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Carole & Tuesday director Hori Motonobu on the series’ writing process and trans characters
The series saw praise for its well-characterized Black heroine, optimistic outlook and its swing-for-the-fences tale of pushing back against injustice (including a spot in our 2019 recs list). At the same time, it’s received its share of criticism for the way that core optimism lends itself toward over-simplification of fraught issues, as well as its stumbles in portraying Black masculinity and queer and trans characters.

Interviewby Vrai Kaiser August 24, 20220 Comments
Brief Connections: A Nobumoto Keiko Career Retrospective
One of the benefits to a creator having worked on so few projects is it becomes much simpler to look through their body of work to find common threads, and Nobumoto undeniably returned to the same themes over and over again. She examined the humanity of those who have hit rock bottom or the end of their lives, and the connections they can make even in moments of pain and loss.

Creator Spotlightby Caitlin Moore December 17, 20210 Comments
Portrayals of Black Masculinity in Carole & Tuesday
Despite its social justice-minded storytelling, Carole & Tuesday can be a frustrating watch as it swings back and forth between exploring these characters as nuanced individuals and perpetuating harmful stereotypes of Black masculinity.

Featureby Katharine Mussellam September 15, 20210 Comments
“Black Should Sound Black”: The inherently racist politics of anime dubbing
There are a lot of assumptions packed into the belief that the best voice actor always gets the role. The statement alone implies that we live in a true meritocracy, which is false. FUNimation, easily the biggest producer of English anime dubs, routinely casts from an extremely small and extremely white pool of voice actors. The idea of “casting the right person for the role” is precluded by insidious biases and practices such as lazy casting, where voice directors will rely on a few go-to voice actors they prefer to work with in lieu of seeking out a wider pool of talent.

Featureby Bracy December 23, 20200 Comments
Discordant Tones: Oversimplifying music as resistance in Carole & Tuesday
Carole and Tuesday are just two girls dreaming of becoming musicians. While the series initially follows the girls’ rise to stardom, the focuses shifts to examine how music can fight back against oppression, but leads to a simple and unsatisfying ending.

Featureby ThatNerdyBoliviane September 9, 20200 Comments
Anime Feminist’s Top Picks for 2019
Our two-week recommendations extravaganza comes to an end with the staff’s Best of 2019 list!

Recommendationsby Anime Feminist January 3, 20200 Comments
Carole & Tuesday – Episode 1
What a lovely, lovely, lovely first episode.

Reviewsby Caitlin Moore September 4, 20190 Comments