Momentary Lily – Episode 1
There’s a slightly surreal, fever-dreamy quality to this episode that means basically anything could happen and I’d say “sure.”
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Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective – Episodes 1-2
It’s been a minute since we had a well-executed procedural anime, so this one gets points for competence alone.
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Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time – Episode 1
It’s mostly rote and unoffensive isekai stuff, with a couple of potential concerns for the future.
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Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four! – Episode 1
I hope you asked for extra hours this week because this well-executed premiere will have you working overtime with how much you’ll relate to being an office worker in another world.
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Bogus Skill «Fruitmaster» ~About that time I became able to eat unlimited numbers of Skill Fruits (that kill you)~ – Episode 1
Fruits aren’t the only thing that you might find bogus here in a premiere that’s okay but definitely isn’t the best Winter 2025 will have to offer.
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2025 Winter Premiere Reviews
All the winter premiere reviews in one easy-to-find place. We’ll update the chart as new series become available, so be sure to check back in the coming days for more!
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Beheneko: The Elf-Girl’s Cat is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster! – Episode 1
It’s not well made, which leaves only the pivotal question: do you want to watch a girl who’s horny for her cat?
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Press Start to Begin Again: Mental Illness, Adulthood, and Recovery of an MMO Junkie
We might have only one life but the chances we have are limitless. Thankfully, Recovery of an MMO Junkie demonstrates that there’s infinite ways to meander the path of adulthood, no matter what life throws at you.
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Embracing darkness and exploring the female gaze in After God
After God is a wonderful example of how female characters in shounen can go beyond simplistic portrayals of strength and beauty, exploring the darker and more complex aspects of human emotions and identity–without disappearing from the narrative or being made an object.
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Chatty AF 219: Recovery of an MMO Junkie Retrospective (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Caitlin, Cy, and Anime Herald’s Samantha get together to look back at a unique anime featuring adult romance and the consequences of burnout,
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Cannibalism, the abject, and queering the narrative in Delicious in Dungeon
The main cast all cross, blur, or sit outside of social norms in some way, engaging in some taboo or another—heroes on the margins who are uniquely placed to engage with the abject horrors of the dungeon and transform them into something else through their unique, outsider perspectives.
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Visiting the CLAMP Exhibition in Tokyo to celebrate 35 years of the legendary manga collective
CLAMP is a creative group of four women who have produced a range of iconic manga across a variety of demographics, from shoujo to seinen. Their body of work was recently celebrated with a showing at the prestigious National Art Center.
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Chatty AF 218: Post-Election Editor Discussion (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Tony and Cy meet to discuss Anime Feminist’s core values and our plans going forward post-election.
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Shattering the Self: A conversation with Blood on the Tracks creator Shuzo Oshimi
Oshimi’s work has not lost its raw power and interest in toxic relationships. However, 2012’s Inside Mari marked a turning point: many of his later works explore the experiences of queer adolescents trying to escape from heteronormative, transphobic, and often misogynist ideas of how one should live.
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Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko! and the toxic workplace
While toxic workplace culture is originally presented as something that’s keeping the couple apart, ultimately the narrative ends up reinforcing it, asserting that finding happiness in love and expressing your own queer identity are less important than maintaining a conservative, capitalistic status quo.
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A World That Can’t See You: Otherness and disability in Tsukihime
When thinking of “disability representation” a dark urban fantasy and a former eroge like Tsukihime may not be the first thing that comes to mind, but its unfiltered depictions of Shiki’s experience with his curse, and its overall themes of otherness, isolation, and perspective speak profoundly to the marginalized experience.
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Hagio Moto’s Marginal and BL manga as feminist fabulation
With regards to her own work, Hagio Moto has often talked about how writing boy’s love manga freed her to explore kinds of stories that she felt like she couldn’t tell about female characters, and 1985’s Marginal is a particularly interesting example of how BL comics can be used to talk about women’s experiences of their own gender and the patriarchy.
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Resilience and Resistance: Reimagining marginality and agency in The Apothecary Diaries
The Apothecary Diaries re-imagines the social life of women in its fictional society, showcasing how, despite living in oppressive systems, women continuously negotiate their existence through resilience, intellect, and community.
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Porygon Was Innocent: An epileptic perspective on Pokémon’s “Electric Soldier Porygon”
As an Epileptic, I’ve been very outspoken about my opinions on the increased use of strobe lighting effects in American cartoons. Yet people have accused me of being a hypocrite: why do I continue to love Pokémon? My response often surprises people. That, in my personal opinion, morally speaking, the animators were not responsible for what happened. That Porygon was, in fact, innocent.
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Chatty AF 217: 2024 Fall Mid-Season Check-In (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Alex, Cy, and Peter check in on the 2024 Fall season’s surprising number of magical girls, enjoyable het romances, and girls hitting the Sailor Moon pose!
