In this episode of Culture by Culture, Delia interviews Constance Gibbs! We discuss anime as an aesthetic, Toonami, fan fiction, the evolution of nerd and geek merch, Black influence on the merch space, how to define your own style, rights for Bulma, building community through fashion, and more! Where is your favorite nerd look you’ve worn?

Things discussed in this episode:

• Anime: Sailor Moon, Tenchi Muyo!, Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, Inuyasha, Jujutsu Kaisen, My Hero Academia, Hunter x Hunter, Demon Slayer, Fruits Basket, Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop, Studio Ghibli, Pokémon

• Sailor Moon “Molly” dub video

• Rei’s fashion highlights

  • Sailor Moon R 1

  • Sailor Moon R 2

  • Sailor Moon S the Movie

  • Sailor Moon SuperS 1

  • Sailor Moon SuperS 2

  • Sailor Moon SuperS 3

  • Sailor Moon SuperS the Movie

• Delia’s Sailor Moon watch threads:

  • Condensed IG post

  • Full Thread

  • HaruMichi detour thread

Guest:

This episode’s guest is Constance Gibs! You can find her here:

Site | Instagram | Twitter

Find us online:

Site | Instagram | Threads | Twitter

Support us:

Patreon | Cash App | ko-fi | PayPal | Venmo

Credits:

Host, Executive Producer: Delia

Personal Site | Personal Instagram | Personal Threads | Personal Twitter

Editor, Engineer: Abi Newhouse

About Culture by Culture:

Culture by Culture is a multidimensional podcast exploration into Black and Asian pop-cultural ties. Part sociology, history, and pop-culture podcast, it covers everything from deep-dives into our favorite gateway media, interviews with experts to help guide us through our historical and current cultural connections, and conversations with fellow nerds digging into our cultural identities and our pop-cultural interests.

Our mission is to understand and foster the unity that has historically existed between our cultures through our shared interests in each other’s pop-culture.

---

Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/delia640/support