Anime

Magical Girl Raising Project – Otaku Review

April 20, 2017 Céire Ní Dalaigh

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The magical girl anime genre is probably one of the most notable and recognisable of the anime industry. It is so well-known that the tropes or cliché aspects of the genre have been done to death. Even mocked in the anime themselves. Recent years have seen both a shake-up of the genre as well as […]

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Fashion

Utena Tenjou – Style Saturday

July 9, 2016 Eilís Nolan

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‘Revolutionary Girl Utena’ is a classic nineties anime that began airing before I was even born. Yet the design and stylistic elements remain as intriguing and engaging to viewers as they ever were. I’ve always found the outfit designs in the show interesting. While retaining an element of the general magical girl genre, the designs are […]

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Featured

The Winx Club: Forgotten Childhood

April 14, 2016 Laura Kelly

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This week on Forgotten Childhood I had intended to do one of my all-time favourite cartoons, The Animaniacs, upon hearing the tremendous news that it had been made available on Netflix. However, it’s not on Irish Netflix and we here at the Arcade do not condone IP switching.  In fact, we’ve never even heard of […]

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The Ups and Downs of Being a Magical Girl

December 2, 2014 Naomi Bolger

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Whether you make a contract, find an old dusty book with some cards in it or maybe you’re just born into it, being a Magical Girl can be hard work. It can also be very rewarding, but hard work. I’ve been fighting my fair share of magical enemies for about a year now, so here’s […]

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