Chatty AF: The Anime Feminist Podcast

Dee, Caitlin, and Vrai celebrate the 69th episode of Chatty AF with Yamada’s First Time! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:02 About Yamada’s 0:05:23 First impressions 0:08:30 Ecchi comedy 0:13:48 Thirsty girls 0:17:20 Tropes 0:19:24 Moralizing 0:21:31 Kosoda 0:23:35 Heteronormative middle arc 0:25:49 Consensual relationships 0:28:51 Teen sexuality vs sexualizing teens 0:33:53 Perspective 0:42:35 Highs and lows...

Dee, Caitlin, and Peter check-in on the Summer 2018 season! Summer 2018 Premiere Digest: https://www.animefeminist.com/summer-2018-premiere-digest/ Summer 2018 Three Episode Check-in: https://www.animefeminist.com/review-summer-2018-three-episode-check-in/ 0:00:00 Intros Anime was a Mistake 0:01:10 How Not to Summon a Demon Lord Red Flags 0:04:20 The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einejehar 0:08:...

Part the 4th and final part of our multi-part watchalong of Den-noh Coil with Caitlin, Vrai, and Peter! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:03 Densuke 0:04:10 The ending 0:06:47 The “other side” 0:12:00 Romantic subplots 0:16:24 Fumie and Daichi 0:17:22 Afterlife or digital space? 0:23:15 The villain 0:26:14 Convenient amnesia 0:27:54 Family 0:33:12 Emotionality 0:41:13 Supernatural or not? 0:43:00 Anything you’d...

Part 3 of the 4-part watchalong of Den-noh Coil with Caitlin, Vrai, and Peter! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:05 The plot thickens and the two cour problem 0:04:01 Ghosts in the digital space 0:07:02 Horror 0:08:46 Fumie’s disappearing role 0:10:57 Disconnecting 0:14:12 Between digital space and reality 0:18:35 Digital death 0:20:11 Getting the dead back or letting them go? 0:27:13 The romantic subplot 0:29:...

Part 2 of the super-sized Shoujo manga podcast with Caitlin and special guests Ashley and Lianne! 0:00:00 Intros 0:00:55 Popularity of shoujo in the West 0:10:05 Women in comics 0:15:47 Popular critique of shoujo 0:21:16 Gendered differences in publications and fandom 0:26:29 Breaking down demographics 0:31:29 Western licensing strategies 0:33:46 Generations of shoujo 0:37:40 Getting men to read s...

Part 1 of our super-sized Shoujo manga podcast with Caitlin and special guests Ashley and Lianne! 0:00:00 Intros 0:03:06 Past experience with shoujo 0:10:49 Strengths of the genre 0:18:40 Emotionality 0:29:36 Weaknesses of the genre 0:55:56 Outro Caitlin: twitter.com/alltsun_nodere Ashley: twitter.com/AshMcD100 Lianne: twitter.com/TokyoDemons AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Tw...

Part 2 of the 4-part watchalong of Den-noh Coil with Caitlin, Vrai, and Peter! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:03 General thoughts 0:05:30 Coil detective agency 0:14:23 Summer festival 0:19:58 Battle of the sexes 0:34:28 Kana’s diary 0:41:12 Daichi gets a pet fish 0:42:32 Everyone grows beards 0:50:09 The last plesiosaur 1:03:37 Final thoughts 1:06:04 Outro Caitlin: twitter.com/alltsun_nodere Vrai: twitter.co...

Part 1 of the 4-part watchalong of Den-noh Coil with Caitlin, Vrai, and Peter! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:00 Background 0:02:54 First impressions 0:08:20 Exposition 0:10:50 Metabugs 0:13:51 Daichi’s hair pulling 0:17:08 Isako and bullying 0:20:38 Megabaa and tech savy adults 0:25:30 Autonomous vehicles 0:30:21 Treating the virtual as real 0:34:55 Good adults 0:39:34 Localization and popularity 0:45:08 Em...

Our retrospective of TRIGGER’s Little Witch Academia with Dee, Caitlin, and special guests Miranda Sanchez! 0:00:00 Intro 0:02:34 Personal experiences 0:06:03 Background 0:08:11 Differences from the OVA 0:10:04 Genre 0:18:48 Magical classism 0:22:05 Source of magic 0:24:07 Old vs new 0:31:22 Magical traditions 0:35:00 Racial diversity 0:38:43 Andrew 0:44:38 Diana 0:49:26 Ursula & Akko 0:57:04 Fina...

