Anime Feminist
Weekly Round-Up, 21-27 January 2026: Shojo in 2026, Love Bullet in English, and
Anime Feminist’s Top Picks for 2025
Anime Feminist Recommendations of Fall 2025
Weekly Round-Up, 14-20 January 2026: BL OVAs, Gene Bride, and Anime in the UK
What was your favorite anime of 2025?
2026 Winter Premiere Digest
You and I Are Polar Opposites – Episode 1
Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary – Episode 1
The Villainess Is Adored by the Prince of the Neighbor Kingdom – Episode 1
Oedo Fire Slayer -The Legend of Phoenix- – Episode 1
Weekly Round-Up, 7-13 January 2026: Mixed Japanese Rep in PreCure, Shojo Drama Adaptations, and Cygames AI
In the Clear Moonlit Dusk – Episode 1
Scum of the Brave – Episode 1
Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling – Episode 1
A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans – Episode 1
DARK MOON: THE BLOOD ALTAR – Episode 1
Roll Over and Die – Episode 1
Dead Account – Episode 1
HELL MODE – Episode 1
High School! Kimengumi – Episode 1
What’s your most anticipated Winter 2026 anime?
SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table – Episode 1
Champignon Witch – Episode 1
Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord – Episode 1
The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife – Episode 1
A Gentle Noble’s Vacation Recommendation – Episode 1
The Holy Grail of Eris – Episode 1
Isekai Office Worker: The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter – Episode 1
An Adventurer’s Daily Grind at Age 29 – Episode 1
Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers– Episode 1
Tune in to the Midnight Heart – Episode 1
The Case Book of Arne – Episode 1
The Darwin Incident – Episode 1
The Demon King’s Daughter is Too Kind!! – Episodes 1-2
There Was a Cute Girl in the Hero’s Party, So I Tried Confessing to Her – Episode 1
You Can’t Be in a Rom-Com With Your Childhood Friends! – Episode 1
Noble Reincarnation: Born Blessed, So I’ll Obtain Ultimate Power – Episode 1
Wash It All Away – Episode 1
Weekly Round-Up, 1-6 January 2026: Wheels & Roses Pilot, Sugar Sugar Rune Streaming, and Princess Ai Retrospective
Journal with Witch – Episode 1
Kunon the Sorcerer Can See – Episodes 1-2
The Daily Life of a Part-time Torturer – Episode 1
Hana-Kimi – Episodes 1-2
Sentenced to be a Hero – Episode 1
2026 Winter Premiere Reviews
Chatty AF 238: 2025 Fall Wrap-Up
Jack of All Trades, Party of None – Episode 1
Tamon’s B-side – Episode 1
Weekly Round-Up, 24-31 December 2025: Internationally Streaming Takarazuka, FTC Anime Industry Investigation, and Gal x Gal
What are your backlog resolutions for 2026?
The AniFem Guide to Shojosei Series Coming Out in Winter 2026
How Just Like Mona Lisa uses speculative fiction to explore gender norms
Weekly Round-Up, 10-23 December 2025: AI in Gaming, Yona of the Dawn Season 2, and Industry Interviews
What anime did you watch in theaters this year?
Chatty AF 237: NANA Watchalong – Part 1
What’s your favorite fantasy shoujo?
Weekly Round-Up, 3-9 December 2025: Idol Memoir, Nana’s Fashion Impact, and Kink Manga
Do you buy limited edition physical releases?
Chatty AF 236: Monogatari Watchalong Part 5 – Nekomonogatari Black and White
A Conversation with Minoji Kurata, artist of The Apothecary Diaries and Assassin’s Creed: Blade of Shao Jun
Weekly Round-Up, 26 November – 2 December 2025: AI-generated Dubs and Captions, Adolescence in SANDA, and Interviewing Relena
What’s your favorite dubbed anime performance?
Chatty AF 235: 2025 Fall Mid-Season Check-In (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Weekly Round-Up, 19-25 November 2025: “Gay Dragonball”, Virgin Punk Screenings, and Dialogue by Gender in Final Fantasy
What’s the oldest out-of-print title you own?
Disney Twisted-Wonderland The Animation – Episodes 1-3
Discussing Pass the Monster Meat, Milady! across mediums with Chika Mizube and Kanna Nakamura
Weekly Round-Up, 12-18 November 2025: Ai Yazawa Interview, Shojo Beat’s Anniversary, and Spacewalking With You
Did an anime or manga character crack your egg?
Weekly Round-Up, 5-11 November 2025: WEBTOON Labor Allegations, Studio Closures, and Tokyo Mew Mew Spin-Offs
What are the greatest cyberpunk anime?
