Chatty AF 207: 2024 Spring Mid-Season Check-In (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
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.
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Chatty AF 206: Bakemonogatari Watchalong – Episodes 9-15 (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
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.
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Chatty AF 205: 2024 Winter Season Wrap-Up (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
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.
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Chatty AF 204: Bakemonogatari Watchalong – Episodes 1-8 (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Toni leads Vrai and Peter on a watchalong through the first eight episodes of the late ‘00s collaboration between NIsioisin and Studio SHAFT that was as infamous as it was influential, Bakemongatari!
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Chatty AF 203: Revolutionary Girl Utena Watchalong – Episodes 21-27 (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Vrai, Cy, and Chiaki return to cover the conclusion of the Black Rose arc, the beginning The End of the World, and Akio being both the worst and relentlessly sexy on convertibles.
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Chatty AF 202: Revolutionary Girl Utena Watchalong – Episodes 13-20 (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Cy, and Chiaki, and Vrai return and dive into the Black Rose Saga, the importance of the secondary cast, and Anthy’s deepening characterization.
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Chatty AF 201: 2024 Winter Mid-Season Check-In (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Vrai, Alex, and Peter check-in on the 2024 Winter season, where quite a few titles with a lot of potential have a lot riding on their second halves!
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Chatty AF 200: Revolutionary Girl Utena Watchalong – Episodes 1-12 (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
We’re celebrating 200 episodes! And what better way than for mega Utena fan Vrai to talk Cy and Chiaki through their very first viewing of the series?
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Chatty AF 199: 2023 Fall Wrap-Up (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Caitlin, Toni, and Peter wrap-up another Fall season with a few hidden gems, a few series that failed to stick the landing, and a bunch of sequels!
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Chatty AF 198: The Boy and the Heron Retrospective (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Vrai, Cy, and Toni discuss Miyazaki Hayao’s latest (last?) movie, its callbacks to his career and themes, and Robert Pattinson.
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Chatty AF 197: Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Retrospective (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Alex, Caitlin, and Toni talk the new Scott Pilgrim Takes Off anime, how it stacks up for newcomers, and how it gels as a new take on the almost 20-year-old comic.
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Chatty AF 196: 2023 Fall Mid-Season Check-In (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Toni, Caitlin, and Peter try and fail to check-in on the biggest anime season ever in a reasonable amount of time.
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Chatty AF 195: Vinland Saga Retrospective – Part 2 (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Toni, Caitlin, and special guest Annie Phan return to discuss VINLAND SAGA’s critiques of slavery, the portrayal of violence, and also some hot boys.
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Chatty AF 194: Vinland Saga Retrospective – Part 1 (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Toni, Caitlin, and special guest Annie discuss the themes of nonviolence, abolition, and the search for meaning in the first of our two-part retrospective on VINLAND SAGA!
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Chatty AF 189: 2023 Summer Wrap-Up (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Alex, Toni, and Peter wrap-up the small and disappointing Summer season by talking about its handful of bright stars.
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Chatty AF 192: Anime and Abolition – Part 2 (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Tony, MoBlack, and Danny return, using the theories of Sadiya Hartman and Joy James to discuss Fujiko Mine, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean, Deca-Dence and Michiko & Hatchin!
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Chatty AF 191: Anime and Abolition – Part 1 (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Toni and special guests MoBlack and Danny discuss the history of state violence and abolition, then tackle some major titles that touch on prisons, justice, and police violence.
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Chatty AF 190: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Part 2 Retrospective (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Vrai, Megan, and Maddie return to cap off our retrospective on the tragically short but triumphant run of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury!
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Chatty AF 189: 2023 Summer Mid-Season Check-In (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Alex, Toni, and Peter check-in on a light and breezy Summer season!
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Chatty AF 188: 2023 Spring Wrap-Up (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Vrai, Alex, and Peter (with a guest appearance by Toni) try to cover the wealth of excellent titles in the 2023 Spring season!
