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Congratulations are in order for WCS Team USA, winners of the 2025 World Cosplay Summit 世界コスプレサミット! Also tonight, Kadokawa issues guidelines for anime sampling, anime studio Gaina changes name after being acquired, and the Korean government plans to offer tax credits for webtoon production costs. Plus, Hello Kitty gets a licensed tarot card set, and Neon Genesis Evangelion’s 30th anniversary gets a new flashback album! Meanwhile in Japan, an Evangelion voice actress reveals she’s been waiting 11 years for free condoms she was promised, and let’s take a trip back to all things Heisei era at a retro exhibition…
#684: It’s Been Quite a Few Days…
July 30th, 2025 
DJ Ranma S We bring back THE HOT TOPIC! Tonight’s topic, Anime Boston‘s Masquerade Coordinator position, should it be paid? Also on tonight’s show, the fallout from VShoujo, and boy, it’s a mess! Plus, Gundam Wing gets new releases and sequels, Bushiroad releases a statement about threats against a voice actress, and a Japanese politician is in hot water for unauthorized cosplay?! Meanwhile in Japan, a fraud victim turns to fraud to make money, a schoolteacher loses their job for working, and an event welcomes you to sit and do absolutely nothing!
#683: Some Accolades Should Be Celebrated!
July 23rd, 2025 DJ Ranma S A convention was abruptly canceled, and then the Company canceled all remaining scheduled events. A company named ‘Your Rights’ is established to allow fans to invest in anime. VTuber Ironmouse Officially Leaves VShojo, Says She’s owed “Significant Funds”, and the Ranma 1/2 anime opening is used in the newest cover song project. Also, HarperCollins is to acquire French and German Crunchyroll manga publishing, and an anime to air, just an audio-only screening due to explicit content?! Meanwhile in Japan, a man was arrested for arson on a go-kart tour lot, a battery fire broke out on Tokyo’s main commuter line, and a landmark arcade open for over 30 years announces closure…
#682: Oh You Know… Plotting As Usual.
July 16th, 2025 DJ Ranma S We say farewell to a friend of the show… Also tonight, the first official Dragon Ball store to open in Tokyo, a new Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba film premieres to a sold-out show, and a copyright suit is settled for an Attack on Titan event. Plus, the MAO manga gets a TV anime adaptation, an upcoming PS5 game gets a mode directed by Shinichiro Watanabe, and Comic-Con International marks Gundam Wing anniversary with English dub cast! Meanwhile in Japan… Japan Airlines is giving free flights to tourists, Uniqlo is adding shoplifting deterrents with a petty but brilliant plan, and finally, a Jenga game filled with whiskey sells for 2 million yen?!
#681: You Hate to See It, But We Enjoy Seeing It.
July 9th, 2025 DJ Ranma S J-Pop group FLOW is doing a European and North American tour in fall 2025, a remake of the Jungle Emperor Leo anime is in the planning stages, and the Ghost In The Shell anime is getting a comprehensive exhibition in 2026! Also, a teaser announces a September debut for Alice in Borderland season 3, the Sailor Moon museum to continue its tour outside of Japan for the first time, and Hong Kong debuts wings of the non-fried kind in a Gundam Wing / KFC collaboration?! Meanwhile in Japan… A naked man arrested at a shrine admits to walking around naked, and a company president arrested for making an employee admit to his hit-and-run accident?!
