[Links] 3-9 May 2017
We have good news to share about podcasts, and bad news about things happening in the real world.
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Chatty AF 5: Winter 2017 Anime Wrap-up (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Amelia, Caitlin, and Peter look back on the winter 2017 season. Listen out for discussion on whether Interviews with Monster Girls counts as good representation, how ACCA changed the way we assess storytelling, and Amelia’s U-turn on Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid.
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Consider the Lilies of the Field: The case for yuri manga
Yuri manga is an entire genre of comics about girls and women falling in love. So why is it so often overlooked by queer and feminist fans?
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[Links] 26 April – 2 May 2017
Josei is on the rise, Japan fails its LGBTQ students, and another exhausting week of whitewashing.
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Ahead of The Pack: How Trixie in Speed Racer broke gender barriers
At a time when most female characters on television were barely allowed to have careers, Speed Racer‘s Trixie was an action star in her own right, a racing professional and hero on equal footing with the male characters.
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The Josei Renaissance
Over the past few years, josei manga has had a renaissance in the West as readers rediscover older titles and publishers release new ones. It’s a glorious turn of events for josei fans like myself and others, but it also begs a few questions. Namely, why is this happening now and not sooner?
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[Links] 19-25 April 2017
We’re six months old! Celebrate by answering questions with us and checking out our Winter 2017 recs. Also: Japanese feminist blogs, and not all fanservice is created equal.
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Anime Feminist Recommendations of Winter 2017
Now we’ve reviewed all the Spring 2017 premieres, we thought we’d round up some of our favourites from shows that ended last season.
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[Links] 12-18 April 2017
Spring premieres are finally over, and we can get down to the good, the bad, and the ugly. Meanwhile, it’s a pretty quiet week in news.
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2017 Spring Premiere Rankings
Another season of premieres watched and reviewed! There are a ton of shows this season and multiple big name sequels getting a lot of attention, so let us help you choose how to curate the rest of your viewing.
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Atom the Beginning – Episode 1
As a prequel to the classic TV anime of Osamu Tezuka manga Astro Boy, Atom the Beginning comes with the weight of more historical significance than this cartoony introduction can really hold up.
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Seven Mortal Sins – Episode 1
It…. it’s porn, y’all.
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[Links] 5-11 April 2017
A boatload of premieres means a slow week for news. Your Name takes the US by storm, BL has some real bad habits, and ’90s nostalgia rears its head.
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WorldEnd: What do you do at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us? – Episode 1
This wasn’t just good “for an LN adaptation”; it has potential to be a really solid fantasy series in general.
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Anonymous Noise – Episode 1
If you don’t like the love triangle device and aren’t taken by any of the leads at this point it may be one to hold off on until word of mouth travels later in the season.
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Grimoire of Zero – Episode 1
The power dynamic between the two leads is a solid foundation for an odd couple road trip, and I can’t wait to see where they go with this.
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Tsugumomo – Episode 1
Tsugumomo’s nifty premise and bursts of charm alternate with its explosions of assault and abuse to create not only the most tonally dissonant thing I’ve seen this season, but also a premiere that is somehow worse than the unilaterally bad ones.
