The Crunchyroll Anime Awards. A fancy event filled with celebs, streamers, and fans--and a COMPLETELY twisted popularity contest that we disagree with. As bloggers, we host our own anime awards that highlight as many new anime as possible, but this year we decided to take a different approach and ROAST the Crunchyroll awards. Full steam ahead as we talk about why hit anime like One Piece, Demon Slayer, Jujutsu Kaisen and more SHOULDN'T get to sit atop a gilded throne. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/y0uc4n7kn0w/support

There's an L cosplayer to your left. A free hugs sign to your right. Directly in front of you: a glomp circle. If you've ever wondered about what cons may have been like in the 2010s, this is the episode for you--well sort of. In this episode, we share our personal experiences from behind the curtain of what it is like being a staff at an Anime Convention from when we started in 2012 to now in 2023. We bring up trends that have since died and should stay dead, tips and tricks for people beginning to go to cons, and what lengths it took to get to this point. For those of you con-going veterans who were there in the dark times, this should be nostalgic for you as we take a stroll down memory lane in the early days of conventions on the West Coast. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/y0uc4n7kn0w/support

(Scrub to 2:48 to start!) Introduction and Anime news: Theme song for SAO progressive to be sung by LiSA. Releases Oct. 30th, Sasaki and Miyano (BL anime) to premiere in January 2022, Shadow House gets 2nd season Reviewed Ah! My Goddess, Inuyasha, Jubei-Chan: The Ninja Girl Discussed "Who is the most useless anime character?" and "Is this Kawaii or Kowaii?": Sesshomaru x Rin Nanami being the person Tomoe fell in love with in the past, taking the place of Yukiji  Adam x Cherry Played "Everything is not Daijoubu", "Match the Character to the Quote" and "You Just got Isekai’d" Japanese word of the day: Tanjoubi --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/y0uc4n7kn0w/support

(Scrub to 5:02 for start!) Introduction and Anime news: Kazuo Umezu (creator of Drifting Classroom) to release a new manga. It’s been 26 year since he released his work. Luminous Witches anime delayed from 2021 to 2022 Vshoujo opens auditions worldwide Reviewed Ouran High School Host Club, My Hero Academia, Ranma ½ *Note about how we were gonna talk about Assassination Classroom Discussed "What is the weebiest thing you did in your school years?" and "Canon vs. Fanon" Played "Anime 20 Questions" and "Dramatic Readings of English Anime Lyrics" Japanese word of the day: Gokkou --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/y0uc4n7kn0w/support

(Scrub to 6:10 for start!) Introduction and Anime news: Blue Lock anime adaptation slotted for 2022.  Star Wars: Visions anime shorts coming to Disney+ soonish In prep of Evangelion movie, you can purchase themed MRE’s Reviewed Attack on Titan from Funimation, B: The Beginning, K Discussed "Kiss, Hug, Push" (Tokyo Revengers, Pokemon, Mars Red) and "Deep Dive" Did Hiei ever find out? How did Hanako-kun die?  Played "Misleading Anime promo images" and "Everything is not Daijoubu" Japanese word of the day: Natsu --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/y0uc4n7kn0w/support

(Starts at 6:41!) Introduction and Anime news: Digimon Adventure 02 movie announced, Yu-Gi-Oh! Petition to make card game official Olympic sport, Studio Ghibli team creates short video for the Olympics inspired by the opening ceremony Reviewed How to Keep a Mummy, Kamisama Kiss, Sirius of the Jaegar Discussed are "AI’s a living person or are they just a clone of a fluctlight?" and "What’s the weeby-ist thing you have ever done?" Played "Can you guess this really bad anime description?" and "Tic Tac Toe (the anime edition)" Japanese word of the day: Obon --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/y0uc4n7kn0w/support

(Scrub to 4:34 to start!) Introduction and Anime news: Apology for missing Digikumo lite Reviewed Cells at work!, Blue Exorcist, Bungou Stray Dogs Discussed who the last character you have saved an image of on your phone or laptop, and anime questions that we’re dying to know (prepped questions that are open-ended) How old is Nagi? (My Otome) Who is the 14th? Is general cross actually dead? Is Lavi still alive? Will D.Gray-Man ever end? Why did Rumiko Takahashi choose to do the thing in Yasahime? Was that a marriage proposal? (Yuri on Ice AND Richard the Jeweler) Is the card game in Yugioh playable IRL? Why did the village leave Naruto without a guardian, knowing he was the 4th Hokage’s son?  Played "I've deleted my dating apps and I'm going to try the old fashion way..." and the anime survival guide (what to expect and what not to expect for noobs and first time watchers) Japanese word of the day: Ma-Sued-Ree --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/y0uc4n7kn0w/support

(Scrub to 3:22 for start!) This is the very first episode of our series on Kumoricon's Twitch channel! Check it out ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ to see the visuals that we are reacting to! Recap: Introduction and Anime News: Jujutsu Kaisen movie, “words bubble up like soda pop” stream on netflix, shaman king side story manga, horimiya one shot manga) Violet Evergarden, Sword Art Online, Great Pretender Reviewed Bakuten, Beastars, and Sword Art Online  Discussed the anime we'll be watching Played "Starts with a..." Japanese word of the day: Hanabi --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/y0uc4n7kn0w/support

(Scrub to 2:50 to start!) Introduction and Anime news: Vanitas no Carte anime in July (Yuki Kajira to do music) Kentaro Miura, mangaka of Berserk recently passed away. Moment of silence  Tokyo Revengers gets stage play in August Platinum End (created by the creator of Death Note) is getting an anime this fall Given anime to get special episode depicting Mafuyu and Uenoyama during events of movie. Live-action adaption also announced.  Reviewed Discussed Protagonist swap, 4 words that any anime fan would want to hear, and the Most Beautiful/Attractive characters (from our standards). We also play a game called, "Everything is not Daijoubu" sporcle quiz Japanese word of the day: Niji --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/y0uc4n7kn0w/support

(Scrub to 10:27 for start!) This is the very first episode of our series on Kumoricon's Twitch channel! Check it out ⁠here⁠ to see the visuals that we are reacting to! Recap: Introduction and Icebreaker questions: What do you normally buy at an anime convention? Do you consider yourself an otaku? What genre would your life be if it were an anime? (Follow up: what would you WANT it to be) Shounen, Shoujo Josei, or Seinen? Reviewed Heaven's Official Blessing, Sk8 the Infinity, Jujutsu Kaisen Discussed Shipwars in Tower of God, Attack on Titan, Fruits Basket, Horimiya, and Sword Art Online, Played the game Kawaii or Kowaii Fashion Review for One Piece and Jojo Bizarre AdventureJapanese word of the day: Daijoubu --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/y0uc4n7kn0w/support