event (TGE)

Phase 2:

Launch of the 90s collectibles marketplace

Introduction of community engagement features

Partnerships with nostalgic brands and content creators

First distribution of retro gifts for VIP members

Phase 3:

Integration of NFTs

Rollout of a content-sharing platform

Expanded rewards for the VIP program

Phase 4:

Decentralized governance

Exploration of metaverse integration

Enhanced collaborations with cultural icons

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[yakdeculture]

Magic User's Club / Mahotsukai Tai! OVA+TV Review

why the fuck were they so horny in this one. that was so random. whatever. pretty cute considering one of the main character is a gay guy who is constantly trying to have sex with the main dude you would think this would be more homophobic but honestly it was pretty tame. honestly this could have been mid but I don't think anyone would care if you got Ikuko Itou on the beat then i will sit my white ass down and listen. can't help but think of Duck and Rue sometimes when i see Sae or Akane. it is definitely held back a little bit by the nose bleed type humor that it loves to go back to (its pretty much only funny whenever Mizuha starts breasting boobily, because shes funny herself so its fine if its her. definitely has some cute moments. Takeo is really mid so yuri fans can just imagine Sae and Nanaka are lesbians if you want.

this review was written after watching the OVA and starting the TV show. this review will be updated if there is anything else worth saying. if there isn't a sentence after this one, there then was nothing else worth saying.

actually yeah that was crazy i will talk about it. that shit gets insane once the little blonde freak really starts going hard. they're already like doing crazy gaslight trickz on everybody and is being a huge creep but then its like oh yeah that shit came from YOU Sae. your magic is trying to make gay man Haman Karn straight and is telling Akane to just start killing people she doesn't like. that was crazy. it really turned into a borderline horror for like an episode or two it was crazy. but the op slaps for both so its cool

[thenextchapterbegins]

With a single act a shows curtain can fall on an entirely different ending.

@constellation-owl-prince

Something was wrong, wasnt it? a tension in the air, a way of movement, a look in the eyes, a way a word is spoken. That had been the coming weeks the passing months that had been blitz after ozzies club.

A twist, the building climax of a plot which had seemed romantic had shifted into horror. a carefully constructed mask come undone and years of lingering rage, resenement and anger building in a catalysr of hope.

The coming months had led to a resurgance of death, the playwright a reknown killer just a decade or so ago. that had brought a level of fear not seen since the radio killings. now resurgent, bringing with it a level of practice that made the sloppy rage filled killings seem like just the practice runs.

things had come out, that the killer was believed to be hellborn using an ancient form of magic mostly seen used in cannibal town...blood magic. A user of it seemed to have mastered its arts.

All the while the strained tensions between blitz and stolas had reached their limit, and finally all of the pain, suffering, rage and anger built to a final showing that finally let so many truths come.

A show that took control a single night seemingly normal was ruined when tv's across the pride ring shifted, staticed and switched to the form and visage of the white masked dressed akin to a playwright, elegan refined clothing with a stroke of theatric.

The playwright spoke of many things, of anger and pain, or rising and change before he grabbed the camera pivoting it to look at an overlord known mostly for ruling over imp city with an iron fist.

Taking a vial filled with a drop or two of blood and crushing it filling himself with overwhelming power and magic and easily ending the life of said overlord.

Yet none of that truly mattered or none of it would for the killer reached and clicked the mask from their face and moved to face the camera once more revealing the killer was indeed a hellborn, a face that not one could have ever suspected or thought.

An oaf, a fool...a coward such as himself? it was none other then blitz. to many this was shock to others, to others that followed his work it was a joyous moment, for others still an oaf or not what he had done meant for the first time in forever an imp has claim to rule and look over imp city.

The camera finally pivoted to his final magnum opus a powerful figured shrouded in darkness, face of a bird, being given sacrifices of food and blood...just barely in frame was the visage of blitz's form staring at the painting before an audible sigh could be heard. "its time to get to work.." was what could finally be heard before a sound sounding similar to a portal openning but different as a red glow could be see just off camera then closes leaving the camera pointing at the painting before eventually the feed went down and instead switched to a special bulletin announcement on what just occurered.

