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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 Your Best Sell: My Dear Detective - Dee 1:08:43 Outros Dee: bsky.app/profile/deescribe.bsky.social Peter: bsky.app/profile/peterfobian.bsky.social Vrai: bsky.app/profile/writervrai.bsky.social AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist Recorded Sunday 23rd June 2024 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/

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 mythology 0:59:22 Buddhist themes 1:02:26 Final thoughts 1:03:48 Outro Toni: bsky.app/profile/poetpedagogue.bsky.social Vrai: bsky.app/profile/writervrai.bsky.social Peter: bsky.app/profile/peterfobian.bsky.social AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist Recorded Friday 17th May 2024 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/

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 the Night Feminist Potential 0:50:39 YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master 0:53:02 Whisper Me a Love Song 0:59:06 A Condition Called Love 1:08:43 Outro Alex: bsky.app/profile/arhenderson.bsky.social Toni: bsky.app/profile/poetpedagogue.bsky.social Peter: bsky.app/profile/peterfobian.bsky.social AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist Recorded Friday 24th May 2024 Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative C

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 influence 1:02:55 Official girl ranking 1:11:40 Outro Toni: bsky.app/profile/poetpedagogue.bsky.social Vrai: bsky.app/profile/writervrai.bsky.social Peter: bsky.app/profile/peterfobian.bsky.social AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist Recorded Thursday 4th April 2024 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/

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 Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! 0:17:20 Mr. Villain’s Day Off 0:17:52 Demon Prince of Momochi House 0:22:56 Deliciousness in Dungeon It's Complicated 0:27:00 Solo Leveling 0:29:13 Sengoku Youko 0:31:40 Metallic Rouge Feminist Potential 0:39:29 Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! 0:46:42 Brave Bang Bravern! 0:53:22 A Sign of Affection 0:57:56 The Dangers in My Heart 1:03:23 The Apothecary Diaries 1:08:04 Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End 1:12:41 Outro Vrai: bsky.app/profile/wri

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 Kanbaru 0:51:55 Suruga Monkey 0:56:25 BaruHara 1:00:54 Final thoughts 1:05:49 Outro Toni: bsky.app/profile/poetpedagogue.bsky.social Vrai: bsky.app/profile/writervrai.bsky.social Peter: bsky.app/profile/peterfobian.bsky.social AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist Recorded Sunday 17th March 2024 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/

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: bsky.app/profile/writervrai.bsky.social Cy: bsky.app/profile/pixelatedlenses.bsky.social Chiaki: bsky.app/profile/terrible.moe AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist Recorded Tuesday 12th March 2024 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/

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: bsky.app/profile/writervrai.bsky.social Cy: bsky.app/profile/pixelatedlenses.bsky.social Chiaki: bsky.app/profile/terrible.moe AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist Recorded Sunday 11th February 2024 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/

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 Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! 0:19:47 Mr. Villain’s Day Off 0:20:16 Ishura 0:21:23 Doctor Elise: The Royal Lady with the Lamp 0:22:52 The Demon Prince of Momochi House 0:26:56 Delicious in Dungeon It's Complicated 0:30:51 Solo Leveling 0:35:06 Sengoku Youko 0:36:50 Metallic Rouge 0:41:56 Fluffy Paradise Feminist Potential 0:42:31 Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! 0:51:58 Brave Bang Bravern! 0:56:09 A Sign of Affection 1:10:11 Outro Vrai: bsky.app/profile/writervrai

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: bsky.app/profile/writervrai.bsky.social Cy: bsky.app/profile/pixelatedlenses.bsky.social Chiaki: bsky.app/profile/terrible.moe AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist Recorded Sunday 29th October 2023 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/

