Chatty AF 19: Berserk Watchalong - Episodes 19-24 [FINALl]

09/03/17 • 97 min

The final part of the Berserk watchalong with Amelia, Peter, and special guest Kara Dennison! 0:00:00 Intro 0:01:27 Impressions 0:06:21 Farnese 0:09:26 Magic and rationality vs irrationality 0:14:58 Compassion in a dispassionate world 0:19:26 Casca 0:22:29 Schierke and Sonia 0:26:25 Schierke and Guts 0:30:50 Miura's age and the maturing narrative 0:38:03 Serpico enabling Farnese 0:41:00 Overcoming vs dwelling in the tragic backstory 0:42:49 Flora 0:45:37 Peter's surpises 0:49:09 Recommending Berserk and anime vs manga 1:10:45 BEGIN MAJOR SPOILERS 1:34:22 END MAJOR SPOILERS 1:36:27 Outro Amelia: twitter.com/neutralfemale Peter: twitter.com/peterfobian Kara: twitter.com/rubycosmos AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist AniFem Facebook: www.facebook.com/animefem/ AniFem Tumblr: animefeminist.tumblr.com/ Recorded Sunday 22nd July 2017 Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Chatty AF 20: Summer 2017 Mid-season Check-in

Dee, Vrai, and Peter check in with the top 17 anime of our Summer 2017 premiere rankings. Listen to find out our biggest surprises, disappointments, and guilty pleasures of the season along with our top recommended sequels! SPOILERS: for most of the shows named 00:00 Intro 01:40 #17 Classroom of the Elite 06:16 #16 Welcome to the Ballroom 10:19 #15 Convenience Store Boys (but not really) 10:45 #14 Knight's & Magic 15:02 #13 Altair: A Record of Battles (also not really) 15:27 #12 Vatican Miracle Examiners 19:03 #11 Gamers! 24:09 #10 Battle Girl High School (not really though) 24:31 #9 Dive! (apologies) 25:09 #8 Restaurant to Another World 26:39 #7 Elegant Yokai Apartment Life 28:59 #6 The Reflection 33:53 #5 18if 39:28 #4 Clean Freak! Aoyama-kun 43:58 #3 Action Heroine Cheer Fruits (so sorry) 45:24 #2 Made in Abyss 51:46 #1 Princess Principal 59:51 Outro The AniFem Summer 2017 premiere rankings: http://www.animefeminist.com/summer-2017-premiere-rankings/ Dee: twitter.com/joseinextdoor Vrai: twitter.com/writervrai Peter: twitter.com/peterfobian AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist AniFem Facebook: www.facebook.com/animefem/ Recorded Sunday 13th August 2017 Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Chatty AF 21: Wandering Son Retrospective

Vrai does a deep dive on the anime and manga of Wandering Son with special guests Associate Editor of ANN Jacob Chapman, Youtuber Cayla Coats, and Associate Professor of Manga and professional translator Rachel "Matt" Thorne. SPOILERS: for the entire series of Wandering Son 0:00:00 Intros 0:03:16 Personal experience with Wandering Son 0:14:01 American publication process 0:17:06 Author research into subject matter 0:20:03 Perceptions of different genders crossdressing 0:24:06 Narrative focus on trans themes vs nontrans characters 0:27:06 Differences between anime and manga 0:34:35 Western vs Japanese reactions to the series 0:37:48 Differences in trans representation between America and Japan 0:42:10 Use of pronouns in the manga 0:43:24 Nitori vs Mako 0:50:26 Saorin love 0:55:37 Director's intention 0:59:16 Representation in anime 1:02:00 Shimanami Twilight and trans politics in Japan 1:08:25 Outro Vrai: twitter.com/WriterVrai Jacob: twitter.com/ANNJakeH Cayla: twitter.com/ceicocat Rachel "Matt": twitter.com/matt_thorne_en AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist AniFem Facebook: www.facebook.com/animefem/ Recorded Saturday 15th July 2017 Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/