For blitz he reappeared in his office, building empty as he walked over placing his mask on a table before taking a look outside his window.

Even now he could see celebrations beginning...so why did he feel so..confused?

[aquaburst3]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Shadow and Bone (TV), Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo, The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo Rating: Teen Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova/Alina Starkov Characters: Alina Starkov, Genya Safin, The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova, Kaz Brekker, Milo the Goat (Shadow and Bone TV), Jesper Fahey, Inej Ghafa Additional Tags: Minor David Kostyk/Genya Safin, New Year's Eve, New Year's Kiss, Blind Date, Alternate Universe - Modern with Magic, Modern Era, POV Alina Starkov, Alina Starkov is Still a Sun Summoner, Half-Shu Alina Starkov, First Dates, Awkward Dates, The Crow Club (Six of Crows), The Dregs (Six of Crows), POV Female Character, POV Third Person Limited, Swearing, Mentioned Mal Oretsev, Mal is still a bitch but less of one, One Shot, Female Protagonist, Aged-Up Character(s), Clubbing, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Darklina Secret Santa, Discord: Darklina Server, Female Friendship, Gift Fic, Drinking, Eventual Relationships, Eventual Romance, Magic-Users, Romance, First Meetings, Modern Ravka (Grishaverse), Betaed, Older Man/Younger Woman, Age Difference

Summery: Alina is set up on a blind date on New Year's Eve at The Crow Club by Genya. When she meets her date, they hit it off more than she would've ever thought. Though, he seems to know more about her than what he lets on.

@darklinaserver

[ridley-was-a-cat]

What I Watched This Week – 4/30-5/6

Aim for the Ace! - When Discotek put this out on Blu-ray, I picked it up on principle, as I absolutely want licensors to make older shoujo more available. It is wildly dated, which makes sense, as it's literally fifty years old, but once I adjusted to the eye twinkles, sparkling sweat, and creative approach to animating the human body playing tennis, it was a perfectly enjoyable sports anime. It follows first-year high school student Hiromi, who joins the tennis club to be near her idol, Reika, only to get singled out by their new coach to be on the tournament team, leading to her getting bullied by everyone upset she replaced an older girl. The animation is rough, frankly. There was a lot of footage recycling and panning over or shaking still frames. The story of a weak, whiny girl growing into a confident, strong tennis player finding love and new friends along the way makes it all worth it, though. 7/10

Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 1 - This movie takes place some time in the middle of the main series' timeline, where Sakura wins a trip to Hong Kong and gets tied up in some magic user's nonsense along with Xiaolang, Tomoyo, and crew. I don't know if this was in the manga or something original, but it was a perfectly entertaining little side quest with the same good-quality art and animation as the TV series. 7/10

Cyber City Oedo 808 - I was excited to see that RetroCrush had updated its media player on their website, but then I noticed they had far fewer shows in the catalog than I remembered. This three-episode OVA was one of only a handful I was interested in. The story is about three convicted criminals offered a deal to get out of prison: If they work for the police to catch cybercriminals in a far-future Tokyo, they can earn credits to reduce their sentences and get the remote-controlled bomb collars off their necks. Each 45-minute episode focuses on one of the trio, with the others playing backup, which I thought was a good use of the episode count. So, the first episode is full of cheesy one-liners delivered with maximum smugness to suit the first character, the second episode is centered on hacking and a showdown with a military robot in line with the techie character, and the third episode is full of rose petals and a beautiful vampire for the effeminate character fond of stealth and poetry. It's a nicely animated cyberpunk series with a interesting setting and some fun action scenes. 7/10

Vampire in the Garden - Despite some amazingly bad vehicle animation, I enjoyed this five-episode series about a human girl and a vampire woman who go on the run together from their respective societies in search of a place where vampires and humans can live alongside one another. Aside from the vehicles, the character animation was solid, giving a lot of life to domestic scenes and a lot of energy to the action scenes. The beautiful winter landscapes were nice to look at as our main characters travelled through them, and they made the cities look appropriately gritty and bleak by comparison. I liked both main characters, and the way the two of them were shown to be completely done with their everyday lives made it easy to understand why they would go to such lengths to abscond with someone they'd only just met. Not the most uplifting show, but I enjoyed it for what it was. 7/10

[smoshidiot]

PT 2!

