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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AniFem Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/animefeminist
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/
The classic AniFem combo of Dee, Caitlin, and Vrai get together to talk about the standout anime of 2025 Winter and AOTY hopeful, a meta throwback to ‘90s shojo isekai, ZENSHU!
0:00:00 Intro
0:02:25 Background
0:03:38 Production
0:06:51 Personal experiences
0:09:54 Sub and dub
0:12:59 The beginning
0:13:50 ‘90s shojo isekai vibes
0:16:43 Adult isekai
0:18:44 Industry conditions vs individual relationship with art narrative
0:23:18 Destiny and Memmeln
0:36:00 Natsuko drawing from her inspirations
0:37:48 Tsuruyama
0:43:23 Transformative fandom
0:47:08 Justice
0:54:14 Natsuko’s relationships and romance
1:01:58 QJ
1:05:17 Luke
1:09:27 The ending
1:14:58 Letter scores
1:19:55 Outro
Dee: https://bsky.app/profile/deescribe.bsky.social
Caitlin: https://bsky.app/profile/alltsunnodere.bsky.social
Vrai: https://bsky.app/profile/witervrai.bsky.social
AniFem Linktree: https://linktr.ee/animefeminist
AniFem Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/animefeminist
AniFem Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/animefeminist
Recorded Saturday 26th April 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: 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/
