Dee, Caitlin, Vrai take a look back at the famous high school dramedy in the 2nd part of our 4-part watchalong of Tora Dora! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:00 Impressions 0:05:34 Birth parents 0:07:58 Physical insecurities by the pool 0:11:37 Support networks 0:16:04 Ami’s attitude 0:22:13 The fuckin’ fanservice 0:25:27 Minori’s fate 0:38:15 Female relationships 0:41:58 Taiga’s shitty dad 0:49:36 Heightened emotions and intended audience 0:53:02 Teenage thirst 0:55:51 Outro Caitlin: twitter.com/alltsun_nod...
Mar 16, 2020•57 min
Dee, Caitlin, Vrai take a look back at the famous high school romcom Toradora! 0:00:00 Intros 0:03:24 Production 0:04:39 Background, structure, and period 0:11:32 Western(?) tropes 0:16:53 Minori and genki girls 0:23:20 Taiga and tsunderes 0:29:51 Creeps 0:33:02 Ami and mean girls 0:39:53 Yusaku? 0:43:20 Ryuuji 0:49:51 The Okada-less episode 0:50:53 Predictions 0:53:30 Outro Caitlin: twitter.com/alltsun_nodere Dee: twitter.com/joseinextdoor Vrai:twitter.com/WriterVrai AniFem Patreon: www.patreon...
Mar 02, 2020•55 min
Vrai, Caitlin, and Peter check in on the Winter 2020 season! Winter 2020 Premiere Digest: https://www.animefeminist.com/winter-2020-premiere-digest/ Winter 2020 Three Episode Check-in: https://www.animefeminist.com/2020-winter-three-episode-check-in/ 0:00:00 Intros 0:02:22 Plunderer 0:04:02 PET 0:05:42 Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove it 0:06:10 number24 0:09:27 ID: Invaded 0:13:58 Uchitama?! Have You Seen My Tama? 0:15:21 Toilet-bound Hanako-kun 0:20:15 Somali and the Forest Spirit 0:2...
Feb 17, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Vrai, Dee, and Chiaki look back on the standout LGBT manga Shimanami Tasogare! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:09 Subject and genre evolution 0:06:24 Utsumi, transmasculinity, and well-meaning jerks 0:10:13 Misora, transfemininity, questioning, and sexism 0:18:24 Tsubaki vs closeted gay tropes 0:22:24 Language differences 0:27:42 Ace representation 0:36:57 The city 0:43:59 Intolerance and microaggression 0:49:32 Conclusions 0:50:46 Adaptation 0:55:38 Outro Vrai: twitter.com/WriterVrai Dee: twitter.com/josei...
Feb 03, 2020•57 min
Caitlin talks hosting panels at anime conventions with special guests Megan, Zack, and Rinnie! 0:00:00 Intros 0:02:49 The con experience 0:06:54 Our panels 0:17:49 Feminist critique 0:24:21 Planning styles 0:34:53 Inspirations for topics 0:39:13 Panel dynamics 0:49:29 Success stories 0:54:30 Horror stories 1:04:01 Final thoughts 1:07:08 Outro Caitlin: twitter.com/alltsun_nodere Megan: twitter.com/brainchild129 Zack: twitter.com/shinyzack Rinnie: twitter.com/idolrinny AniFem Patreon: www.patreon....
Jan 20, 2020•1 hr 8 min
Dee, Vrai, and Peter look back on the fall 2019 season! Fall 2019 premiere rankings: www.animefeminist.com/fall-2019-premiere-digest/ Fall 2019 mid-season check-in: www.animefeminist.com/podcast-chatty-af-103-fall-2019-mid-season-check-in/ 0:00:00 Intros 0:02:04 ORESUKI Are you the only one who loves me? 0:03:55 Kemono Michi: Rise Up! 0:05:13 High School Prodigies Have it Easy Even in Another World 0:06:12 Didn’t I say to make my abilities average in the next life 0:06:31 No Guns Life 0:08:39 Fa...
