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Crunchyroll announces layoffs and a new growth model, a Vice-Minister refuses once more to appear at ComicMarket コミックマーケット, and a plan is in the works for an anime adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera! Also, a senior executive was dismissed from Gungho Online Entertainment for embezzlement. Issues in Indonesia result in the potential for the One Piece flag to be seen as treasonous, and Nike teams up with Yu-Gi-Oh! for an official character-inspired shoe! Meanwhile in Japan, randomize your night with gacha sake, and a reverse maid cafe lets cosplaying customers serve staff instead of the other way around!
Zenkaikon 2025 Part 2: Isekai Delivery Service
Zenkaikon 2025 is a multi-genre convention–and this year it has an isekai theme! Join CK Cosplay as she reviews this convention and some of the changes it underwent for 2025.
Zenkaikon 2025 Part 1: A Smooth Accessibility Experience
Zenkaikon is a medium-sized anime convention located in Lancaster, PA– Cinna knight discusses her own adventures over the convention weekend. In this article, she primarily focuses on her positive experience with the Accessibility Department.
But wait, there’s more! This is just part one of the convention coverage, there’s a part two coming soon…
Derpycon 2024: A Satisfying Con Season Finale
Cinnaknight wraps up the 2024 anime con season with a review of Derpycon 2024!
Zenkaikon 2025 Part 1: A Smooth Accessibility Experience
August 15th, 2025 
Cinna Knight DJ Ranma asked me to write two reports for Zenkaikon. I usually write standalone reports for each event– and this is quite the different but exciting approach! I even started typing on my day home from the con! This initial report will mainly focus on my positive experience with the Accessibility Department at the Zenkaikon. However, I’ll also provide relevant info along the way. More details of my general Zenkaikon experience will be coming soon in a future coverage post.
686: Now That’s a Chant I Haven’t Heard in a While.
August 13th, 2025 DJ Ranma S Call for donations to help preserve rare Sailor Moon media, Disney Twisted-Wonderland English anime gets release date, and McDonald’s Japan announces Pokémon Happy Meals, and it turns into a complete clusterf! Also, CLAMP teams up with Godiva Japan （ゴディバ ジャパン）, Disney+ to integrate Hulu into a single streaming app, and Gundam Wing voice actors reunite for a one-night dinner show in Tokyo! Meanwhile in Japan, there are no more domestic live action films in Japan’s top 10 highest earning movies, the shape of Pocky is now trademarked, and researchers have bottled newborn baby scent?!
#685: Two Flights Up, Three Doors Down.
August 6th, 2025 DJ Ranma S Congratulations are in order for WCS Team USA, winners of the 2025 World Cosplay Summit 世界コスプレサミット! Also tonight, Kadokawa issues guidelines for anime sampling, anime studio Gaina changes name after being acquired, and the Korean government plans to offer tax credits for webtoon production costs. Plus, Hello Kitty gets a licensed tarot card set, and Neon Genesis Evangelion’s 30th anniversary gets a new flashback album! Meanwhile in Japan, an Evangelion voice actress reveals she’s been waiting 11 years for free condoms she was promised, and let’s take a trip back to all things Heisei era at a retro exhibition…
#684: It’s Been Quite a Few Days…
July 30th, 2025 DJ Ranma S We bring back THE HOT TOPIC! Tonight’s topic, Anime Boston‘s Masquerade Coordinator position, should it be paid? Also on tonight’s show, the fallout from VShoujo, and boy, it’s a mess! Plus, Gundam Wing gets new releases and sequels, Bushiroad releases a statement about threats against a voice actress, and a Japanese politician is in hot water for unauthorized cosplay?! Meanwhile in Japan, a fraud victim turns to fraud to make money, a schoolteacher loses their job for working, and an event welcomes you to sit and do absolutely nothing!
