This week on Anime Pulse we got tales form DC, the early release of a Sponge Bob movie, and the less harem anime season. Up first Joseph is back and shares with us Day 1 of his trip to DC as well as the swag acquired, and then Andrew steps up trying to root for the little guy with his community topic this week. Then in the industry news AI has begun to work at pubs, and a rather large leak of anime has eyebrows being raised. And lastly in the reviews Joseph gets fed up with a half-assed harem protagonist in a stupidly complex harem anime, and Andrew expands his domain before hitting us with that cursed purple technique.