ENJOYABLE

Feet for Hands The California Stereotype Experiment Boxman's Christmas Frankie Rogers is James Bond We Were Robbed Stop Copying Me!! Apple Vision Pro SUCKS If Guys Had Girl Problems He Was Trapped in a Room for 20 Years One Letter Off Superheroes Phone Nicknames Hurt Backwards Curse Words Chips Ghost How to be an Awesome Hacker Food Battle 2016 If People Acted Like They Do Online One Letter Off Video Games The Vlog Virus One Letter Off Movies Teleporting Fat Guy Another YouTube Apology Video Celebrities Are Insane Santa is Rea lTransformers Rap Three Wishes The Assassins Handshake Batman's Cool Internet Video Beef 'n Go A Merry Gangsta Christmas Smosh Snatchers Twilight: New Moon Deleted Scenes 1-3 Grammar Police I Heart Burgers The Famous Cheese Guy If Video Games Were Real If Scary Movies Were Real My Fanny Pack Inappropriate Sonic 2 Guys 1 Bathroom The Future Sucks That Damn Trash Pile That Damn Rap Music If Cartoons Were Real Cute Furry Kittens Biggest Zit Ever I Suck at Draw Something A Cult Brainwashed Me How To Be A Cop Mime Fail If the Internet Were Real If Movies Were Real 2 I'm a Pirate How to Dump Your Girlfriend Runbrella My Embarrassing Bathroom Secret The New Ghostbusters My Magical Tapeworm If TV Shows Were Real Gamer Gets Trolled Rejected Mario Games I Lost My Hair Pokemon In Real Life 4 If Video Games Were Real 2 iPhone 5 Parody Emo Hair is Dangerous PEN15 Club Worst Online Date Ever That Damn Movie My Bobblehead is Evil Drivers Ed Crap Rap My Stupid Dying Grandpa Zelda in Real Life Life Better-ers The Rarest Pokemon Card We Found a Dead Guy I Have Kirby Powers How to Survive a Burglary New Pokemon Crossovers Good vs Surprisingly Good Amazing New Workout We Need Friends Holy Crap! 2 Billion Views! Your Dumb Im Dumber Pimps of Prom Horny Cellmate (Smosh Libs) My Bathroom Disaster Pokemon In Real Life 5 Movie Reboots Suck How to be a YouTube Commenter A Real Ouija Board No Spoilers Taylor Swift Dumped Me Conjoined Challenge Sex Turban The Legend of Zelda Netflix Trailer Movie Translation Fails Montage Machine Every Instagram Ever The Mother's Day Rule The Internet In Real Life We're In Super Mario Bros 2 Apple Watch SUCKS Yelp for People We're In Super Mario Bros 3 Tom Cruise is my Roommate The Car that Runs on Grass Addicted to Pranking Hoverboard Commercial Parody Ghost Gets Haunted by Humans We Forced Ian's Mom to do an Escape Room We're in Super Mario Maker Every Superhero Ever Guy's Guide to Football World's Smallest House If You Get this Text You Die Adult Magic School Bus Breaking News: Brad is Missing Law and Order: ZCD Movies on Drugs 2 Am I a Bad Boyfriend? Every Roommate Ever One Letter Off TV Shows Social Media Divorce Court If People Were Cars The Fuckboy Song

