It's the last podcast of the year before we dive into the Winter 2025 anime season and a brand-new year. Also we're not going to lie to you, James and Lynzee are going to talk about Robert Egger's Nosferatu a lot.

James and Lynzee are here to run you through all the big announcements out of Jump Festa, scream about the DAN DA DAN finale cliffhanger, and see how the Orb bros are doing.

Lynzee and James share their Crunchyroll Anime Arcs from the app's end-of-the-year feature! Plus, we're discussing the SECRET LEVEL show on Amazon Prime and the latest episode of Dan Da Dan.

This is a Jiji appreciation podcast, even if he only appears for five minutes in this week's episode of DAN DA DAN. Plus the ANN Reader's Choice Award Nominations are open, one of the saddest manga is getting an anime, and a new teaser for the Demon Slayer movie.

Clothes are mostly optional as the Dan Da Dan crew fight aliens at school! What happens when they all merge into one super-evil entity?!

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James and Lynzee go face-to-face with Nessie and mantis shrimp alien in this week's Dan Da Dan! Plus, the latest news about the Netflix anime leaks, Miyazaki's surprising award statement, and the Sonic 3 trailer! This episode's news stories are:

Netflix Subpoenas Discord in Investigation of Post Production Partner Leaks: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...

Miyazaki Acknowledges Japanese Wartime Conduct: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/inte...

The Summer Hikaru Died Anime's Teaser Unveils Summer TV Debut, Netflix Streaming, Cast, Staff: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...

We'll talk briefly about the Sony/Kadokawa situation, get back in the swing of things with Dan Da Dan, and check in our heretics in Orb this week.

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It's one of the most impressive chase scenes to put to animation this week in DAN DA DAN! Plus, the Catholic Church adopts a new mascot and one voice actor is going rogue after alleging Crunchyroll gave away his fan mail and gifts.

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Dan Da Dan introduces anime's hottest grandma!

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00:09:33 NEWS: Pass the Monster Meat, Milady

00:15:20 NEWS: The Perfect Saint is Tossed Aside by Her Fiance

00:25:09 DAN DA DAN Episode 3 chat

00:40:20 ORB: On the Movements of the Earth Episode 4 chat