Chatty AF: The Anime Feminist Podcast

Dee, Caitlin, and Peter wrap-up a stunning spring season in a year of anime that just keeps getting better!

0:00:00 Intro

Neutral Zone

0:01:33 Ramparts of Ice

0:10:57 Daemons of the Shadow Realm

0:15:24 Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms While Drunk

It's Complicated

0:23:57 Needy Girl Overdose

Feminist Potential

0:24:23 Witch Hat Atelier

0:30:52 MARRIAGETOXIN

0:35:27 Kirio Fan Club

0:42:46 A Hundred Scenes of AWAJIMA

0:44:27 Go For It, Nakamura-kun!

0:47:44 Even a Replica Can Fall in Love

0:49:17 Always a Catch!

0:53:05 Akane-Banashi

0:54:28 Agents of Four Seasons

Sequels and Carryover

1:02:32 Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 4

1:04:07 Ascendance of a Bookworm Season 4

1:11:30 Dorohedoro Season 2

1:16:35 Outro

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Recorded Saturday 25th July 2026

Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Dee, Caitlin, and Peter check in on the 2026 Spring season where they actually get to spend most of their time talking about Feminist Potential titles!

0:00:00 Intro

Neutral Zone

0:01:36 MAO

0:10:05 Daemons of the Shadow Realm

0:16:28 Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk

It’s… Complicated

0:22:16 Nippon Sangoku

0:27:53 Needy Girl Overdose

Feminist Potential

0:30:15 Witch Hat Atelier

0:36:41 MARRIAGETOXIN

0:44:08 Kirio Fan Club

0:51:45 A Hundred Scenes of AWAJIMA

1:02:52 Even a Replica Can Fall in Love

1:05:34 Always a Catch!

1:08:35 Akane Banashi

1:11:14 Agents of the Four Seasons

1:16:32 Outro

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Recorded Sunday 17th May 2026

Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Vrai, Dee, and Peter make a much-delayed return to Wrap up the 2026 Winter season which, despite having many dropped titles, more than made up for them with its many successes!

0:00:00 Intro

Neutral Zone

0:02:18 You and I are Polar Opposites

0:07:41 Sentenced to Be a Hero

0:09:05 Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary!

It’s… Complicated

0:10:49 Wash it All Away

0:11:00 ROLL OVER AND DIE

0:11:28 In the Clear Moonlit Dusk and Hana-Kimi

0:11:53 Shiboyugi

0:15:52 The Darwin Incident

Feminist Potential

0:18:31 Tamon’s B-Side

0:23:26 The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-be-Wife

0:29:47 The Holy Grail of Eris

0:32:23 Journal with Witch

0:39:53 Bean Counter

0:49:16 Champignon Witch

Sequels & Carryover

0:53:54 Love Through a Prism

0:55:01 Fate/strange Fake

0:56:04 Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End S2

0:57:35 Hell’s Paradise S2

0:59:31 JUJUTSU KAISEN S3

1:01:46 Kaguya-sama: Stairway to Adulthood

1:02:55 Release that Witch

1:06:23 Medalist S2

1:07:06 GNOSIA

1:09:54 Outro

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Recorded Sunday 26th April 2026

Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Vrai, Dee, and Peter meet to discuss the 2026 Winter season’s absolute cornucopia of shojo, josei, and romance anime!

0:00:00 Intro

0:02:07 You and I are Polar Opposites

0:06:05 Sentenced to Be a Hero

0:08:03 Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary!

0:13:17 Wash it All Away

0:16:21 Shiboyugi

0:20:20 ROLL OVER AND DIE

0:24:05 In the Clear Moonlit Dusk

0:33:56 Hana-Kimi

0:40:44 The Darwin Incident

0:41:24 Tamon’s B-Side

0:48:24 The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-be-Wife

0:55:01 The Holy Grail of Eris

0:58:45 Journal with Witch

1:02:22 Bean Counter

1:07:13 Champignon Witch

1:13:47 Outro

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Recorded Sunday 1st March 2026

Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Tony, Vrai, and Destiny return for Part 2 of their NANA watchalong, covering episodes 8-17, where they discuss Hachi’s sexuality, the vilification of women in rock, and the reality vs the mystique of Nana O!

0:00:00 Intro

0:01:29 The story until now

0:02:18 Jackson Hole is REAL

0:06:41 Hachi’s big city fantasy vs reality

0:18:41 Shoji sucks

0:25:41 Hachi’s sexuality

0:30:45 Hachi’s awakening

0:33:36 The girls are fighting but ALSO reconciling

0:35:37 Hachi is hated???

0:38:11 Junko is hated

0:48:55 Anime vs manga framing

0:50:49 Nana O’s mystique

0:58:46 Woman in rock being vilified

1:02:11 The music

1:06:03 Nice things

1:12:18 Yasu rocks

1:17:02 Outro

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Recorded Thursday 22nd January 2026

Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Tony, Caitlin, and ANN’s Sylvia get together to talk about Paru Itagaki’s madcap dystopic LGBT romance battle shonen featuring a sexy Santa Claus, Sanda!

