Favorite Magical Girl?

[Digimon_Sommelier]

Q: Which magical girl, from any anime in the genre, is your favorite?

[PictureGuy]

Most any of the girls from Puella Magi Madoka Magica. This starts off like it's your little sister's magical girl anime, but it eventually gets very dark.



If I were to pick one of the girls over the others, it would have to be Homura.

[Digimon_Sommelier]

Most any of the girls from Puella Magi Madoka Magica. This starts off like it's your little sister's magical girl anime, but it eventually gets very dark.



If I were to pick one of the girls over the others, it would have to be Homura.

Only watched clips of it. Never felt a desire to watch the whole thing. Pass.

[PictureGuy]

Only watched clips of it. Never felt a desire to watch the whole thing. Pass.

I recommend you reconsider. If you like dark anime, you'll love Puella Magi Madoka Magica. It's magical girls on acid. Kuebey is one of my favorite anime villains. He's so cute and cuddly -- and evil.

[Digimon_Sommelier]

I recommend you reconsider. If you like dark anime, you'll love Puella Magi Madoka Magica. It's magical girls on acid. Kuebey is one of my favorite anime villains. He's so cute and cuddly -- and evil.

I'm not a fan of evil. Most folks know that 'bout me.

[Clayton_n]

How do you define what a magical girls is?

[Clayton_n]

I have a book I bought at home, not one of mine, where the main characters is a magical girl. Princess Holy Aura. I hear the author is planning a sequel

[Digimon_Sommelier]

Do you like the book? How is it?

[Clayton_n]

Pretty good. Basically this fat RPG loving anime guy saves a kid from monsters in an alley and a talking rat asks him to become a magical girl to save the world.

Only the catch is in order to do that he had to go from a 30-something adult man to being transformed into a teenage girl. Also gods and demons out of Lovecraft want to kill him and end the world.


NEW URBAN FANTASY. What Would You Give to be a Hero? Stephen Russ is a normal guy who finds himself caught up in a strange world of talking rats and elder gods—and the fate of the world rests on his shoulders!

What Would You Give to be a Hero?

Stephen Russ never expected to have to answer that question; he went to work, he stayed in his apartment, sometimes had friends over, and the worst thing he'd had to face was looking for a new job after losing his old one.

But that was before a child's desperate scream led him into an alley filled with faceless winged things that almost killed him, before the strange white rat spoke to him, calling itself Silvertail Heartseeker and telling him that this was but the beginning, that the Stars were almost Right and the forces of Azathoth Nine-Armed would soon be unleashed against the world… before Silvertail said that his courage and willingness to risk himself made him the perfect choice to be one of the defenders of the world against this evil.

A defender named Princess Holy Aura, the first of the five Apocalypse Maidens.

Now Steve understands the choice: not whether he is willing to die, but whether he is willing to live… by giving up "Stephen Russ" to become the one chance that the world has against the monstrous forces that wait on the other side of forever.

Praise for Princess Holy Aura:

“Princess Holy Aura is fast, fun, witty, totally up the alley of any true anime geek, and touched with a truly original audacity in terms of the major plot twist. But don't be fooled by the wrapping, because it's also a dead serious look at responsibility taking, sacrifice, and love. I highly recommend it.”—David Weber

“Readers will enjoy watching Steve, a gamer geek with a heart of gold, learn how to navigate the world as a teen girl. . . . It’s easy to root for Steve/Holy Aura to save the day. . .”—Publishers Weekly

About Ryk E. Spoor's Phoenix Rising:
“A winner! Great characters, and thrilling adventure. I want more!”—Ed Greenwood, best-selling author of the Forgotten Realms series

“[E]xciting adventure, scary monsters, strange gods, and wondrous magic.”—Lawrence Watt-Evans

About Spheres of Influence:
“Fast and entertaining action and a world that has the feel of Asimov’s Foundation series.”—Sarah A. Hoyt, author of the Darkship saga

About Ryk E. Spoor’s Grand Central Arena:
“…an imaginative piece of space opera that’s set on a near-future Earth where artificial intelligence is taken for granted.”—Shiny Reviews

“Grand Central Arena’ is space opera in the grand old tradition . . . but with modern sensibilities and awareness of current speculations in cutting edge physics.”—Fantasy Book Critic

About the Threshold Series by Ryk E. Spoor and Eric Flint
“. . . fast-paced sci-fi. . . light in tone and hard on science . . .” —Publishers Weekly

“. . . [the series is filled with] linguistics, biology, physics, and evolution further the story, as well as wacky humor, academic rivalries, and even some sweet romances.” —School Library Journal

[Digimon_Sommelier]

Wow, that's quite the summary! Good that you quoted reviews too, Clayton. Kudos, hope it becomes an anime!

[Clayton_n]

Like I said, it's a book.

[Digimon_Sommelier]

It is a book. Hope you finished it.

[Clayton_n]

I read a different 500 page novel pretty much every day.

[Digimon_Sommelier]

Back to the magical girls, no love for Sailor Jupiter, I see. "Rolling like thunder...!!"

[Clayton_n]

Jupiter never did much. Human bug zapper. Though Mercury was in love with her

[Digimon_Sommelier]

Jupiter never did much. Human bug zapper. Though Mercury was in love with her

Jupiter did plenty. Saving the world with the Sailor Soldiers is doing a lot.

[Clayton_n]

Meh. To be fair it's not like magical girls are hard to find even in Sailor Moon. I mean Beryl blew up the whole civilization and still they keep showing up and multiplying.

[Digimon_Sommelier]

Meh. To be fair it's not like magical girls are hard to find even in Sailor Moon. I mean Beryl blew up the whole civilization and still they keep showing up and multiplying.

That's because good will ALWAYS come for evil!!

[Clayton_n]

Are there any Middle Aged magical girls?

[Clayton_n]

Personally I like Eleanore from the movie Wizards

[Digimon_Sommelier]

Is that from the 80's?

[Clayton_n]

Is that from the 80's?

1977 actually.

[PictureGuy]

^ Directed by Ralph Bakshi, who is also known for Fritz the Cat and American Pop.

[BuLmA]

Akazukin Chacha! I enjoyed it tremendously as a kid and I sure watched it again as I grew up. I still enjoyed it from episode 1 till the end.

[Clayton_n]

Akazukin Chacha! I enjoyed it tremendously as a kid and I sure watched it again as I grew up. I still enjoyed it from episode 1 till the end.

Tiny little thing, ain't she?

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