Game designer Nina Freeman joins Miranda, Mike, Meghan and Kallie to talk about the magical girl genre. What qualifies girls who use magic as magical girls? Which have the best familiars? And, most importantly, what can we learn from the great shows in this genre? Remember, Homura did nothing wrong.

Anime mentioned in this week's episode:

• Sailor Moon
• Digimon Adventure Tri
• She and Her Cat
• Only Yesterday
• The Boy and the Beast
• Psycho-Pass: The Movie
• Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad
• Nana
• Erased
• Peach Girl
• Lovely Complex
• Robot Carnival
• Perfect Blue
• Kamisama Kiss
• Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories
• Wakakozake
• Oruchuban Ebichu
• Hamtaro
• Konosuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World
• Princess Tutu
• Revolutionary Girl Utena
• Puella Magi Madoka Magica
• Himouto! Umaru-chan
• Cardcaptor Sakura
• Magic Knight Rayearth
• Fairy Tail
• Tokyo Mew Mew
• Sailor Moon Crystal
• Shirobako