2026 Winter Premiere Digest
We’re up to our ears in joseimuke anime this season, and we couldn’t be happier!
Hana-Kimi Tag
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Hana-Kimi – Episodes 1-2
This is the baseline we should expect from adaptations of classics–a lovingly done project that isn’t afraid to edit the material where it’s aged.
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The AniFem Guide to Shojosei Series Coming Out in Winter 2026
Although still vastly overshadowed by shonen and seinen anime, the 2025 fall season saw a huge boom in shojosei series. We’ve put together this guide ahead of the upcoming season to help our readers stay abreast of what’s coming out.
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“Queering” Heteronormativity: Biological essentialism in genderbending manga
The framework of “[cis character] must pretend to be [“opposite” gender] before restoring their [femininity or masculinity]” invites biological determinism by making the plot’s stakes dependent on the successful concealment of the main character’s “true” (here, meaning “assigned-at-birth”) gender. The idea of a “true” biological gender is itself a transphobic trope that does harm to the gender-nonconforming communities that genderbending manga purports to represent.
