Anime Feminist Recommendations of Spring 2020
Just because several spring shows were delayed to summer and fall doesn’t mean there wasn’t some absolutely dynamite anime this season!
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Chatty AF 119: 2020 Spring Wrap-up (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Dee, Caitlin, and Vrai look back on the 2020 Spring season! Well, some of it. About half of this season will be making special guest appearances on the summer podcast due to COVID delays.
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BNA – Episode 1
This is a beautiful action premiere that sets the stage for its conspiracy plot and the oddball team-up of its leads, and I will absolutely watch at least two more episodes. That said, I still have to put on my Feminist Killjoy Hat for a few minutes and talk about fantasy oppression metaphors.
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Chatty AF 116: 2020 Spring Mid-Season Check-in (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Dee, Caitlin, and Peter check in on the 2020 Spring season!
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2020 Spring Three-Episode Check-In
Spring has sprung and brought a bounty of titles! Even with a few shows losing their luster, there’s a wealth of weird, wild, and downright adorable options at our fingertips.
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2020 Spring Premiere Digest
Our hearts are overwhelmed with all the great lady protagonists this season.
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Woodpecker Detective’s Office – Episode 1
Undeniably pretty, Woodpecker Detective’s Office otherwise only begins to scratch the surface of what makes a good mystery series.
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APPARE-RANMAN! – Episode 1
Appare-Ranman’s gleeful steampunk weirdness, with its Wacky Races car designs and the “well, that escalated quickly” action scenes, feels similar to the lighter episodes of Trigun. More than just about any premiere this season, this show is goofy, bouncy fun.
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The Millionaire Detective – Balance: Unlimited – Episode 1
Millionaire Detective seems to be banking on its audience wanting to screw Kambe more than they want to strangle him. Well, joke’s on them: I’m ace as hell.
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Princess Connect! Re:Dive – Episode 1
What’s happening here is that Princess Connect! Re:Dive has a sense of humor about itself. One that goes beyond boob jokes and clumsy moe girls. One that includes the protagonist’s amnesia wiping his memories so thoroughly that he tries to eat a coin instead of pay for things with it. One that’s actually funny.
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Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater – Episode 1
There’s potential the show could develop in the future, but right now it earns a resounding grade of “fine.”
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Shironeko Project ZERO Chronicle – Episode 1
Wow, two mediocre mobile game adaptations in as many days.
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Sing “Yesterday” for Me – Episode 1
“This whole thing smacks of manic pixie dream girl,” I holler as I overturn the coffee table in my living room and turn spring premiere season into shit premiere season.
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Digimon Adventure: – Episode 1
Whether or not we needed a reboot with the original cast, it’s here now. And the good news is that this is an exceptionally promising start.
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Gleipnir – Episode 1
I have a certain soft spot for ridiculous gorefests with over-inflated estimations of their philosophies. Gleipnir, unfortunately, also comes right out of the gate smelling of the genre’s most sour opinions on women.
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Shachibato! President, It’s Time for Battle! – Episode 1
The biggest problem with Shachibato is that, while it doesn’t do anything egregiously wrong, it doesn’t do anything especially right, either.
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My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! – Episode 1
My Next Life as a Villainess has a lot of points in its favor, but I’ll start with this one: Catarina is an absolute A-plus delight of a protagonist.
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Arte – Episode 1
I went into Arte with cynicism in my heart, and Arte proceeded to prove me completely and totally wrong. Under all that brightly colored shoujo artwork lies a heart of steely determination.
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Wave, Listen to Me! – Episode 1
Minare is perfectly imperfect, and the exact kind of heroine I’ve been asking, nay, begging for for years. I think I would die for her.
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Gal & Dino – Episode 1
Did you like Pop Team Epic? I hope so. Otherwise you’re gonna have a bad time with Aoki Jun’s latest multimedia mashup.
