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 ...
Sep 04, 2017•1 hr 9 min
The final part of the Berserk watchalong with Amelia, Peter, and special guest Kara Dennison! 0:00:00 Intro 0:01:27 Impressions 0:06:21 Farnese 0:09:26 Magic and rationality vs irrationality 0:14:58 Compassion in a dispassionate world 0:19:26 Casca 0:22:29 Schierke and Sonia 0:26:25 Schierke and Guts 0:30:50 Miura's age and the maturing narrative 0:38:03 Serpico enabling Farnese 0:41:00 Overcoming vs dwelling in the tragic backstory 0:42:49 Flora 0:45:37 Peter's surpises 0:49:09 Recommending Ber...
Sep 03, 2017•1 hr 38 min
Dee, Vrai, and Peter check in with the top 17 anime of our Summer 2017 premiere rankings. Listen to find out our biggest surprises, disappointments, and guilty pleasures of the season along with our top recommended sequels! SPOILERS: for most of the shows named 00:00 Intro 01:40 #17 Classroom of the Elite 06:16 #16 Welcome to the Ballroom 10:19 #15 Convenience Store Boys (but not really) 10:45 #14 Knight's & Magic 15:02 #13 Altair: A Record of Battles (also not really) 15:27 #12 Vatican Mira...
Aug 21, 2017•1 hr 1 min
Part 3 of the four-part watchalong of Berserk with Amelia, Peter, and special guest Kara Dennison! 00:00 Intro 00:54 Impressions 03:49 Schierke 12:12 Isidro 14:14 Farnese 24:47 Griffith's charisma 32:44 Continued portrayals of sexual violence against Casca 45:03 Next six episodes 47:28 Peter's suprises 50:23 Guts's masculinity 51:39 The rage dog 55:04 Outro Amelia: twitter.com/neutralfemale Peter: twitter.com/peterfobian Kara: twitter.com/rubycosmos AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist ...
Aug 08, 2017•57 min
Taking a one-week break from our Berserk watchalong, Dee, Vrai, Peter, and special guest Natasha do a deep dive into one our favorite anime of last year: Flip Flappers! SPOILERS: for the entire series of Flip Flappers 0:00:00 Intro 0:02:15 Experience with Flip Flappers 0:08:03 Wealth of content 0:11:12 Impressions of early episodic portion 0:16:00 Themes of developing queer sexuality 0:22:17 Change in writers 0:23:24 Yonic imagery and rejections of yuri 0:31:29 Papika 0:37:18 Multiple perspectiv...
Jul 30, 2017•1 hr 20 min
Part 2 of the four-part watchalong of Berserk with Amelia, Peter, and special guest Kara Dennison! 0:00:00 Intro 0:01:37 Hopes from last episodes 0:03:35 Nina 0:09:50 Relationship with Jaochim 0:13:40 Luca 0:19:24 Farnese 0:23:06 Serpico 0:26:35 Casca 0:32:00 Griffith's return 0:35:51 Religious imagery 0:39:45 Farnese's future 0:42:48 Jerome made good 0:43:56 Isidro 0:45:39 Guts's masculinity 0:48:20 Next six episodes 0:57:15 Peter's surprises 1:00:14 Outro Amelia: twitter.com/neutralfemale Pete...
Jul 24, 2017•1 hr 3 min
Part 1 of the four-part watchalong of Berserk with Amelia, Peter, and special guest Kara Dennison! 00:00 Intro 03:33 Past experiences with Berserk 07:22 Why not watch it before? 08:52 Hopes and expectations 11:31 Farnese 12:52 Episode 3 17:47 Differences from the manga 19:30 Visuals 25:42 Casca 31:38 Luca 34:58 Guts and Griffith 38:12 Portrayals of masculinity 42:29 Farnese and Griffith 45:39 The next six episodes 52:22 Peter's expectations 55:01 Farnese's virginity 57:31 Nina 58:51 Outro Amelia...
