LeAlec and Leah take the reins this week – with occasional help from a cardboard cutout of Nick – and dish on their favorite announcements from Mario Day and all the new anime coming out this year like Demon Slayer, DAN DA DAN and BLUE LOCK: Episode Nagi, but only after gushing over the Godzilla Minus One and The Boy and the Heron Oscar wins. Stick around for their own deep dive on sci-fi and mystery anime and their debate on whether mecha anime qualifies as sci-fi? Catch all this and more, only on The Anime Effect.

Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron Wins Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film

Godzilla Minus One Wins Oscar for Best Visual Effects

The Super Mario Bros Movie Sequel Leads Nintendo's Mario Day 2024 Celebrations

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc TV Anime Reveals May Premiere in New Trailer

DAN DA DAN Anime Streams on Crunchyroll in October 2024

BLUE LOCK The Movie -Episode Nagi- Anime Releases Main Trailer

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