Chatty AF: The Anime Feminist Podcast

Vrai, Mercedez, and Alex celebrate the 10th anniversary of the seminal work of mahou shoujo, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, with a rewatchalong! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:31 We’re OLD 0:03:57 Background 0:10:09 Past experience 0:18:30 Simulcasts, seinen, and seminal status 0:25:18 Dark and/or menified magical girls 0:29:01 Mami and the episode 3 twist 0:40:47 Sayaka’s soul 0:50:56 Bodily autonomy and horror...

Dee, Mercedez, and Peter look back at the mega-packed Spring 2021 season! 0:00:00 Intros Red Flags 0:01:55 DON’T TOY WITH ME, MISS NAGATORO Yellow Flags 0:06:26 Tokyo Revengers 0:07:16 Those Snow White Notes 0:13:27 Pretty Boy Detective Club 0:18:50 MARS RED Harmless Fun 0:22:12 Super Cub 0:24:23 SSSS.DYNAZENON 0:27:54 Shadows House 0:32:26 I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My L...

No use crying over cracked eggs. Vrai, Mercedez, and Alex perform a post mortem on the most potentialful disasterpiece of 2021, Wonder Egg Priority! 0:01:04 Intros 0:03:09 Finale expectations 0:06:57 Production woes 0:11:54 Neiru 0:19:38 For teenagers or about teenagers? 0:22:06 Rika 0:27:51 Ai 0:31:51 Momoe 0:35:35 Trans readings in script vs visual direction 0:41:04 Portrayal of suicide 0:43:19...

Caitlin, Dee, and Mercedez bring their look back at the miniature robot battler Angelic Layer to a close with episodes 20-26! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:15 Technical warning 0:03:34 Beach episode and gender roles 0:15:01 Misaki and Ojiro 0:19:47 Ichan and Shuko 0:21:24 Hatoko 0:25:37 Misaki and Shuko’s reunion 0:40:10 Women-led fighting and sports series 0:45:04 Is it feminist? 0:50:37 Final thoughts 0:5...

Caitlin, Dee, and Mercedez continue their look back at the miniature robot battler Angelic Layer with episodes 14-19! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:15 Misaki x Hatoko 0:08:39 Anime original 0:12:28 Shuko and portrayals of disability 0:35:09 Sai’s sister 0:40:00 Empathy and pain 0:44:47 Misaki and Shuko 0:50:00 Any surprises? 0:53:38 Predictions 0:55:13 Outro Caitlin: twitter.com/alltsun_nodere Dee: twitter....

Caitlin, Peter, and Mercedez check in on the 2021 Spring season! 0:00:00 Intros Red flags 0:01:39 DON’T TOY WITH ME, MISS NAGATORO Yellow Flags 0:05:24 Tokyo Revengers 0:08:15 Pretty Boy Detective Club 0:12:41 Those Snow White Notes 0:12:51-0:12:52 *Naruto and Your Lie in April Spoilers* 0:18:38 Osamake: Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won't Lose 0:20:20 MARS RED 0:21:16 Higehiro: After Being Re...

Caitlin, Dee, and Mercedez continue their look back at the miniature robot battler Angelic Layer with episodes 8-13! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:27 Impressions and tournament arcs 0:07:04 All 3 make commitments to write Angelic Layer articles 0:08:50 Gender essentialism 0:20:20 Ringo 0:24:49 Dub and localization 0:28:32 Madoka, Alice, and CLAMP nonsense 0:37:47 Sportsmanship 0:42:37 Romance 0:51:01 Projec...

Vrai, Peter, and Caitlin look back at the 2021 Winter season! 0:00:00 Intros Yellow Flags 0:01:56 Wave!! Let’s Go Surfing 0:04:21 Sk8 the Infinity 0:08:29 Horimiya 0:16:20 Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki-kun Harmless Fun 0:21:23 So I’m a Spider, So What? 0:23:17 Skate-Leading Stars 0:25:56 Back Arrow It’s Complicated... 0:27:17 Kemono Jihen CW: Rape 0:30:01-0:33:28 0:34:01 Heaven’s Design Team 0:34...

Caitlin, Dee, and Mercedez look back and the first seven episodes of the miniature robot battler Angelic Layer! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:45 Background 0:06:26 The CLAMP-aide 0:08:18 CLAMP style and anime vs manga 0:14:06 Battle shonen for girls 0:23:18 Misaki 0:33:47 Hatoko 0:38:23 Tamayo 0:41:49 Ichiro 0:50:24 One-off opponents 0:57:30 Predictions 0:58:46 Outro Caitlin: twitter.com/alltsun_nodere Dee:...

