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110: We’re Going to ANIME COURT to Defend Evangelion!
May 1, 2026
56m 27s
109: To All The Gundam We Loved Before
Apr 24, 2026
51m 31s
108: Popeyes x ONE PIECE, Infinity Castle Ends Theatrical Run + Are Baseball Episodes Better Than Beach Ones?!
Apr 17, 2026
51m 26s
107: Anime Awards 2026 Will Have Some Big Names + Can We Guess Shonen Anime?
Apr 10, 2026
45m 08s
106: Reacting to Anime Awards 2026 Nominations and ALL the News from Anime Japan 2026
Apr 3, 2026
41m 17s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/1/26 |  110: We’re Going to ANIME COURT to Defend Evangelion!✨ | anime newsEvangelion+5 | — | CrunchyrollEvangelion+1 | — | anime newsEvangelion+5 | — | 56m 27s | |
| 4/24/26 |  109: To All The Gundam We Loved Before✨ | anime newsGundam adaptation+3 | — | CrunchyrollGundam+1 | — | GundamMy Hero Academia+3 | — | 51m 31s | |
| 4/17/26 |  108: Popeyes x ONE PIECE, Infinity Castle Ends Theatrical Run + Are Baseball Episodes Better Than Beach Ones?!✨ | anime newsONE PIECE+4 | — | The WeekndAnime Awards 2026+2 | — | anime newsONE PIECE+4 | — | 51m 26s | |
| 4/10/26 |  107: Anime Awards 2026 Will Have Some Big Names + Can We Guess Shonen Anime?✨ | anime newsAnime Awards+4 | — | CrunchyrollMy Hero Academia+2 | — | Anime Awards 2026My Hero Academia+3 | — | 45m 08s | |
| 4/3/26 |  106: Reacting to Anime Awards 2026 Nominations and ALL the News from Anime Japan 2026✨ | Anime AwardsAnime Japan+3 | — | CrunchyrollSentenced to be a Hero+5 | — | Anime Awards 2026Anime Japan 2026+3 | — | 41m 17s | |
| 3/27/26 |  105: Spring 2026 Anime Lineup, Chainsaw Man Manga Finale, and Blind Ranking Anime Plot Twists✨ | anime lineupChainsaw Man finale+3 | Michelle Rojas | CrunchyrollChainsaw Man+1 | — | animeChainsaw Man+3 | — | 1h 05m 44s | |
| 3/21/26 |  104: A Live-Action Samurai Champloo?! + NEW Sekiro Anime Trailer Reactions✨ | live-action adaptationsanime news+3 | — | CrunchyrollSamurai Champloo+1 | — | Samurai ChamplooSekiro+3 | — | 57m 13s | |
| 3/13/26 |  103: Ash Ketchum’s English VA Advice to Aspiring Voice Actors (ft. Veronica Taylor)✨ | voice actingPokemon+3 | Veronica Taylor | PokemonCrunchyroll | — | Veronica TaylorAsh Ketchum+4 | — | 44m 27s | |
| 3/12/26 |  Maybe Yoshi is From New York?! | The Anime Effect NEWS✨ | anime newsCrunchyroll updates+5 | — | CrunchyrollEvangelion+3 | — | animeCrunchyroll+5 | — | 43m 11s | |
| 3/6/26 | 102: The ULTIMATE Anime Tattoo Tour (ft. WNBA Star Gabby Williams)✨ | animetattoos+3 | Gabby Williams | CrunchyrollSeattle Storm+1 | — | animetattoos+5 | — | 31m 29s | |
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| 3/5/26 |  Who Is Your Pokemon Winds and Waves Starter?! | The Anime Effect NEWS✨ | anime newsPokemon+5 | — | PokémonONE PIECE+6 | — | PokemonONE PIECE+7 | — | 30m 39s | |
| 2/27/26 |  101: Hannah Bahng Builds Her Anime Hear-Me-Out Cake | Hannah Bahng joins The Anime Effect to reveal her favorite anime, ships, and why we should all be more cringe. Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 30m 39s | ||||||
| 2/25/26 | What Titles Make Up the NEW Big 3 in Anime? | The Anime Effect NEWS | Hosts Nicholas Friedman, LeAlec Murray, and Leah President cannot believe they’re talking about a new Evangelion anime series in production! PLUS, they discuss the next projects coming from Ufotable, the latest Pokémon games coming to the Switch, the newest member of the Sonic film franchise cast, and a new way you can rep your favorite manga. Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. New Evangelion Anime Series in Production Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle II, Genshin Impact and More Teased in Ufotable Highlight Reel Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle is coming back to North American and United Kingdom theaters next month MANGA Plus Introduces New Feature to Make T-shirts from Manga Pages Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Comes to Nintendo Switch on February 27 Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Film Casts Kristen Bell as Amy Rose Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 40m 45s | ||||||