MID - GOOD

New Year's Eve PSA Spiderman, Spiderman Three Guys in a Hotel Boxman Loses The Election Selling Out?! 5 Ways to Get a Girl Lizard Rabies Super Powers Halo Ruined My Life My New Hot Girlfriend Harry Potter Deleted Scenes 7 Uses of a $10,000 Check Charlie the Drunk Guinea Pig Ian Is Pregnant Anthony Gets Engaged Washington's First Video Blog Mighty Smoshin Power Rangers If Kids Shows Were Real How to Hide Your Wiener in Public My 3D Glasses Changed Everything China Stole Our Ideas If Holidays Were Real Rejected Videos Makeup for Men Hot Robot Does Our Chores When Justin Bieber Hit Puberty Teens in the Wild Charlie the Drunk Guinea Pig 3 Charlie the Drunk Guinea Pig 4 My Mail Order Bride Wii U Sports Dubstep Commercials Suck Life Hacking Attention Facebook Users Nipples on YouTube Hitchhiking 5,000,000 Subscribers How to Cheat on Your Girlfriend 15Hr Energy Drink A Smoshy Christmas That's Hot! Taken 4: The Prequel The Most Violent Game Ever My Friend's Hot Sister Magic Wipes Scribblenauts in Real Life I Have a Secret Son 22 Crazy Vines (That Don't Exist) Texting Gone Wrong Banned Airplane Safety Video Loki Interview Prank Smosh vs Zombies Flappy Bird Ruined My Life Name Rap or Die Backwards Challenge I Can Hear Your Thoughts Magic iPod We're Stuck in Slow Motion Autocorrect Fail Real Mario Lava Floor If Video Games Were Real 3 Emma Warson Surprise Prank The Adventure Time Adventure 19 More Crazy Vines (That Don't Exist) Real Watch Dogs Anime Voice Swap iPhone 6 Revealed The Rock Interview Prank If Bieber Wrote His Songs Top 10 Video Game Dances 9 Most Horrible Bosses Real Minecraft Vacation 6 Ways to Get a Girl If Movies Were Real 3 Disney Star Wars Worst Proposals Ever What Guys Are Really Thinking Japanese Titanic We're in Super Mario The End of Christmas Marvel's The Lie Detector Every Boyfriend Ever Every Oscars Ever Every Super Villain Ever Smosh Solves Climate Change Video Game Items In Real Life 2 If TV Shows Were Real 3 Every Horror Movie Ever Every Football Game Ever If Every Thief was a Getaway Driver

hey guys: i ranked every smosh video

yes, every. single. smosh video. (every main channel sketch from 2005-2017 + 2023)

here it is under the cut if for some damn reason you're curious

♡ ABSOLUTE FAVES ♡ Paranormal Easy Bake Oven Sleepwalking Disaster Mortal Kombat Theme Food Battle 2006 Food Battle 2023 The Legend of Zelda Rap Axe Murderer Battleship Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme Boxman's Girlfriend Pokemon Theme Ian's Birthday Anthony Gets a Haircut Pokemon Theme REVENGE That Damn Neighbor Assassins Creed 3 Song My Dead Friend Boxman 2.0 Boxman Smosh Short 1: Dolls Unitarded A Very Hairy Situation w/Billy Mays Anthony is Mexican Left Handed Magic Keyboard Food Battle 2007 That Damn Yard Sale Four Years Foreplay Pokemon In Real Life Stuck in a Toilet My Mom's AMAZING Video Sex Ed Rocks Going to the Mountains Stop Copying Me! Cursed Magic 8 Ball We Rule High School Dixon Cider Smosh the Movie Real Death Note Firetruck I Broke My Foot 1 Hour Special Ghostmates Food Battle 2008 The Ultimate Shoedown WTF! I'm Old! Food Battle 2010 Dolls: 10 Years Later The Real Party Song Kiss Currency PRETTY DAMN GOOD

Smash Rap Molester Moon Hand Bomb Sleeping Pill Disaster My Grandpa's Dirty Secret Food Battle 2011 Quest for the Scooter Smosh Found Dead Garrett's Blog How Not to Act on a First Date Longest Staring Contest Ever Extreme Sleepover Hardcore Max Real Voodoo Doll He's Driving Me Crazy First Person Shooters Suck Drink Your Own Piss Parents SuckWe're Stuck Together We Finally Released Our Banned Video Boxman for President Cat Soup I Caught Every Pokemon Ian is Dangerous Ian's First Girlfriend Ian Gets Lucky Manspider Happy Cow Food Battle 2012 Pizza Zombies Food Battle 2013 Evil Fortune Cookie Hardcore Max 2 Food Battle 2014 License Test Toy Airplane Food Battle X Finger Guns Google Glass SUCKS My Mutant Rash The NEW Smosh TV Show That Damn Shower EDITOR! Camp in a Van Sexual Sun Every Smosh Video Ever Addicted to Selfies Hide and Seek My Best Friend is a Robot How Google's Space Ship Failed Business Boy Emoji Curse Human Pokemon Battle Rejected Zelda Games We're Stuck in Fan Fiction

