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DJ Ranma S gives us his thoughts on Anime NYC! Also, the first American Manga Awards winners announced, LINE WEBTOON cracks down on piracy, Fushigi Yugi gets 35th-anniversary exhibition, and the English dub confirmed for Rascal Does Not Dream series! Meanwhile in Japan… Bruno Mars creates a Don Quijote – English commercial, Premier love doll maker closing shop, and a tourist is arrested for having sex on shrine grounds?!
Shenanicon 2024: A Fiery Fusion Dance of Old and New!
Shenanicon, had its inaugural 21+ anime convention in Parsippany, New Jersey– a brand new event for adults with a nostalgic spin!
Kogaracon 2024: Short and Sweet!
Kogaracon is a New Jersey Anime Convention which offers an Asian Food Fest and good quality panels. Cinnaknight talks about this short yet sweet day!
Castle Point Anime 2024: Your Princess Isn’t In This Castle, but Your Friends are!
Castle Point Anime Convention , a student run anime con in New Jersey, continues this year in the Meadowlands Convention Center! Cinnaknight covers this event and her experience, the pros and cons!
#645: So That One Time in the Corporate Red Tape…
August 21st, 2024 
DJ Ranma S Crunchyroll teams up with Spotify for an anime playlist, creator celebrates the 25th anniversary of The Big O with new artwork and a new species named after Ranma Saotome! Also, Aniplex USA announces the date for this year’s Aniplex Online Fest, LoveLive 穂乃果 announces a trading card game and a store changes policy after model kit box covers switched so the customer could pay less! Meanwhile in Japan, a karate expert states he didn’t mean to kick the ghost and break his jaw, sues theme park because he was drunk, and Luigi teams up with FamilyMart (ファミリーマート) in a new collab event!
#644: This Isn’t The Plastic Straw I Asked For
August 14th, 2024 DJ Ranma S Pokémon voice actress passes due to Cancer, huge anime leak hits the world before their premieres, and Premium Bandai releases new replica for older anime! Also, an anime movie with a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score comes on Netflix, though abandoned, a new Chinese Transformers series trailer was released, and is that an anime reference in my Olympics? Meanwhile in Japan, enjoy dinner and a ninja show, an inn’s first foreign guests disappear without paying, and an idol singer is punished by selfies for a year due to a picture of her boyfriend…
#643: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Weeb Fandom.
August 7th, 2024 DJ Ranma S 14 people were arrested at SDCC in a trafficker sting, a Studio brings lost anime to America for their first stream, and Mercari allows American fans to search and purchase from the Japanese section of the site! Also, My Hero Academia gets 1st Worldwide Character poll with an ad in The New York Times, Hello Kitty cafe and store coming to Universal Studios Hollywood, and Pop Team Epic collaboration ad with liquor! Meanwhile in Japan… Human-controlled avatar waitresses are arriving at a Tokyo pub, and unique merchandise can be found via the government auction website!
#642: Tabs We Saved For Later…
July 31st, 2024 DJ Ranma S SAG-AFTRA declares strike against video game companies, Square Enix not canceling manga after artist sentence, and Kenichi Sonada and Hitoshi Ariga honored with an award at Comic-Con International! Also, the Cute High Earth Defense Club Love is back with a movie, Los Angeles Dodgers‘ Women’s Night, is that a Jojo reference, and Rumiko Takahashi manga celebrated with a new whisky release! Meanwhile in Japan… An apartment explosion leads to arrest in bizarre series of events, and the Kyoto Animation – 京都アニメーション memorial is unveiled.
