Weekly Round-Up, 11-17 December 2024: Princess Ai, Secondhand Cosplay, and the 100 Shoujo Challenge [Video]

AniFem Round-Up

Visiting the CLAMP Exhibition in Tokyo to celebrate 35 years of the legendary manga collective

Longtime CLAMP archivist Chibi Yuuto takes us on a tour through the biggest-ever tribute to their influential career, creating everything from shoujo to seinen

Cannibalism, the abject, and queering the narrative in Delicious in Dungeon

Kui takes elements of horror and abjection and transforms them into love and community, just like our leads in the dungeon itself.

What anime is an annual tradition for you?

For the holidays or beyond.

December 2024 Patron Newsletter and Recommendations

Behind-the-scenes updates for the year past and some reading suggestions.

Beyond AniFem

Shōjo Manga Pioneer Macoto Takahashi Dies at 90 (Anime News Network, Anita Tai)

Takahashi passed in November and was mourned at a private service.

Takahashi was born in Osaka in 1934 and began his artistic career in 1953. He made his magazine debut with the “Kanashimi no Hamabe” (Sorrowful Beach) story in Shōjo Natsu (a special issue of Kobunsha‘s …