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Chatty AF: The Anime Feminist Podcast

Anime Feminist

Exploring Japanese pop culture through a feminist lens.

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00:10:57

[PREVIEW] Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the...

Chatty AF: The Anime Feminist Podcast ·

2024/10/01

Take a peek into what's happening over on our bonus feed!Last year on Patreon, Toni talked about their feelings on Made in Abyss season 2 and how it explores abuse survivor narratives. But there's a lot more to dig into. So Vrai and Lizzie did their homework, and now we've got a full season retrospective for your listening/reading pleasure. Wanna hear the rest, or read the transcript? Just head over to https://www.patreon.com/animefeminist

01:22:34

Chatty AF 214: Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction...

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2024/09/30

Vrai, Peter, and Toni look back the anime adaptation of Inio Asano’s sapphic apocalypse, Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction! 0:00:00 Intro 0:01:28 Also there’s a manga 0:03:11 Spoiler warning 0:04:09 Content warning 0:04:29 Content vs tone 0:07:41 Anime vs manga 0:10:12 Oba and the aliens 0:17:34 Facism, colonialism, the military industrial complex, and corporate complicity 0:22:14 Activism and futility 0:28:13 Kenichi and Hiroshi 0:30:29 Collective vs individual action 0:35:21 Kenichi by way of

00:56:45

Chatty AF 213: Revolutionary Girl Utena Watchalong -...

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2024/09/02

Vrai, Chiaki, and Cy return to wrap up the Revolutionary Girl Utena TV series. Revelations are had. Tears are shed. Only the movie remains.0:00:00 Intro 0:02:47 Reactions 0:03:58 Utena’s place in queer media 0:0838 Juri’s line: “Pure” vs “genuine” 0:14:43 Anthy’s storyline / rewatchability 0:16:44 Portrayal of race / WOC as the universal scapegoat 0:25:04 The stabbing 0:33:56 Akio 0:39:23 Anthy’s transformation / Utena’s realization 0:45:30 Movie expectations 0:49:31 Final thoughts? 0:52:26 Trans

01:10:15

Chatty AF 212: 2024 Summer Mid-Season Check-In

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2024/08/19

Vrai, Caitlin, and Peter convene to discuss the current state of the 2024 Summer anime season!0:00:00 Intro 0:02:20 VTuber Legend 0:05:25 Pseudo-Harem 0:08:01 The Elusive Samurai 0:14:34 Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian 0:17:44 Wistoria: Wand and Sword 0:19:29 The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord’s Army Was a Human 0:20:04 SHOSHIMIN: How to become Ordinary 0:22:12 Ramen Akaneko 0:26:27 Quality Assurance in Another World 0:28:44 The Ossan Newbie Adventurer 0:30:23 My Deer Friend

01:06:07

Chatty AF 211: Revolutionary Girl Utena Watchalong -...

Chatty AF: The Anime Feminist Podcast ·

2024/08/05

Things are heating up, both narratively and literally, as Vrai, Cy, and Chiaki return to peak trauma with Part 4 of our Revolutionary Girl Utena watchalong!0:00:00 Intros 0:01:51 State of the retrospective 0:03:58 Initial impressions 0:05:05 Juri 0:13:25 Akio 0:15:30 What is Touga doing? 0:20:41 Nanami 0:25:36 Episode 33 0:37:43 Anthy and Akio 0:44:17 Prejudice, exoticism, and Anthy 0:55:18 Utena’s memory 1:04:24 Outros Vrai: bsky.app/profile/writervrai.bsky.social Cy:

01:09:52

Chatty AF 210: 2024 Spring Season Wrap-Up

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2024/07/08

Alex, Toni, and Peter return to wrap-up the 2024 Spring anime season!0:00:00 Intros 0:01:50 Mysterious DIsappearances 0:06:09 Train to the End of the World 0:09:54 Tonari no Yokai-san 0:10:28 Go Go! Loser Ranger 0:10:56 Kaiju No. 8 0:13:47 WIND BREAKER 0:18:28 Tadaima Okaeri 0:24:00 Spice and Wolf 0:25:39 Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night 0:36:11 YATAGARASU 0:39:35 Whisper Me a Love Song 0:43:00 A Condition Called Love 0:50:04 Black Butler 0:52:46 DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION 0:58:19

01:09:55

Chatty AF 209: Manga Variety Hour: History is Written...

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2024/06/25

Dee, Peter, and Vrai join together to share some of their favorite historical manga!0:00:00 Intros 0:02:15 Fast Pitch: Goodbye, My Rose Garden - Dee 0:04:02 Two to Mango (Side A): House of Five Leaves - Dee, Vrai 0:13:30 Love It Or Loan It: Golden Kamuy - Peter 0:23:46 Antique Roadshow: The Rose of Versailles - Dee 0:30:53 Team Huddle: Innocent - Peter, Vrai, Dee 0:39:20 Bless This Mess: Requiem of the Rose King - Vrai 0:52:18 Two to Mango (Side B): A Bride’s Story - Dee, Peter 1:03:11 Hit Me With

01:05:10

Chatty AF 208: Monogatari Watchalong Part 3 -...

