Chatty AF 217: 2024 Fall Mid-Season Check-In (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Alex, Cy, and Peter check in on the 2024 Fall season’s surprising number of magical girls, enjoyable het romances, and girls hitting the Sailor Moon pose!
Fall 2024 Tag
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2024 Fall Three-Episode Check-In
This season is all about the popcorn-munching drama, from erotic thrillers to court drama.
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Blue Miburo – Episodes 1-2
Can I offer you a middle-grade shounen about samurai in these trying times?
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2024 Fall Premiere Digest
We’re going back to school with lots of magical girls this season!
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DEMON LORD 2099 – Episode 1
A refreshingly inventive take on a “demon lord” story, with a side of cyberpunk.
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Chatty AF 215: 2024 Summer Season Wrap-Up (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Vrai, Caitlin, and Peter wrap-up the 2024 Summer season on a number of rom-coms ranging from good to questionable execution…
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The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor – Episode 1
Packed to the gills with drama! betrayal! And a seriously questionable age-gap in the central romance!
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A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School – Episode 1
There’s nothing more Halloween-grade horrifying than a fun supernatural slice-of-life premise cursed by an obnoxious protagonist.
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HAIGAKURA – Episode 1
A show that’s managed to escape from 2008 and appear, fully formed, in 2024.
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Nina the Starry Bride – Episode 1
Dive into the story of a girl’s unexpected rise from rags to brutal riches as she tries to keep her head while pretending to be one of the kingdom’s most valuable nobles!
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TsumaSho – Episodes 1-2
This show deeply, desperately wants me to believe it’s not going to get weird with the premise. The jury is still out.
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Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii – Episode 1
Expect the unexpected in a premiere that combines sensuality, sexuality, and the darker side of the yakuza underworld in a girl meets boy crime thriller that never slams on the brakes.
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Puniru is a Kawaii Slime – Episode 1
The show wants to do fan service capers but it also wants this character to read like a cutesy child and, arguably, represent the protagonist’s childhood. This is, as I’m sure you can imagine, a deeply uncomfortable combination.
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Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. – Episode 1
It’s fantastic to see adult magical girls, though the execution is somewhat middle-of-the-road.
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Orb: On the Movements of the Earth – Episodes 1-2
Step back in time to witness a young man suss out the secrets of the Sun and Earth, all while having to evade the grim reality of life in the Inquisition.
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The Stories of Girls Who Couldn’t Be Magicians – Episode 1
The Stories of Girls Who Couldn’t Be Magicians has all the makings of a solid magic school story for older kids,
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The Healer Who Was Banished From His Party, Is, in Fact, the Strongest – Episode 1
Tepid on the surface and bland as can be, this premiere invites questions about the overall “I’m secretly the strongest” subset of fantasy narratives and its implications.
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Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms – Episode 1
It’s hard not to root for a crowdfunded-project-turned-big from a female director to succeed.
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Ranma 1/2 (2024) – Episode 1
Love is never easy, especially when your dad decides to force you into a marriage with his best bud. Thank goodness your spouse is a girl…wait, now he’s a guy?! Hijinks ensure in this new adaptation of one of Takahashi Rumiko’s funniest and most earnest series.
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You Are Ms. Servant – Episode 1
She’s his mum, and his housekeeper, and will protect him with her life, but she’s also sooo clumsy and sooo hot and she just needs him to take care of her.