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 OVERTAKE! 0:25:55 My New Boss is Goofy 0:28:33 Migi&Dali 0:35:58 Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End 0:39:26 Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange 0:39:42 BULLBUSTER It’s… complicated 0:45:10 Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and the Inexperienced Me 0:47:26 I’m in Love with the Villainess Feminist Potential 0:48:44 SHY 0:54:48 PreCure: Full Bloom 0:55:14 The Apothecary Diaries 1:00:47 16bit Sensation: Another Layer Sequels and Carryovers 1:06:19 Hypnosis Mic Season 2 1:07:13 SPY x FAMILY Season 2 1:08:34 The Ancient Magus’ Br

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: bsky.app/profile/pixelatedlenses.bsky.social Toni: bsky.app/profile/poetpedagogue.bsky.social AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist Recorded Friday 29th December 2023 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/

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 some 0:43:10 Knives Chau 0:47:34 Scott’s midlife crisis 0:49:58 Time travel 0:54:59 Aging with O’Maley 1:04:33 Outro Alex: bsky.app/profile/arhenderson.bsky.social Caitlin: twitter.com/alltsun_nodere Toni: twitter.com/poetpedagogue AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist Recorded Saturday 2nd December 2023 Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.

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 Journey’s End 0:49:10 Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange 0:51:48 BULLBUSTER 0:56:48 Our Dating Story 1:00:36 I’m in Love with the Villainess 1:04:03 SHY 1:10:28 The Apothecary Diaries 1:16:40 16bit Sensation 1:20:39 Outro Toni: twitter.com/poetpedagogue Caitlin: twitter.com/alltsun_nodere Peter: bsky.app/profile/peterfobian.bsky.social AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist Recorded Saturday 18th November 2023 Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incom

Toni, Caitlin, and special guest Annie discuss the themes of nonviolence, abolition, and meaning in part 2 of our 2-part retrospective on VINLAND SAGA! 0:00:00 Intros 0:01:15 Hot boys 0:12:20 Lief 0:23:06 The myth of the good enslaver 0:33:53 Olmar 0:37:50 Arnheid and the experiences of enslaved women 0:44:27 Slavery rooted in hate vs love 0:48:14 Portrayal of violence 0:52:16 Ideas of empire 1:00:16 Thorkel vs Ylva 1:04:51 Outro Toni: twitter.com/poetpedagogue Caitlin: twitter.com/alltsun_nodere Annie: twitter.com/MsPhanLearns AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist Recorded Saturday 23rd September 2023 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/

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 nonviolent resistance 1:03:23 Final thoughts 1:05:28 Outro Toni: twitter.com/poetpedagogue Caitlin: twitter.com/alltsun_nodere Annie: twitter.com/MsPhanLearns AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist Recorded Saturday 23rd September 2023 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/

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 Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior 0:42:34 Gene of AI Feminist Potential 0:44:59 Undead Murder Farce 0:57:22 My Happy Marriage Netflix Jail 1:01:31 Ōoku: The Inner Chambers Sequels & Carryover 1:02:45 The Duke of Death and His Maid 1:03:28 Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts 1:04:10 NieR: Automata 1:09:39 Outro Alex: bsky.app/profile/arhenderson.bsky.social Tony: twitter.com/poetpedagogue Peter: bsky.app/profile/peterfobian.bsky.social AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist Recorded Saturday 14th October 2023 Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by

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 Joy James 1:08:23 Captive Maternals 1:15:00 Michiko & Hatchin 1:30:36 Final Thoughts 1:33:02 Outro Tony: twitter.com/poetpedagogue MoBlack: mastodon.online/@MoBlack Danny: twitter.com/TheMangaScholar AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist Recorded Saturday 5th August 2023 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/

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 Danny: twitter.com/TheMangaScholar AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist Recorded Saturday 5th August 2023 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/

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 0:31:36 Space capitalism 0:32:49 Suletta and her family 0:38:02 Disability elements 0:51:07 Suletta and Miroinne 0:52:55 LGBT representation in media 0:57:26 Gay people are Gundam’s past and future 1:01:48 Outro Vrai: twitter.com/WriterVrai Megan: twitter.com/brainchild129 Maddie: twitter.com/hyakushiki0087 AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist Recorded Friday 4th August 2023 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/