Jul 16, 2017•1 hr
Amelia, Dee, and Peter look back on the spring 2017 season. Spring 2017 premiere rankings: www.animefeminist.com/spring-2017-premiere-rankings/ Spring 2017 Anime Check-In: www.animefeminist.com/podcast-spring-2017-anime-mid-season-check/ 00:00 intros 01:19 The Royal Tutor 04:58 Tsukigakirei 09:25 Alice & Zoroku 12:25 Kado: The Right Answer 17:40 WorldEnd 21:29 Re:CREATORS 24:51 Granblue Fantasy 29:44 Kabukibu! 32:26 Sakura Quest 41:58 Grimoire of Zero 45:42 My Hero Academia 51:08 Eccentric F...
Jul 10, 2017•1 hr 14 min
The final part of the Shirobako watchalong with Amelia, Peter, and special guest Miles Thomas! 0:00 Intros 1:56 Overall feelings of this 6 episodes 8:35 Aoi's Uniqueness 12:25 Hiraoka is also the worst 16:15 Hiraoka and Tarou 21:52 Tarou 27:55 Expectations vs Experience 30:25 Shizuka's big break 37:25 Miles Expectation vs Experience 38:51 Desires for another season 46:31 Miles desires for another season 49:15 The future of the main five 52:54 Thoughts about the watchalong 1:00:25 Outro Amelia: t...
Jul 03, 2017•1 hr 2 min
Part 3 of the four-part watchalong of Shirobako with Amelia, Peter, and special guest Miles Thomas! 0:00 Intros 1:27 Peter's hopes from last episodes 4:44 Those damn stuffed animals 7:28 Aoi's promotion 10:03 Sexism in the workplace 15:07 Shizuka's job prospects 17:30 Amelia's hopes from last episodes 20:46 Tarou's still the worst 22:48 Ogasawara's gothic lolita revelation 33:10 Kunogi 37:08 Andou & Satou 41:50 Iguchi's growth 48:40 Hiraoka 55:55 Next 6 episodes 1:00:41 Miles suprises 1:07:5...
Jun 25, 2017•1 hr 12 min
Part 2 of the four-part watchalong of Shirobako with Amelia, Peter, and special guest Miles Thomas! 0:00 Intro 1:28 Hopes from last episodes 5:49 Enjoyment of the series 10:08 Ema's advancement vs Segawa's seniority and child rearing in modern Japan 15:38 Aoi's advancement vs male counterparts and gendered social spaces 24:10 No panacea for workplace struggles 25:24 Uncertainty about the future 27:01 Lifetime employment culture Mii vs Kaori 30:57 Honda the baker 33:06 Kaori's future 39:04 Tarou ...
Jun 19, 2017•1 hr 4 min
Part 1 of the four-part watchalong of Shirobako with Amelia, Peter, and special guest Miles Thomas! 0:00 Intro 1:23 Past experiences with Shirobako 6:25 Character designs 9:30 Female characterization 13:01 Female personality types in the anime industry 16:35 Tarou 25:11 Friendship 28:38 Cathartic moments 30:29 Workplace diversity 32:29 Experience and mentorship 33:32 Male gaze 36:02 Segawa and Endou 37:36 Sexism in the Japanese workplace 39:13 Male characterization 41:54 Narrative inequality 43:...
Jun 11, 2017•59 min
Part 2 of Anime Feminist’s six-month anniversary Q&A. Amelia, Dee, Peter, and Vrai answer questions about their anime viewing of the past six months. 00:00 Intro 01:34 Anime viewing habits 04:58 What kind of anime are you drawn to? 12:04 What is your favorite show that has aired since you started up? - senpai;notes @senpainotes 16:44 Of all the anime/manga your readers recommended, which ones did you like the most? - Sephyxer @Sephyxer 22:01 What's your favorite guilty pleasure anime from th...
Jun 03, 2017•1 hr 1 min
Dee, Vrai, and Caitlin do a deep dive into our favorite anime of the past year, Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju! SPOILERS: for both seasons of Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju 00:00 Intro 02:12 What is Rakugo 03:10 Impressions 05:58 Visuals 08:14 What drew you to the show? 11:42 Konatsu and Bon 16:26 Konatsu and Yotaro 18:16 Yotaro’s influence 20:49 Love triangle 23:39 Miyokichi 26:11 Societal expectations 31:19 Bon’s sexuality 33:46 The sour note 37:37 Bon’s depression 40:18 Character complexity 41:10 E...
