Chatty AF 17: Flip Flappers Retrospective

Taking a one-week break from our Berserk watchalong, Dee, Vrai, Peter, and special guest Natasha do a deep dive into one our favorite anime of last year: Flip Flappers! SPOILERS: for the entire series of Flip Flappers 0:00:00 Intro 0:02:15 Experience with Flip Flappers 0:08:03 Wealth of content 0:11:12 Impressions of early episodic portion 0:16:00 Themes of developing queer sexuality 0:22:17 Change in writers 0:23:24 Yonic imagery and rejections of yuri 0:31:29 Papika 0:37:18 Multiple perspectives and character freedom 0:41:36 Portrayal and restrictions of queer romance 0:48:36 Importance of queer representation and the sexual tightrope 0:54:41 Bu-chan and Nyuu Nyuu 0:59:39 Yayaka 1:02:25 Mimi, femininity, and the faces of motherhood 1:12:23 Cocona's conclusion 1:18:54 Outro Dee: twitter.com/joseinextdoor Vrai: twitter.com/WriterVrai Peter: twitter.com/PeterFobian Natasha: twitter.com/illegenes AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist AniFem Facebook: www.facebook.com/animefem/ Recorded Saturday 25th June 2017 Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/