0:00:00 Intro

0:01:53 Paru Itagaki

0:07:07 Whomst is Santa

0:10:21 Wish fulfillment

0:14:35 Black Santa

0:18:50 The “Trauma-free Curriculum”

0:31:08 Oshibu

0:34:55 Puberty and body horror

0:37:59 Furuyama’s Body

0:42:04 All the metaphors

0:45:41 Enforced heteronormativity

0:48:44 Bury your gays?

0:56:59 Bury your gays

1:02:39 Itagaki’s unpredictability

1:04:33 Hopes for season 2

1:08:49 Closing thoughts

1:09:24 Outro

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Recorded Thursday 29th January 2026

Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Dee, Caitlin, and Peter wrap-up the year 2025 with a recap of the 2025 Fall Season’s solid line-up!

0:00:00 Intro

Neutral Zone

0:01:47 A Wild Last Boss Appeared!

0:05:08 Yano-kun’s Ordinary Days

0:06:51 Wandance

0:10:51 Yano-kun’s Ordinary Days

0:15:51 A Star Brighter than the Sun

0:18:46 My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s

0:20:42 The Fated Magical Princess

It’s Complicated

0:22:24 With You, Our Love Will Make it Through

0:25:29 Sanda

Feminist Potential

0:34:26 This Monster Wants to Eat Me

0:40:07 May I Ask for One Final Thing?

0:49:50 A Mangaka’s Weirdly Wonderful Workplace

0:52:46 GNOSIA

1:00:26 The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess

1:06:22 Ranma 1/2

1:10:09 SPY x FAMILY

1:12:57 Outro

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Recorded Saturday 3rd January 2026

Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Vrai, Tony, and special guest, the Getting Animated podcast’s Destiny-Senpai, begin their multi-part watchalong of the shoujo classic, NANA. Destiny will be our expert as Vrai and Tony experience the story for the very first time, just in time for its 25th anniversary.

0:00:00 Intro

0:03:00 About NANA

0:05:11 Personal histories

0:10:51 Yazawa’s style and other works

0:14:12 Plot summary

0:15:32 Music, fashion, and identity

0:37:18 Love, Sex, and CompHet

0:50:25 The boys

0:57:53 Hachi

1:00:20 NANA glazing

1:02:05 Theorycrafting

1:06:38 Lightning round

1:14:59 Outro

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Recorded Monday 15th December 2025

Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Toni, Vrai, and Peter return for part 5 of their Monogatari watchalong with the Neko Black OVA series and Neko White (AKA the Tsubasa Tiger arc from Monogatari Second Season) to follow Hanekawa’s twin story arcs and a new Araragi-less face (mostly) for Monogatari!

0:00:00 Intro

0:02:42 Watch order

0:03:45 Monogatari without Araragi

0:07:49 White as a redo for Black

0:10:38 Timeline

0:11:58 Hanekawa house reveal

0:14:58 Bisexuals

0:20:40 Adaptation decisions

0:24:08 Hanekawa x Senjogahara

0:26:51 Haircuts

0:28:58 Neko Black’s ending

0:37:58 Hanekawa, buddhism, and the tiger

0:39:35 Hanekawa’s development

0:46:41 Autism coding

0:52:42 Senjogahara’s handshake

0:53:57 Araragi’s mom

0:58:16 Oshino’s senpai

1:01:20 Bad horny

1:03:22 Hanekawa and rules

1:06:22 Mayoi

1:08:29 Monogatari’s structure sans Araragi

1:14:45 Future plans

1:15:45 Outro

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Recorded Tuesday 2nd December 2025

Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Caitlin, Cy, and Peter check-in on a season jam-packed with shojo, LGBTQIA+, and ‘90s revival anime!

0:00:00 Intro

Neutral Zone

0:02:22 A Wild Last Boss Has Appeared!

0:06:47 Yano-kun’s Ordinary Days

0:08:43 WanDance

0:16:04 Touring After the Apocalypse

0:18:14 Tojima Wants to be Kamen Rider

0:23:34 A Star Brighter than the Sun

0:26:40 Pass the Monster Meat, Milady

0:28:22 My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s

It's Complicated

0:31:11 With You, Our Love Will Make it Through

0:38:12 Sanda

0:46:39 Plus-Sized Misadventures in Love

0:52:26 Mechanical Marie

Feminist Potential

0:53:02 This Monster Wants to Eat me

0:56:14 A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace

0:56:34 Gnosia

1:10:40 The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess

1:16:06 May I Ask for One Final Thing?

1:17:39 Outro

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Recorded Sunday 23rd November 2025

Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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