We discuss Nan Desu Kan backpedaling on tonight’s Hot Take! Also, Anime NYC requires masks for attendance, Funimation now owns Crunchyroll,and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean gets a release date! Plus, Back To the Future gets a Japanese light novel, Good Smile Company (ENGLISH) announces their first US in person event, and the athletes at the Olympics love their anime, along with closing ceremonies with a ska version of Gurenge from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba! Meanwhile in Japan, a food service payment company has 3 years of billing error now required lump payments to fix it, update on a slip and fall with pumpkin tempura, train otakus mad at a bicyclist, and 全家FamilyMart celebrates 40 years with eco-friendly onigiri packaging!
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!
#509: Chill Weather is Chill.
What happened at Animanga, we’ll get into it! Anime Expo® and Comiket has convention updates for us! Plus Kadokawa’s President apologizes about his comment on manga, and what could have been in the Olympics opening ceremonies. Also, AKB48 cancels concerts and appearances, TikTok collabs with Rumic Festival, and manga sales skyrocket in France due to free money! Meanwhile in Japan, a country kimono project with designs for 200 countries, man repeatedly steals food from store with a pay chime, 13 year old becomes first women’s Olympic gold medalist, and a Super Sentai cafe!
#508: Being a Fly on the Wall.
DJ Ranma S has a Hot Take about Blerdcon, and you don’t want to miss that! Also, One Piece collabs with Where’s Waldo?, 2.5 stage plays featuring Naruto, My Hero Academia, & Sailor Moon for streaming, and HYDE announces a 20th anniversary concert! Plus a Netflix Pokémon series, Fist of the North Star musical, and the latest Evangelion movie places 35th highest grossing in Japan! Meanwhile in Japan… Drunk droning (you heard that right), the “young” lady in the McDonald’s commercial, and a follow up to the stolen RX-7!
#506: Is There a Cure for the Summertime Blues?
After one chapter, a manga is cancelled that was written by Kakegurui‘s writer? Golgo 13 breaks world record, Tezuka Productions responds to controversy about anime characters used for the Olympics, Godzilla and Hamtaro collab! Kyoto Animation announces the memorial video, and animation director Ippei Ichii says MAPPA offered cheap rates to Netflix for anime? Meanwhile in Japan, a cat run store with a cat manager, Engrish sign turns out x-rated, and Tenga’s rocket is a go!