| 2/20/26 | 100: We Made It to 100 Episodes and There's Nothing You Can Do About It! | Hosts Nicholas Friedman, LeAlec Murray and Leah President are celebrating 100 episodes of The Anime Effect by revealing their favorite moments with guests, spilling behind-the-scenes tea, and testing their anime knowledge. Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 44m 36s | ||||||
| 2/18/26 | What Modern Anime Is the Next Classic? | The Anime Effect NEWS | Hosts LeAlec Murray and Alex Lebl discuss Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc coming to streaming, the Texas Rangers JUJUTSU KAISEN night with themed jerseys, the latest on BLEACH "THE STORIES" TV Anime Project, the Spiritbox x Sentenced to Be a Hero AMV, and more. Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc Streams on Crunchyroll Spring 2026 Texas Rangers MLB Team Brings JUJUTSU KAISEN Night Back with New Themed Jerseys BLEACH "THE STORIES" TV Anime Project Reveals Soul Society Arc Visual and Release Schedule Metal Band Spiritbox Joins the Battle with Sentenced to Be a Hero AMV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 31m 24s | ||||||
| 2/13/26 | 99: PEAK Anime Fan Showdown (ft. Lena Lemon & Khleo Thomas) | Khleo Thomas and Lena Lemon join us again but for a very special gamified The Anime Effect episode. Who will be crowned as the ultimate anime fan? Find out now! Follow along with the emoji game: 🐉 ⚽️ 💤 👻 ➡️ 🥚 🍵 📔 🐱 1️⃣ 🤜 👨🏻🦲 ⚓ 🌒 🐈⬛ ⛓️ 🪚 🧍♂️ 💅 🪡 🎎 🍓🍍🗑️ 🦎 👹 🎱 🗡️ 🖼️ 🌐 👽 👻 👵🏻 🃏 👮 🌸 🤖 👼 🪑 🦸♂️ 📚 😭 👩🏻 ❤️ 👱🏻♂️ Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 41m 37s | ||||||
| 2/11/26 | What Anime Character Would YOU Meet IRL? | The Anime Effect NEWS | Hosts Nicholas Friedman, LeAlec Murray, and Leah President have so much ONE PIECE news to share like the two baseball teams collaborating with the anime and the first ONE PIECE HEROINES episode coming soon, plus they share the anime and anime creatives that took home 2026 Tokyo Anime Awards, another anime concert coming to the US, and the latest from Digimon. Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. ONE PIECE Night Returns to T-Mobile Park in March for Mariners Game Boston Red Sox x ONE PIECE Theme Night Returns This May with Themed Bomber Jacket, Plush ONE PIECE HEROINES Anime Airs Nami Episode on July 5 Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle, Gundam GQuuuuuuX Win Top Honors at Tokyo Anime Awards 2026 Violet Evergarden Live in Concert USA Tour Sets Sights on Three Cities This Month Digimon Story Time Stranger Sets Switch, Switch 2 Launch Date Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 33m 28s | ||||||
| 2/6/26 | 98: BABYMETAL’s Story Could Be an Anime (ft. BABYMETAL) | BABYMETAL is in the studio revealing the anime trios they emulate the most, their first reaction to learning they were joining the One-Punch Man universe, why metal music and anime pair together perfectly, and more. Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 20m 18s | ||||||
| 2/4/26 | You'll NEVER Guess the New Gundam Ending Theme | The Anime Effect NEWS | Hosts Nicholas Friedman, LeAlec Murray, and Leah President are talking about the FIRST announcements for the 2026 Anime Awards, the upcoming JUJUTSU KAISEN in Concert global music tour, the MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph Circe anime film’s shocking ending theme song, and the upcoming THE GHOST IN THE SHELL and Chainsmoker Cat anime adaptations. Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2026 Sets May 23 for 10th Anniversary, Yoko Takahashi to Perform JUJUTSU KAISEN in Concert Global Music Tour Kicks Off in June MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph Circe Anime Film Releases New Trailer Featuring Guns N' Roses Ending Theme Song THE GHOST IN THE SHELL Anime Reveals July 2026 Broadcast in New Trailer, Visual Chainsmoker Cat Anime Adaptation Announced for July 2026 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 34m 51s | ||||||
| 1/30/26 | 97: The Magical Girl that Made Her Feel SEEN in Anime (ft. Crystal Kay) | Music icon Crystal Kay stops by the studio during her first North American tour to share her favorite anime, why she would want to create more music for anime, the anime characters that make her feel seen, and more. Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 31m 51s | ||||||
