Hosts Nicholas Friedman, LeAlec Murray, and Leah President are waiting to talk all about the 2025 Anime Awards until Friday, so we get to discuss what we know about Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- season 4, how Laid-Back Camp is celebrating its 10th anniversary, another major league baseball anime theme night happening this summer, and of course a Crocs collab. Then, we’re recommending anime that took us by surprise this season and discussing VTubers.

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Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4 Anime Premieres in 2026

Laid-Back Camp Manga Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Special Exhibition

Texas Rangers MLB Team Hosts JUJUTSU KAISEN Night with Official Anime Jerseys

D.N.Angel Anime Series Now Available on Crunchyroll

Dragon Ball Z Crocs Return in Frieza and Cell Styles

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The Rapping Reaper, the Grim Reaper’s first apprentice, the collector of souls Mori Calliope is HERE! She’s sharing about her hololive journey, the anime she’d kill to write a song for, and she even reveals whose team she’s on: Kendrick or Drake! Listen in to learn all this and more only on The Anime Effect!

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Hosts Nicholas Friedman, LeAlec Murray, and Leah President are having a blast from the past discussing an update from Kingdom Hearts IV, and they’re sharing the latest from the Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus anime, the anime nominees at the 2025 Astra Awards, the latest award The Anime Effect received(!), the return of Death Note: The Musical, the Converse x Naruto Shippuden collab, and more. THEN, we’re recommending “cute boys doing cute things” anime and discussing anime references we love.

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Kingdom Hearts IV Screenshots Offer Fresh Signs of Life

Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus Anime Premieres on July 5

Dragon Ball DAIMA, Solo Leveling Season 2 and More Nominated for 2025 Astra Awards

The Anime Effect was named Best New Podcast at 2025 Digiday Media Awards

Death Note: The Musical to Hold 10th Anniversary Performance in Tokyo

Converse x Naruto Shippuden Chuck Taylor All Stars Launch May 22

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J-Pop star Ado is on The Anime Effect, and she’s sharing her gateway anime, the reason she will never stop talking about vocaloid music, her experience performing music for One Piece Film Red, and how she launched her career on a 3DS. Don’t miss this unique conversation with Ado!

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Host Nicholas Friedman, LeAlec Murray, and Leah President share about the latest Anime Awards 2025 updates–including how several friends-of-the-show will be involved, the upcoming Legendary Godzilla x Kong: Supernova, In the Clear Moonlit Dusk anime adaptation, a BOCCHI THE ROCK! collab, and more. THEN, hosts reveal their favorite spring 2025 anime season opening and ending songs and share YOUR thoughts on Matthew Mercer’s DND classifications for his characters.

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Introducing The Shootaround: Seattle Storm and Phoenix Mercury from Good Game with Sarah Spain.

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We’re staying out west for today’s installment of The Shootaround, our team-by-team previews getting you ready for the start of the 2025 WNBA season, and it’s alllll about the Seattle Storm and Phoenix Mercury. How are things looking up in the Pacific Northwest and down in the desert? We’ve got you covered with the stars, stakes, stats and stories, a little history, a little lore, a little gossip and a little more.

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Matthew Mercer of Critical Role, The Legend of Vox Machina, Attack on Titan, and so much more is revealing behind-the-scenes moments from his most iconic anime English dub roles, disclosing his best DM (Dungeon Master) tips, and sorting a few of the characters he’s played into DND (Dungeons & Dragons) classes.

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Introducing The Shootaround: Atlanta Dream and Indiana Fever from Good Game with Sarah Spain.

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The 2025 WNBA season is almost here and our team-by-team previews continue with the Atlanta Dream and Indiana Fever! Plus, the latest on the PWHL playoffs, we coo over a few babies, and Sue Bird puts on yet another hat.

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Host Nicholas Friedman, LeAlec Murray, and Haley Whisennand are sharing the latest anime headlines and recommending their favorite comedy anime (do you agree with their picks?). Listen now to find out the latest on new anime film Scarlet, the Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train 4K re-release, Link Click season 3, The Quintessential Princesses: Fantasy, the Abyss and the Magic Academy, the Umamusume: Pretty Derby game, new Haikyu!! and Gundam merch, and more.

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Crunchyroll News Puzzles

Mamoru Hosoda's New Film Scarlet Reveals Teaser Trailer, Visual, Announces November 21 Release Date

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train 4K Re-Release Tickets Now on Sale

Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle First Movie Sneak Peek Attached to Mugen Train Re-Release

Link Click Season 3 to Premiere in 2026

The Quintessential Quintuplets Dungeon RPG Revealed for Consoles

Umamusume: Pretty Derby Game Sets English Launch Date on Mobile, PC

Haikyu!! Team Cardigans Come to Life in New Steady Hands Collection

7-Eleven Japan Now Has Its Own Gundam Model Kit

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Introducing The Southwest’s Wildest Outdoor Art: From Lightning Fields to Sun Tunnels from Via Podcast.

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A secret field that summons lightning. A massive spiral that disappears into a salt lake. A celestial observatory carved into a volcano. Meet the wild—and sometimes explosive—world of land art, where artists craft masterpieces with dynamite and bulldozers.

In our Season 2 premiere, guest Dylan Thuras, cofounder of Atlas Obscura, takes us off road and into the minds of the artists who literally reshaped parts of the Southwest. These works aren’t meant to be easy to reach—or to explain—but they just might change how you see the world.

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