Saturday Morning Cartoons: “Puella Magi Madoka Magica” shows us the dark side of “Magical Girl” anime

Puella Magi Madoka Magica seems innocent enough upon watching the first couple episodes. Even the opening sequence gives us the bubbly, cutesy appearance that is so common in many “magical girl” type anime, that depict younger girls having fun adventures with newfound magical powers. But after watching episode three of this twelve episode Japanese cartoon,…

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Shame September – I like “Ouran High School Host Club,” but not its fans

Sci-Friday’s columnist, Sarah Lawrence, has dubbed this month “Shame September” where we will watch and review movies or TV shows that we are ashamed to have never seen. As an added disclaimer to the fans of this anime, please don’t kill me. Over the years, many people, including several friends, have tried to get me to watch…