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#717: That Wasn't Supposed to Happen.
Apr 29, 2026
1h 04m 55s
#716: Not All Crowds Should Go Mild.
Apr 22, 2026
1h 09m 41s
#715: Let's Shift This into Overfreakingdrive!
Apr 15, 2026
1h 25m 37s
#714: So No One Has an Alibi? Great...
Apr 1, 2026
1h 19m 31s
#713: Zenkaikon 2026, Let's Talk About It.
Mar 25, 2026
1h 31m 23s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/29/26 | #717: That Wasn't Supposed to Happen.✨ | anime newsmanga updates+3 | — | Love LiveToei Animation+3 | LATokyo | SephirothLove Live+6 | — | 1h 04m 55s | |
| 4/22/26 | #716: Not All Crowds Should Go Mild.✨ | live-action Gundam filmadult manga+5 | — | GundamMediaOCD+3 | 대한민국Korea | Gundamadult manga+5 | — | 1h 09m 41s | |
| 4/15/26 | #715: Let's Shift This into Overfreakingdrive!✨ | April Fools' jokesanime news+4 | — | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationTOKYOPOP+1 | Japan | April Fools' jokesSuper Mario Galaxy movie+6 | — | 1h 25m 37s | |
| 4/1/26 | #714: So No One Has an Alibi? Great...✨ | anime newsmanga adaptations+5 | — | Pokémon CenterMcDonald's+3 | Tokyo | Pokémon CenterRanma 1/2+5 | — | 1h 19m 31s | |
| 3/25/26 | #713: Zenkaikon 2026, Let's Talk About It.✨ | Zenkaikon 2026Anime conventions+3 | — | — | Mt. FujiTokyo | Zenkaikonanime+6 | — | 1h 31m 23s | |
| 3/18/26 | #712: And Off We Freaking Go!✨ | anime newsmanga updates+3 | — | CrunchyrollPokopia+4 | NYCJapan+2 | CrunchyrollPokopia+5 | — | 1h 39m 18s | |
| 3/11/26 | #711: Oh Thank Heaven.✨ | Crunchyroll lawsuitEvangelion short+5 | — | Hello Kitty Labubuhuman washing machine+5 | — | CrunchyrollEvangelion+5 | — | 1h 15m 22s | |
| 3/4/26 | #710: So This is How Everything is Gonna Go Down.✨ | animePokémon+5 | — | MadhousePokémon+5 | Kyoto | MadhousePokémon+8 | — | 1h 26m 28s | |
| 2/25/26 | #709: Didn't We JUST Go Through This Like Two Weeks Ago?!✨ | animemanga+4 | — | FunimationSanrio+2 | — | New EvangelionSanrio+5 | — | 1h 19m 32s | |
| 2/12/26 | #708: The Number You Have Dialed...✨ | anime leaksgame criticism+4 | — | CrunchyrollGundam Wing Official+2 | TokyoJapan | CrunchyrollMiyazaki+6 | — | 1h 21m 54s | |
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| 2/4/26 | #707: I Think It’s Too Damn Cold to Podcast.✨ | anime newsmanga updates+5 | — | Hello KittyGuns N' Roses+5 | JapanKyoto | Hello KittyNeon Genesis Evangelion+8 | — | 1h 22m 26s | |
| 1/28/26 | #706: So That Thing That Really Did Happen! | The rankings of the popularity of Dragon Ball characters, Puella Magi Madoka Magica is delayed... Again... And manga creator Go Nagai is to be inducted into the Eisner Hall of Fame! Also, Netflix and MAPPA strengthen their partnership, ユニバーサル・スタジオ・ジャパン / Universal Studios Japan (USJ) launches Pokémon experience before global rollout, and Rumiko Takahashi visits San Francisco's manga exhibition! Meanwhile in Japan, all 롯데리아 (LOTTERIA) restaurants in Japan will close by the end of March, a man was arrested for leaving obscene DVDs in stores as gifts, and a Tokyo pub sets a soft ban for patrons over 39?! | — | ||||||
| 1/21/26 | #705: Meanwhile, on the Year That Is 2026… | A popular scanlation site has shut down, Comic-Con International updates its policy on AI materials, and Gundam Hathaway is to be snowed in at the Sapporo Snow Festival?! Also, the Japan Fair Trade Commission releases a report on issues in the anime industry, Netflix in a new streaming deal with Sony, and Uma Musume anime cosplayers make the local news for their pro football fandom! Meanwhile in Japan, a man was arrested for violating Japan’s anti-dueling law in downtown Tokyo, and Kitkat pizza... Yep. That's all you need to know. | — | ||||||
| 1/14/26 | #704: 2026… Welcome?! | We're back for 2026! And check out what we're talking about on tonight's show! China’s largest comic convention, COMICUP, bans anime & manga, an idol was replaced in a stage play due to a manager, and KPop Demon Hunters wins 2 Golden Globes! Manga artist apologizes for an AI-edited photo, Scooby-Doo is getting a short anime series, and an Uma Musume anime girl plushie recalled for having parts she absolutely should not have?! Meanwhile in Japan, researchers give a mouse glowing sperm, a train station gets a new stationmaster cat, and a ramen restaurant prices differently based on the menu language?! | — | ||||||
| 12/24/25 | #703: The 2025 Christmas Special… Dig In! | We're keeping it casual with a few stories tonight, like how Santa Claus delivered Christmas presents to penguins, Gainax is now fully dissolved, turning a train platform into a sake bar, and the deal with KFC and Christmas in Japan! We also have fun Christmas questions for the hosts! | — | ||||||
| 12/10/25 | #702: Going Beyond the Bridge of Light. | The first permanent Gundam store in the US opens in Illinois, Crunchyroll ends ad-supported streams, and Go Nagai gets to pilot a new Mazinger Z figure! Also, Silent Mobius gets a Marvel crossover series, counselors in costumes testing anime therapy for depression, and restored versions of Studio Ghibli films coming to theaters in 2026! Meanwhile in Japan... A civil servant is arrested for misusing access to run a detective agency, a Japanese town sues a local resident for being a jerk, and KFC opens a pop-up restaurant specifically for non-fried chicken Christmas meals in Tokyo?! | — | ||||||