I LIKED THIS ONE

A Hairy Situation w/ Billy Mays Anthony's Death That Damn Prison Break Anthony's Resurrection Evil AI Tried to Kill Me We Summoned a Demon Help I Became an NPC Stranded Transformers Theme How Not to Make a First Impression The Best Car EVER Reunited? The HauntingMale Model Replacement Needed Easy Step April First Evil Chain Letter Power Rangers Theme Life as Ghosts Ep 1-4 Crybaby I'm Not Racist Pokemon In Real Life 2 The BEST Bottled Water Meeting My Identical Twin I Killed the Tooth Fairy Guys' Guide to Hugging Guys My Real Pet Pikachu Homeless Millionaire The Ditto - Movie Trailer Meat In Your Mouth I Love Lou Ferigno Anthony Poses for Playgirl?! Vader and Me Killer Teddy Bear That Damn Punishment Arm Wrestling TO THE DEATH If Superheroes Were Real Worst Twist Endings Ever I'm Naked Pokemon In Real Life 3 How to Cover Up a Murder The World's First Internet Tutorial Motion Games Suck I'm Possessed By a Demon Addicted to Honey Boo Boo Child My New Best Friend is a Robot My Weird Addiction Food Battle 2013 Assassins Creed 4 Song So Many Hickies Guns Suck My Morning Routine Guy's Guide to Being Manly Jurassic Pokemon Magic iPad 21 Things I'd Rather Do Than Smoke Netflix Rap Video Game Items In Real Life My Hot Online Girlfriend Murder Party

[bluecube92]

My Anime List *UPDATED*

Anime I have watched:

Yu-Gi-Oh! Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V Yu-Gi-Oh! Vrains Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens Cardcaptor Sakura Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card Medabots Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt Astro Boy (2003) Transformers Cybertron Seven of Seven Powerpuff Girls Z Case Closed (Detective Conan) Saru Get You On Air (Ape Escape anime) Megaman NT Warrior Viewtiful Joe Spider Riders Kirby: Right Back At Ya! Lucky Star Digimon Monster Rancher Nichijou Tama and Friends Hamtaro Revolutionary Girl Utena Sherlock Hound Montana Jones Samurai Pizza Cats Serial Experiments Lain Azumanga Daioh Slayers Paranoia Agent Kaitou Saint Tail Dinosaur King The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya The World of Narue Magic User’s Club Phi Brain Puzzle of God Dennou Coil Mawaru Penguindrum Nanana’s Buried Treasure Tiger and Bunny Yuri Kuma Arashi Mutant Turtles: Choujin Densetsu-Hen (TMNT OVA) Descendants of Darkness Alien Nine Ninja Nonsense Samurai Deeper Kyo FLCL The Irresponsible Captain Tylor Princess Tutu No Game No Life His and Her Circumstances Lupin the III Part One Kanon (2006) Pretear Kino's Journey (2003) Samurai Champloo Golion Ghost Hound Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Little Witch Academia (TV) Cowboy Bebop Kino's Journey (2017) Steins;Gate Monster Strike Ghost in the Shell: Arise Robotics;Notes Martian Successor Nadesico Grimoire of Zero Eden of the East FLCL: Progressive FLCL: Alternative Steins;Gate 0 Ergo Proxy Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day Erased Chaos;Head SSSS.Gridman Michiko and Hatchin Emma: A Victorian Romance Tokyo Magnitude 8.0. Occulitc;Nine Chaos;Child Terror in Resonance Heroman Sarazanmai Blood Blockade Battlefront Shingu Secret of the Stellar Wars Star Driver The Reflection The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-Chan Samurai 7 Fruits Basket (2001) Ouran High School Host Club Beastars Neon Genesis Evangelion Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 BNA: Brand New Animal My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Polar Bear's Cafe Blood+ Carole and Tuesday Fruits Basket (2019) Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Allison and Lillia Noein Appleseed XIII Puella Magi Madoka Magica Figure 17 Cyborg 009 vs Devilman Freedom Project Kill la Kill The Way of the Househusband SSSS.Dynazenon The World Ends With You Odd Taxi S-Cry-Ed Devilman Crybaby Eden The Vision of Escaflowne Death Parade Phoenix Godzilla Singular Point Super Crooks Akudama Drive Durarara!! K-ON! Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story The Orbital Children Stellvia Dirty Pair Trigun Black Butler SK8 The Infinity Shaman King (2001) Cyber City Oedo 808 Spy x Family Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle The Prince of Tennis Trigun Stampede xxxHolic Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Darker than Black Planetes Shaman King (2021) given High-Rise Invasion Spice and Wolf Code Geass Gunbuster Chobits Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts RG Veda Boogiepop and Others Boogiepop Phantom Time of Eve Pluto Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok Mushishi

