Chatty AF 208: Monogatari Watchalong Part 3 – Kizumonogatari (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Toni, Vrai, and Peter return to their Monogatari watchalong with the ultra violent trilogy Kizumonogatari!
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Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede-Destruction – Episodes 0-1
It is hard to know where to start with this amazing, beautiful, labyrinthine, and disturbing premiere
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Nagata Kabi and the Mundane Pain of Sickness; or, That Time My Body Broke and I Had To Figure Out How to Keep Going
Nagata Kabi’s sixth autobiographical entry is a story about what happens when your life falls apart and you can no longer escape. That last bit is what this article is about: falling apart.
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The Villain Edit: Dissecting how Oshi no Ko evokes real-life tragedy in its depictions of harassment and reality TV culture
Oshi no Ko spends a few episodes examining the harsh way that people who participate on reality TV can be treated, especially online. In this way, it shines a light on an issue that people who don’t watch much (if any) reality TV have probably ever considered. But what does the way it goes about this mean for its overall message?
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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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Autonomy, aliens, and a study in female character agency with 16bit Sensation
16bit Sensation is (unfortunately) a useful case study for what we talk about when we talk about character autonomy, active versus reactive characters, and how a narrative suffers when the agency of its female protagonists gets reduced.
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Evangelion, alienation, and Japan’s 1990s economic crisis
In a time wracked by despair, paranoia, and economic devastation, Evangelion captured the nihilistic zeitgeist of a nation and its citizenry
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Chatty AF 206: Monogatari Watchalong Part 2 – Bakemonogatari 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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Designer, DJ, and model Senanan’s latest fashion brand wants to make kawaii for everyone
Senanan has worked in the worlds of fashion design, music, and modeling; she talked with us about returning to work after becoming a mother and her latest project.
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BanG Dream! It’s MyGo!!!!! and the value of letting female characters suck
This show ended up being a standout, not just in the BanG Dream! universe but in the realm of idol/music anime more broadly. What really stuck with me was the way all of the characters, with one in particular, were allowed to showcase the full breadth of human emotions in a way that this genre doesn’t always allow.
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2024 Spring Three-Episode Check-In
A quarter done already? This is one oddball spring, though there are still some standouts worth investing your time in.
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From Takarazuka to Terayama: The influence of queer theater on Revolutionary Girl Utena
While the influence of theater on Utena isn’t subtle, knowing what specific strains of theater the show references would likely be lost on most viewers. Yet uncovering those histories can be like finding little Rosetta Stones to help you parse a show that prides itself on obscurity.
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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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Anime Feminist Recommendations of Winter 2024
We had a warm winter of romance—whether it involved middle school students, office workers, or giant robots.
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2024 Spring Premiere Digest
Licensing frustrations aside, there are a number of titles to look forward to this season.
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Whisper Me a Love Song – Episode 1
I had a wonderful time with Whisper Me a Love Song, but your experience will likely depend on how willing you are to stretch your disbelief over the premise.
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THE NEW GATE – Episode 1
I love a series that presents an interesting premise and then does absolutely nothing with it, don’t you?
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KAIJU No.8 – Episode 1
It’s worth following a few more episodes just to see what the hype is about.
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YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master – Episode 1
Yatagarasu’s focus on the women themselves grants them a little narrative autonomy even if the system itself reduces them to political pawns being gracefully moved around a precarious board.
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Oblivion Battery – Episode 1
If I had a nickel for every anime MAPPA made about a promising middle school athlete starting high school with amnesia, I’d have two nickels. That’s not a lot, but it’s weird that it’s happened twice.