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2024/06/10

Toni, Vrai, and Peter return to their Monogatari watchalong with the ultra-violent 3-part movie trilogy Kizumonogatari!0:00:00 Intros 0:01:25 Watch order 0:02:25 Suffering and gore 0:06:20 Visual style 0:12:35 Impressions 0:15:44 Hanekawa 0:22:35 Araragi’s savior complex 0:28:14 THAT scene 0:36:44 Sexualizing Hanekawa and Shinobu 0:41:33 Ending 0:44:44 Self-sacrifice vs self-destructiveness 0:47:41 Bodily autonomy 0:51:37 Scars/bonds 0:53:17 Edgelord deconstruction 0:55:52 Vampire

01:09:45

Chatty AF 207: 2024 Spring Mid-Season Check-In

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2024/05/27

Alex, Toni, and Peter check in on a number of eyebrow-raising romances and some science fiction series with big but as-of-yet unrealized potential in the Spring 2024 season!0:00:00 Intros 0:02:05 DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Red Flags 0:08:31 Mysterious Disappearances Neutral Zone 0:11:36 Train to the End of the World 0:16:54 Tonari no Yokai-san 0:18:14 Kaiju No. 8 It’s Complicated 0:26:26 Tadaima, Okaeri 0:36:19 Spice and Wolf: MERCHANT MEETS THE WISE WOLF 0:40:34 Jellyfish Can’t Swim in

01:13:12

Chatty AF 206: Bakemonogatari Watchalong - Episodes 9-15

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2024/05/13

Toni, Vrai, and Peter return for Nadeko Snake and Tsubasa Cat, talk about examination versus exploitation, and anguish over the now-unfinished streaming status of the series.0:00:00 Intros 0:01:39 Lost media 0:02:59 Ranking OPs 0:08:53 Sexual assault imagery 0:11:18 Tsubasa cat 0:21:08 Apparitions and metaphors 0:27:05 Hanekawa’s victimization 0:30:58 Nadeko Snake 0:35:54 Dramatic reading 0:44:46 Araragi and Senjogahara’s date 0:53:18 The Oshino question 0:57:02 Pacing, temporarily, and

01:14:11

Chatty AF 205: 2024 Winter Season Wrap-Up

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2024/04/29

Vrai, Peter, and Alex take a much delayed look back on the 2024 Winter anime season where some of our bottom titles managed to pull out some good content before the end and top titles that took an absolute nosedive in the second half.0:00:00 Intros Red Flags 0:02:11 The Witch and the Beast Yellow Flags 0:06:49 BUCCHIGIRI?! Neutral Zone 0:12:52 Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss But I'm Not the Demon Lord 0:15:11 ‘Tis Time for Torture, Princess 0:16:36 7th Time Loop: The Villainess

01:07:20

Chatty AF 204: Bakemonogatari Watchalong - Episodes 1-8

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2024/04/08

Toni leads Vrai and Peter on a watchalong through the first 8 episodes of the late ‘00s collaboration between NIsioisin and Studio SHAFT that was as infamous as it was influential, Bakemongatari!0:00:00 Intros 0:00:54 Toni’s justification for doing this 0:02:53 Bakemonogatari in the anime zeitgeist 0:10:34 Copycats 0:14:22 Visual style 0:22:53 Hanekawa 0:25:00 The male gaze and Ararai’s ahoge 0:28:58 Senjougahara’s sexuality 0:35:52 Portrayal of sexual abuse 0:38:22 Mayoi Snail (briefly) 0:41:07

01:00:52

Chatty AF 203: Revolutionary Girl Utena Watchalong -...

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2024/03/18

Vrai, Cy, and Chiaki return to cover the conclusion of the Black Rose arc, the beginning The End of the World, and Akio being both the worst and relentlessly sexy on convertibles.0:00:00 Intros 0:01:03 Content warnings 0:02:08 Feelings 0:05:59 Keiko 0:09:46 Mikage 0:22:45 End of the World 0:29:02 Akio 0:32:36 Cycles of abuse 0:35:49 Kozue and Daddy Longlegs 0:41:30 Anthy and Utena 0:45:17 Nanami 0:49:10 Toga 0:56:34 Ohtori’s OSHA compliance 0:59:12 Outro Vrai:

00:58:49

Chatty AF 202: Revolutionary Girl Utena Watchalong -...

