Host of the Anime Dispatch, Cruz, answers hot questions while eating

Crunchyroll drops their Summer line-up, New Zelda and Metroid reveals headline the latest Nintendo Direct, and all new Kiki's Delivery Service content round out this week's episode of the Dispatch!

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This week, we're back to our announcement schedule with all new anime (including an adaptation of a personal favorite: Witch Hat Atelier), all new manga, and most importantly, Japan Society's first annual American Manga Awards at AnimeNYC!

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IN THIS EPISODE:

The Anime Dispatch is back for a new season, starting with a recap of Fanime 2024! In this episode: Cruz talks all about his experience attending and hosting panels at Fanime, what his one big Fanime purchase was, and how the convention felt like as a stressed-out attendee!

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In this week's episode, we cover some changes to Universal Studios parks, upcoming manga adaptations, as well as miHoYo controversy and the cancellation of this years Crunchyroll Expo, as well as pay tribute to Leiji Matsumoto, the iconic creator of Space Pirate Captain Harlock.

Our NIKKE review!

The Tonikawa: Over the Moon for You OVA coverage!

In this episode, we cover new anime announcements, new live action projects, and more! As well as discussing Shinichiro Watanabe's recent Forbes interview, director Jordan Peele's comments on the "Akira" adaptation he turned down, and just how comfortable folks are with companies utilizing A.I. to help with anime production schedules!

Teaser for "Summoned to Another World... Again?!" Previews "be ambitious!!!" by Maybe Me!

Gamera -Rebirth- Teaser!

Shinichiro Watanabe for Forbes!

(0:00) Anime announcements!

(3:35) Live-Action announcements!

(5:19) Other news!

(8:09) Shinichiro Watanabe on "The Animatrix" & Netflix's "Cowboy Bebop"

(9:25) Jordan Peele is glad he turned down "Akira" project

(9:49) Publishing news!

(13:06) Outro!

We're back for a proper season one in a brand new studio, and a lot has happened since we were gone! From all new anime announcements, to live-action series orders, and Hideo Kojima's continuing insanity (We love you, Kojima) this year has a lot of crazy things in store!

This week, we're covering Crunchyroll's new announcements out of CCXP in Sao Paolo, and Anime Frontier in Fort Worth! We're also talking new Kodansha Digital announcements, the new Rascal Does Not Dream movies, and I even give some new manga recommendations!

We've got a lot to cover this week! From new anime announcements, to trailers, to an entire Disney+ anime showcase, and both AmiAmi Hobby Camp and MegaHobby Expo 2022, it's an episode jam-packed with exciting news for the upcoming year!

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AmiAmi Hobby Camp and Mega Hobby Expo 2022!

In this episode, we're covering all of the major announcements out of Anime NYC! From upcoming anime, to films, manga, and even audiobooks, we're giving you everything you need to know straight out of the con! 

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