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[Links] 19-25 December 2018: Aggretsuko Christmas Special, “Hostage Justice,” and the SSSS.GRIDMAN Finale
This week: Aggretsuko’s newly released Christmas special, the practice of holding arrested suspects without presumption of innocence, and thoughts on Akane in light of Gridman‘s finale.
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[Links] 12-18 December 2018: Cowboy Bebop Casting, New Twelve Kingdoms Novel, and Catholic Schoolgirls in Yuri
This week: the casting call for the live-action Cowboy Bebop, a new Twelve Kingdoms novel, and catholic schoolgirls in yuri stories.
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[Links] 5-11 December 2018: Saint Seiya on Netflix, Trans Misrepresentation in Double Decker, and More Discrimination Against Medical Students
This week: Saint Seiya on Netflix cisswaps its gentlest, pinkest male character and calls it progress; Double Decker crashes and burns, and more instances of discrimination against female medical students come to light.
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[Links] 28 November – 4 December 2018: the First Male PreCure, Casting for POCCON, and the Importance of Lily Hoshikawa
This week: the first male PreCure, casting for the short film POCCON, and the importance of Lily Hoshikawa as a trans character.
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[Links] 21-27 November 2018: The Toxic History of the “Rising Sun” Flag, BL Artists Arrested in China, and the “Closeted Homophobe” Trope
This week: the toxic history of the “rising sun” flag, BL artists arrested in China, and the “closeted homophobe trope.
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[Links] 14-20 November 2018: Fanservice in SSSS.Gridman, Overworked Animators, and “Anime Made Me Trans”
This week: how fanservice undermines the female characters’ story beats in SSSS.Gridman, overworked animators sending an alleged cry for help in the credits, and taking down the harmful claim by quack doctor Blanchard that anime “makes” people trans.
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[Links] 7-13 November 2018: Survivor’s Guilt in Orange, the Legacy of Cardcaptor Sakura, and Japan’s First Uterus Transplant
This week: survivor’s guilt in Orange, what makes Cardcaptor Sakura an enduring series, and the first uterus transplant to be performed in Japan.
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[Links] 31 October – 6 November 2018: Suffragist Komako Kimura, Class-S in the 1920s, and NEOKawaii
This week: suffragist Komako Kimura, the author who codified Class-S in the 1920s, and the NEOKawaii movement.
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[Links] 24-30 October 2018: Allyship in Fandom, Amuro Namie Tribute, and Women Suing Tokyo Medical University
This week: a workshop on being a good ally in fandom, a tribute to J-Pop artist Amuro Namie, and female applicants suing Tokyo Medical University over the school’s exclusionary practices.
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[Links] 17-23 October 2018: Female Japanese Novelists in English, Sadoko and Nada, and Sexual Harassment in Hisone & Masotan
This week: female Japanese novelists whose work you can read in English, the cross-cultural manga Satoko and Nada, and the issue of sexual harassment in Hisone & Masotan.
