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we watched a movie and we are making YOU watch a movie but YOU HAVE TO DO IT!!!!!!!lol

A show so small we've covered it all! No thats a lie we onlky did like a thuird of it. i justbnwanted to rhyme im so.rr,y

the food bitches are back to cook up a frickin episode. get ready for lots of bad jokes

oh my god its only a bloddy legend of the streamer rats its Chezza here to discuss Non Non Biyozza with Mazza and Razza. im outnumbered by brits help me

look into my crystal bawl...

a special friend for a special show... a step through the KyoAni looking glass...

we are back with a brand new track. yuru camp for you to vamp

yeah another OVA sue us. more stuff soon xoxo

we are back!!! seasonal roundups soon xoxo

Finally, yet again finally, we are back from the Month of Mysterious Circumstances to discuss the remainder of the Kiniro Mosaic franchise. Tune in for our thoughts on KinMoza, what we've been up to for a month, and the latest opinions on the Drake-Kendrick beef!

WOW WHAT A BIG SEASON!!! So many heavy hitters! There was the gay show, the gay show, the dyke show, the other gay show, and then 15 other shows we watched too! MahoAko, Bucchigiri, Bravern, Metallic Rouge and Many Many More!!!!!!!!! Tap in!

We're back with a... maybe not brand-new track. Also this one is short lol enjoy

more of this extra exclamation point nonsense... its S2 and we're here to see if the show is finally good or not

this one has a spoiler section i have a timestamp in there enjoy the episode<3

Controversy time..... Tap in

Its still a "seasonal" episode because we are in a "Season" called Winter. Thanks for waiting <3 We talked a lot about eating raw eggs in this one for some reason?

first of two episodes from our positively epic sesh with the delightful and insightful Iris (@Beamposter). we actually did a year end episode finally thats cool huh!

Baseball season! Not yet lol but holy fuck did you hear about that guy with the $69000000000 contract what the hell??? Tamayomi is a cool show please enjoy this episode <3

Surprise! Funny episode

back again with that HidaSketch sauce. 10/10 podcast 10/10 cohosts 10/10 off-topic banter 10/10 release schedule adherance

Holy moly! Which of these idol franchise titans will produce the better anime! Probably the one with a history of doing so! Still a fun comparison. Sorry for the late upload!!!!! Enjoy

Cheerleaders are HERE-leaders!!!!! Thanks so much enjoy

Happy 2 years of AFTF :D

What would a royalty-focused drama be without intrigue, insurrection, and perhaps even a little interest? In what might be our dodgiest recording yet, enjoy 2 hours of Castle Town Dandelion fun-finding with Mallory and Ranka.

Time for an happy episode of the podcast!! Stay tuned til the end of a fairly short but fun episode for one of our greatest puns of all time. Mailbag heavy, is that a good sign or a bad sign? Who can say..

Wow are we a local Toronto pizza chain that is less sub-par than you would expect from the branding? Cause this episode is a 2-for-1!! We discuss the 14-minute episodes of Doujin Work (the Kirara manga adaptation) as well as the 10-minute episodes of Momo-chan & Kimi-Kimi's Doujin Waku Waku (this one is freakin weird). Which was better? Which was even tolerable? Find out inside!

It's here! The culmination of so much anime watching -- the AFTF Seasonal Roundup and Podcast In-Review!

Rankings, ravings, rantings and rambunctious rambling abound inside. A classic "Mallory and Ranka Argue A Lot" episode for true die-hards to enjoy.

There's a lot of spoiler segments but I mention them as they come up and I hope that's good enough for you <3

Start to 50m - Seasonal Round-up

50m to 1h10m - G Witch Discussion (Spoilers)

1h12m to 1h47m - Im@s U149 Discussion

1h47m to 2h45m - AFTF Season 3 In-Review Rankings

2h47m to End - Mailbag and Addenda

Returned once again with another (hopefully) (somewhat) well-known Kirara title to close out the season! Gakkou Gurashi sure turned a lot of heads with its gotcha bait-and-switch when it dropped in 2014, but is it really just all shock value? Did it only turn heads or did it turn Ranka and/or Mallory into zombie revivalist believers? Listen and discover <3

BTW this show has ACTUAL SPOILERS! so please be aware of our spoiler segment from 43:30 through til 1:26:00. This does include the shipping discussion. Sorry in advance if you are some kind of freakazoid who skips right to the shipping segment before having watched the show we are discussing. You specifically will hate this episode.

Several shows just for you!! Wakaba Girl, Komori-san wa Kotowarenai, Ooya-san wa Shishunki, Pan de Peace, Mangirl! and Aiura

Wow, that's 6 whole shows!! Wait they're how long? Aw beans!!! Ok well enjoy lol

We return!!!! Thank you all for suffering the long long wait but: AFTF Fridays is back yet again with a bona-fide Kirara! Does Hanayamata stick the landing on its unique blend of SoL and shoujo-esque drama? Any jokes in this one? Anything at all? Do you guys know who the author is on this one? We didn't!! These and many more surprises inside. Enjoy!!

