Episode Details

This week we launch our first special guest themed Gaiden series with Amelia Cook, creator of the Anime Feminist website! Get ready for a mega-sized episode as we interview Amelia about her manga/anime origins and how she started Anime Feminist. Then she joins us for a in-depth discussion about representation in manga/anime as we analyze our own positive and negative examples of female characters in shonen battle manga! Support Anime Feminist on patreon!

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Time Stamps:

• 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Re:Call" by i☆Ris from Twin Star Exorcists, Opening, Introductions,
• 00:03:07 - Secret Origins: Amelia tells us how she began her anime/manga fandom with Castle in the Sky, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing & Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend
• 00:07:13 - The dark days of buying 4 episode DVDs for 20 pounds makes Amelia appreciate the accessibility of modern streaming services
• 00:10:33 - The lack of a space to discuss issues in anime/manga helped create Anime Feminist but also had positive and negative consequences
• 00:19:55 - we talk about our experience with harassment and the lessons we learned
• 00:29:56 - Listener Questions: Answering what future goals Anime Feminist are planning
• 00:34:42 - Amelia explains why proper payment & representation with writers is key
• 00:43:30 - Darfox asks Amelia to elaborate the process of pitching to Anime Feminist, working with an editor to shape new articles
• 00:54:33 - Seamus and Amelia praise the stage adaptation of Naoki Urasawa's Pluto
• 00:58:37 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Ode to Kirihito, we will do a comprehensive review of this Tezuka Osamu title(covers chapters 1-11)
• 00:59:03 - Main Segment Machinations Gaiden: Transition Song: "Haruka Kanata" by Asian Kung-fu Generation from Naruto, we have an open discussion about representation within manga/anime
• 01:02:52 - Discussing the shonen battle manga heroine archetype, dakazu and Amelia share their issues on Sakura's character arc in Naruto
• 01:11:09 - We lament the typical fate of female characters being reduced to moms/wives in shonen epilogues, the body proportions of characters like Orihime from Bleach are a deal breaker for Amelia
• 01:17:23 - Amelia explains with Black Clover and Blue Exorcist how personal experiences effect which representations are overlooked while others are jarring, dakazu doesn't like the non-consensual male pursuit of females represented in all entertainment
• 01:21:40 - We discuss the various groping perverts that are seen as comedic characters in shonen manga, we examine shonen manga as a commercial product and how that effects English adaptations
• 01:26:11 - We explain how despite having passionate fandoms for manga such as the female MMA manga Teppu, they still might struggle in finding a market in the West, we attribute the increase of BL/Yuri releases to the fujoshi buying them out
• 01:31:22 - We explore female characters in sports manga, Farewell, My Dear Cramer reflects the real life popularity of female soccer for Amelia
• 01:37:34 - The ensemble cast of My Hero Academia help bring a little diversity to it's female representation, Amelia makes a case for diversity of physical body types in Keijo!!!!!!!!
• 01:41:03 - Personally, Amelia can