Chatty AF 234: The Summer Hikaru Died Retrospective
2025 Fall Anime Three-Episode Check-In
Takopi’s Original Sin – Series Review
Weekly Round-Up, 29 October – 4 November 2025: Boys Run the Riot Sequel, Yona of the Dawn Ending, and A Bride’s Story Moving Magazines
Who’s your favorite magical girl sidekick?
Let’s Go Karaoke! – Series Review
Interviewing legendary gay manga artist Gengoroh Tagame at the de Young Museum
Weekly Round-Up, 22-28 October 2025: Anime as Vision Therapy, Sugar Sugar Rune, and Shall We Date? Retrospective
Has an anime ever changed the ending of its source material for the better?
Chatty AF 233: 2025 Summer Wrap-Up
Anime Feminist Recommendations of Summer 2025
2025 Fall Premiere Digest
Weekly Round-Up, 15-21 October 2025: Japan’s First Female Prime Minister, Gnosia Translation Guide, and LGBTQ Census Exclusions
What was your favorite Summer 2025 anime?
With You, Our Love Will Make it Through – Episode 1
Li’l Miss Vampire Can’t Suck Right – Episode 1
Weekly Round-Up, 8-14 October 2025: ICE ADOLESCENCE, Gainax’s Princess Anime, and BL Light Novels
What’s your favorite game based on an anime?
GNOSIA – Episode 1
Wandance – Episode 1
The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess – Episode 1
Ninja Vs Gokudo – Episode 1
Chitose is in the Ramune Bottle – Episode 1
Plus-Sized Misadventures in Love! – Episode 1
Alma-Chan Wants to Be a Family! – Episode 1
Weekly Round-Up, 1-7 October 2025: Not Your Idol Returns, NANA Anniversary Cover, and Crunchyroll’s Worsening Subtitles
A Mangaka’s Weirdly Wonderful Workplace – Episode 1
My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s – Episode 1
Touring After the Apocalypse – Episode 1
My Friend’s Little Sister Has It In for Me! – Episode 1
Digimon Beatbreak – Episode 1
Dad is a Hero, Mom is a Spirit, I’m a Reincarnator – Episode 1
SI-VIS: The Sound of Heroes – Episode 1
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider – Episode 1
The Banished Court Magician Aims to Become the Strongest – Episode 1
What Fall 2025 anime are you most interested in?
Mechanical Marie – Episode 1
Sanda – Episode 1
Shabake – Episode 1
A Star Brighter Than the Sun – Episode 1
Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota – Episode 1
The Fated Magical Princess: Who Made Me a Princess – Episodes 1-3
This Monster Wants to Eat Me – Episode 1
May I Ask for One Final Thing? – Episodes 1-2
My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha: Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon, I’m Out for Revenge! – Episode 1
Let’s Play – Episode 1
Dusk Beyond the End of the World – Episodes 0-1
Pass the Monster Meat, Milady! – Episode 1
My Awkward Senpai – Episode 1
Yano-kun’s Ordinary Days – Episode 1
2025 Fall Premiere Reviews
Weekly Round-Up, 24-30 September 2025: “It’s Not That Deep,” Mermaid Melody, and Newspaper AI
A Gatherer’s Adventure in Isekai – Episode 1
A Wild Last Boss Appears! – Episode 1
Cat’s Eye (2025) – Episode 1
What anime makes the best use of a weird premise?
Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?! – Episode 1
Maebashi Witches sets a new standard for tackling fatphobia
WATATABE: This Monster Wants to Eat Me—World premiere and insights from the creative team
Weekly Round-Up, 17-23 September 2025: Matt Haasch In Memorium, Ojamajo Music Video, and Message From Chiitan
What shoujosei manga would you like to see reprinted?
Captivated, By You – Series Review
Weekly Round-Up, 10-16 September 2025: Erika Yoshida Interview, Yuri Game Festival, and Shoujo Humble Bundle
What’s your definition of “filler”?
The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity – Episodes 1-2
Complicated Age: Passion, hobbies, and aging through the lens of Complex Age
Weekly Round-Up, 3-9 September 2025: Yuri Mobile Game, Promise Mascot Agency, and Pro-Palestine Manga Artists
What anime has the best stage show?
Weekly Round-Up, 27 August – 2 September 2025: Silent Hill f, Soft Censorship of Manga, and Anime-Inspired Streetwear
What’s your weird midnight snack?
Weekly Round-Up, 20-26 August 2025: AI Translation Creep, Early Jun Mayuzuki Manga, and Idol Lolita
What’s your favorite anime that’s shorter than 12 episodes?
Chatty AF 232: 2025 Summer Mid-Season Check-In (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Anime Feminist’s Recommendation Backlog: Unusual School Clubs
Weekly Round-Up, 13-19 August 2025: Workplace BL and Yuri, Retro Shoujo Pins, and New Josei Web Magazine
Fermat Kitchen – Episode 1
Have you ever recreated food from an anime?