Jan 06, 2020•1 hr 5 min
The 5th and final part of our multi-part watchalong of the anime epic Neon Genesis Evangelion with Vrai, Dee, and special guests Isaac Ackers and Lizzie Visitante! 0:00:00 Intros 0:02:42 TV End of Evangelion 0:14:23 Slice of life AU 0:21:16 How the movies were made 0:25:23 End of Evangelion 0:50:06 Rebuild 0:52:27 Final thoughts 1:04:16 Outro Vrai: twitter.com/WriterVrai Dee: twitter.com/joseinextdoor Isaac: twitter.com/iblessall Lizzie: twitter.com/LizzieVisitante AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.co...
Dec 23, 2019•1 hr 5 min
Part 4 of our multi-part watchalong of the anime epic Neon Genesis Evangelion with Vrai, Dee, and special guests Isaac Ackers and Lizzie Visitante! 0:00:00 Intros 0:03:02 The big conspiracy 0:08:58 Ritsuko's very bad no good plot twist 0:18:42 Asuka sidelined 0:33:07 Zero sum Rei 0:37:59 Grace of the Kaworu 0:50:42 The first ending of Evangelion 0:58:30 Outro Vrai: twitter.com/WriterVrai Dee: twitter.com/joseinextdoor Isaac: twitter.com/iblessall Lizzie: twitter.com/LizzieVisitante AniFem Patreo...
Dec 09, 2019•1 hr
Dee, Vrai, and Peter check-in on the Fall 2019 season! Fall 2019 Premiere Digest: www.animefeminist.com/fall-2019-premiere-digest/ Fall 2019 Three Episode Check-in: www.animefeminist.com/review-fall-2019-three-episode-check-in/ 0:00:00 Intros 0:02:59 Kemonomichi: Rise Up 0:03:17 Kandagawa Jet Girls 0:04:28 ORESUKI Are you the only one who loves me? 0:05:49 High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even In Another World 0:06:23 Didn’t I say to make my abilities average in the next life?! 0:09:43 No Guns...
Nov 25, 2019•1 hr 5 min
Part 3 of our multi-part watchalong of the anime epic Neon Genesis Evangelion with Vrai, Dee, and special guests Isaac Ackers and Lizzie Visitante! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:41 Impressions 0:02:25 Censorship 0:03:51 Let’s talk about Rei 0:06:49 Philosophy stuff 0:13:45 Adolescent angst among child soldiers 0:22:35 What’s it about? 0:25:29 Shinji’s desire for validation vs intrinsic altruism 0:29:49 More toxic masculinity 0:40:37 Kaji 0:43:50 Mom? 0:47:36 Misato: the only good adult 0:54:15 Criticisms ...
Nov 11, 2019•1 hr
Part 2 of our multi-part watchalong of the anime epic Neon Genesis Evangelion with Vrai, Dee, and special guests Isaac Ackers and Lizzie Visitante! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:52 Financial woes 0:04:38 Shinji and not Shinji stuff 0:11:17 Worldbuilding 0:17:46 Kaji still sucks 0:19:05 “Women literally only want one thing and it’s disgusting” 0:19:43 Shinji and Asuka struggle with gender roles 0:27:29 Misato and Ritsuko 0:32:03 Sexuality, nudity, and framing 0:37:54 Monster of the week 0:41:23 More Netfli...
Oct 28, 2019•57 min
Our 100th podcast special featuring all of our regular hosts, Dee, Caitlin, Chiaki, Peter, and Vrai, looking back on the 2015 shoujo anime epic, Jupiter Ascending! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:55 Background 0:03:45 Summary 0:04:52 Personal histories 0:13:01 Anti-capitalist themes vs genetic predeterminism 0:16:28 Channing Tatum is hot 0:18:39 Is it an isekai? 0:21:12 Mila Kunis 0:24:44 Bureaucracy planet 0:25:43 Jupiter’s agency 0:34:56 Matrix redux 0:40:21 Audio mixing 0:43:33 Why’d it flop? 0:49:48 Fin...
