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An AI produced Black Jack manga, Hello Kitty covers the Sailor Moon theme song, and Demon Slayer takes over Times Square! Also, Akira Toriyama’s Sand Land gets a game, Creamy Mami 40th Anniversary, and the 1st Sailor Moon Cosmos movie ends with a trailer for the second film! Meanwhile in Japan, an AI model is fired from Playboy, In-N-Out Burger comes to Tokyo, and a fee for tourists to ride buses in Kyoto?
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!
#592: You Bet Your Sweet [CENSORED]!
June 7th, 2023 
DJ Ranma S An Attack On Titan fan marries AI Eren Yeager, Crunchyroll blocks the Tower of God anime cast from being cast for the game, and Anisong unit Angela earns Guinness World Records! Also, Love Live! Unit Liella concert on MTV Unplugged streamed, Buffalo mass shooting victims’ families sue 4chan, Good Smile Company, and others, and Aniplex acquires film company Origamix! Meanwhile in Japan, OxiClean sends a detergent supply to a Tokyo card shop, and an arrest is made for theft of a lactic acid drink?!
#591: Tin Can Salutations.
May 31st, 2023 DJ Ranma S Sadness in the Anime USA community, a police officer was busted for taking upskirt shots at Anime Central, a CAPCOM VS. Osamu Tezuka exhibit, and Pokémon-themed streets! Also, Akiba Maid War Animation stage play visuals are out, Yen Press’s latest acquisition from MCM London Comic Con, Anime Expo® announces more guests, and the Agency for Cultural Affairs website lists manga pirate site URLs for 6 months?! Meanwhile in Japan, sushi starts revolving again in Japan’s largest revolving sushi restaurant and new English textbooks are crap.
Zenkaikon 2023: Huh? The Convention is Evolving!
May 25th, 2023 Cinna Knight Zenkaikon 2023 returned to the Lancaster County Convention Center on Friday, March 24th through Sunday, March 26th.
I arrived on Thursday in the tradition of past Zenkaikons and was ready to start my convention season off with a bang.
The car ride to Zenkaikon was scenic and bright as always despite the gloomy weather. I found myself gazing out the window to enjoy green pastures, wide fields. As we approached Lancaster, nature gave way to the main hotel, cosplayers, attendees, and vendors in vans filing in and anticipating the weekend
Approximately 7,000 attendees attended this year’s event, according to the Lancaster Central Market’s social media and figures I received in person from a Zenkaikon Safety Department staffer.
#590: We Stole One of Lucky’s Charms For This.
May 24th, 2023 DJ Ranma S Join DJ Ranma S and Mako-chan as they discuss CloverCon at Somerset County 4-H! Also, an association for improving animator working conditions is created, a MACROSS shooting game is announced, Duolingo teams up with Crunchyroll for learning, and CHANEL teams up with Sailor Moon for artistic endeavors! Meanwhile in Japan, a new perfume inspired by bootleggers, and a yakuza member arrested for dog poop?
