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Updates on the Kadokawa cyber attack, the massive debt totals for Gainax bankruptcy, and Studio 3Hz transfers anime production to A1 pictures. Also, Optimus Prime was arrested for vehicular theft, and Sony bought out Alamo Drafthouse Cinema chain with plans for Crunchyroll and VA unit iRis to release a documentary film. Meanwhile in Japan, a drink that helps manage your hunger turns from liquid to solid in your stomach, and a man arrested for impersonating police to rob a woman while working?!
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!
Zenkaikon 2024: A Gothic Academia Theme… with a Side of EDM?
The Anime Jam Session crew returns to Zenkaikon this year, car full of geeks, catchy EDM tunes, … and all the while, maple bacon donuts on their minds.
J-1 Con 2023: It’s not you, it’s the Venue
J-1 Con was a small, two-day anime con hosted in Atlantic City’s Showboat Hotel, featuring a big variety of guests and events.
Cinnaknight covers this convention, while tossing in some suggestions for the con’s future!
#636: Put That Back So Help Me Kami!
June 12th, 2024 
DJ Ranma S Studio Gainax files for bankruptcy, Sailor Moon Cosmos finally gets its international release, and Ghost In The Shell brings the Hyundai Ioniq 5 to the masses in a new ad! Also, the Akira Toriyama Museum receives government support, Kadokawa addresses suspected cyber attacks, and Yuki Kaji counters unauthorized AI by offering an official voice synthesis! Meanwhile in Japan… Otaku inspired by a hero anime character confronts an attacker on a train, Shibuya proposes a year-round public drinking ban?!
#635: Halfway Checkpoint.
June 5th, 2024 DJ Ranma S Nippon Animation celebrates its 50th anniversary, the Attack on Titan musical comes to NYC, and Texas AnimeFest to hold its last large-scale event this July! Also, Anime NYC hosts hip-hop duo Creepy Nuts R-指定 & DJ松永, Batman Ninja gets an anime sequel, and Netflix adds Godzilla Minus One worldwide! Meanwhile, in Japan, a ferry doesn’t announce the destination until after departure, and a telecom giant is making an angry customer AI filter for calls?!
#634: Post Op Barbecue.
May 29th, 2024 DJ Ranma S Seiyuu Toru Furuya apologizes for the affair and has been kicked from con appearances, Hulu gets rights to the English dub of Boruto, the original Ghost In The Shell manga gets an anime series, and Precure to air its 1000th episode next month! Also, Black Butler gets an official High Tea pop-up, Sony launches an academy for anime, and Ultraman teams up with the Avengers in a comic mini-series! Meanwhile in Japan, Doge meme pup passes away and hundreds attend the memorial, and a small island has only one traffic light that turns green only once a year…
#633: The Cray Cray in Crazy.
May 22nd, 2024 DJ Ranma S Crunchyroll shows issues with closed captions, Toonami brings back a retro block of anime, and Hello Kitty x Yu-Gi-Oh! toys go worldwide. Also, Precure and 蜡笔小新 Crayon Shin Chan invade each other’s anime, Netflix reveals The Terminator anime premieres worldwide at the end of August, and Summer Wars gets a 15th-anniversary screening this summer! Meanwhile in Japan, A man is told to wear a suit for the wedding party and comes dressed as a Gundam, and a study finds an overabundance of errors in transitions to help foreign tourists…