| 1/28/26 | What Makes an Anime Unforgettable? | The Anime Effect NEWS | Hosts Nicholas Friedman, LeAlec Murray, and Leah President are talking about all the exciting updates Dragon Ball fans got at the Dragon Ball 40th anniversary event, The Dangers in My Heart: The Movie coming to US theaters, our first glimpse of Yoshi in The Super Mario Galaxy movie, The Apothecary Diaries Steady Hands collection, and more. Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2 Anime Travels on with Creditless Opening, Ending Videos Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol Anime Officially in Production Dragon Ball Super: Beerus Enhanced Anime Announced for Fall 2026 New Dragon Ball Game Project AGE 1000 Revealed for 2027 The Dangers in My Heart: The Movie to Screen in US Three Days After Japan The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Introduces Yoshi in New Trailer, Visual The Apothecary Diaries Steady Hands Collection Expands with More Apparel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 37m 58s | ||||||
| 1/23/26 | 96: We are HYPED for TRIGUN STARGAZE (ft. Trigun Creator Yasuhiro Nightow) | Trigun and TRIGUN STARGAZE creator Yasuhiro Nightow reveals his favorite and least favorite Trigun characters, what he loves about the new adaptation, and so much more, only on The Anime Effect. Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 16m 14s | ||||||
| 1/21/26 | Fight Like A Straw Hat with This ONE PIECE Collab! | The Anime Effect NEWS | Hosts LeAlec Murray, Leah President, and Aly Luskey are revealing the winners of the Top 10 Anime Crushes of 2025, KONOSUBA -God's blessing on this wonderful world! Season 4, the Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Beginning of a New Era film coming to theaters, the MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph Circe theme song by SZA, the live-action ONE PIECE NERF collaboration, and the latest from Sonic the Hedgehog. THEN, we’re discussing the best My Hero Academia OPs. Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Top 10 Anime Crushes of 2025 According to Fans KONOSUBA -God's blessing on this wonderful world! Season 4 Anime Confirmed Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Beginning of a New Era Anime Film Hits North American Theaters in February 2026 MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph Circe Anime Film Unveils SZA Theme Song EXCLUSIVE: Live-Action ONE PIECE NERF Collaboration Revealed Sonic the Hedgehog 35th Anniversary Trailer Celebrates Blue Blur’s Latest Milestone (genre) Let’s Celebrate All the My Hero Academia Openings (So Far) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 39m 06s | ||||||
| 1/16/26 | 95: Can Music Inspire Like Anime? (ft. hemlocke springs) | hemlocke springs takes a break from touring and working on her new album “the apple tree under the sea” to share the anime she would recommend to Chappell Roan and Conan Gray, how anime like Solo Leveling inspires her music, and more! Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 30m 02s | ||||||
| 1/14/26 | Anyone Else Dissecting the Live-Action ONE PIECE Season 2 Trailer?? | The Anime Effect NEWS | Hosts Nicholas Friedman, LeAlec Murray, and Leah President have ZERO chill on this episode as they dissect the live-action ONE PIECE season 2 trailer, discuss everything we know so far about the upcoming Godzilla Minus Zero film, reveal the anime nominated for 2026 Annie Awards, and so much more. THEN, they share their non-anime gateways to anime and YOUR most anticipated anime of 2026. Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. JUJUTSU KAISEN Season 3 Episodes 1-2 Recap, “Execution / One More Time” Live-Action ONE PIECE Season 2 Trailer Sets Stage for Major Players Godzilla Minus Zero Film's North American Premiere Date Set Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc, DAN DA DAN and More Nominated for Annie Awards Fairy Tail Celebrates 20 Years With New Hiro Mashima Illustration Zombie Land Saga: Yumeginga Paradise Anime Movie to Release in U.S., Canada Theaters on January 19, 2026 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 35m 03s | ||||||
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21 placements across 19 markets.
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21 placements across 19 markets.