WATCH/LISTEN: The Anime Effect Podcast Celebrates Its First Year!

This week on The Anime Effect: We share behind-the-scenes stories from the first year of the podcast, plus we finally reveal our top 10 favorite anime ever.

In our audio-exclusive episode we fill you in on the latest news in the anime world including One Piece announcing a collaboration with the Boston Red Sox, Magic the Gathering partnering with Final Fantasy, and more!

Episode 53 of The Anime Effect is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and anywhere else you listen to your podcasts! If you’re waiting to watch the video episode, it’ll be live on Crunchyroll and YouTube at 7 p.m. ET.

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Episode 53 Summary

In this week’s news episode, we discuss a new anime studio opening soon, a yuri manga being adapted into an anime, among other updates.

Plus, we reveal our top 10 favorite anime of all time. All that and more on The Anime Effect!

Topics Discussed in Episode 53

• Naruto

• LiSA

• Bryce Papenbrook

• Denzel Curry

• d4vd

• Solo Leveling

• Jean-Ken Johnny

• Hiro Mashima

• EVO 2024

• Lena Lemon

• San Diego Comic Con

• One Piece

• Justin Wong

• Anime Expo 2024

• BOCCHI THE ROCK!

• Neil Newbon and Devora Wilde

• TurtleMe

• Gundam

• RADWIMPS

• It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

• Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway

The Anime Effect Hosts’ Top 10 Anime Titles (in no particular order)

Nick:  

• Mob Psycho 100 

• Neon Genesis Evangelion 

• Mobile Suit Gundam 

• Nichijou – My Ordinary Life

• Your Name. 

• Ranking of Kings 

• Kaguya-sama: Love is War 

• KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world!

• Toradora! 

• Digimon Adventure 

LeAlec:  

• Dragon Ball Z

• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

• That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime 

• Cowboy Bebop 

• Trigun 

• Mobile Fighter G Gundam 

• Kuroko’s Basketball 

• My Hero Academia

• Gurren Lagann 

• Soul Eater 

Leah:  

• Attack on Titan 

• The Apothecary Diaries 

• Fruits Basket 

• Yuri!!! on ICE

• Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End 

• FullMetal Alchemist 

• Chainsaw Man 

• Monster 

• Nichijou – My Ordinary Life

• SPY x FAMILY 

• D.Gray-man 

News Featured in Episode 53 – Audio Only

•  Pokémon Day Presentation Confirmed for February 27  

• The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn’t a Guy at All Anime Adaptation Announced 

• One Piece Returns to Fenway Park for Another Boston Red Sox Collab 

• Inu-Oh Director Masaaki Yuasa Opens New Anime Studio 

• Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy Cards Showcase Art from Entire Series

Hosts & Special Guests in This Week’s Episode

• LeAlec Murray, Host

• Nicholas Friedman, Host

• Leah President, Host

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