Vrai, Peter, and Caitlin check in on the 2021 Winter season! 0:00:00 Intros Yellow Flags 0:01:23 Sk8: The Infinity 0:07:01 Horimiya 0:12:04 Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki-kun Harmless Fun 0:16:33 So I’m a Spider, So What? 0:18:49 Skate-Leading Stars 0:21:25 Back Arrow It’s Complicated... 0:28:38 VLAD LOVE 0:34:16 Kemono Jihen 0:37:47 Heaven’s Design Team 0:39:22 Cells at Work! CODE BLACK Feminist...

Vrai, Alex, and Mercedes share some of their favorite yuri manga! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:18 The yuri umbrella 0:02:08 Hit Me With Your Best Sell: After Hours 0:08:21 It Takes Two to Mango: Yuri is My Job! 0:12:27 Love It or Loan It: Futaribeya 0:17:13 One for the Money: How Do We Relationship? 0:23:34 Oh No, It’s Complicated: Akuma no Riddle: Riddle Story of Devil 0:33:29 It Takes Two to Mango: A Tro...

Vrai, Chiaki, and Mercedes look back on the cyberpunk masterpiece Akudama Drive! 0:00:00 Intros 0:02:07 Production info 0:03:29 General impressions 0:4:45 Danganronpa connection 0:0:06:40 Favorite characters 0:08:37 Doctor and Swindler 0:12:15 Timing, acclaim, and ACAB 0:15:21 The dub, Brawler, and blaccents 0:21:56 Uprisings and the REAL cyberpunk 0:25:52 Real politics behind Kanto vs Kansai 0:30...

Dee, Chiaki and Peter look back on the 2020 Fall season! 0:00:00 Intros Red Flags 0:01:26 Our Last Crusade Yellow Flags 0:03:00 HYPNOSISMIC 0:04:56 Higurashi Gou Harmless Fun 0:08:46 Warlords of Sigrdrifa 0:11:33 TONIKAWA: Over the Moon for You 0:14:11 Moriarty the Patriot 0:19:22 Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear 0:19:51 JUJUTSU KAISEN 0:25:18 I’m Standing on a Million Lives 0:28:46 Gal & Dino 0:31:07 Dragon Q...

Peter, Caitlin, and Lizzie look back on Netflix’s 2020 slate of anime! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:31 Dorohedoro 0:11:10 Drifting Dragons 0:17:20 Beastars 0:27:15 BNA 0:31:18 Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045 0:34:20 Hi-Score Girl 0:34:49 Japan Sinks 0:36:02 Aggretsuko 0:40:59 Great Pretender 1:04:55 Outro Peter: twitter.com/PeterFobian Caitlin: twitter.com/alltsun_nodere Faye: twitter.com/LizzieVisitante AniFe...

Peter, Chiaki, and Faye check in on all the new additions to the Shonen Jump app since April 2020! CW: Suicide 0:00:36 Intros 0:02:12 Moriking 0:08:14 Bone Collection 0:11:59 Time Paradox Ghost Writer 0:21:56 Yuugen’s All-Ghouls Classroom 0:23:40 Ayashiki Triangle 0:27:23 Magu-chan: God of Destruction 0:30:10 Hard-Boiled Cop and Dolphin 0:36:34 Me & Roboco 0:39:41 Spirit Photographer Saburo Kono 0...

Vrai, Dee, and Caitlin look back on a classic work by the Queen of Josei, Ai Yazawa’s Paradise Kiss! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:46 The beautiful brick 0:04:13 Background 0:05:24 Past experiences 0:09:12 The Yazawaverse 0:11:55 Waterworks 0:13:00 First impressions 0:15:22 Yukari x George 0:20:33 Sad romance 0:23:16 The anime 0:26:21 George x Isabella 0:29:05 Isabella 0:33:58 Fashion! 0:39:11 Genre pitfall...

