The classic AniFem combo of Dee, Caitlin, and Vrai get together to talk about the standout anime of 2025 Winter and AOTY hopeful, a meta throwback to ‘90s shojo isekai, ZENSHU!

0:00:00 Intro
0:02:25 Background
0:03:38 Production
0:06:51 Personal experiences
0:09:54 Sub and dub
0:12:59 The beginning
0:13:50 ‘90s shojo isekai vibes
0:16:43 Adult isekai
0:18:44 Industry conditions vs individual relationship with art narrative
0:23:18 Destiny and Memmeln
0:36:00 Natsuko drawing from her inspirations
0:37:48 Tsuruyama
0:43:23 Transformative fandom
0:47:08 Justice
0:54:14 Natsuko’s relationships and romance
1:01:58 QJ
1:05:17 Luke
1:09:27 The ending
1:14:58 Letter scores
1:19:55 Outro

Dee: https://bsky.app/profile/deescribe.bsky.social
Caitlin: https://bsky.app/profile/alltsunnodere.bsky.social
Vrai: https://bsky.app/profile/witervrai.bsky.social

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Recorded Saturday 26th April 2025

Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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