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Part 3 of the multi-part watchalong of Fushigi Yugi with Caitlin, Dee, and Vrai! 00:00 Intro 00:56 Impressions 02:41 Miaka grasping the idiot ball 06:48 Nakago 12:45 Is Yui evil? 15:00 Love triangle 16:40 Tamahome's shades of gray 18:01 Tasuki and Mitsukake 22:01 Sub vs Dub 32:19 Tasuki's a sweet boy 37:06 Hotohori's still the worst 41:55 Miaka and Tamahome 47:23 Fanfiction 57:24 Outro Caitlin: twitter.com/alltsun_nodere Dee: twitter.com/joseinextdoor Vrai: twitter.com/WriterVrai AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist AniFem Facebook: www.facebook.com/animefem/ Recorded Saturday 24th July 2017 Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Amelia, Lauren, and special guest Miranda Sanchez discuss freelance writing in anime industry. 0:00:00 Intro 0:02:31 Getting started 0:08:40 Pitching pitfalls 0:17:42 How to pitch 0:27:19 Early vs intermediate freelancing 0:31:28 Imposter syndrome 0:36:21 Approaching a publication 0:39:23 What publications are looking for 0:46:20 Headlines 0:48:57 Money 0:53:31 Alternative ways to monetize 0:59:42 Final thoughts 1:01:47 Revisions! 1:05:28 It's not about you! 1:07:49 Outro Amelia: twitter.com/actuallyamelia Lauren: twitter.com/laureninspace Miranda: twitter.com/HavokRose AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist AniFem Facebook: www.facebook.com/animefem/ Recorded Saturday 30th September 2017 Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Part 2 of the multi-part watchalong of Fushigi Yuugi with Dee, Vrai, and Caitlin! 0:00:00 Intro 0:02:23 Impressions 0;04:08 Romance 0:09:47 Misunderstandings 0:12:27 Plot devices 0:14:51 Yui 0:19:20 Depiction of sexual assault 0:24:50 Homophobia 0:29:29 Changes in the dub 0:31:27 Scary bisexuals 0:36:15 International politics 0:42:55 Everyone are jerks 0:48:00 Keisuke 0:50:07 More Noriko 0:52:51 Fan interpretations 0:55:38 Trash bandits 0:59:45 Miaka without Tamahome 1:03:23 Outro Dee: twitter.com/joseinextdoor Vrai: twitter.com/WriterVrai Caitlin: twitter.com/alltsun_nodere AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist AniFem Facebook: www.facebook.com/animefem/ Recorded Saturday 10th July 2017 Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Part 1 of the multi-part watchalong of Fushigi Yuugi with Caitlin, Dee, and Vrai! 00:00 Intro 00:41 Background of Fushigi Yuugi 01:42 Experiences with anime and manga 13:34 Miaka as a protagonist 21:25 Yui 24:43 Teenage angst as a theme 27:31 Melodrama 37:37 Noriko 48:31 Shonen influences 52:14 Hotohori and Noriko 58:23 Outro Caitlin: twitter.com/alltsun_nodere Dee: twitter.com/joseinextdoor Vrai: twitter.com/WriterVrai AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist AniFem Facebook: www.facebook.com/animefem/ Recorded Saturday 1st July 2017 Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Dee, Vrai, and Peter look back on the summer 2017 season. Summer 2017 Premiere Rankings: www.animefeminist.com/summer-2017-premiere-rankings/ Summer 2017 Mid-season Check-in: www.animefeminist.com/podcast-chatty-af-7-summer-2017-anime-mid-season-check/ 0:00:00 Intro 0:00:37 Overall impressions 0:03:58 Classroom of the Elite 0:07:11 Welcome to the Ballroom 0:08:47 Convenience Store Boys 0:08:58 Knight's & Magic 0:09:47 Altair: A Record of Battles 0:10:07 Vatican Miracle Examiner 0:13:48 GAMERS! 0:17:23 Battle Girl Highschool 0:17:35 Dive! 0:17:52 Restaurant to Another World 0:18:20 Elegant Yokai Apartment Life 0:21:40 The Reflection 0:30:39 18if 0:37:45 Clean Freak! Aoyama-kun 0:46:15 Action Heroine Cheer Fruits 0:51:10 Made in Abyss 1:10:24 Princess Principal 1:17:49 Saiyuki Reload Blast 1:19:16 Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul 1:21:05 Sakura Quest 1:24:08 My Hero Academia 1:34:45 Outro Dee: twitter.com/joseinextdoor Vrai: twitter.com/writervrai Peter: twitter.com/peterfobian AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/