Planning to watch next year: Beastars season 3 Fate/Stay Night Monster

[fandom]

Memes

At a certain point, it was just hard to keep up. They seemed to fall from the sky like fizzing raindrops, soaking everything in pure wildness—memes, that is. 2022 had an absolute bumper crop of memes. The fertile field of this year’s chaos was sown freely, resulting in some impressively widespread phenomena. Most of it remained pretty contained within the dashboard, but at the end of the year the biggest meme of them all broke containment…We’re getting ahead of ourselves here. 

Cast your mind back to January 2022. We kicked off the year with Horse Plinko, which soon joined forces with Eeby Deeby in a frenzy of flaming gifs in which the poor horse plinko’d its way to Super Hell. Nothing has ever summed up the mildly deranged meme generation process on Tumblr so perfectly. 

This era of memes merged smoothly with the Month of Blorbo. Can you believe blorbo from my shows is more or less purely a 2022 phenomenon? Granted, the original post happened in late 2021, but it was the new year by the time “blorbo” secured itself in our vocabulary. How did we even live our lives on Tumblr without the word “blorbo”? It’s impossible to even imagine at this point. 

Springtime dawned with the rise of Live Slug Reaction, which dominated the dashboard as everyone rushed to plop that shocked slug in the corner of their favorite gay moments from TV and film. And in May came a very important event that would define the rest of the year on Tumblr: the launch of Dracula Daily, Affectionately dubbed “tumblr book club,” the serialized email newsletter found a hugely involved following on Tumblr and spawned an infinite variety of memes, beginning with the iconic paprika recipes. 

The Summer of Morbius dominated Tumblr from June onwards, with everyone going bonkers with Morb-based puns, jokes about the film’s most ridiculous moments, and reblogging a single GIF somehow containing the entire movie that would crash your browser when it played on your dash..

The i love you x i love you y text post meme saw us to the end of the summer, and autumn came with the rise of the GOUGER. Or is it GOUGAR? Regardless, the strange but harmless creature took over everyone’s meme palette for a while, getting involved in increasingly silly scenarios. 

This free-for-all was interrupted by the death of Queen Elizabeth, an event that was solemn everywhere else. . But on Tumblr, of course, users swamped the dashboard with Queen Liz-related memes and commentary. And crabs. There were quite a lot of those.

Later, in September, the Try Guys saga unfolding on Twitter and YouTube filtered over to Tumblr in the form of the “lost focus and had a consensual workplace relationship” meme, with Tumblr users casting various favorite co-worker ships in the roles of the controversial real-life pairing. 

And finally, closing out the year, the meme you’ve all been waiting for: the one and only Goncharov (1973). Just in case you’ve been living under a rock, Goncharov is a movie borne out of the magic combination of a misprinted shoe label and Tumblr’s fertile imagination. Thanks to a fake movie poster by user @beelzeebub, which gave names and faces to the characters, Tumblr ran absolutely wild, churning out analysis, fanart, and even fanfiction at an astounding rate. This was by far the meme to win 2022: it gained coverage all over the internet, including the freaking New York Times, and even Scorsese himself acknowledged it. You did that, Tumblr. Goncharov forever, all hail the power of the Tumblr meme!

