Saga of Tanya the Evil – Episode 1
There are typically three problems with military anime premiere episodes: too many politics, too many cast members and too much identifying personal information. This one’s no different.
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Masamune-kun’s Revenge – Episode 1
This season so far is bad for the feminist liver.
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Akiba’s Trip – Episode 1
This is a show that made me remember I had an open bottle of wine in my fridge. Silver linings.
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She and Her Cat and Her Story
She and Her Cat -everything flows- is a refreshing take on the traditional female coming-of-age tale, avoiding the typical focus on cishet romance to instead focus on relationships between women.
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Reflections on 12 Days
12 Days of Anime is a great example of a project where you can learn more from failure than success.
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Rivalry, Romance and the Nodame Standard
The Nodame Standard is the romantic version of a great shounen rivalry: two characters who love each other pushing each other to achieve their goals.
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Challenging the Male Gaze in Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash
The premiere of this year’s Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash has a scene which contains both blatant examples of the male gaze in action and a moment which challenges the male gaze more directly than you might expect.
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Gals of All Stripes: ClassicaLoid and the Girls’ Day Out
In episode 8, “Girls’ Day Out,” the ClassicaLoid ladies take some time off to unwind and open up. With humor, subtlety, and a dash of vinegar, their time together becomes an exuberant exploration and celebration of what it means to be a girl—and their answer turns out to be a happily inclusive one.
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BBK/BRNK and the Art of a Feminist-Friendly Premiere
BBK/BRNK is not my favourite anime of the year. It’s not even in my top five. But as far as I’m concerned it has the strongest premiere of any brand new series this year. Let’s look at why.
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Masaki C. Matsumoto shares his experiences as a queer and feminist activist
Masaki C. Matsumoto gives us his insights into the experience of being a queer activist and self-identified feminist in Japan.
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[Links] 28 November – 11 December
Two weeks’ worth of links to make up for missing last week! AniFem round-up [Roundtable] Trash characters A feminist look at “trash characters” inspired by Chitose from Girlish Number, between seven members of the AniFem team. [AniFemTalk] 21-28 November 2016 Check out the comments for discussion on Kiss Him, Not Me!, Yuri!!! on ICE, Sound! […]
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Two Months of AniFem
Anime Feminist is two months old today! This month we have exceeded $750 in Patreon pledges, committed to pay all our writers from January 1st, set up a new contributor process to make submissions easier and run more smoothly and launched our first collaboration.
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Noa’s Imposter Syndrome in Patlabor
If most giant robot anime are based on masculine stereotypes, Patlabor is based on a feminine one.
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Force Him, Not Me!: Rape culture in shoujo romance
In many ways, Kiss Him, Not Me is a perfect series for a feminist blog to explore: it does some things very well, some things very badly and inspires strong, mixed feelings. This is especially true in the way it handles physical contact, consent, and assault.
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AniFem will pay all writers in 2017
On our 50th day AniFem made it to over $700 in pledges! To do so on a platform like Patreon, known as a beer money tip jar rather than a business model, is a pretty staggering achievement. As a result, I am committing here and now to paying every single one of our writers in 2017, starting January 1st.
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Body-swaps beyond ecchi punchlines in Your Name.
I was expecting Your Name to be a fluffy, gender-bending rom-com, and I got that. What I wasn’t expecting, though, were the progressive and fantastical twists that breathed new life into the exhausted body-swapping subgenre.
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[Links] 21-27 November 2016
One fewer post this week while the US spent a couple of days on annual dinner celebrations, but we have five posts planned for next week to make up for it!
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Roundtable: Trash characters
What makes a trash character? What’s the connection between trash characters and other anime archetypes, like moe or chuunibyou? How are male and female trash characters portrayed differently?
