Live-action One Piece is sunk in a test viewing… Or was it? Rumors abound! Kodansha pulls a game book due to inaccuracies, and Assassination Classroom is pulled from certain libraries in the country! Also, subcontracting studio Takuranke files for bankruptcy while a newer sister company continues, Happinet bids for the takeover of Broccoli, and the classic anime 冒险少女娜汀亚 Nadia the Secret of Blue Water is to be streamed on Retrocrush! Meanwhile in Japan, merchandising for a pregnant Japanese voice actress, a new capsule toy is a kitty litter snow globe, and a young Japanese girl pushes for women’s sumo as a major sport!
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!
#584: Where Did That Reverse Card Come From?
An ecchi anime’s live broadcast upsets voice actor from the series, we finally get Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Anime, and Monster Energy goes after the games Pocket Monsters (Pokémon) and Monster Hunter… Ten animes turning 50 this year, and legendary mangaka Rumiko Takahashi is knighted by France! Meanwhile in Japan, local card shop demands you use deodorant or leave, an elegant game of kickball at the Imperial Palace, and a junior high school on remote Japan island holds graduation ceremony for it’s only student, and a convenience store worker outsmarts the dumbest robber ever!
#583: Zenkaikon 2023… And How Great It Was!
Zenkaikon 2023! Four amazing days, with four different views! Join DJ Ranma S, Ari Rockefeller, Mako-chan, and WildSpice as they do their roundtable review of not only their first convention of the year, but also podcast’s fan favorite! And if time permits, we’ll have an update on lewding at Ghibli Park!
#582: Getting Fancy With It!
We get a 24/7 anisong stream! Live action Cells at Work, mangaka legend Rumiko Takahashi draws a one-shot manga, new Pokémon anime gets a manga, composer Hidekazu Tanaka admits to obscenity charges, and Soul Eater celebrates 15 years! Meanwhile in Japan… Own a giant 3D cat from Shinjuku and the newest capsule toy that doesn’t open?!
#581: A Stitch in Time Saves What Now?
A journalist thinks maid cafes are misogynistic, but we ask our local meido, BerryMelon, their thoughts! Also, an AI Keke Tang chatbot from Love Live Superstar, Shinjuku train station taken over to celebrate Pokémon, Plex Pro adds 24/7 HIDIVE channel, and the trailer for the live-action SAINT SEIYA is out, along with theme song by P!nk! Meanwhile in Japan people getting lewd with anime figures in Ghibli Park, a laundromat owner clings to car of panty thief, and a Coca-Cola canned cocktail?