May 28, 2017•57 min
Amelia, Dee, and Peter check in with the top 10 anime of our Spring 2017 premiere rankings. Listen to find out our biggest surprises, disappointments, and guilty pleasures of the season along with our top recommended sequels! SPOILERS: for most of the shows named 00:00 Intro 01:08 #10 The Royal Tutor 05:09 #9 Tsukigakirei 14:54 #8 Alice & Zoroku 22:09 #7 KADO: The Right Answer 31:46 #6 WorldEnd 39:30 #5 Re:CREATORS 42:26 #4 Granblue Fantasy 48:30 #3 Kabikibu 50:05 #2 Sakura Quest 56:12 #1 Gr...
May 19, 2017•1 hr 21 min
Part 1 of Anime Feminist’s 6 month anniversary Q&A. Amelia, Dee, Peter, and Vrai answer questions about the founding, development, and future of Anime Feminist. 00:00 Intro 01:45 Origin stories 16:20 In those 6 months running AniFem what did you guys enjoy the most? And what was the biggest challenge? - Marion Bea @marionbwrites 30:38 How much of what you're doing now is a surprise to you? Like what's unexpected, what's not? Quiet Dove @theplatinumdove 39:21 How did you become what you wante...
May 14, 2017•1 hr 9 min
Amelia, Caitlin, and Peter look back on the winter 2017 season. Listen out for discussion on whether Interviews with Monster Girls counts as good representation, how ACCA changed the way we assess storytelling, and Amelia's U-turn on Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid. Winter 2017 premiere rankings: https://www.animefeminist.com/winter-2017-premiere-rankings/ Winter 2017 Anime Check-In: https://www.animefeminist.com/introducing-anifem-podcast-chatty-af/ Caitlin talks towards the end about panels she h...
May 07, 2017•1 hr
Amelia and Peter welcome special guests Brian Ruh and Valerie Complex to talk about the representation of Major Motoko Kusanagi in the anime and manga versions of Ghost in the Shell. SPOILERS for the entire franchise of Ghost in the Shell 00:00 Intro: What has been your experience with Ghost in the Shell? 06:22 The manga, and manga artist Shirow's other work 10:48 Different versions of Ghost in the Shell and Motoko 23:29 Motoko's sexuality 30:24 Motoko's body and clothing 37:30 Differences in Gh...
Mar 26, 2017•1 hr
Amelia and Peter look back on Re:ZERO's main characters with Caitlin, who just finished watching it for the first time and has some strong opinions to share... SPOILERS for the entire first season of Re:ZERO 00:00 Intro: What is everyone's experience with Re:ZERO? 03:56 Subaru 22:03 Rem 37:35 Emilia 45:48 Would you recommend Re:ZERO? 51:01 Hopes for Re:ZERO season two 56:54 Outro Amelia: twitter.com/neutralfemale Caitlin: twitter.com/alltsun_nodere Peter: twitter.com/peterfobian AniFem Patreon: ...
Mar 11, 2017•58 min
In its 20th anniversary year, Caitlin, Dee and Vrai talk about a series they have all loved and analyzed for many years: the game-changing Revolutionary Girl Utena. 0:00 Intro: How did everyone first watch Utena? 06:15 The dub and localization 10:32 Characterization, worldbuilding, themes and thesis 20:11 Japanese and western cultural context 26:30 The impact of watching Utena at different ages and in different decades 31:24 The handling of unsympathetic characters: Nanami, Saionji, Touga 37:45 ...
Feb 25, 2017•1 hr 10 min
Amelia, Caitlin, Lauren and Peter check in with the top 10 anime of our winter 2017 premiere rankings! Listen to find out our biggest surprises, disappointments and guilty pleasures of the season. Intro: 0:00 10: elDLIVE: 1:38 9: Masamune-kun's Revenge 4:24 8: Fuuka 6:45 7: Seiren 8:38 6: Gabriel DropOut 11:59 5: Saga of Tanya the Evil 15:00 4: Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid 20:26 3: ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. 25:40 2: Scum's Wish 32:52 1: Interviews with Monster Girls 45:59 Outro: 55:53 ...
Feb 12, 2017•58 min
