[Links] 25 April – 1 May 2018: Fan Con Postmortem, Romance Games, and Aggretsuko
This week: a Universal Fan Con postmortem, a modern history of romance games, and why Aggretsuko is great.
This week: a Universal Fan Con postmortem, a modern history of romance games, and why Aggretsuko is great.
Amelia and special guests Lizzie Visitante, Jacqueline-Elizabeth Cottrell, and Minami discuss their experiences with, and provide advice for, learning Japanese as women of color!
It’s time to check up on the spring shows and see how they’re doing three(ish) weeks into their run!
Thanks for your patience this weekend while we rolled out the new site design, AniFam!
This week: the Kase-san OVA, the best couples, and Kyoto Sekai University elects the Mali-born Oussouby Sacko as its president.
Part 2 of the 4-part watchalong of Michiko & Hatchin with Amelia, Vrai, and special guests Lizzie Visitante and Jacqueline-Elizabeth Cottrell! We talk about coding of desirability, particularly regarding thinness and whiteness; swoon over Atsuko, and discuss women in competition (or not).
Another season is upon us, which means a new parade of premieres to watch and review! Now that we’ve gone through every available show, it’s time to gather them all together and see how they stack up.
This week: eugenics, workplace discrimination, and the cost of piracy for manga artists.
Part 1 of the 4-part watchalong of Michiko & Hatchin with Amelia, Vrai, and special guests Lizzie Visitante and Jacqueline-Elizabeth Cottrell! They talk about the cultural context of the series, the fraught issue of on-screen portrayal without diverse casting, and whether the show accurately captures the culture of life in Brazil.
This week: Mari Okada’s biography, new anime studios, and feminist recommendations.
Amelia, Dee, and Peter look back on the Winter 2018 season! Highlights include: Ice and camp girl gushing, fantasy war lamentations, and a, er… mixed reception for some high-profile sequels and carryovers.
The cozy winter season has come to a close, so now it’s time to take a look back at the shows the team most enjoyed snuggling up with. Grab your penguins, your mummies, and your Pompompurins and gather ’round the campfire, AniFam!
This week: Lezhin’s abuse of web artists, reading Sephiroth as trans, and a response from Flying Colors Foundation.
Part 4 and final part of the 4-part Kill la Kill watchalong with Amelia, Vrai, and special guest Miranda Sanchez! Amelia reassesses Mako, Vrai plants their flag on The Discourse (you know the one), and the group hashes out what a remake might bring to the table. All our thanks to Miranda for being a wonderful […]