Chatty AF 234: The Summer Hikaru Died Retrospective
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
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Recorded Tuesday 21st October 2025
Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Chatty AF 233: 2025 Summer Wrap-Up
Vrai, Dee, and Peter return to wrap-up a summer season full of excellent smaller titles, sequels, and contender for Anime of the Year!
0:00:00 Intro
Red Flags
0:02:22 Clevatess
Yellow Flags
0:04:40 Ruri Rocks
Neutral Zonne
0:07:49 Dealing with Mikadono Sisters is a Breeze
0:12:28 Turkey!
0:19:21 Secrets of the Silent Witch
0:23:57 Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show
It’s Complicated…
0:30:35 There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless...
0:36:13 Gachiakuta
0:42:59 CITY the Animation
0:47:17 Betrothed to my Sister’s Ex
Feminist Potential
0:52:45 The Summer Hikaru Died
Sequels
1:00:52 Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun
1:04:50 DAN DA DAN
1:13:33 Anne Shirley
1:19:58 Call of the Night
1:22:37 My Dress-Up Darling
1:29:04 To Be Hero X
1:30:21 Outro
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Recorded Monday 29th September 2025
Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Chatty AF 232: 2025 Summer Mid-Season Check-In
Vrai, Dee, and Peter have quite a bit to say about the 2025 Summer season along with notes from Cy, Toni, and Alex!
0:00:00 Intro
Red Flags
0:02:24 Clevatess
Yellow Flags
0:07:49 Ruri Rocks
Neutral Zone
0:13:34 Turkey! Time to Strike
0:21:35 Secrets of the Silent Witch
0:27:21 Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show
0:32:34 Bad Girl
0:35:19 Let’s Go Karaoke!
It’s Complicated
0:43:54 There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless...
0:50:58 Takopi’s Original Sin
0:55:09 Gachiakuta
1:01:14 CITY the Animation
1:05:10 Betrothed to My Sister’s Ex
Feminist Potential
1:07:35 The Summer Hikaru Died
1:11:44 See You Tomorrow at the Food Court
Dark Horse
1:15:40 Dealing with Mikadono Sisters is a Breeze!
1:21:15 Outro
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Recorded Tuesday 19th August 2025
Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Chatty AF 231: 2025 Spring Wrap-Up
Vrai, Peter, and Toni belatedly regroup to finally recap the 2025 Spring season’s many triumphs and one, big, blunder.
0:00:00 Intro
0:02:13 A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof!
0:08:04 WITCH WATCH
0:09:13 mono
0:10:40 Food for the Soul
0:12:05 Apocalypse Hotel
0:19:35 TO BE HERO X
0:25:08 LAZARUS
0:30:44 Kowloon Generic Romance
0:42:09 The Gorilla God’s Go-To Girl
0:43:00 The Too-Perfect Saint
0:43:32 Rock is a Lady’s Modesty
0:48:21 Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
0:51:15 Maebashi Witches
0:54:31 Anne Shirley
0:57:50 The Apothecary Diaries S2
1:00:25 Aharen-san ha Hakarenai S2
1:02:06 WIND BREAKER S2
1:12:14 Outro
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Recorded Sunday 20th July 2025
Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Chatty AF 230: Ave Mujica Retrospective
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
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Recorded Saturday 11th May 2025
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