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The Spring Anime You May Have Missed
As always, the spring anime season was packed this year. And like always, some good anime got passed by because of it. One such series that people have…
Making the Shonen Jump to Shoujo with a Vengeance
We're back with the third installment of making the shonen JUMP to shoujo! This one is for my best friend Martin Scorsese. UPDATE: This video was filmed and…
Shoujo Sundae – Ugly School Uniforms (Maid Sama Eps 1 & 2) | Show Notes & Transcripts
SHOW NOTES In this debut episode of Shoujo Sundae, Giana and Chika break down Episodes 1 and 2 of Maid Sama!, reflecting on the themes,…
Shoujo Sundae – Introduction | Show Notes & Transcripts
SHOW NOTES Welcome to Shoujo Sundae! Get to know your hosts, Giana Luna and Chika Supreme, in our bite sized introductory episode. Learn all about…
Death Note, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Ouran High School Host Club, Sailor Moon
Top 5 Shoujo Anime Podcasts You Need To Know
The fast pace of life has made it almost impossible to find time to watch your favorite shows. That's why today, instead of television, many choose much more…
Naruto, Cardcaptor Sakura, Dragon Ball, Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play
Spend a day at an Anime Cafe: Part two of four
Go to Part One! The weather, just weeks before Summer, is mild with a gentle breeze. Jazz music is playing and hushed conversations are in the air. Nestled…
How shoujo manga helps me grapple with internalized misogyny
I’ve been a fan of shoujo manga for 20 years, and for much of that, I’ve been fighting to get other manga readers to take it more seriously.…
10 Favorite First Volumes
Fun Lists 10 Favorite First Volumes Shoujo Henshin shoujo, shojo, anime, manga, manga blog, anime blog
Skip Beat!, Fruits Basket, Full Moon, Boys Over Flowers, Sailor Moon
Valentine’s Day Special: My favourite Romance anime’s
Hi, Guys and Happy Valentine’s day! and for this special occasion, I will give you my top 10 favourite romance anime/movies I’ve watched over the last 8 years.…
Fruits Basket, Junjo Romantica, Maid-Sama!, Kamisama Kiss, My Love Story!!
Feature: On Romance in Anime
Romance in anime can be super adorable. While tomorrow's post is going to focus on bad romance, today is all about the common features of sweet and romantic…
Kamisama Kiss, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Snow White with the Red Hair
Visual Kei&Anime – heidi
Welcome back to your monthly dose of Visual Kei&Anime! This time I have a feature of a band that got their major debut doing not, one but two…
June 2021 Anime Collaborations and Pop-up Store Events
– Anime Collaborations – Chinese Anime/Donghua Collaborations – Otome Game Collaborations Anime Collaborations 1. Jujutsu Kaisen x UNIQLO Event Period: Starting June 3 Website: Ha…
Yona of the Dawn, Cardcaptor Sakura, Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom (2010), Megumi, Moriarty the Patriot
After School Nightmare Pt. 1 (with Mouna Toure)
Covers volumes 1–5 of After School Nightmare by Setona MizushiroWelcome to the most mysterious and frightening after school club you’ll ever join. Content warning for sexual assault and…
Tokyo Mew Mew, Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club, Fruits Basket, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Ouran High School Host Club
Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden Pt. 1 (with Caitlin, Sara, and Zahra)
Covers volumes 1–6 of Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden by Yuu WataseGenbu Kaiden is Shojo & Tell host Ashley's second-favorite manga (behind only the illustrious Maid-Sama!), and so, this…
Your Lie in April, Maid-Sama!, Moomin, Moomin, Princess Jellyfish
That Wolf-Boy is Mine! (with letterer Sara Linsley)
Covers all 4 volumes of That Wolf-Boy is Mine! by Yoko NogiriThat Wolf-Boy is Mine! is a lot cuter and more innocent than its title suggests. Four hot…
Weekly Round-Up, 11-17 March 2020: Abuse Allegations in the Cosplay Community, COVID-19 Stories From East Asia, and Other Harrowing News
AniFem Round-Up Coping with Trauma and the Burden of Leadership in Maid-sama! Luisa Aparisi-França analyzes the high school comedy’s central character and how her early childhood trauma colors…
Coping with Trauma and the Burden of Leadership in Maid-sama!
Juggling respect and likability is a tightrope many women are forced to walk. This intricate dance of cultivating social and professional balance is what first drew me to…
Basara Pt. 1 (with Caitlin)
Covers volumes 1–9 of Basara by Yumi Tamura (the first third of the series)Strap in for a classic epic fantasy shojo series with Basara. Though it never quite…
Anime Recommendation #5: If you like Ouran High School Host Club you might like...
