Anime Feminist Recommendations of Spring 2022
Starved for shows? We’ve got some delicious titles to add to your Summer watchlist.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica Tag
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The Metamorphosis of the Magical Girl Genre
As the tone in the Madoka series shifted at the end of episode three, so did the tone of the mahou shoujo genre as a whole, leading to a change in demographic focus that’s still being felt today.
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Chatty AF 147: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Rewatchalong – Rebellion (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Vrai, Alex, and Mercedez return to their rewatchalong to watch the infamous movie, unpack that last 15 minutes, and discuss how it colors the franchise as a whole.
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Chatty AF 146: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Rewatchalong – Episodes 7-12 (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Vrai, Mercedez, and Alex return for the 2nd half of Madoka to talk about Madoka’s character arc, the aggravating entropy twist, and how the TV finale still resonates.
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Chatty AF 144: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Rewatchalong – Episodes 1-6 (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Vrai, Mercedez, and Alex celebrate the 10th anniversary of the industry-changing magical girl anime, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, with a rewatchalong!
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Kyubey’s Multi-Level Marketing Scheme: The capitalist metaphor of Madoka Magica
Looking at this series through an economic lens reveals yet another layer of interpretation: a story about the cruelty of business models that profit off the worker’s suffering.
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Against the World: Madoka Rebellion, saviorism, and abolitionist schooling
As somebody who has witnessed repeatedly the failure of would-be individual saviors to undo entire oppressive systems, I want to try to come to a deeper understanding than what is afforded on the surface by Rebellion’s final twist. What happens when hope is institutionalized? How do oppressive ideologies shape the worlds we can imagine? And the question that has haunted me most: if in the moment we destroyed an oppressive world we were given the full power to create a new one before we had any time to heal, would we like what we make?
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Magical Girls as Metaphor: Why coded queer narratives still have value
Even now, with the vast increase of explicit queer womxn’s representation on television over the past decade, I still see myself in Sailor Moon and The iDOLM@STER more than I see myself in Orphan Black.
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Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story – Episode 1
Don’t let the unwieldy title fool you; this one is welcoming both to returning fans and new viewers alike.
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The Problem with the Dark Magical Girl Genre
Murder and despair are normally nowhere near the magical girl archetype, but that’s changing in some recent and disturbing developments.
