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/Octoberween: A comparison between “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and “Corpse Bride”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpvdAJYvofI For this week’s article, I’ve decided to hop on the Octoberween bandwagon and write about some spooky animated films. And what better way to celebrate this time of the year than to write about a couple of films with the “Tim Burton” label on them? The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) has the lovely benefit…