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
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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 224: Magic Knight Rayearth Watchalong - Part 3
Chatty AF: The Anime Feminist Podcast
1 hour 1 minute 24 seconds
8 months ago
Chatty AF 224: Magic Knight Rayearth Watchalong - Part 3
Caitlin, Colleen, and Megan return to complete their rewatch of the Magic Knight Rayearth anime!
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:49 Content Warning: Grief and loss
0:02:33 Production
0:04:09 Mech designs
0:08:11 New songs
0:10:03 The writing
0:13:01 Personal reactions
0:14:52 Lantis x Eagle x Hikaru
0:16:32 Plot Mess
0:24:25 Umi romance
0:26:27 Umi and Fuu have nothing to do
0:33:19 Anime vs manga ending
0:38:18 Themes + motifs
0:44:49 Value of shojo
0:49:23 Shojo mecha
0:50:46 Contradictions
0:55:36 Final thoughts
0:59:42 Outro
Caitlin: bsky.app/profile/alltsunnodere.bsky.social
Megan: bsky.app/profile/brainchild129.bsky.social
Colleen: bsky.app/profile/colleensmangarecs.bsky.social
AniFem Linktree: https://linktr.ee/animefeminist
AniFem Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/animefeminist
AniFem Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/animefeminist
Recorded Sunday 13th 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/
