The Anime Effect continues to be BLESSED with more anime announcements! We're talking all about the latest from My Hero Academia, One Piece, WIND BREAKER, SK8 the Infinity, and more! PLUS, we reveal our favorite mech anime (besides Neon Genesis Evangelion & Gurren Lagann).

My Hero Academia Anime Final Season Officially Announced for 2025

One Piece Anime Announces Hiatus, Newly-Edited Fish-Man Island Arc

WIND BREAKER Season 2 Anime Premieres in April 2025

SK8 the Infinity Anime OVA Reveals New Visual, Release Date

Oshi no Ko Manga Ending Date Announced

Goku Balloon Returns to the Skies for 98th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

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Introducing Can We Cuss on Here? With Layshia Clarendon from Good Game with Sarah Spain.

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Recently retired WNBA hooper Layshia Clarendon joins Sarah to talk about the grief of ending a pro career and the uncertainty of what’s next, being the first out trans player in the W and watching a Finals series between two of his former teams. Plus, a poem you’ve gotta hear, and a doc you’ve gotta see.

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• And watch her full Naismith HOF induction speech here

• Watch the Netflix documentary Will & Harper here

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Yūsuke Kobayashi, the voice actor for Re:ZERO’s Subaru, is on The Anime Effect! The star shares how his experience voicing the isekai icon has impacted his life and what fans can expect from season 3, which is now streaming on Crunchyroll.

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The Anime Effect is throwing hands over unpopular anime opinions! But first, the hosts share the latest on Oshi no Ko, the upcoming Fate/Zero musical & more! PLUS, we're finally settling the debate for good: Does Shangri-La Frontier fit into the isekai genre?

One Piece Anime Celebrates 25 Years With Special Episode on October 20

JUJUTSU KAISEN Manga Ending Celebrated with Special Art, 100 Million Copies in Circulation

One Piece, JUJUTSU KAISEN Join Universal Studios Hollywood Fan Fest Nights Lineup

Oshi no Ko Anime Gets 3rd Season

The Elusive Samurai Anime Continues with Second Season

Captain Falcon Smashes His Way Onto Switch With Two Classic GBA Games

Fate/Zero Stage Musical Adaptation Announced

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All hands on deck! The Anime Effect is breaking down the Fall 2024 anime lineup coming to Crunchyroll. From Dragon Ball DAIMA to DAN DA DAN, we're helping you build your fall anime watchlist NOW.

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Introducing Uncover Ghost Towns with Brent Underwood from Via Podcast.

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On the season finale of the Via Podcast, hosts Michelle Donati and Mitti Hicks head into the high deserts of California and Nevada to visit ghost towns. They learn what it's like to actually live in one—where there may or may not be a resident spirit—and where to go to see the most preserved mining towns in the West.

Guest Brent Underwood, owner and resident of Cerro Gordo near Death Valley, California, shares what it's like to make a home in a former mining town, and why it's important to visit and maintain these snapshots of Western life.

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What do Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Wistoria: Wand and Sword, and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime all have in common? The Anime Effect tells you about this week and shares a Sailor Moon shoe collab, Studio TRIGGER's new Transformers anime, and more.

Dragon Ball DAIMA English Dub Premiere Heads to U.S. Theaters This November

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Anime Season 2 Confirmed

Wistoria: Wand and Sword Anime Gets 2nd Season

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4, New Film Announced

Justice ft. Tame Impala Reveals "Neverender" Music Video Directed By Masanobu Hiraoka

Sailor Moon Kicks off Second Collab with Jimmy Choo

Studio TRIGGER Rolls Out Special Transformers One Film Poster

Studio TRIGGER Pays Tribute to Transformers in 40th Anniversary Video

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Singer, songwriter and ANIME FAN d4vd is in the studio to reveal his current watchlist and what anime he wants to create an OP for ASAP. d4vd also shares how anime and manga storytelling inspires his music and reminiscences about how he first discovered anime.

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The Anime Effect gang is back together, and they have anime to discuss! The DAN DA DAN anime is coming this fall, season 2 of Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian is in production, City manga is getting an anime adaptation, and more! PLUS, Devil May Cry may not be an anime, but who isn’t pumped for the animated series?!

One Piece Live-Action Series Finds Their Baroque Works Leaders, Miss All Sunday and Mr. 0

Crunchyroll Fall 2024 Anime Season Lineup Announced!

Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Anime Season 2 in Production

Kyoto Animation Adapts Keiichi Arawi's City Manga For 2025 Anime

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid Anime Film Announced

Devil May Cry Animated Series Set for April 2025

Welcome to The Anime Effect, the weekly podcast hosted by Crunchyroll's own in-house, resident anime experts – Nicholas Friedman, LeAlec Murray, and Leah President. The show is a lively mix of roundtable news and discussion, featuring Crunchyroll hosts and special guests as they debate hot topics, offer recommendations, and tackle fan questions.

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OMA stopped by The Anime Effect with Shing02, and they are anime baby birds who need YOUR anime recommendations! The pair shares how their Luv(sic) Hexalogy Tour came to be and what collaborations may be in store for their future discography...!

Welcome to The Anime Effect, the weekly podcast hosted by Crunchyroll's own in-house, resident anime experts – Nicholas Friedman, LeAlec Murray, and Leah President. The show is a lively mix of roundtable news and discussion, featuring Crunchyroll hosts and special guests as they debate hot topics, offer recommendations, and tackle fan questions.

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