| 12/3/25 | #701: Blown By The Wind. | Political tensions cause cancellations of Japanese media in China, Shonen Jump pop-up shop opens in NJ, backlash over Prime Video's Banana Fish AI dub has voice actors speaking out, and Amazon.com has quietly removed the dub tracks?! Also, J-Hip Hop group m-flo to stop public activities after their February concert, Toei Animation head producer explains Super Sentai ending, and the newest Dragon Ball Z and KFC collaboration hits! Meanwhile in Japan... A Wakayama senior uses AI to identify wild mushrooms and gets poisoned, and a train company lets you buy ticket gates! | — | ||||||
| 11/26/25 | #700: Last Song of the Starry Sky. | Our host, DJ Ranma S, reviews his first PAX Unplugged, so you definitely want to check that out! Also, Tokyo court orders Cloudflare to pay over $3.2 million for manga piracy sites, animators call out critics of One Punch Man season 3, and Pokémon wins Google Play's Best Game for 2025! Meanwhile in Japan, an immersive samurai theme park has an opening date, and the theft of toilet rubber parts is baffling... And a special tribute to Orange Lounge Radio! | — | ||||||
| 11/19/25 | #699: I’m Thinking the Same Thing. | New anime announced for Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding video game, the latest Super Sentai show replaces the main character partway through the series, and Hello Kitty teams up with BanG Dream Girls Band Party! Also, Love Live CD is delayed due to the jacket art, the official Attack on Titan concert is coming to the US in 2026, and entry into part of the Pokémon theme park will come with some physical fitness requirements! Meanwhile in Japan, a company mascot is "graduating", and the Japanese Government is considering charging more to leave the country by plane? | — | ||||||
| 11/12/25 | #698: Circulation of the Sun and Moon. | Kodansha (講談社) establishes a Hollywood studio, Kill Bill extended director's cut to include unseen anime footage, and school Idols to become reality! Also, the full Love Live tribute album song list has dropped, the newest Studio Trigger anime is streaming free on YouTube, and Hello Kitty learns sign language in a new collab! Meanwhile in Japan... The newest toy car is a bit fishy, the newest theme hotel lets you take the driver's seat, and a package delivery was delayed due to... Da Bears?! | — | ||||||
| 11/5/25 | #697: The Last Con Report of the Year: Derpycon 2025. | We're talking DerpyCon 2025! DJ Ranma S takes us through his three days of the final con of the year for him! Also tonight, hackers claim VIZ Media breach, 18 companies publish a joint statement criticizing Sora2 AI, and MyAnimeList.net is banned for content in Russia?! Meanwhile in Japan... An experience package lets you battle as a samurai with your friends, and a teacher apologizes for a word given to students for an assigned video?! | — | ||||||
| 10/29/25 | #696: Blown By The Wind. | The Sailor Moon Shining Theater returns, Hello Kitty gets spooky with a Junji Ito collab, and Super Mario celebrates his 40th anniversary with a parade balloon! Also, Cutie Honey gets a short-lived action series, FanimeCon announces a dedicated dojinshi event, and LINE WEBTOON and Disney announce an additional wave of reformatted comics! Meanwhile in Japan... Enjoy a Japanese train seat heater at home this winter, the media jumps to exaggerated conclusions in a harassment case, and dinner and a Sumo show give bilingual entertainment! | — | ||||||
| 10/22/25 | #695: Another Anime Con 2025: Worth the Schlep. | It's Another Anime Convention (AAC) 2025! It's DJ Ranma S and Ari Rockefeller as they break down the entire convention weekend and understand why they travel to this con every year! Also, if time permits, for Meanwhile in Japan, we have humans getting their own instant washing machine, and a train driver in trouble for reading a book on trains while on a stopped train?! | — | ||||||
| 10/15/25 | #694: To the Center of the Sun. | Music from the Sailor Moon Super Live looks to be getting a worldwide release, Trigun's second season is set for January 2026, and NANA gets a makeover for its 25th anniversary! Also, animation cels and other collectibles are to hit the auction block, PERFECT BLUE gets a 4K collectors box, and Crunchyroll gives an answer to subtitle issues. Meanwhile in Japan... Hotel chain offers plushies their own beds, rail company apologizes for driver spacing out while operating the train, and Asahi Beer Japan is forced to take orders by fax as Japan races to avoid beer shortage! | — | ||||||
| 10/8/25 | #693: To Make Dreams Come True. | Hianime is still targeted for piracy, the subtitle quality at Crunchyroll is at an all-time low, and Ae! Group member activity suspended after arrest! Also, AnimeJapan teams with Crunchyroll for a new award, the original Tiger Mask mask, found and verified, and Bushiroad reveals Hunter x Hunter survivor game! Meanwhile in Japan, a man was arrested for a naked trip to escape reality, and banks were irked by stolen envelopes and online reselling?! | — | ||||||
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