Oct 14, 2019•58 min
Vrai, Caitlin, and Peter look back on the summer 2019 season! Summer 2019 premiere rankings: www.animefeminist.com/summer-2019-premiere-digest/ Summer 2019 mid-season check-in: https://www.animefeminist.com/podcast-chatty-af-96-summer-2019-mid-season-check-in/ 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:48 Cop Craft 0:03:11 To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts 0:05:12 Isekai Cheat Magician 0:06:21 If It’s for My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord 0:09:30 Fire Force 0:14:50 Dr. STONE 0:21:02 Do You Love Your Mom and Her T...
Sep 29, 2019•1 hr 6 min
Part 1 of our multi-part watchalong of the anime epic Neon Genesis Evangelion with Vrai, Dee, and special guests Isaac Ackers and Lizzie Visitante! 0:00:00 Intros 0:02:10 Ground rules 0:03:14 An abridged production history 0:05:03 That thing we said we wouldn’t do (the Netflix dub) 0:08:09 Backgrounds with Evangelion 0:17:13 First reactions 0:18:23 Distance and connections 0:20:50 Toxic masculinity 0:22:55 Where’s Shinji supposed to go? 0:24:19 Misato 0:32:36 The first angel fight 0:35:31 Toji a...
Sep 16, 2019•56 min
The gang returns for another manga review podcast, following up their Halloween-themed Monster Mash with a series of one-shot wonders! Dee, Vrai, and Caitlin share faves and flops. 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:41 Fast Pitch: Jackass 0:08:42 Two to Mango, Side A: Claudine 0:14:08 License Rescue 911: Heart of Thomas 0:21:30 Group Hug, Side A: The Bride was a Boy 0:27:50 Hit Me with Your Best Sell: All My Darling Daughters 0:33:54 Oh No, It’s Complicated!: Not Simple 0:43:48 ManGRRRR Corner: MW 0:49:17 Two ...
Sep 02, 2019•1 hr 9 min
Vrai, Caitlin, and Peter check-in on the Summer 2019 season! Summer 2019 Premiere Digest: www.animefeminist.com/summer-2019-premiere-digest/ 0:00:00 Intros Red Flags 0:01:33 Cop Craft 0:02:05 How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? Yellow Flags 0:02:25 To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts 0:05:28 Isekai Cheat Magician 0:07:37 If It’s for My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord 0:11:34 Fire Force 0:17:26 Dr. STONE Harmless Fun 0:26:09 Do You Love Your Mother and her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? 0:30:5...
Aug 19, 2019•1 hr 6 min
The fourth and final part of our 4-part watchalong of the shojo classic Princess Tutu with Vrai, Chiaki, and special guest Miranda Sanchez! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:33 The tears 0:04:21 Fanboy Fakir 0:08:20 Rue 0:16:10 Happy endings 0:20:07 Duck reveals 0:23:47 Character development 0:26:31 Romance 0:30:34 Writer and subject 0:38:34 Drosselmeyer’s fate 0:42:28 Needing to be loved vs loving others 0:48:02 Final impressions 0:54:03 Outro Vrai: twitter.com/WriterVrai Miranda: twitter.com/HavokRose Chiak...
Aug 05, 2019•55 min
Episode 3 of our 4-part watchalong of the shojo classic Princess Tutu with Vrai, Chiaki, and special guest Miranda Sanchez! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:19 Mytho’s Spider-Man 3 Arc 0:05:31 The dub 0:08:45 Pike and Lilie 0:11:02 Love 0:17:09 Marriage 0:20:36 Fakir’s fanfic 0:25:19 We need to talk about Rue 0:31:57 Midsummer Night’s Dream 0:34:50 Mytho’s shards 0:38:20 Roleplaying 0:47:55 Predictions 0:54:08 Outro Vrai: twitter.com/WriterVrai Miranda: twitter.com/HavokRose Chiaki: twitter.com/Chiaki747 Ani...
Jul 22, 2019•55 min
Vrai, Chiaki, and Peter look back on the spring 2019 season! Spring 2019 premiere rankings: https://www.animefeminist.com/spring-2019-premiere-digest/ Spring 2019 mid-season check-in: https://www.animefeminist.com/podcast-chatty-af-90-spring-2019-mid-season-check-in/ 0:00:00 Intros 0:02:18 We Never Learn :BOKUBEN 0:03:55 The Helpful Fox Senko-san 0:06:32 YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of This World 0:08:43 Wise Man’s Grandchild 0:11:43 ROBIHACHI 0:13:21 NAMUAMIDABUTSU! -UTENA- 0:15:3...