Chatty AF: The Anime Feminist Podcast ·

2024/03/05

Cy, and Chiaki, and Vrai return and dive into the Black Rose Saga, the importance of the secondary cast, and Anthy's deepening characterization. 0:00:00 Intros 0:02:34 Content Warnings 0:03:09 Note on translation 0:05:05 Catching Up 0:07:00 The economic bubble 0:08:37 Filler 0:11:52 Nanami episode 0:14:22 Anthy 0:24:15 Symbolism 0:26:52 Adult content 0:29:12 Shiori 0:38:53 Wakaba 0:41:00 Saionji 0:46:30 The Onion Prince 0:53:25 The death tower? 0:55:36 Next time… 0:57:34 Outro Vrai:

01:11:22

Chatty AF 201: 2024 Mid-Season Check-In

Chatty AF: The Anime Feminist Podcast ·

2024/02/19

Vrai, Alex, and Peter check-in on the 2024 Winter season where quite a few titles with a lot of potential have a lot riding on their second halves!0:00:00 Intros Red Flags 0:01:30 The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil 0:02:09 The Witch and the Beast Yellow Flags 0:02:29 BUCCHIGIRI?! Neutral Zone 0:11:47 The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic 0:14:25 Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord 0:18:03 Tis’ Time for Torture, Princess 0:18:44 7th Time Loop: The Villainess

00:58:16

Chatty AF 200: Revolutionary Girl Utena Watchalong -...

Chatty AF: The Anime Feminist Podcast ·

2024/02/05

We're celebrating 200 episodes! And what better way than for mega Utena fan Vrai to talk Cy and Chiaki through their very first viewing of the series? 0:00:00 Intros 0:04:02 Past experience 0:10:08 Utena in modern culture 0:12:26 Series info 0:17:55 Favorite character 0:19:20 Sub vs Dub 0:25:18 Abuse of Anthy 0:32:30 Saionji 0:35:31 Incest 0:41:53 Learning how to watch Utena 0:46:44 Experience with Ikuhara 0:50:32 Utena’s gender and sexuality 0:56:47 Outro Vrai:

01:15:56

Chatty AF 199: 2024 Fall Wrap-Up

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2024/01/22

Caitlin, Toni, and Peter wrap-up another Fall season with a few hidden gems, a few series that failed to stick the landing, and a bunch of sequels! 0:00:00 Intros Pit of Shame 0:01:37 A Girl and Her Guard Dog Yellow Flags 0:03:06 Protocol: Rain 0:06:03 KamiErabi GOD.app 0:07:34 The 100 Girlfriends Who Really Really Really Really REALLY Love You Neutral Zone 0:14:25 The Yuzuki Family’s Four Sons 0:14:51 Tearmoon Empire 0:17:44 Shangri-La Frontier 0:18:57 Paradox Live the Animation 0:22:26

01:05:52

Chatty AF 198: The Boy and The Heron Retrospective

Chatty AF: The Anime Feminist Podcast ·

2024/01/08

Vrai, Cy, and Toni discuss Hayao Miyazaki’s latest (last?) movie, its callbacks to his career and themes, and Robert Pattinson. 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:50 Favorite Ghibli film 0:07:08 Sub or dub 0:12:18 The title 0:15:52 SPOILER WARNING 0:16:57 Summary 0:18:06 It’s an isekai 0:22:33 What is this sekai? 0:27:39 WWII 0:29:22 Takahata 0:30:58 Goro 0:33:20 The birds 0:37:40 The Wind rises 0:43:34 Hime 0:46:59 Natsuko 0:55:43 Mahito 1:04:22 Outro Vrai: bsky.app/profile/writervrai.bsky.social Cy:

01:06:01

Chatty AF 197 - Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Retrospective

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2023/12/11

Alex, Caitlin, and Toni talk the new Scott Pilgrim Takes Off anime and how it matches up as a new take on the decades old comic and movie! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:14 Backgrounds with the franchise 0:05:41 The franchise’s background 0:07:25 The vibes 0:09:39 The plot 0:12:53 The twist 0:16:43 Different Scotts 0:18:11 Comic vs movie 0:21:31 Casting 0:24:08 Manic pixie dream girl narrative 0:27:53 Protagonist Ramona 0:30:00 Exes and disposability politics 0:38:12 Giving the exes nuance 0:41:19 Wallace get

01:22:11

Chatty AF 196: 2023 Fall Mid-Season Check-In

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2023/11/27

Toni, Caitlin, and Peter try and fail to check-in on the biggest anime season ever in a reasonable amount of time. 0:00:00 Intros 0:02:06 A Girl and Her Guard Dog 0:03:26 The Kingdoms of Ruin 0:05:16 Protocol: Rain 0:07:52 100 Girlfriends Who Really Really Really Really REALLY Love You 0:15:08 The Yuzuki Family’s Four Sons 0:17:33 Tearmoon Empire 0:19:22 Shangri-La Frontier 0:20:11 Paradox Live THE ANIMATION 0:25:27 OVERTAKE! 0:27:23 My New Boss is Goofy 0:31:42 Migi&Dali 0:42:20 Frieren: Beyond

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