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/
Toni, Cy, and Chiaki get the band back together to look back at the latest in the BanG Dream franchise, Ave Mujica!
0:00:00 Intro
0:02:56 What is BanG Dream
0:08:32 The writing
0:13:14 Differences from MyGo!
0:18:29 Songs serving the story
0:22:51 Reasons to create art
0:29:33 Camp
0:33:58 Uika
0:40:34 Intrusive thoughts
0:44:48 Mutsumi
0:47:48 Pluralism
0:55:21 Trauma dumping
1:02:32 Sakiko
1:13:31 Hopes for the sequel
1:15:15 Favorite music
1:18:59 Outro
Toni: https://bsky.app/profile/kuu-hime.bsky.social
Cy: https://bsky.app/profile/pixelatedlenses.bsky.social
Chiaki: https://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 Saturday 11th May 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/
