Chatty AF: The Anime Feminist Podcast

Toni, Caitlin, and special guest Annie discuss the themes of nonviolence, abolition, and meaning in part 1 of our 2-part retrospective on VINLAND SAGA! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:13 Background 0:13:03 Emptiness vs meaning 0:24:01 Askeladd 0:28:08 Forgiveness vs compassion 0:39:04 Love as a form of discrimination 0:40:54 Models of leadership 0:45:32 Ideals vs material conditions 0:47:37 Thofinn’s nonviole...

Alex, Toni, and Peter wrap-up the small and disappointing Summer season… 0:00:00 Intros Red Flags 0:02:20 Level 1 Demon Lord and One Room Hero Yellow Flags 0:04:42 Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead 0:16:14 Dark Gathering Neutral Zone 0:19:43 Reign of the Seven Spellblades 0:28:45 Reborn as a Vending Machine 0:32:29 Helck 0:33:07 BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!! It's Complicated... 0:35:13 The Most Heretic...

Tony, MoBlack, and Danny return for the 2nd part of their discussion of abolitionism in anime featuring the work of Sadiya Hartman and Joy James in Fujiko Mine, Stone Ocean, Deca-Dence and Michiko & Hatchin! 0:00:00 Intros 0:02:22 Centering sexual assault survivors 0:12:05 A Woman Called Fujiko Mine 0:20:28 Stone Ocean 0:28:37 Sadiya Hartman and prisons as reformatories 0:43:29 Deca-Dence 0:56:14...

Tony, MoBlack, and Danny discuss the state's monopoly on violence 2-part discussion on abolitionism in anime! 0:00:00 Intros 0:03:03 Abolitionism 0:15:06 History with abolitionism 0:25:42 Full abolition 0:32:10 Death Note 0:38:49 Chainsaw Man 0:41;58 Akudama Drive 0:52:47 My Hero Academia 0:58:02 Chainsaw Man spoilers 0:59:37 Outro Tony: twitter.com/poetpedagogue MoBlack: mastodon.online/@MoBlack...

Vrai, Megan, and Maddie return to cap off our retrospective on the tragically short but triumphant run of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:50 We got Sam-Flammed 0:11:54 Should’ve/could’ve been 4 cour 0:16:57 *Slaps hood of Gundam* “This baby can hold so much Utena” 0:18:29 Guel 0:20:18 The time-out room 0:23:48 Shaddiq 0:25:53 Miorinne and the princess of peace trope...

Alex, Tony, and Peter review a relatively… light summer season? 0:00:00 Intros Red Flags 0:02:16 Level 1 Demon Lord & One Room Hero Yellow Flags 0:07:57 Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead 0:15:16 Dark Gathering Neutral Zone 0:21:56 Reign of the Seven Spellblades 0:28:03 Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon 0:36:44 Helck It’s Complicated 0:37:49 The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: Fr...

Vrai, Alex, and Peter (with a guest appearance by Tony) try to cover the wealth of excellent titles in the 2023 Spring season! 0:00:00 Intros/Content warning 0:03:25 Heavenly Delusion 0:11:32 My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lvl999 0:14:33 Dead Mount Death Play 0:17:38 The Dangers in My Heart 0:20:58 Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke’s Mansion 0:24:19 Otaku Elf 0:29:11 Hell’s Paradise 0:36:32 Oshi...

Alex, Vrai, and Toni shine a spotlight at the 2023 Spring seasons’ standout series playing in the Class S genre space, Yuri Is My Job! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:53 Background 0:03:11 Spoiler Warning 0:03:56 Summary 0:12:22 Parody? Satire? Deconstruction? 0:23:56 Hime 0:28:32 Mitsuki 0:33:46 Hime AND Mitsuki 0:37:12 Kanoko 0:40:22 Sapphism, voyeurism, and femininity 0:49:26 Sumika 0:51:47 The anime endin...

