Alex, Vrai, and Toni go elbow deep exploring the queer themes and rural horror of The Summer Hikaru Died.
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:01 Summary
0:02:29 Personal experiences
0:08:11 Making anime scary
0:11:27 The Netflix of it all
0:15:35 BL as a genre piece
0:20:20 The gay ‘90s
0:24:03 A horror genre piece
0:27:40 Showing vs telling queer rep
0:34:06 Cronenberg
0:42:53 “Supporting” cast
0:44:58 Penguindrum and Venom
0:51:27 Asako
0:55:29 Rie and queer acceptance
1:05:42 Hikaru’s entity
1:10:57 Final thoughts
1:13:47 Outro
Alex: https://bsky.app/profile/arhenderson.bsky.social
Vrai: https://bsky.app/profile/witervrai.bsky.social
Toni: https://bsky.app/profile/kuu-hime.bsky.social
AniFem Linktree: https://linktr.ee/animefeminist
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Recorded Tuesday 21st October 2025
Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Alex, Vrai, and Toni go elbow deep exploring the queer themes and rural horror of The Summer Hikaru Died.
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:01 Summary
0:02:29 Personal experiences
0:08:11 Making anime scary
0:11:27 The Netflix of it all
0:15:35 BL as a genre piece
0:20:20 The gay ‘90s
0:24:03 A horror genre piece
0:27:40 Showing vs telling queer rep
0:34:06 Cronenberg
0:42:53 “Supporting” cast
0:44:58 Penguindrum and Venom
0:51:27 Asako
0:55:29 Rie and queer acceptance
1:05:42 Hikaru’s entity
1:10:57 Final thoughts
1:13:47 Outro
Alex: https://bsky.app/profile/arhenderson.bsky.social
Vrai: https://bsky.app/profile/witervrai.bsky.social
Toni: https://bsky.app/profile/kuu-hime.bsky.social
AniFem Linktree: https://linktr.ee/animefeminist
AniFem Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/animefeminist
AniFem Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/animefeminist
Recorded Tuesday 21st October 2025
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/
Chatty AF 216: Revolutionary Girl Utena Watchalong - Adolescence of Utena
Chatty AF: The Anime Feminist Podcast
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Chatty AF 216: Revolutionary Girl Utena Watchalong - Adolescence of Utena
Vrai, Cy, and Chiaki gather to talk self-actualization and automobiles for the final episode of their Revolutionary Girl Utena watchalong covering the Adolescence of Utena film!
0:00:00 Intro
0:04:04 Content warnings
0:04:29 Colorism and Anthy
0:10:08 Standalone or sequel?
0:12:36 Chiho Saito manga
0:13:42 First touch
0:14:33 Akio
0:21:11 Sexual assault
0:23:17 General horniness
0:26:29 Toga
0:30:10 Shiori
0:33:52 Kissing
0:39:35 The car
0:48:44 Epilogue
0:54:15 Where’s Nanami?
0:56:03 Reflections
1:02:15 Empty Movement
1:04:15 Girls Revolution Utena
1:07:27 Revolutionary Girl Ursula
1:10:44 Outro
Vrai: bsky.app/profile/writervrai.bsky.social
Cy: bsky.app/profile/pixelatedlenses.bsky.social
Chiaki: bsky.app/profile/terrible.moe
AniFem Linktree: https://linktr.ee/animefeminist
AniFem Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/animefeminist
AniFem Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/animefeminist
Recorded Wednesday 20th October 2024
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/
Chatty AF: The Anime Feminist Podcast
Alex, Vrai, and Toni go elbow deep exploring the queer themes and rural horror of The Summer Hikaru Died.
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:01 Summary
0:02:29 Personal experiences
0:08:11 Making anime scary
0:11:27 The Netflix of it all
0:15:35 BL as a genre piece
0:20:20 The gay ‘90s
0:24:03 A horror genre piece
0:27:40 Showing vs telling queer rep
0:34:06 Cronenberg
0:42:53 “Supporting” cast
0:44:58 Penguindrum and Venom
0:51:27 Asako
0:55:29 Rie and queer acceptance
1:05:42 Hikaru’s entity
1:10:57 Final thoughts
1:13:47 Outro
Alex: https://bsky.app/profile/arhenderson.bsky.social
Vrai: https://bsky.app/profile/witervrai.bsky.social
Toni: https://bsky.app/profile/kuu-hime.bsky.social
AniFem Linktree: https://linktr.ee/animefeminist
AniFem Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/animefeminist
AniFem Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/animefeminist
Recorded Tuesday 21st October 2025
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/
