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 post Anime Feminist Recommendations of Spring 2024 appeared first on Anime Feminist ..read more

Among the changes that this remake made to its source material, the most personally striking was the radical difference in one character: Ryan Gray, a neurodivergent-coded antagonist originally presented as an unambiguous villain, but reinvented as a nuanced, sympathetic figure. The post How Another Code: Recollection rewrote its villain in an empathetic way appeared first on Anime Feminist ..read more

AniFem Round-Up Classmates and finding the humanity in clichés Nakamura uses the reader’s familiarity with genre conventions to build a framework for a humanistic, multifaceted story about queer intimacy, connection, and joy. 2024 Summer Premiere Digest All of our premiere reviews in one easy-to-find place, plus some updates on subsequent episodes! What anime have you […] The post Weekly Round-Up, 17-23 July 2024: Nonbinary Chiitan, Crunchyroll Comments, and QUEEN BEE appeared first on Anime Feminist ..read more

If you watched anime pre-streaming or pre-internet, what was the average process versus the toughest? Toughest out-of-print anime to find? Is there an anime you know exists, but is impossibly poorly archived in some way (video quality, a certain dub, etc)? The post What anime have you had to work hardest to track down? appeared first on Anime Feminist ..read more

In the afterword of the first volume of Classmates, Nakamura Asumiko wrote of her first BL series, “I wanted to go with something cliche, almost hackneyed.” It’s true, Classmates does indulge many of the standards of the genre. Instead of using these cliches as shortcuts, however, Nakamura uses the reader’s familiarity to build a framework for a humanistic, multifaceted story about queer intimacy, connection, and joy. The post Classmates and finding the humanity in clichés appeared first on Anime Feminist ..read more

AniFem Round-Up Love is Indivisible by Twins – Episode 1 The tired premise is elevated by Yokote Michiko’s talent for dialogue and some skilled direction. Bye Bye, Earth – Episode 1 One good scene and pretty visuals can’t make up for clunky fantasy racism and buckets of exposition. Why Does Nobody Remember Me in This […] The post Weekly Round-Up, 10-16 July 2024: Court Wins for Trans Women, Shojo Beat Check-In, and Studio Pierrot appeared first on Anime Feminist ..read more

Favorite new series? Favorites sequel/continuation? Series that surprised you, for better or worse? The post What was your favorite Spring 2024 anime? appeared first on Anime Feminist ..read more

This show is an example of just how much strong animation and adaptation can elevate even the most banal of premises. The post Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! – Episode 1 appeared first on Anime Feminist ..read more

Watching ATRI feels like watching a Hollywood feature film tailor-made to contend for an Oscar. The post ATRI -My Dear Moments- – Episode 1 appeared first on Anime Feminist ..read more

I wish the characters were more interesting, because the premise here has a lot of potential. The post Why Does Nobody Remember Me in This World? – Episode 1 appeared first on Anime Feminist ..read more