[mahou-furbies]

It is time for

This year the event will be hosted by Snow Miku! Not exactly magical girls but close enough design wise.

Here is the magical girl media consumed on this blog this year:

(Delicious Party Precure, Futari wa Precure Max Heart, Magia Record s3, Machikado Mazoku s2, Tokyo Mew Mew New, Magic Users' Club! (OVA), Magic User's Club! (Tv), Tropical Rouge! Precure season movie, Futari wa Precure Max Heart season movies 1 & 2)

At first it looked like I barely read any magical girl manga this year, but then ended up reading a couple in the final few weeks of the year:

(Magilumiere co ltd, Time Stranger Kyoko (reread), The Life After Retirement of Magical Girls, No Match for Aoi-kun, Magical Lollipop)

Also I read a lot of magical girl webcomics!

(Magical Mom, Sleepless Domain, Cloudy Wondrous, Apricot Cookie(s)!, Miss Guillotine, Strawberry Seafoam)

Then let's go through the events that happened this year. We had a tournament for the favourite Precure, and Cure Milky was the winner! This time it has taken even longer to draw the celebratory art for the winners than last year and I'm still not done, but I guess nobody but me really cares about that so all is well.

We also had a poll for most/least favourite magical girl elements, which I used to compile the most liked and least liked magical girls (though I think the least liked one turned out to be more popular). I really liked this idea and would like to do something more with it one day, or at least just get statistics on people's opinions on different magical girl tropes for fun.

I also did both Mermay and Witchtober this year (and Adorkastock Draw Everything June which I've done every year since its inception), which included a lot of magical girl content. I like these monthly drawing challenges since I enjoy drawing a set of themed characters, and usually the results are a lot more varied than the stuff I usually draw. So next year I'd like to do some more, but I'll have to find different challenges so it won't get repetitive, this was the second Mermay I did and while it mostly involved characters I never draw otherwise, I'd still like to give that spot to something else next time.

Saban Moon was unleashed to the public this year, which did not affect me that much since I have very little relationship with Sailor Moon, but I can still appreciate unearthing a secret alternative version of a well known character (also it was my most popular drawing this year)

This year I started and exercise project by trying to motivate myself with the reward of buying a Miku Nendoroid each time I exercise a certain amount of times. It has been mostly successful, or there are breaks but they are a lot shorter than they would ever be without a prize looming in the future. Much recommended!

Finally one thing that's different from last year that I didn't draw a lot of characters for my magical girl chibi series, because I was busy drawing a different kind of chibi series (hundreds of Pokemon chibis on my other blog). And this chibi style spread to several of my other fandoms too, I used it on the Witchtober, and I've done four (I think) sets of requests in it.

Finally a mention to my frustration on the lack of green Precures culminating in a series of green Precure OCs. 

Then onto the awards!

Best Henshin Design goes to Cloudy Wondrous! A solid design where everything works together (I’m especially a fan of the cloud motif used in different places), and the unique details (crown, wing eyepatch thing) make it more memorable.

Best Team Design goes to Tokyo Mew Mew New! Granted I think I like the original designs more, but TMM team design is still strong here as well, it's recognisable as TMM but highly customisable for OCs.

Best Powerup Design goes to Strawberry Seafoam! Or they should probably rather be called separate forms on the same level with different purposes rather than increasing in power, but who's counting. They are all pretty (as are the other mermaids' transformations) but let's say the jellyfish one is my favourite, it has such warm glowing palette (but also an illuminated dark mode!) and it creates a unique silhouette.

Also a shoutout to Cure Spicy's Party Up Style "hat".

Best Civilian Design goes to Amane's winter look from Delicious Party Precure! It just looks so comfy...

Best Hair goes to Sae from Magic User's Club! It's pretty simple compared to the usual absurd magical girl hairstyles, but I like how the angular shapes make it memorable.

Best Magical Item goes to Bijou's pen from Strawberry Seafoam! It looks pretty, and I like magic where you actually draw your spells. And it's fun to see her style evolve!

