Chatty AF: The Anime Feminist Podcast

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 readings

0:53:44 Final thoughts

00:55:42 Outro

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Recorded Tuesday 16th July 2024

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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 Nokotan

0:31:14 Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start with Magical Tools

0:33:16 Suicide Squad Isekai

0:33:54 Senpai is an Otokonoko

0:39:59 Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!

0:44:56 ATRI - My Dear Moments -

0:49:53 Narenare - Cheer for you! -

0:54:34 MAYONAKA PUNCH

0:58:07 DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION

1:06:24 Delico’s Nursery and True Beauty

1:08:29 Outro

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Recorded Saturday 17th August 2024

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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

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Recorded Sunday 30th June 2024

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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 Delicious in Dungeon

1:06:17 Laid-Back Camp

1:07:48 Sound! Euphonium

1:08:31 Outros

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Recorded Sunday 30th June 2024

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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

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Recorded Sunday 23rd June 2024

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

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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

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Recorded Friday 17th May 2024

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

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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

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Recorded Friday 24th May 2024

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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

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Recorded Thursday 4th April 2024

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

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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

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Recorded Saturday 47th April 2024

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

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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

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Recorded Sunday 17th March 2024

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

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