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.
Episode Information
Date Recorded: December 15th, 2025
Hosts: Vrai, Tony, Destiny
Episode Breakdown
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
Further Reading
Remembering ‘Nana’, the anime that redefined modern punk—and loved Vivienne Westwood
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