Part two of our two-part retrospective on the Yuzuru Tachikawa classic that just turned 10 years old, Death Parade, with Caitlin, Toni, and Cy! 0:00:00 Intros 0:00:13 Harsher punishments for women 0:18:47 Portrayal of motherhood 0:27:11 Carceral Feminism 0:35:42 Reform (or lack thereof) 0:44:23 Buddhism: Transformative justice and cycles of abuse 0:57:17 Final thoughts 0:59:13 Outro Caitlin: twitt...

Part one of our two-part retrospective on the Yuzuru Tachikawa classic that just turned 10 years old, Death Parade, with Caitlin, Toni, and Cy! 0:00:00 Intros 0:02:51 Content warnings 0:04:23 Summary 0:05:45 Background 0:06:57 Deca-Dence 0:09:40 Mob Psycho 100 0:12:58 Tachikawa’s themes 0:15:40 Personal experiences with Death Parade 0:22:42 That OP 0:27:07 Decim 0:33:38 Ginti 0:34:44 Mayu 0:37:23...

Vrai, Toni, and Peter try and fail to keep their discussion of a packed-to-the-gills season to a reasonable duration! 0:00:00 Intros Red Flags 0:01:59 KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World Yellow Flags 0:03:46 Heavenly Delusion (Tengoku Daimakyo) 0:11:56 The Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts 0:18:40 My Live Story with Yamada-kun at Lvl999 0:20:55 MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES 0:22:34...

Dee, Chiaki, and Peter look back on a season with a lot of mixed bag recommendations! 0:00:00 Intros Pit of Shame 0:02:01 ONIMAI Yellow Flags 0:08:47 TRIGUN STAMPEDE 0:09:56 Tomo-chan Is a Girl! 0:17:05 Revenger 0:18:24 Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire 0:21:57 Chillin’ in My 30s After Getting Fired from the Demon King’s Army Neutral 0:23:40 NieR: Automata Ver 1.1A...

Dee, Alex, and Cy return to discuss asexual and aromantic coding and representation in the works of Uta Isaki! 0:00:00 Intro 0:00:35 Mine-kun is Asexual and sex-repulsed vs non-sex-repulsed 0:18:06 Ace stereotypes 0:20:55 Is Love the Answer? 0:22:58 Allosexual social and societal pressure 0:31:56 Ishi, mentorship, and aromantic relationships 0:35:26 Ume and sex repulsion for heteroromantic men 0:4...

Dee, Alex, and Cy discuss asexual and aromantic coding and representation in anime and manga! 0:00:00 Intros 0:02:14 Ace/Aro 101 0:10:05 Conflation with frigidity/prudishness/trauma 0:12:18 Linguistic differences between Japanese and English 0:15:50 Koisenu Futari and recognition and evolution of terminology 0:19:52 Ace coding in anime and manga 0:28:30 Favorite ace/aro coded characters 0:42:10 Ou...

Cy, Caitlin, and Peter check-in on a season with way too many series that warrant some kind of discussion, Winter 2023! 0:00:00 Intros Pit of Shame 0:02:06 Sugar Apple Fairy Tale 0:09:27 ONIMAI: I’m Now Your Sister! Yellow Flags 0:10:50 TRIGUN STAMPEDE 0:17:55 Tomo-chan Is a Girl! 0:27:58 REVENGER 0:32:19 Reborn to Master the Blade Neutral Zone 0:33:17 UniteUp! 0:33:43 NieR: Automata Ver 1.1A 0:36...

Vrai calls in Gundam experts Maddie and Megan to discuss the too-dense-to-for-a-round-up-episode first cour of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:35 Background 0:04:19 The Gundam franchise and Universal Century 0:10:15 Gundam: The Origin 0:10:58 Suletta as Gundam’s first female pilot protagonist 0:13:37 The novelty of a two cour anime 0:15:19 Wow cool robot 0:18:22 Mil...

Chiaki, Vrai, and Cy return to complete their watchalong of Haibane Renmei with episodes 8-13! 0:00:00 Intros 0:04:37 Reactions 0:07:10 The ending first 0:10:00 What are the haibane? 0:14:20 Christian? Buddhist? 0:16:43 Absolution 0:19:06 Rakka 0:28:31 True name 0:33:25 Portrayal of suicide 0:43:57 Suicide in Japanese culture 0:46:15 Personal reactions 0:53:16 Final thoughts 0:56:18 Halo touching...

