Vrai, Tony, and special guest, the Getting Animated podcast’s Destiny-Senpai, begin their multi-part watchalong of the shoujo classic, NANA. Destiny will be our expert as Vrai and Tony experience the story for the very first time, just in time for its 25th anniversary.

0:00:00 Intro
0:03:00 About NANA
0:05:11 Personal histories
0:10:51 Yazawa’s style and other works
0:14:12 Plot summary
0:15:32 Music, fashion, and identity
0:37:18 Love, Sex, and CompHet
0:50:25 The boys
0:57:53 Hachi
1:00:20 NANA glazing
1:02:05 Theorycrafting
1:06:38 Lightning round
1:14:59 Outro

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Recorded Monday 15th December 2025

Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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