[Links] 28 March – 3 April 2018: Mari Okada’s Biography, New Anime Studios, and Recommendations
This week: Mari Okada’s biography, new anime studios, and feminist recommendations.
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Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These – Episode 1
As the latest installment in a franchise that’s been a juggernaut since the 1980s, the new LOGH anime has big shoes to fill. As for how the premiere looks on its own, your opinion is likely to be determined by your patience for dialogue.
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Gundam Build Divers – Episode 1
To understand Gundam Build Divers, you need to understand where it comes from.
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Kakuriyo -Bed and Breakfast for Spirits- – Episode 1
The supernatural husband genre has deep folkloric roots all over the world, so it’s unsurprising that it’s a narrative that appears over and over again. There’s no getting around the fact that it’s pretty inherently problematic. And yet, I thoroughly enjoyed Kakuriyo -Bed and Breakfast for Spirits-.
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Fist of the Blue Sky: Regenesis – Episode 1
What I know about Fist of the North Star after watching this premiere is that I feel the intense solidarity of knowing an old franchise you love has gotten an incredibly garbage update.
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Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Episodes 1-2
Any anime can have an outlandish concept that sounds ridiculous on its face, but it takes work to really sell those ideas beyond a single punchline. It’s not clear if Pretty Derby will get there or sink into being a plain old “cute girls do the sports” anime, but it’s certainly got style.
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Chatty AF 48: Winter 2018 Wrap-up (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Amelia, Dee, and Peter look back on the Winter 2018 season! Highlights include: Ice and camp girl gushing, fantasy war lamentations, and a, er… mixed reception for some high-profile sequels and carryovers.
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GeGeGe no Kitaro – Episode 1
We included GeGeGe no Kitaro on our premiere list with the understanding that, if it was a kids’ show, we wouldn’t actually cover it. After watching it, I’d say it’s probably closer to “kids’ show” than “not a kids’ show”… but y’know what? It’s right on the edge, it’s pretty fun, and I’m trapped inside of my apartment because ice is falling from the sky in April. So screw it! Let’s do the dang thing!
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Anime Feminist Recommendations of Winter 2018
The cozy winter season has come to a close, so now it’s time to take a look back at the shows the team most enjoyed snuggling up with. Grab your penguins, your mummies, and your Pompompurins and gather ’round the campfire, AniFam!
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Dangerous Precedents: What the Flying Colors Foundation got wrong about anime and mental health
As someone who works in a mental health-adjacent field, the Flying Colors Foundation’s approach to mental health in the anime fandom seemed not only misguided, but also irresponsible and potentially dangerous.
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Nerdy Talk and New Frontiers: My wandering ramble on coming out in the anime fandom
Hi everybody! My name’s Samantha. I’m a gawky, geeky trans girl who loves video games and anime. I had a different name up until a few days ago, but it’s dead now. Please be kind and don’t bring that up, ‘kay? I’m just Samantha now. Thank you!
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[Links] 21-27 March 2018: Lezhin Abuses, Trans Sephiroth, and Flying Colors Foundation
This week: Lezhin’s abuse of web artists, reading Sephiroth as trans, and a response from Flying Colors Foundation.
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Funding for Premiere Reviews
We knew our community would step up… but response to this post has blown us away.
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Magical Girl Ore – Episodes 1-2
“Anime comedy about genderplay” is a phrase that raises about eight billion red flags, and for good reason. I can’t say that Magical Girl Ore is entirely a refreshing break from that shit tradition, but there’s enough here to get its hooks in me.
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Chatty AF 47: Kill la Kill Watchalong – Episodes 19-24 (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Part 4 and final part of the 4-part Kill la Kill watchalong with Amelia, Vrai, and special guest Miranda Sanchez! Amelia reassesses Mako, Vrai plants their flag on The Discourse (you know the one), and the group hashes out what a remake might bring to the table. All our thanks to Miranda for being a wonderful […]
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The future of Anime Feminist starts this week… with $880
I’ll cut to the chase: in just one week, we’re facing up to $880 worth of premiere reviews with only $500 in the bank. We need your help, or we’re going to have to reconsider whether we even do premiere reviews in the future.
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Pop Team Epic and the value of letting girls be absurd
As self-aware as Pop Team Epic is, the characterisation of its leading ladies serves as a sort of metatextual raised middle finger to the concept that girls should be cute rather than funny.
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Kino is the Nonbinary Protagonist We Deserve
Because of the choices made by the 2003 Kino’s Journey adaptation, Kino becomes something incredibly rare: a nonbinary, AFAB anime character who isn’t a robot, alien, or sentient rock, but a human being.
