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! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac 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 appreciate the representation in Please tell me! Galko-chan while disliking it due to the character designs, But Re:Zero on the other hand has such great representation it let’s her look past the cutesy moe designs 01:46:32 - Darfox and dakazu praise how the sexually active for Haru from BEASTARS isn’t portrayed as shameful female character trait, Amelia likes Scum’s Wish for giving it’s characters complex relationships with sex 01:56:04 - Darfox likes the tough but maternal growth in Reiko Tamura from Parasyte, we wonder if pairing atypical manga/anime fema