Amelia, Peter, and Vrai tap into their inner-ennui and share their impressions of Neo Yokio! SPOILERS FOR NEO YOKIO 00:00 Intro 01:43 Impressions 04:19 Cultural appreciation/appropropriation 16:39 Everybody is bad in a bad way 19:58 Episode 4 26:45 Gay representation 31:29 Racial representation 36:19 The wealthy vs the super wealthy 39:36 What is Neo Yokio supposed to be about? 44:38 Jaden plays himself 49:40 Where is Neo Yokio going? 59:15 Outro Amelia: twitter.com/actuallyamelia Peter: twitter.com/PeterFobian Vrai: twitter.com/WriterVrai AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist AniFem Facebook: www.facebook.com/animefem/ Recorded Saturday 23rd September 2017 Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Amelia, Dee, and Vrai drink heavily and provide their before and after impressions of the live action Netflix Death Note movie! SPOILERS FOR ALL VERSIONS OF DEATH NOTE 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:15 Background with Death Note 0:06:11 Hopes for the movie 0:12:55 Break 0:13:45 Vrai's monkey paw 0:16:08 Light as a white protagonist 0:23:36 Sex, death, and cinematic influences 0:29:57 "Light is right" or "Light is white" 0:35:06 L was the only good thing 0:40:37 What would you have changed? 0:45:25 Light's household 0:46:54 Matsuda 0:49:27 Ryuk 0:52:05 Live action vs animation 0:53:25 Failure to be campy 0:57:50 Failure to send a message 1:12:09 Outro Amelia: twitter.com/neutralfemale Dee: twitter.com/joseinextdoor Vrai: twitter.com/WriterVrai AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist AniFem Facebook: www.facebook.com/animefem/ Recorded Saturday 16th September 2017 Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Att

Amelia, Caitlin, and Peter discuss their experiences at Otakon, AnimeFest, and Crunchyroll Expo including convention culture, events, panels, and special guests! 0:00:00 Intros 0:02:00 Past experiences with conventions 0;10:00 Con evolution 0:13:26 How has being a feminist affected con going 0:19:00 Feminist progamming at conventions 0:28:10 Conventions as a safe(r) space 0:31:16 Importance of American audience to anime production 0:35:16 Diversity in audiences 0:38:17 Diversity in cosplay 0:40:56 Networking 0:50:57 Feminism in the industry 0:53:50 Running panels 1:03:49 Guests 1:11:22 Future convention plans 1:16:11 Outro Amelia: twitter.com/neutralfemale Caitlin: twitter.com/alltsun_nodere Peter: twitter.com/peterfobian AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist AniFem Facebook: www.facebook.com/animefem/ Recorded Saturday 3rd September 2017 Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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 trans themes vs nontrans characters 0:27:06 Differences between anime and manga 0:34:35 Western vs Japanese reactions to the series 0:37:48 Differences in trans representation between America and Japan 0:42:10 Use of pronouns in the manga 0:43:24 Nitori vs Mako 0:50:26 Saorin love 0:55:37 Director's intention 0:59:16 Representation in anime 1:02:00 Shimanami Twilight and trans politics in Japan 1:08:25 Outro Vrai: twitter.com/WriterVrai Jacob: twitter.com/ANNJakeH Cayla: twitter.com/ceicocat Rachel "Matt": twitter.c

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 Berserk and anime vs manga 1:10:45 BEGIN MAJOR SPOILERS 1:34:22 END MAJOR SPOILERS 1:36:27 Outro Amelia: twitter.com/neutralfemale Peter: twitter.com/peterfobian Kara: twitter.com/rubycosmos AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist AniFem Facebook: www.facebook.com/animefem/ AniFem Tumblr: animefeminist.tumblr.com/ Recorded Sunday 22nd July 2017 Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

