Chatty AF 21: Wandering Son Retrospective

Vrai does a deep dive on the anime and manga of Wandering Son with special guests Associate Editor of ANN Jacob Chapman, Youtuber Cayla Coats, and Associate Professor of Manga and professional translator Rachel "Matt" Thorne. SPOILERS: for the entire series of Wandering Son 0:00:00 Intros 0:03:16 Personal experience with Wandering Son 0:14:01 American publication process 0:17:06 Author research into subject matter 0:20:03 Perceptions of different genders crossdressing 0:24:06 Narrative focus on trans themes vs nontrans characters 0:27:06 Differences between anime and manga 0:34:35 Western vs Japanese reactions to the series 0:37:48 Differences in trans representation between America and Japan 0:42:10 Use of pronouns in the manga 0:43:24 Nitori vs Mako 0:50:26 Saorin love 0:55:37 Director's intention 0:59:16 Representation in anime 1:02:00 Shimanami Twilight and trans politics in Japan 1:08:25 Outro Vrai: twitter.com/WriterVrai Jacob: twitter.com/ANNJakeH Cayla: twitter.com/ceicocat Rachel "Matt": twitter.com/matt_thorne_en AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist AniFem Facebook: www.facebook.com/animefem/ Recorded Saturday 15th July 2017 Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/