Chatty AF: The Anime Feminist Podcast

Tony, Vrai, and Destiny return for Part 2 of their NANA watchalong, covering episodes 8-17, where they discuss Hachi’s sexuality, the vilification of women in rock, and the reality vs the mystique of Nana O!

0:00:00 Intro
0:01:29 The story until now
0:02:18 Jackson Hole is REAL
0:06:41 Hachi’s big city fantasy vs reality
0:18:41 Shoji sucks
0:25:41 Hachi’s sexuality
0:30:45 Hachi’s awakening
0:33:36 The girls are fighting but ALSO reconciling
0:35:37 Hachi is hated???
0:38:11 Junko is hated
0:48:55 Anime vs manga framing
0:50:49 Nana O’s mystique
0:58:46 Woman in rock being vilified
1:02:11 The music
1:06:03 Nice things
1:12:18 Yasu rocks
1:17:02 Outro

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Recorded Thursday 22nd January 2026

Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Tony, Caitlin, and ANN’s Sylvia get together to talk about Paru Itagaki’s madcap dystopic LGBT romance battle shonen featuring a sexy Santa Claus, Sanda!

0:00:00 Intro
0:01:53 Paru Itagaki
0:07:07 Whomst is Santa
0:10:21 Wish fulfillment
0:14:35 Black Santa
0:18:50 The “Trauma-free Curriculum”
0:31:08 Oshibu
0:34:55 Puberty and body horror
0:37:59 Furuyama’s Body
0:42:04 All the metaphors
0:45:41 Enforced heteronormativity
0:48:44 Bury your gays?
0:56:59 Bury your gays
1:02:39 Itagaki’s unpredictability
1:04:33 Hopes for season 2
1:08:49 Closing thoughts
1:09:24 Outro

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Recorded Thursday 29th January 2026

Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Dee, Caitlin, and Peter wrap-up the year 2025 with a recap of the 2025 Fall Season’s solid line-up!

0:00:00 Intro
Neutral Zone
0:01:47 A Wild Last Boss Appeared!
0:05:08 Yano-kun’s Ordinary Days
0:06:51 Wandance
0:10:51 Yano-kun’s Ordinary Days
0:15:51 A Star Brighter than the Sun
0:18:46 My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s
0:20:42 The Fated Magical Princess
It’s Complicated
0:22:24 With You, Our Love Will Make it Through
0:25:29 Sanda
Feminist Potential
0:34:26 This Monster Wants to Eat Me
0:40:07 May I Ask for One Final Thing?
0:49:50 A Mangaka’s Weirdly Wonderful Workplace
0:52:46 GNOSIA
1:00:26 The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess
1:06:22 Ranma 1/2
1:10:09 SPY x FAMILY
1:12:57 Outro

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Recorded Saturday 3rd January 2026

Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Vrai, Tony, and special guest, the Getting Animated podcast’s Destiny-Senpai, begin their multi-part watchalong of the shoujo classic, NANA. Destiny will be our expert as Vrai and Tony experience the story for the very first time, just in time for its 25th anniversary.

0:00:00 Intro
0:03:00 About NANA
0:05:11 Personal histories
0:10:51 Yazawa’s style and other works
0:14:12 Plot summary
0:15:32 Music, fashion, and identity
0:37:18 Love, Sex, and CompHet
0:50:25 The boys
0:57:53 Hachi
1:00:20 NANA glazing
1:02:05 Theorycrafting
1:06:38 Lightning round
1:14:59 Outro

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Recorded Monday 15th December 2025

Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Toni, Vrai, and Peter return for part 5 of their Monogatari watchalong with the Neko Black OVA series and Neko White (AKA the Tsubasa Tiger arc from Monogatari Second Season) to follow Hanekawa’s twin story arcs and a new Araragi-less face (mostly) for Monogatari!

0:00:00 Intro
0:02:42 Watch order
0:03:45 Monogatari without Araragi
0:07:49 White as a redo for Black
0:10:38 Timeline
0:11:58 Hanekawa house reveal
0:14:58 Bisexuals
0:20:40 Adaptation decisions
0:24:08 Hanekawa x Senjogahara
0:26:51 Haircuts
0:28:58 Neko Black’s ending
0:37:58 Hanekawa, buddhism, and the tiger
0:39:35 Hanekawa’s development
0:46:41 Autism coding
0:52:42 Senjogahara’s handshake
0:53:57 Araragi’s mom
0:58:16 Oshino’s senpai
1:01:20 Bad horny
1:03:22 Hanekawa and rules
1:06:22 Mayoi
1:08:29 Monogatari’s structure sans Araragi
1:14:45 Future plans
1:15:45 Outro

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Recorded Tuesday 2nd December 2025

Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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