Are you caught up on Jujutsu Kaisen? If you’ve seen up to episode 12, listen to June and Heather do a character deep dive and discuss themes surrounding bullying, isolation and support systems!

June - @pockethealer.therapy

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This week is a special episode! Mental Health and Anime was able to premiere this episode on a panel at Virtual Crunchyroll Expo. With cosplayer and influencer Courtney, June and Heather dove into the topic of cosplay and spoke with Courtney about her journey with cosplay and mental health!

Courtney - @pikaswoosh

June - @pockethealer.therapy

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Heather and June are excited to announce that the next episode of Mental Health and Anime will premiere at Virtual Crunchyroll Expo! Check out the panel on Saturday, August 7th at 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM at the Yuzu Stage. Our topic this week is Mental Health and Cosplay, which includes a special guest as well! 

In this week’s episode, June and Heather chat about A Silent Voice! They deep dive into specific characters and events that lead the narrative surrounding anxiety.

June - @pockethealer.therapy

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In honor of Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, June and Heather were very excited to chat with voice actor, A.J. Beckles, about his journey and the growth of diversity within the voice acting community.

A.J. Beckles - @AJBecklesVO

June - @pockethealer.therapy

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Continuing into Pride Month, Heather and June continue the conversation on queer representation, leading into the idea of queer identity development and how anime can play a role in this kind of self discovery.

We would love to continue this conversation and hear from other listeners about how anime played this kind of role in your life! If you would like to share on this, follow the link to tell us about the characters and shows that had a lasting effect on you: Click here

June - @pockethealer.therapy

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In honor of Pride Month, June and Heather chat with Kiba Walker about Queer Representation in anime and how it plays a role in the community!

Kiba Walker - @justkibawalker

June - @pockethealer.therapy

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In this episode, Heather and June discuss the idea of toxic positivity and how it comes to play in the first episode of To Your Eternity!

For more information: 

Anime for Humanity - https://www.animeforhumanity.org/

June - https://www.instagram.com/pockethealer.therapy

In this episode, Heather and June explore the topic of loss and grieving through Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day and Fruits Basket! 

For more information: 

Anime for Humanity: https://www.animeforhumanity.org/

June: https://www.instagram.com/pockethealer.therapy/

Mental health and anime is a podcast where we dive into conversations highlighting the role mental health plays in the anime and help combat the stigma around mental health awareness. In this episode, we'll be briefly introducing our hosts, Heather and June! Heather is a project coordinator with Anime for Humanity and June is an associate marriage and family therapist. You can check out animeforhumanity.org for more information and you can follow June at @pockethealer.therapy on Instagram!