Jul 08, 2019•1 hr
Episode 2 of our 4-part watchalong of the shojo classic Princess Tutu with Vrai, Chiaki, and special guest Miranda Sanchez! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:29 0:03:33 Stream quality 0:06:39 Know your role 0:12:27 Mytho 0:16:22 Fakir and Duck 0:20:34 Rue, Love, and Mr Cat 0:29:10 Tutu vs Duck 0:33:33 Dances and monologues 0:44:19 Drosselmeyer again 0:46:44 Predictions 0:52:31 Final thought 0:55:35 Outro Vrai: twitter.com/WriterVrai Chiaki: twitter.com/Chiaki747 Miranda: twitter.com/HavokRose AniFem Patreon: ...
Jun 24, 2019•57 min
Episode 1 of our 4-part watchalong of the shojo classic Princess Tutu with Vrai, Chiaki, and special guest Miranda Sanchez! 0:00:00 Intros 0:03:07 Info 0:06:20 Background 0:08:57 First impressions 0:10:19 Introducing tropes 0:13:49 Narrative roles 0:17:57 Nudity and the ‘90s 0:20:51 Fakir, Rue, and Mytho 0:26:25 Duck vs Tutu 0:31:56 Unfinished and endless stories 0:35:42 Drosselmeyer 0:37:49 Predictions 0:41:41 Sub vs dub 0:44:49 Ballet 0:50:35 Final thoughts 0:52:08 Outro Vrai: twitter.com/Writ...
Jun 10, 2019•54 min
Dee, Peter, and Chiaki check-in on the Spring 2019 season! Spring 2019 Premiere Digest: www.animefeminist.com/spring-2019-premiere-digest/ 0:00:00 Intro 0:02:21 We Never Learn! BOKUBEN 0:06:39 Wise Man’s Grandchild 0:10:09 YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of This World 0:13:54 Robihachi 0:16:12 NAMUAMIDABUTSU! -UTENA- 0:17:47 MIX 0:19:54 Midnight Occult Civil Servants 0:23:35 Hitoribocchi no Marumaruseikatsu 0:28:54 Sarazanmai 0:36:24 Fruits Basket 0:44:55 Demon Slayer 0:51:42 Kono Oto...
May 27, 2019•1 hr 6 min
Vrai discusses the history of boys love manga with special guests Khursten and Sara! 0:00:00 Intro 0:05:20 The Magnificent 49ers 0:16:58 The mother of BL 0:24:35 Norie Masayama 0:25:37 Takemiya and Hagio 0:37:26 The Ribon Group 0:38:46 Doujinshi circles 0:46:49 Magazines 0:55:04 Symbols 0:59:24 Recommendations 1:17:23 Outro Vrai: twitter.com/WriterVrai Khursten: twitter.com/khursten Sara: twitter.com/blusocket AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminis...
May 13, 2019•1 hr 18 min
The final episode of our 4-part watchalong of the fantasy epic Yona of the Red Dawn with Caitlin, Peter, and special guest Gabriella! 0:00:00 Intro 0:00:56 Predictions 0:07:14 Impressions 0:09:01 Recap 0:13:48 Animation 0:16:54 Yona’s development 0:22:57 Xeno 0:26:44 Suu Won 0:35:53 Yona and Hak 0:47:31 The kiss 0:52:03 Final impressions 0:56:57 Predictions 0:58:28 Outro Dee: twitter.com/alltsun_nodere Peter: twitter.com/PeterFobian Gabriella: twitter.com/gabbomatic AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.c...