Chiaki, Vrai, and Cy as they look back on episodes 1-7 of Yoshitoshi Abe’s second landmark series, Haibane Renmei! 0:00:00 Intros 0:02:46 Production info and Abe 0:07:28 Personal histories 0:12:07 What we expected vs what we got 0:16:56 The haibane 0:24:44 The Town 0:30:27 The wing scene 0:33:16 Reki 0:37:35 Trans readings 0:42:30 The day of flight 0:51:27 Rakka’s reaction 0:55:12 Predictions 0:58...

Vrai, Peter, and Dee try their best to wrap-up the thematically dense 2023 Fall season! 0:00:00 Intros Neutral Zone 0:01:58 My Master Has No Tail 0:06:37 Do It Yourself! 0:10:41 Raven of the Inner Palace It’s… Complicated 0:18:25 Chainsaw Man Feminist Potential 0:23:19 Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury 0:31:11 I’m the Villainess so I’m Taming the Final Boss 0:38:02 BOCCHI THE ROCK! 0:48:4...

Dee, Vrai, and Alex talk about the sexual education comedy manga Sex Ed 120% and how it compares to real-world sex education. 0:00:00 Intros 0:00:27 Sex ed in Japan 0:12:24 The importance of Sex Ed 120% 0:15:52 Portrayals of various sexual orientations 0:19:00 Sexual terminology in Japan 0:24:21 Portrayals of abortion in media 0:26:26 Abortion and prophylaxis in Japan (and elsewhere) 0:32:43 Tsuji...

Dee, Vrai, and Alex talk about the sexual education comedy manga Sex Ed 120% and how it compares to real-world sex education. 0:00:00 Intros 0:00:28 Background 0:02:15 Content warnings 0:04:54 Personal impressions 0:08:17 Would you recommend it? 0:09:04 What did we learn? 0:15:31 Favorite line 0:20:08 Comparison to our sex ed experiences 0:32:24 Asexual-friendly 0:34:59 Fictional portrayals of sex...

Vrai, Caitlin, and Peter check in on the absolutely stacked Fall season! 0:00:00 Intros Pit of Shame 0:01:52 More than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers Red Flags 0:04:20 Urusei Yatsura Yellow Flags 0:08:50 The Little Lies We All Tell 0:15:02 BLUELOCK Neutral Zone 0:20:34 My Master Has No Tail 0:22:07 Do It Yourself!! It’s Complicated 0:28:58 Reincarnated as a Sword 0:29:20 Raven of the Inner Palac...

Caitlin, Dee, and Meru complete their watchalong of GAINAX-produced shojo anime, His and Her Circumstances AKA Kare Kano with episodes 20-26 plus some manga discussion! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:53 The… End? 0:10:16 Kano and some Class-BS 0:17:00 Tonami’s fatphobic arc 0:28:57 Arima’s unresolved red flags 0:49:39 *MANGA SPOILER/CONTENT WARNING SECTION* 0:58:53 Remake? 1:00:47 Recommend? 1:06:57 Outro Ca...

Vrai, Chiaki, and Peter finally put one of the top contenders for most disappointing season we’ve covered to rest. 0:00:00 Intros Red Flags 0:01:30 When Will Ayumu Make His Move? Yellow Flags 0:02:48 Uncle from Another World 0:05:17 Parallel World Pharmacy 0:07:40 Call of the Night Neutral Zone 0:14:55 The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting 0:17:29 TEPPEN! 0:18:06 Shine On! Bakumatsu Bad Boys 0:20:05 R...

Caitlin, Dee, and Meru return for part 3 of their watchalong of GAINAX-produced shojo anime, His and Her Circumstances AKA Kare Kano with episodes 14-19! 0:00:00 Intros 0:04:39 Arima’s depression 0:13:52 Love vs codependency 0:18:43 Maho’s dentist 0:24:38 Yukino’s parents 0:29:47 Just ‘90s dad things 0:32:24 The red flag parade 0:39:01 Mental illness and therapy in Japan 0:42:43 Beach episode 0:44...