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Let This Grieving Soul Retire – Episode 1
The premise is a nice change of pace with some good joke potential, but then you get to the treatment of its female characters.
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The Most Notorious “Talker” Runs the World’s Greatest Clan – Episode 1
A pretty okay premiere that skirts a lot of the troublesome bits of the genre and sets up a potentially interesting story as things progress.
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Announcing the AniFem Subathon Giveaway!
Help us continue to pay our writers a fair wage, and get some neat stuff shipped right to your door!
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Chatty AF 214: Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction Retrospective (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Vrai, Peter, and Toni look back at the anime adaptation of Inio Asano’s sapphic apocalypse, a series that couldn’t be more timely in its exploration of genocide and an “everyday apocalypse.”
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Uzumaki – Episode 1
Stunningly animated, with the kind of avant-garde soundtrack you almost never hear in anime, and genuinely stomach churning, if you are any fan of Ito’s style of horror you would do yourself a favor by pausing reading this and watching the show right now.
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2024 Fall Premiere Reviews
All the fall 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! We’re having a giveaway! Starting October 1-5, sign up for a year’s subscription on our Patreon at the $5 tier or donate $50 to our […]
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Loner Life in Another World – Episode 1
Kick start your teen boy loner life with the frustratingly chatty Haruka as he gets summoned to another world and gets nothing but hard knocks for his trouble.
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In Tribute to Nicholas Dupree
Anime News Network announced the tragic, sudden death of contributor Nicholas Dupree, sometimes known as LossThief, on Sunday.
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J Michael Tatum discusses returning to Spice and Wolf, dubbing philosophy, and Ouran’s queer legacy
We sat down with Tatum to talk about radical recent changes in the dubbing industry, what it’s like being a highly visible gay voice actor, and Ouran’s enduring appeal.
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Murai in Love – Episodes 1-3
The core premise of a teacher/student romance will ward off some, and the dire production values will probably take care of the rest.
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Anime Feminist’s Recommendation Backlog: Girls in Strange Worlds
Let’s take a trip back into the 2010s and highlight some of our favorite fantastic(al) speculative fiction with lady leads.
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Talk to Me: The stories you run into during an interview
From the reader or viewer’s perspective, the exchange seems seamless and natural, because how hard can it be to just talk to someone? Today, I’m here to tell you, it’s actually pretty hard.
Or: Chiaki just wanted to brag she gets fed at interviews with the rich and famous sometimes.
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Coming of age as a queer teen in Okazaki Kyoko’s River’s Edge
River’s Edge features a range of queer representations within its central cast, from frank depictions of closeted life and homophobia to more ambiguous depictions of attraction, making it a layered piece of LGBTQIA+ media and a powerful time capsule of the state of queer representation and queer life in Japan during the 1990s.
