Anime Feminist Recommendations of Spring 2017
Now that we’ve knocked out the Summer 2017 premieres, it’s time to take a fond look back at our favorites from last season.
Spring 2017 Tag
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Chatty AF 14: Spring 2017 Wrap-Up (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Amelia, Dee, and Peter look back on the spring 2017 season!
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Chatty AF 8: Spring 2017 Anime Mid-Season Check-in (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Amelia, Dee, and Peter check in with the top 10 anime of our Spring 2017 premiere rankings. Listen to find out our biggest surprises, disappointments, and guilty pleasures of the season along with our top recommended sequels!
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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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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.
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Eromanga Sensei – Episode 1
This is far from the most fanservice-laden premiere of the bunch in terms of pure T&A, but let me assure you it makes up for it with a metric ton of skeeze.
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Re:CREATORS – Episode 1
There are traps Re:CREATORS could fall into, but given the traps it has consciously avoided so far I consider this premiere a statement of intent to do right by its characters and its premise.
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Twin Angels Break – Episode 1
Hey, have you ever seen a magical girl show? Congrats, you’ve seen this one too.
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Kabukibu! – Episode 1
Kabukibu! may tread very familiar ground for its entire series, but it is nailing characterisation and inclusiveness with the hook of kabuki aesthetics, and that’s enough for me for now.
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Hinako Note – Episode 1
With the exception of one totally unnecessary bath tub shot (more on that later), Hinako Note is not bad. It isn’t much of anything, really, and I’m a bit bummed about that.
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Love Tyrant – Episode 1
We are all hurtling through space on a rock, inching ever closer to our own lonely demises. But at least most of you lucky bastards won’t have watched Love Tyrant.
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Clockwork Planet – Episode 1
The double standard of using women’s bodies to humiliate an accomplished young girl while proving the worth of an undistinguished young boy is nothing new.
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Tsuki ga Kirei – Episode 1
If will-they-won’t-they is a narrative you tend to enjoy, then Tsuki ga Kirei may be a solid choice
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KADO: The Right Answer – Episodes 0-1
What we have here is a show I very much want to like: a high concept sci-fi story about first contact with the potential for a uniquely interesting protagonist. Unfortunately, this show is already setting itself up in a worrying pattern.
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Sagrada Reset – Episode 1
This premise is actually really intriguing. But the monologues. The monologues.