Dee, Chiaki, and Peter check in on the Fall 2020 season! 0:00:49 Intros Red Flags 0:02:33 Our Last Crusade 0:03:51 Assault Lily Bouquet Yellow Flags 0:04:18 Noblesse 0:06:19 Ikebukuro West Gate Park 0:06:58 HYPNOSISMIC 0:10:58 Higurashi Gou 0:13:40 Dropout Idol Fruit Tart Harmless Fun 0:14:13 Warlords of Sigrdrifa 0:19:34 TONIKAWA: Over the Moon for You 0:21:01 Moriarty the Patriot 0:24:02 Maeaset...

Caitlin, Chiaki, and special guest Megan enjoy some drinks while not enjoying a live action adaptation of the infamous shojo manga Hot Gimmick! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:38 Background and plot 0:08:30 Post-timeskip 0:09:26 Talk to an adult 0:10:12 Nothing makes sense 0:12:49 Royalty free music 0:16:46 Boys and wigs 0:18:42 The movie plot 0:22:23 Ryoki 0:24:06 Azusa 0:27:41 The adaptation 0:35:38 In Japa...

Dee, Chiaki, and Mercedez look back on the 2020 Summer season! 0:00:00 Intros Red Flags 0:01:28 Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out 0:05:34 Monster Girl Doctor 0:12:57 The Misfit of Demon King Academy 0:13:24 Millionaire Detective: Balance Unlimited Yellow Flags 0:18:02 The God of High School 0:20:53 Appare-Ranman Harmless Fun 0:27:17 Mr Love: Queen’s Choice 0:28:28 Lapis Re:Lights 0:33:52 GIBIATE 0:37:2...

Chiaki, Lizzie, and Mercedez take a look back at TRIGGER’s over-the-top furry rights anime BNA! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:28 Background 0:04:51 Impressions 0:07:45 Coming out 0:10:21 Homogenization in civil rights movements 0:13:31 Use of racial themes and imagery 0:18:27 Nina and portrayals of beast women 0:26:41 Baseball bears, Jackie Robinson, and failure to challenge racial stereotypes 0:37:23 Nazun...

Vrai takes a look back at the 1984 shojo classic Glass Mask with special guests Megan and Marion! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:06 The… end? 0:03:59 Creepy old dudes 0:10:46 Maya’s motivation 0:14:03 Nobody died? 0:16:23 Maya x Ayumi 0:21:19 The Miracle Worker 0:25:28 Maya’s mom 0:28:44 Theater vs movies vs TV 0:31:42 Tsukikage 0:38:14 Other adaptations 0:43:50 Actors, acting, and stories about acting 0:50:...

Vrai takes a look back at the 1984 shojo classic Glass Mask with special guests Megan and Marion! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:38 The drama 0:06:45 Sakurakoji still sucks 0:13:31 Western influences 0:16:07 Scene stealing 0:24:52 Cheer squad 0:28:51 High art 0:33:21 Mothers and approval 0:37:52 The best scenes 0:41:34 Ayumi’s hair 0:43:07 Predictions 0:46:55 Outro Vrai: twitter.com/WriterVrai Megan: twitter...

Dee, Chiaki, and Vrai check in on the 2020 Summer season! 0:00:00 Intros Red Flags 0:02:49 Monster Girl Doctor 0:07:53 The Misfit King of Demon Academy 0:12:26 Millionaire Detective: Balance Unlimited Yellow Flags 0:16:01 The God of High School 0:21:24 Appare-Ranman Harmless Fun 0:30:15 Mr Love: Queen’s Choice 0:33:52 GIBIATE 0:39:24 Digimon Adventure: 0:41:38 Diary of our Days at Breakwater It’s…...

Vrai takes a look back at the 1984 shojo classic Glass Mask with special guests Megan and Marion! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:10 What is time? 0:03:43 Sports acting anime 0:05:55 Poverty and method acting 0:12:51 Stage moms 0:15:06 Scene stealers 0:20:26 Yuri subtext 0:22:17 The duality of mans 0:27:35 The Crimson Goddess and the nature of theater 0:33:54 Real moms 0:36:18 Theater life 0:40:28 Sound and e...

Vrai takes a look back at the 1984 shojo classic Glass Mask with special guests Megan and Marion! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:15 Background 0:11:01 Maya the shojo everygirl 0:12:52 Tsukikage the shojo Piccolo 0:15:11 The two schools of acting 0:18:04 Hayami and daddy long legs 0:22:30 Yuu 0:23:56 Ayumi 0:26:54 Mother figures 0:30:22 Two plays 0:35:46 Abstraction 0:39:19 Outro Vrai: twitter.com/WriterVrai...