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Love in Focus (with Asher Sofman)
Covers all 3 volumes of Love in Focus by Yoko NogiriLove in Focus is a very cute and subtly subversive series about a high school love triangle between…
Ouran High School Host Club Pt. 2 (with Rose Bridges and Aisha Soleil)
Covers volumes 10-18 of OURAN HIGH SCHOOL HOST CLUB by Bisco Hatori OURAN superfan Rose Bridges, manga reviewer Aisha Soleil chat, and Shojo & Tell host Ashley are back…
Ouran High School Host Club Pt. 1 (with Rose Bridges and Aisha Soleil)
Covers volumes 1-9 of OURAN HIGH SCHOOL HOST CLUB by Bisco Hatori Bisco Hatori’s breakout hit has made everyone laugh at pretty rich boys and their host club hijinks…
The Young Master’s Revenge (with Anna Neatrour)
Covers all of The Young Master’s Revenge by Meca TanakaWhat if you had scars on your butt. From being bitten by snapping turtles when you were little. That…
Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty (with Asher Sofman)
Covers Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty by Megumi Morino (all six volumes of the series) “I can't believe Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty single-handedly convinced me that manga was not a…
Princess Jellyfish Part 2
Covers volumes 9 to 17 of Princess Jellyfish by Akiko Higashimura Don your armor (read: your prettiest, frilliest dress) and get ready to defend Tsukimi and all the residents…
Princess Jellyfish Part 1 (with Carrie McClain)
Covers volumes 1 to 8 of Princess Jellyfish by Akiko Higashimura Chances are you’ve heard heaps and heaps of praise bestowed upon this manga about a jellyfish otaku whose…
Maid-sama! Part 2
Vol 10-18 of Maid-sama! (end of the series) Asher and Ashley are back to discuss the second half of Hiro Fujiwara’s modern masterpiece about Maid Latte. As promised, the…
Maid-sama! Part 1 (with Asher Sofman)
Covers: MAID-SAMA! Vol. 1-9 After doing two classic shojo series, we’re finally covering Ashley’s favorite manga of all time: Maid-sama! Yes, Ashley’s favorite manga is about working in a…
OtakuGeneration (Show #503) Silver Spoon
Shownotes :: (show 503) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Silver Spoon, recorded live January 25th, 2015. This week we watched…
Silver Spoon, A-Channel, Comic Party, Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, Log Horizon
OtakuGeneration (Show #502) Winter Impressions and MAGfest
Shownotes :: (show 502) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Winter Impressions and MAGfest, recorded live January 18th, 2015. This week…
Nisekoi:, Assassination Classroom, Durarara!!, Maria the Virgin Witch, Little Busters!
OtakuGeneration (Show #501) Winter Impressions
Shownotes :: (show 501) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Winter Impressions, recorded live January 11th, 2014. This week we started…
SHONEN HOLLYWOOD -HOLLY STAGE FOR 50-, Aldnoah.Zero, Log Horizon, A Certain Scientific Railgun, Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
OtakuGeneration (Show #500) Tonari no Seki-kun
Shownotes :: (show 500) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Tonari no Seki-kun, recorded live January 4th, 2014. This week we…
The pseudo-feminist shojo lead
If there’s one gripe that fans have with shojo manga, it’s the pervasiveness of weak female leads. Most readers are turned off by female protagonists who are romance-obsessed, average…
Kaibutsu-kun, Maid-Sama!, Ouran High School Host Club, My Little Monster
OtakuGeneration (Show #383) Fall Impressions
Shownotes :: (show 383) :: () :: () :: () :: () With Fall Impressions, recorded live October 7th, 2012. This week we watched a lot of new anime…
One Piece, Samurai Girls, Durarara!!, Heaven's Memo Pad, Natsume's Book of Friends
OtakuGeneration (Show #382) Gun Smith Cats
Shownotes :: (show 382) :: () :: () :: () :: () With Gun Smith Cats, recorded live September 30th, 2012. This week we went old skool and talked…
Naruto, Naruto: Shippuden, One Piece, Samurai Girls, Aria the Scarlet Ammo
Can You Keep My Secret: Maid Sama
At school she takes orders from no one. At work she serves all with a smile. At long last I finished watching Maid Sama, or Maid Sama! if…
OtakuGeneration (Show #321) OTAKON 2011
Shownotes :: (show 321) :: () :: () :: () :: () With the OTAKON 2011, recorded live August 1st, 2011. This week we talked about our highlights at…
Beyblade: Metal Fusion, Casshern Sins, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Night Raid 1931
OtakuGeneration (Show #313) Graphicly
Shownotes :: (show 313) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Micah Baldwin, recorded live June 5th, 2011. This week we talked…
Dance in the Vampire Bund, Dragon Ball, Tales of the Abyss, Unico, You're Under Arrest: Full Throttle
Kaichou wa Maid-sama 8 I didn’t start watching this until...
Kaichou wa Maid-sama 8 I didn't start watching this until a couple of weeks ago, but now I'm glad I picked it up! Having followed the manga for a…
Anime Preview: Spring 2010 First Impressions
Here’s my quick first impressions on some of the Spring 2010 series. In this entry: (1) Arakawa Under the Bridge (2) Giant Killing (3) Heroman (4) Kaichou wa…
Giant Killing, HEROMAN, Maid-Sama!, Big Windup!, Night Raid 1931