Surprise! It's not Hanayamata!

We did a double-recording to tide you over while Ranka is out of town, and we wanted to talk about the latest crop of seasonals before it became even less timely and/or relevant. Hanayamata next episode!! Enjoy!

The legends return with a suitably legendary anime. Yet again fallen off of the Kirara train, here we are talking about perennial favourite Nichijou! You've seen it right? Of course you have. Or at least you've seen the gifs. The much-vaunted Iris joins us for a thoughtful conversation on a show so big no one has bothered to record a podcast about it yet. Lucky us!

We got a REAL LIFE game dev to come on to talk about New Game! was gonna be the pitch for this episode but does New Game even talk about game dev?? A fun chat about mostly yuri and the trials and tribulations of Kirara middery. Enjoy!

Clock in wagies let's get that bread!! A cafe-set romcom sounds like a Slam dunk! Can it Stick the landing? How many S words can we think of? Luckily we brought S-word expert* Mercedes in to help! Enjoy two bonafide food workers bullying Ranka for more or less no good reason.

*Not a euphemism just an unfunny rush job

Timestamps:

Start to 25:00 - Intro & Cast/Crew

25:00 to 57:40 - Show discussion

59:15 to 1:35:25 - Shipping and Comedy Discussion

1:37:10 to End - Big-ass Mailbag

AFTF returns with another never-before-seen (by us) Kirara Manga Time anime adaptation! As self-professed experts in the "high octane nonsense yuribait," "comedy jokes," and "idolshit" genres, will Mallory and Ranka find entertainment with the resident artists of Mouse House or will they graduate the entire unit of washed-up losers with extreme prejudice?

Oftentimes, we end up having to do it for ourselves. But what if... that was a good thing? Join us as we discuss a unique studio original from Pine Jam, Do It Yourself!! as well as the remainder of the Fall 2022 anime season as well as the remainder of your mailbag questions!

Timestamps:

Start to 1:03:50 - Intro and Fall 2022 Discussion

1:05:35 to 1:49:00 - DIY!! Discussion

1:50:30 to End - Mailbag

In our most exciting bout of attention-whore clout-chasing yet, to kick off 2023 we get to discuss a bona-fide Kirara anime which is also relevant in the anime-viewing popular culture!! A true New Year's treat!! 

We will be discussing the rest of Winter 2022's shows next episode, as there were a ton of shows people watched (including us).

Timestamps:

Start to 4:40 - Intro

4:40 to 20:40 - Cast & Crew

20:40 to 54:10 - Show Discussion

55:40 to 1:08:50 - Best Gags + Moments

1:08:50 to 1:50:40 - Shipping Discussion

1:52:10 to End - Mailbag

It's cold outside, and yet... the podcast still moves! Join us for an extended analysis on a somewhat overlooked Studio Shaft classic, and stay with us for a deep dive into one of the most beloved manga runs of the 21st century, notes on adaptation, and the finest textbook on communication ever printed. Featuring special guest and long-time collaborator, Lianna the Yuripig! Find her works here: https://yuripigsty.neocities.org/

Long episode, timestamps below:

Start to 5:30 - Introductions

5:30 to 24:30 - Cast & Crew

24:30 to 1:13:45 - Anime Discussion

1:15:20 to 2:24:30 - Best Gags, Emotional Moments, Shipping & Manga Discussion

2:24:30 to 2:49:00 - Spoiler-Heavy Manga Chat

2:51:45 to End - Mailbag

IT'S HERE!!!! WE RANKED EM SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO!!! COUNT TO 12 BACKWARDS WITH US!!!

Mailbag starts at 1:13:45

Time for our quarterly report! We discuss everything we saw last season and dig into Lycoris Recoil in particular. Lotsa stuff! 

I should probably timestamp all this but I won't. Lycoris Recoil discussion starts at 1:16:20, everything before then is every other Summer show we watched. There's a spoiler alert at like 50 minutes in when we talk about Cyberpunk. Have fun!

Season 2 of AFTF comes to a close as Mallory and Ranka finally visit one of Kirara's most popular properties in recent memory, GochiUsa! WIll this magical-realism ambiguously European slice-of-life deliver the right drinks (jokes and a fun time) to the right table (our brave hosts) or do the cafe wenches of Rabbit House need some extra sessions with the Demon Trainer? Pour yourself a hot cup of AFTF and join us in the break room!