Weekly Round-Up, 6-12 August 2025: Crunchyroll Layoffs, Library Streaming Options, and Osaka’s Queer Feminist Cafe
What anime-related topic could you give a convention panel about?
Queer Self-Acceptance in Guilty Gear Strive
From the Verdigris House to the Rear Palace: Sex workers’ perspective on The Apothecary Diaries
Weekly Round-Up, 30 July – August 5 2025: Plus-Sized Misadventures in Love, Queer Summer Anime, and Fluffy BL
What’s your favorite Precure series?
Weekly Round-Up, 23-29 July 2025: NSFW Game Censorship, Manga Bans, and Aoi Yuki Interview
What Summer 2025 anime are you most invested in?
2025 Summer Anime Three-Episode Check-In
Anime Feminist Recommendations of Spring 2025
Weekly Round-Up, 16-22 July 2025: Horror Romance, the Apothecary Diaries, and Leaving VShojo
What was your favorite Spring 2025 anime?
Chatty AF 231: 2025 Spring Season Wrap-Up (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
2025 Summer Premiere Digest
Tougen Anki – Episode 1
Turkey! Time to Strike – Episodes 1-2
Weekly Round-Up, 9-15 July 2025: Blocked Visa Payments, Addressing Animation Crunch, and Short Shoujosei Manga
Kamitsubaki City Under Construction – Episodes 0-1
Solo Camping for Two – Episode 1
Dealing with Mikadono Sisters Is a Breeze – Episodes 1-2
There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless… – Episode 1
See You Tomorrow at the Food Court – Episode 1
Nyaight of the Living Cat – Episode 1
Uglymug, Epicfighter – Episode 1
Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra: World Conquest Starts with the Civilization of Ruin – Episode 1
Dekin no Mogura: The Earthbound Mole – Episode 1
Weekly Round-Up, 2-8 July 2025: Women in Death Stranding, Sugar Sugar Rune Anime, and Ouji Fashion
Cultural Exchange with a Game Centre Girl – Episode 1
Hotel Inhumans – Episode 1
Gachiakuta – Episode 1
Bad Girl – Episode 1
CITY the Animation – Episode 1
Ruri Rocks – Episode 1
The Summer Hikaru Died – Episode 1
With You and the Rain – Episode 1
The Shy Hero and the Assassin Princesses – Episode 1
Betrothed to My Sister’s Ex – Episode 1
Watari-kun’s ***** is About to Collapse – Episode 1
Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer! – Episode 1
Secrets of the Silent Witch – Episode 1
The Water Magician – Episode 1
New Saga – Episode 1
Onmyo Kaiten Re:Birth Verse – Episode 1
Clevatess – Episode 1
Welcome to the Outcast’s Restaurant! – Episode 1
Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube – Episodes 1-2
Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show – Episode 1
Detectives These Days Are Crazy! – Episode 1
Weekly Round-Up, 25 June – 1 July 2025: Convervative Youth Backlash, Rent-a-Girlfriend Sunk Cost, and the Real TOGENASHI TOGEARI
Who’s your favorite LGBTQ+ protagonist?
Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter – Episode 1
2025 Summer Premiere Reviews
Takopi’s Original Sin – Episode 1
Throw the Man Away With Me: Rejecting heteronormativity in Run Away With Me, Girl
Dweebs, Dorks, and Dictators: El-Hazard’s prescient political commentary
Weekly Round-Up, 18-24 June 2025: Steam Accessibility Tags, Showa Fudanshi, and Tomino’s Gundam
What LGBTQ+ manga would you most like to see as an anime?
Weekly Round-Up, 11-17 June 2025: Legal Manga Platforms, Sailor Moon Day, and Switch 2
What was your first BL or yuri series?
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth and imagining radical futures
In Sailor Moon S and Revolutionary Girl Utena, butchness is vital fluidity
Weekly Round-Up, 4-10 June 2025: Dark Otome Kickstarter, Hayashibara Megumi Blog Post, and Real Honey Lemon Soda
What’s your favorite LGBTQ+ light novel?
Weekly Round-Up, 28 May – 3 June 2025: Queer Monster Rom-Com, Steam Festivals, and AI Translations
What’s your most rare or unusual out-of-print manga?
Chatty AF 230: Ave Mujica Retrospective (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
The women coloring the worlds of Studio Ghibli from behind the scenes
The Real Indians of Victorian Britain: Black Butler and the representation of South Asian histories
Weekly Round-Up, 21-27 May 2025: Crunchyroll Awards Postmortem, New Geikomi Publisher, and Adult Women in Anime
What’s your most interesting tape/DVD of an out-of-print anime?