Dee, Lauren, and Peter look back on the Spring 2018 season! Spring 2018 Premiere Digest: www.animefeminist.com/spring-2018-premiere-digest/ Spring 2018 Three-Episode Check-in: www.animefeminist.com/review-spring-2018-three-episode-check-in/ Spring 2018 Mid-Season Check-in: www.animefeminist.com/podcast-chatty-af-54-spring-2018-mid-season-check-in/ 0:00:00 Intro Yellow Flags 0:01:19 Umamusume: Pret...

The 4th and final part of the 4-part watchalong of Ouran High School Host Club with Amelia, Dee, and special guests Alexis Pratt and Isaac Ackers! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:47 General impressions 0:02:56 Kasanoda’s crush on Haruhi 0:12:22 Kyouya and Tamaki 0:20:02 Tamaki and Haruhi 0:29:20 Parents 0:33:47 Eclair 0:36:55 Haruhi as herself 0:42:01 Ouran as a whole 0:47:50 Dee’s reaction 0:50:14 Would you...

Part 3 of the 4-part watchalong of Ouran Host Club with Amelia, Dee, and special guests Alexis Pratt and Isaac Ackers! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:54 General impressions 0:04:40 The bed & breakfast 0:06:27 Ranka & Misuzu 0:10:46 Lobelia girls return 0:18:54 Renge 0:20:29 Kyouya’s episode 0:24:14 The twin’s tension 0:28:55 Tamaki 0:32:34 The noble poor 0:37:12 More Kyouya 0:41:07 Honey and being a real man...

Our retrospective of Aggretsuko with Dee, Caitlin, and Vrai! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:10 About Aggretsuko 0:03:51 General feelings 0:06:13 Rarecho 0:07:11 Kawaii counterculture 0:10:49 Corporate culture 0:16:05 Ton 0:19:37 Washimi and Gori 0:22:21 Female friendships 0:25:29 Dub problems 0:31:16 Haida 0:33:22 Millennial romance 0:37:55 Getting in shape for a man 0:43:07 Resasuke 0:48:22 Money woes 0:50:...

Part 2 of the 4-part watchalong of Ouran Host Club with Amelia, Dee, and special guests Alexis Pratt and Isaac Ackers! 0:00:00 Intros 0:02:00 Beach episode(s) 0:06:42 Honey and Mori 0:08:26 Gender essentialism 0:12:58 Haruhi’s father 0:16:00 Translation 0:19:40 People and their boxes 0:24:59 Tamaki’s paternalistic romance 0:29:18 Lobelia, witches, and femnazis 0:36:10 Mori’s confessions 0:39:01 Ne...

Part 1 of the 4-part watchalong of Ouran High School Host Club with Amelia, Dee, and special guests Alexis Pratt and Isaac Ackers! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:04 Why Ouran? 0:03:14 About Ouran 0:05:50 History of the genre 0:08:06 Past experience with Ouran 0:13:03 Warmth 0:14:16 Host clubs 0:16:07 Cultural appropriation 0:17:58 Reverse harem artifice 0:21:52 Consensual fantasy 0:24:05 The twins 0:26:06 Di...

Amelia, Dee, and Peter check-in on the Spring 2018 season. Spring 2018 Premiere Digest: www.animefeminist.com/spring-2018-premiere-digest/ Spring 2018 Three-Episode Check-in: www.animefeminist.com/review-spring-2018-three-episode-check-in/ 0:00:00 Intro Anime was a Mistake 0:01:45 Doreiku Pit of shame 0:02:02 Magical Girl Site Red flags 0:02:11 Comic Girls 0:08:27 Cutie Honey Universe 0:08:27 Devi...

The 4th and final part of the 4-part watchalong of Michiko & Hatchin with Amelia, Vrai, and special guests Lizzie Visitante and Jacqueline-Elizabeth Cottrell! 0:00:00 Intro 0:01:33 Final impressions 0:05:34 Inspirations 0:14:00 The Yamamoto twist 0:21:00 Female relationships 0:26:04 Satoshi 0:32:05 Atsuko 0:38:22 Police brutality 0:54:23 Optimism 0:58:45 How do you pitch M&H? 1:04:11 Lizzie’s list...