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 Miracle Examiners 19:03 #11 Gamers! 24:09 #10 Battle Girl High School (not really though) 24:31 #9 Dive! (apologies) 25:09 #8 Restaurant to Another World 26:39 #7 Elegant Yokai Apartment Life 28:59 #6 The Reflection 33:53 #5 18if 39:28 #4 Clean Freak! Aoyama-kun 43:58 #3 Action Heroine Cheer Fruits (so sorry) 45:24 #2 Made in Abyss 51:46 #1 Princess Principal 59:51 Outro The AniFem Summer 2017 premiere rankings: http://www.animefeminist.com/summer-2017-premiere-rankings/ Dee: twitter.com/joseinextdoor Vrai: twitter.com/wri

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 AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist AniFem Facebook: www.facebook.com/animefem/ AniFem Tumblr: animefeminist.tumblr.com/ Recorded Sunday 15th July 2017 Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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 perspectives and character freedom 0:41:36 Portrayal and restrictions of queer romance 0:48:36 Importance of queer representation and the sexual tightrope 0:54:41 Bu-chan and Nyuu Nyuu 0:59:39 Yayaka 1:02:25 Mimi, femininity, and the faces of motherhood 1:12:23 Cocona's conclusion 1:18:54 Outro Dee: twitter.com/joseinextdoor Vrai: twitter.com/WriterVrai Peter: twitter.com/PeterFobian Natasha: twitter.com/illegenes AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist AniFem Facebook: www.fa

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 Peter: twitter.com/peterfobian Kara: twitter.com/rubycosmos AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist AniFem Facebook: www.facebook.com/animefem/ AniFem Tumblr: animefeminist.tumblr.com/ Recorded Sunday 9th July 2017 Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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: twitter.com/neutralfemale Peter: twitter.com/peterfobian Kara: twitter.com/rubycosmos AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist AniFem Facebook: www.facebook.com/animefem/ AniFem Tumblr: animefeminist.tumblr.com/ Recorded Sunday 25th June 2017 Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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 Family 58:04 Attack on Titan 1:10:01 Berserk 1:11:55 Outro Amelia: twitter.com/neutralfemale Dee: twitter.com/joseinextdoor Peter: twitter.com/peterfobian AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist AniFem Facebook: www.facebook.com/animefem/ AniFem Tumblr: https://animefeminist.tumblr.com/ Recorded Sunday 9th July 2017 Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licens

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: twitter.com/neutralfemale Peter: twitter.com/peterfobian Miles: twitter.com/milesexpress999 AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist AniFem Facebook: www.facebook.com/animefem/ AniFem Tumblr: animefeminist.tumblr.com/ Recorded Saturday 17th June 2017 Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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 1:07:55 Erika's return 1:10:20 Outro Amelia: twitter.com/neutralfemale Peter: twitter.com/peterfobian Miles: twitter.com/milesexpress999 AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist AniFem Facebook: www.facebook.com/animefem/ AniFem Tumblr: animefeminist.tumblr.com/ Recorded Saturday 10th June 2017 Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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 still sucks 41:03 The new candidates 45:15 Next six episodes 52:95 Miles surprises 1:02:23 Outro Amelia: twitter.com/neutralfemale Peter: twitter.com/peterfobian Miles: twitter.com/milesexpress999 AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist AniFem Facebook: www.facebook.com/animefem/ AniFem Tumblr: animefeminist.tumblr.com/ Recorded Saturday 3rd June 2017 Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.

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 43:31 Back to Endou 44:54 Complexity and accuracy of subject matter 50:21 Next six episodes 56:30 Outro Amelia: https://twitter.com/neutralfemale Peter: https://twitter.com/peterfobian Miles: https://twitter.com/milesexpress999 AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist AniFem Facebook: www.facebook.com/animefem/ AniFem Tumblr: https://animefeminist.tumblr.com/ Recorded Sunday 21st May 2017 Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under C