#697: The Last Con Report of the Year: Derpycon 2025.

November 5th, 2025

DJ Ranma S

We’re talking ⁠DerpyCon⁠ 2025! ⁠DJ Ranma S⁠ takes us through his three days of the final con of the year for him! Also tonight, hackers claim ⁠VIZ Media⁠ breach, 18 companies publish a joint statement criticizing Sora2 AI, and ⁠MyAnimeList.net⁠ is banned for content in Russia?! Meanwhile in Japan… An experience package lets you battle as a samurai with your friends, and a teacher apologizes for a word given to students for an assigned video?!

DJ Ranma S

DJ Ranma S is cosplay veteran. He has won numerous performance awards with his friends over the years. He has staffed conventions in the past, ran panels, judged a couple of masquerades, a jack of all trades. He's worked dealer's room too! Running this site is his way of giving back to the cosplay community. He feels that it's his turn to give a future cosplayer their fifteen minutes of fame.