Part 3 of the 4-part watchalong of Michiko & Hatchin with Amelia, Vrai, and special guests Lizzie Visitante and Jacqueline-Elizabeth Cottrell! 0:00:00 Intro 0:01:38 Takashi Ujita 0:04:35 Nonconsensual kiss 0:09:46 Michiko’s paranoia 0:14:44 Metatext 0:18:37 Atsuko again 0:30:49 The way men view women 0:41:21 Portrayals of men 0:48:10 Portrayals of Chinese characters 0:50:14 Casting and racial repr...

Amelia and special guests Lizzie Visitante, Jacqueline-Elizabeth Cottrell, and Minami discuss their experiences with, and provide advice for, learning Japanese as women of color! 0:00:00 Intro 0:01:29 Learning Japanese as a WOC 0:11:50 Being a WOC in Japan 0:26:01 Language meetups and East Asian feticization 0:31:14 Dating outside your race 0:39:23 Perceptions of black women in Japan 0:43:06 White...

Part 2 of the 4-part watchalong of Michiko & Hatchin with Amelia, Vrai, and special guests Lizzie Visitante and Jacqueline-Elizabeth Cottrell! 0:00:00 Introductions 0:00:40 Clarifications of using racial labels. 0:03:51 Samurai Champloo 0:08:16 Black sexuality 0:13:59 The Nice Guy 0:16:40 Violence toward children 0:23:37 Satoshi 0:27:14 Desirability of whiteness 0:31:31 Beauty as virtue 0:32:21 Se...

Part 1 of the 4-part watchalong of Michiko & Hatchin with Amelia, Vrai, and special guests Lizzie Visitante and Jacqueline-Elizabeth Cottrell! 0:00:00 Introductions 0:03:19 Production history 0:05:25 Vocal blackface 0:07:20 The sub 0:11:00 First experience 0:15:41 Religion as a tool of violence 0:19:39 Representations of age, race, and sexuality 0:22:10 Colorism, racism, and Mejorando la Raza 0:27...

Amelia, Dee, and Peter look back on the Winter 2018 season. Winter 2018 Premiere Digest: www.animefeminist.com/winter-2018-premiere-digest/ Winter 2018 Mid-season Check-in: www.animefeminist.com/podcast-chatty-af-42-winter-2018-mid-season-check/ 0:00:00 Intros Red Flags 0:01:31 After the Rain Yellow Flags 0:04:07 DARLING in the FRANXX 0:08:10 Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles Harmless Fun 0:10:21 Ha...

Part 4 and final part of the 4-part watchalong of Kill la Kill with Amelia, Vrai, and special guest Miranda Sanchez! 00:00 Intros 01:55 Final quarter impressions 03:31 Equal oppornudity 10:00 The good stuff 11:25 RyuMako is real 18:46 Satsuki’s arc 20:51 Ragyo 23:00 The Mako turnaround 23:44 Ryuko’s heritage 27:20 Central theme and execution 35:04 Trigger’s reputation 38:03 A remake? 43:52 Overall...

Part 3 of the 4-part watchalong of Kill la Kill with Amelia, Vrai, and special guest Miranda Sanchez! 00:00 Intros 02:50 The Ragyo scene 07:24 Kansai arc 09:23 Kill la Kill vs Gurren Lagann 10:37 Satsuki's background and story structure 13:18 Fanservice 17:55 Nostalgia and fandom 23:49 Intersectionality 29:33 Clothes maketh man 34:04 Reveals 38:43 Mako continues to be wonderful 41:04 Next 6 episod...

Vrai, Caitlin, and Dee discuss Sayo Yamamoto and Mari Okada’s Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine! 0:00:00 Intros 0:02:47 A history with Lupin III 0:11:23 Experiences with Lupin III 0:14:36 Content warnings 0:15:55 Sayo Yamamoto 0:18:51 Mari Okada 0:20:25 Visuals, framing, and fanservice 0:25:32 Portrayals of Fujiko as plot 0:27:44 Hayao Miyazaki’s take on Lupin and Fujiko 0:31:15 Legacy...