Apr 29, 2019•59 min
Dee, Vrai, and Peter look back on the Winter 2019 season! Winter 2019 Premiere Digest: www.animefeminist.com/winter-2019-premiere-digest/ Fall 2018 Mid-Season Check-in: https://www.animefeminist.com/podcast-chatty-af-83-winter-2019-mid-season-check-in/ 0:00:00 Intro 0:01:16 Bottom chunk 0:02:13 Meiji Tokyo Renka 0:05:16 Magical Girl Spec-ops Asuka 0:06:42 ENDRO! 0:10:13 My Roommate is a Cat 0:14:39 Kaguya-sama: Love is War 0:22:14 The Promised Neverland 0:30:54 Grimms Notes the Animation 0:34:13...
Apr 15, 2019•1 hr 11 min
Episode 3 of our 4-part watchalong of the fantasy epic Yona of the Red Dawn with Caitlin, Peter, and special guest Gabriella! 0:00:00 Intro 0:00:45 Checking predictions 0:03:13 Impressions 0:04:11 Recap 0:05:51 Sinha 0:11:38 Su Won 0:17:48 Gun Tei 0:19:43 Jeiha 0:27:43 Yona’s development 0:30:11 Yona’s dad and more divine mandate 0:34:58 Heroic epics and the isekai connection 0:37:31 This one’s for the BL fans out there 0:41:01 Obligatory tragic backstory 0:41:45 Pirate grandma 0:43:57 Predictio...
Apr 01, 2019•50 min
Episode 2 of our 4-part watchalong of the fantasy epic Yona of the Red Dawn with Caitlin, Peter, and special guest 1/4th of Gabriella! 0:00:00 Intro 0:00:59 Checking predictions 0:02:07 Recap 0:04:10 Pacing 0:05:22 Divine mandate 0:12:27 Yona 0:15:58 New characters 0:17:11 Gender roles and masculinity 0:18:50 Shin Ah 0:20:53 Arthurian legend 0:26:54 Is Su Won feminist? 0:27:25 Kink 0:29:45 Questions of divinity 0:35:50 Predictions 0:36:48 Outro Caitlin: twitter.com/alltsun_nodere Peter: twitter....
Mar 26, 2019•38 min
Episode 1 of our 4-part watchalong of the fantasy epic Yona of the Red Dawn with Caitlin, Peter, and special guest Gabriella! 0:00:00 Intro 0:01:27 Background 0:03:09 First impressions 0:06:16 The first episode 0:14:47 Yona 0:18:39 Complex villains 0:22:01 Hak 0:30:55 Su-Won 0:33:02 Yona’s dad 0:48:34 Mundock 0:52:07 Final thoughts 0:54:12 Predictions 0:54:52 Outro Caitlin: twitter.com/alltsun_nodere Peter: twitter.com/PeterFobian Gabriella: twitter.com/gabbomatic AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com...
Mar 04, 2019•57 min
Dee, Peter, and Vrai check-in on the Winter 2019 season! Winter 2019 Premiere Digest: https://www.animefeminist.com/winter-2019-premiere-digest/ Winter 2019 Three-Episode Check-in: https://www.animefeminist.com/review-winter-2019-three-episode-check-in/ Jackson Brown on The Promised Neverland: https://www.jacksonpbrown.com/blog/2018/8/2/thoughts-on-the-promised-neverland-and-black-women-in-manga 0:00:00 Intro Red Flags 0:01:40 WATATEN 0:03:10 Girly Air Force Yellow Flags 0:05:39 Meiji Tokyo Renk...
Feb 18, 2019•1 hr 14 min
The 4th and final part of Dee, Caitlin, and Vrai’s 4-part rewatch of maybe the most quintessential ‘00s anime, Shoji Kawamori’s bizarre mecha isekai, Escaflowne! 0:00:00 Intro 0:01:04 A quick (long) recap 0:02:21 Time to talk about Dilandau 0:09:51 Conclusions? 0:11:34 Jajuka and more fantasy racism 0:16:58 Shoujo vs modern isekai 0:21:06 Hitomi 0:22:45 Protecting vs controlling 0:25:55 Fighting to end fighting 0:31:08 Folken 0:36:58 Newton’s Third Law of Emotions 0:39:17 Allen 0:43:57 Milerna 0...
Feb 04, 2019•1 hr 6 min