Best Henshin Scene goes to the dresser henshin in Magilumiere! Overall it has a lot of creative henshin and I really hope it gets animated some day!

Best Fan Creation is the catch-all award for everything that's not from, like, a big corporation, and this year the competition is really tough with all these highly polished webcomics, on a normal year any one of them would have been the winner but now I have to pick one. And it is also this year's Best Work, so more on that later! 

Best Relationship goes to the group in Magic Users' Club! Their relationships feel very natural, and everyone has something different going on with the other characters. And while there is a little drama, the overall vibe is delightfully positive.

Best Mascot goes to Kome-Kome from Delicious Party Precure! Personality or plot-wise there's nothing that interests me about her, but it must be said that I'm a sucker for progressively aging designs and she's also stupidly cute.

Best Supporting Character goes to the 4th wall breaking Director of Darkness, from Apricot Cookie(s)! He just cracks me up every time he is on panel with his friendly and welcoming attitude. 

Honourable mention to Mari-chan from Precure who is the best character in the season but who unfortunately doesn’t get to do much.

Best Visual goes to the art style of Strawberry Seafoam! Bold and unique glowing saturated colours that somehow feel nostalgic. Special mention to all the swirly magic.

Honourable mention to the art style shifts Apricot Cookie(s)!, sometimes the art goes to retro manga or anime or 3d idol dance models for fun. And another honourable mention to the visual presentation of the Apricot Cookies website.

Best Audio goes to the Shiny Luminous / Queen theme in Futari wa Precure Splash Star (not the henshin one but the one when she’s doing something epic). Feels very majestic.  

For the Best Scene I don’t have anything specific that comes to mind over everything else this year, so let’s say Kuroe’s fate in MagiReco, Shiny Luminous in the Max Heart finale and Grandma’s fate in Apricot Cookie(s)! can share it.

Innovation Award is for honouring a work doing something new and refreshing for the magical girl genre. This year I read several webcomics (that generally get to be more innovative than commercial anime) and even one actual manga that focused on "magical girls as a job", but each with a little different angle. So a shoutout to Magilumiere Co ltd, Sleepless Domain, Cloudy Wondrous, Apricot Cookie(s)!, Miss Guillotine and Magical Mom! With this many of them it'd feel a little weird to pick any for the "innovation award" over the same topic, so let's reward Magical Mom, for having, well, the magical mom! Magical girls whose mother is also a magical girl are of course a thing, but this time the child is a boy, and the mother also is an active and prominent character (and not just a background mentor), so that is new to me.

Then the Golden Mana Award, that is the dishonourable mention awarded to one thing I didn't like this year! 

This year it goes to Porun from Futari wa Precure Max Heart. Frankly he was probably more annoying in the original Futari wa but I had something else to complain about that year so now it's his turn. For the life of me I can't understand how this would be an appealing character concept even for children, like don't even 5-year-olds get annoyed at a toddler sibling's tantrums interrupting their big kid play? Even his less overtly irritating scenes don't do much for me, since they rely on "aww isn't it cute how the baby wants to be with you" mushiness.

Also another dishonourable mention to downgrading Pudding’s jumpsuit into a dress.

Best Character goes to Kuroe! (from MagiReco) I really like her design (especially how it mirrors Iroha’s), her quiet and hesitant personality and her melancholic story that felt fresh among all the magical girls who excitedly jump into saving every passerby. Or I don’t really like how she fit in the larger narrative, but in isolation I think her story was interesting.

Best Work goes to Apricot Cookie(s)! It's really funny and the art is great, and the character designs are memorable. The heroine is charmingly dumb and everyone in her family is great. And it took a while to grow on me, but in the end the weeb references make me feel at home.

Plans for 2023

I didn't manage to get any of the shorter mg shows from last year's list (though I did watch Magic User’s Club which wasn’t on the list) so those are still there. I'd also like to watch two series from the Precure backlog, this year I only managed one.

Art-wise I plan to do more for the chibi series, and do another "x colour Precure oc" series. And I'd really like to draw more art that has, like, a background or a mood or a composition, but let's see if that goes anywhere.

(also hopefully more Miku Nendoroids)