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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Alex, Vrai, and Toni go elbow deep exploring the queer themes and rural horror of The Summer Hikaru Died.

0:00:00 Intro

0:01:01 Summary

0:02:29 Personal experiences

0:08:11 Making anime scary

0:11:27 The Netflix of it all

0:15:35 BL as a genre piece

0:20:20 The gay ‘90s

0:24:03 A horror genre piece

0:27:40 Showing vs telling queer rep

0:34:06 Cronenberg

0:42:53 “Supporting” cast

0:44:58 Penguindrum and Venom

0:51:27 Asako

0:55:29 Rie and queer acceptance

1:05:42 Hikaru’s entity

1:10:57 Final thoughts

1:13:47 Outro

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Recorded Tuesday 21st October 2025

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Vrai, Dee, and Peter return to wrap-up a summer season full of excellent smaller titles, sequels, and contender for Anime of the Year!

0:00:00 Intro

Red Flags

0:02:22 Clevatess

Yellow Flags

0:04:40 Ruri Rocks

Neutral Zonne

0:07:49 Dealing with Mikadono Sisters is a Breeze

0:12:28 Turkey!

0:19:21 Secrets of the Silent Witch

0:23:57 Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show

It’s Complicated…

0:30:35 There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless...

0:36:13 Gachiakuta

0:42:59 CITY the Animation

0:47:17 Betrothed to my Sister’s Ex

Feminist Potential

0:52:45 The Summer Hikaru Died

Sequels

1:00:52 Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun

1:04:50 DAN DA DAN

1:13:33 Anne Shirley

1:19:58 Call of the Night

1:22:37 My Dress-Up Darling

1:29:04 To Be Hero X

1:30:21 Outro

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Recorded Monday 29th September 2025

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Vrai, Dee, and Peter have quite a bit to say about the 2025 Summer season along with notes from Cy, Toni, and Alex!

0:00:00 Intro

Red Flags

0:02:24 Clevatess

Yellow Flags

0:07:49 Ruri Rocks

Neutral Zone

0:13:34 Turkey! Time to Strike

0:21:35 Secrets of the Silent Witch

0:27:21 Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show

0:32:34 Bad Girl

0:35:19 Let’s Go Karaoke!

It’s Complicated

0:43:54 There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless...

0:50:58 Takopi’s Original Sin

0:55:09 Gachiakuta

1:01:14 CITY the Animation

1:05:10 Betrothed to My Sister’s Ex

Feminist Potential

1:07:35 The Summer Hikaru Died

1:11:44 See You Tomorrow at the Food Court

Dark Horse

1:15:40 Dealing with Mikadono Sisters is a Breeze!

1:21:15 Outro

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Recorded Tuesday 19th August 2025

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