Timestamps:

Start to 1:01:00 - Intro, Cast & Crew, Show discussion

1:02:40 to 1:35:50 - Tippy Talk, Best Funnies and Pairing chat

1:37:30 to End - Big ol fuckin mailbag (stay tuned for important announcements!!!!!!!!! or skip to the end its ok)

The rarest of Kirara rarities: a hetero romance. It is absolutely the first thing, but is it at all the second thing? Let alone, is it even a fun thing?? Enjoy as Ranka and I try our hardest to make a compliment sandwich for Acchi Kocchi, and then settle on a compliment tartine, or maybe more of an hors d'oeuvre, or a canape. I'm having a turkey sandwich right now; very underrated deli meat. Such a good partner to mayo. Try chopping some basil up into your mayo next time you make a nice cold cut sandwich!

Timestamps:

Start to 15m - Intro and Background

15m to 26m - Cast & Crew

26m to 30m - Tangent on A Centaur's Life

30m to 37m - The rest of the Cast & Crew segment

37m to 57m - Show discussion

59m to 1h18m - The compliment part of the compliment sandwich

1h18m to End - Mailbag (we need to start making these smaller)

That Kirara show about video games? Yeah you know the one. No not that one. It's Stella no Mahou!! In one of our most heartfelt and intellectual conversations thus far (for real), we gush over Stella's love and attention to the doujin creation and doujin market scenes while waxing nostalgic on our own convention experiences. Genuinely one of my favourite episodes we've done yet, please enjoy!

Three parter inbound, timestamps below:

Start to 1:03:00 - Show intro, Cast & Crew, General impressions

1:05:00 to 1:48:00 - Themes, Doujins, Shipping Discussion

1:50:00 to End - Mailbag

The pod returns. Azumanga returns. You asked one billion questions. We answered all of them. Just under 2 hours. Have a grerat time

It's all mailbag so no timestamps. There's a break at like 1:05:00 or something

It's finally here! Our actual, for realsies, biggest episode to date! We tackle the legendary comedy of the modern era, Azumanga Daioh! Aurora (@request_healing) and G (@no_stunts) come in as our pinch hitters to discuss the legacy and cultural impact of one of the most enduring comedy animes of all time. Part 1 covers our entire show discussion, whereas Part 2 will reach your feeds shortly, with just about 2 hours of pure unadulterated mailbag! Stay tuned!

Timestamps:

Start to 35m - Intros and Cast & Crew

35m to 1:48 - Show analysis & comedy talk

1:49 to End - Western influence/legacy & shipping chat

Part 2 coming soon!!

Another season passed! Time to talk about upwards of a dozen shows we watched. That's so many!! Don't worry, one of them is Machikado Mazoku Season 2!! And another one of them is Tomodachi Game!? Discover the rest inside <3 Mwah

This episode is huge, here's a bunch of timestamps so you can skip around:

Timestamps:
Start to 54m -- Seasonals discussion
54m to 1h14m -- Healer Girl discussion
1h14m to 1h42m -- Summer '22 preview
1h44m to 2h20m -- Machikado S2 discussion
2h22m to End -- Mailbag

A very special episode, dedicated to all of you who have been clamouring for us to discuss a long-forgotten shounen series that randomly happens to fall within our Manga Time Kirara purview! Yes, that's right, it's finally here, Dream Eater Merry! The inexplicably Kirara-published battle series packs a visual punch and mild dramatic/romantic intrigue, but is that enough for us to actually like it when there's no lighthearted pastoral antics to be had? Also our mailbag is full of nonsense this time so I hope you're read up on Mnemosyne.

It's finally here, for real this time! Mallory and Ranka argue incessantly over what might be the #1 yuri-anime-you've-seen-people-post ever, Sakura Trick! Who liked it and who hated it? Who is this show for? How off-topic can the mailbag possibly get? All this and more, right behind the play button!

An anime about manga? What the hell are they going to think up next... Kirara's stab at the shockingly autobiographical leaves Mallory and Ranka with mixed reactions and a lot of hilarious material to talk about. Thank god for that, cause I think we're about to get audited...

Longer one, so it's been broken into 3 segments! Enjoy!

Not much to say about this one! Hope you like kino, kuso, and kusokinography! 

IMPORTANT INFO: We are not only returning to the bi-weekly Friday uploads, we ALSO are delaying Sakura Trick temporarily, thus next episode on June 3rd will be on Comic Girls instead! Please wait warmly!! I love you<3

We talk a lot about the yuri elements of the SoL genre and of Kirara-published manga, but what if a series both leaned into and away from this at the same time? Enter Koisuru Asteroid (Asteroid In Love), a more recent entry into the catalogue that brings with it a heaping pile of ambition crammed into just one cour of televised anime. Does Doga Kobo pull off such an aggressive adaptation? Or does the weight of the manga prove too much? Also, y'all heard about Hakozume? We'll discuss it all! 

Note here regarding the release schedule changing soon: please listen to the end of the episode for additional details, but the short version is soon Fridays will no longer be Fun Thing Fridays! Please follow our Twitter for updates and information regarding our fluctuating schedule!!