Chiaki, Vrai, and Cy return with the second half of Haibane Renmei to discuss its thematic inspirations, depictions of suicide in anime, and the impactful finale.
Chatty AF 178: Haibane Renmei Retrospective – Episodes 8-13 — Anime Feminist
Chiaki leads Vrai and Cy on a look back at the first half of Abe Yoshitoshi’s third series, Haibane Renmei!
Chatty AF 177: Haibane Renmei Retrospective – Episodes 1-7 — Anime Feminist
Vrai, Mercedez, Chiaki, and special guest Diana continue their watchalong with episodes 8-15 of the quintessential anime melodrama, Dear Brother!
Chatty AF 158: Dear Brother Watchalong – Episodes 8-15 — Anime Feminist
Vrai, Mercedez, Chiaki, and special guest Diana begin their watchalong of the quintessential anime melodrama, Dear Brother!
Chatty AF 158: Dear Brother Watchalong – Episodes 1-7 — Anime Feminist
Dee, Mercedez, and Peter check in on the high highs and low lows of the Winter season!
Chatty AF 157: 2022 Winter Mid-Season Check-in — Anime Feminist
Chiaki, Mercedez, and Kate Sánchez perform a critical autopsy on Netflix’s unfortunate effort to resurrect a classic.
Chatty AF 153: Cowboy Bebop Live Action Post Mortem — Anime Feminist
Vrai, Peter, and Mercedez look back at a sequel-heavy 2021 Summer season!
Chatty AF 148: 2021 Summer Wrap-up — Anime Feminist
Vrai, Alex, and Mercedez return to their rewatchalong to watch the infamous movie, unpack that last 15 minutes, and discuss how it colors the franchise as a whole.
Chatty AF 147: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Rewatchalong – Rebellion — Anime Feminist
Ionatan and Ravi are joined by Mercedez Clewis, a contributing writer and journalist for sites like Anime News Network, Japanese to English translation and localization editor, and staff editor at Anime Feminist, to discuss feminism and diversity in anime. They talk about Mercedez’s time living in Fukushima and transition into anime journalism, and then break down how to think about anime through a feminist lens.
I am so, so honored that I got to spend time chatting with Ionatan & Ravi in late July (when we recorded) for this episode. It was a blast, and I really felt wonderful talking about my work as a Black Feminist and a proper Anime Feminist as well!
Listen to Feminism and Diversity in Anime (ft. Mercedez Clewis) here.
Vrai, Mercedez, and Alex return for the 2nd half of Madoka to talk about Madoka’s character arc, the aggravating entropy twist, and how the TV finale still resonates.
Chatty AF 146: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Rewatchalong – Episodes 7-12 — Anime Feminist
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