Anime Feminist Recommendations of Spring 2024
Vibe with some great fantasy, check out some winning third seasons, and put your middle fingers up to the licensors who buried the season’s brightest new gem.
The Duke of Death and His Maid Tag
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Reading The Duke of Death and His Maid as disability allegory
The Duke of Death and His Maid takes what could be a cheap device for titillation and, intentionally or not, transforms it into something far more emotionally powerful. When looking at the show as a story with metaphors about disability and navigating disability in that space, it becomes difficult to remove the fanservice without making the story weaker.
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Anime Feminist’s Top Picks for 2021
This year had a range of anime for just about every taste, and the result is one of our biggest year-end lists ever!
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2021 Summer Three-Episode Check-In
The deluge of spring left us with a light summer, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t gems worth keeping.
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2021 Summer Premiere Digest
This summer’s a strange one, with a few particular standouts and several shows coming late to the party. Let’s see what’s happening!
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The Duke of Death and His Maid – Episode 1
There’s a world where this is a very good anime. But there’s a pervasive “not quite”ness that the episode can’t claw free from, and all of its elements fall just short of being satisfying.
