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The Anime Effect

Sure, you like anime. But do you KNOW what"s happening in the anime world? Go beyond your current watchlist and discover all there is to enjoy with your friends at Crunchyroll. Each week, we’ll dig into the latest anime headlines, examine our favorite shows, chat with guest stars, and explore how anime affects everything. The Anime Effect is brought to you by Crunchyroll and Sony Music Entertainment. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com.

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30:49

Saying FAREWELL to Komi Can't Communicate | The Anime...

The Anime Effect ·

2025/02/04

The gang’s back together again to bring you the latest anime and manga news. Nicholas Friedman, Leah President and LeAlec Murray discuss the upcoming Art of Manga exhibition, IDOLiSH7 season 4, Go! Go! Loser Ranger! season 2, Komi Can't Communicate, MF GHOST, and the 2025 Tokyo Anime Award Festival results.Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Art of Manga Exhibition Brings Original Drawings and More to

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49:25

Manga and Comic Fans, UNITE! (ft. Joe Eisma) | The...

The Anime Effect ·

2025/01/31

Leah President and LeAlec Murray welcome comic artist Joe Eisma to talk about how manga and anime inspire his work and why he’s currently loving DAN DA DAN. Then, Alex Lebl joins hosts to share their updated anime starter packs for new fans and what types of representation they’d like to see next in anime.Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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24:32

Solo Leveling Is Getting a Live-Action Adaptation?! |...

The Anime Effect ·

2025/01/28

LeAlec Murray and Alex Lebl are talking all about their hopes for the Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection this week on The Anime Effect. PLUS, they share the latest on Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-, the live-action Solo Leveling adaptation, new Fortnite collabs, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, the One Piece season 15 Voyage 2 English dub, and more.Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Yu-Gi-Oh

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56:38

How Naruto Inspires Professional Footballer Jeremie...

The Anime Effect ·

2025/01/24

Dutch footballer and anime fan Jeremie Frimpong is sharing how Naruto and other shonen protagonists inspire him the field, drafting his dream anime soccer team, and sharing all about his love for anime only on The Anime Effect. Then, hosts Leah President, LeAlec Murray, and Alex Lebl reveal the latest shocking discovery from the Bananya universe and answer your questions.Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email

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22:28

Sailor Moon Is Coming to You LIVE | The Anime Effect...

The Anime Effect ·

2025/01/21

Hosts Leah President and LeAlec Murray are talking anime and gaming headlines, starting of course with the news of the Switch 2. Then, they break down the One Piece live action casting updates, the Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid anime film, and the Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Super Live show coming to North America. Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Nintendo Officially Reveals Nintendo Switch

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49:33

How The Beginning After the End Is Making Anime...

The Anime Effect ·

2025/01/17

TurtleMe joins LeAlec Murray and Haley Whisennand to share about The Beginning After the End’s journey to becoming the FIRST anime adaptation of an American web comic. Then, LeAlec, Haley, and Leah President share their favorite anime crossovers and YOUR additions to our anime naughty/nice lists and anime New Year’s resolutions.Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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26:16

Ghost of Tsushima: Legends Is Getting an Anime?! |...

The Anime Effect ·

2025/01/14

Leah, LeAlec, and Haley are breaking down this week’s headlines, like the upcoming My Melody & Kuromi stop-motion animated show, the My Deer Friend Nokotan x DEEEER Simulator collab, and so much more.Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Crunchyroll to Launch New Manga App in 2025 My Melody & Kuromi Stop-Motion Animation Series Streams in July 2025 My Deer Friend Nokotan Anime Collabs with DEEEER

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56:33

Feeling the Anime LOVE with Adam McArthur & Ryan Colt...

The Anime Effect ·

2025/01/10

We're returning this New Year with not one, but TWO anime English voice actors we know you’ve heard: Adam McArthur and Ryan Colt Levy. Known for their roles Yuji Itadori of Jujutsu Kaisen and Denji of Chainsaw Man, Leah and Lena find out how Adam ended up on a Megan Thee Stallion song, how prep for an acting role is sometimes impossible, and their boba tea knowledge.Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email

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24:15

The New GUNDAM Tabletop Game Is Actually EVERYTHING |...

The Anime Effect ·

2025/01/07

New year, new anime headlines. LeAlec and Haley are breaking down what happened over the holidays, including the announcements from DAN DA DAN, My Hero Academia, GUNDAM, and more!Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. DAN DA DAN Season 2 Premieres in July 2025, Will Stream on Crunchyroll My Hero Academia Final Season Anime Premieres Autumn 2025 Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 Anime Reveals July 2025 Release,

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31:33

The VOICE Behind Your Favorite Anime OPs is HERE (ft....

The Anime Effect ·

2025/01/03

In another fan-favorite episode, J-Pop global sensation LiSA is here! Before her latest film premiere and headlining her first concert in America in 10 years, LiSA is joining The Anime Effect to share about her music journey. LiSA reveals behind-the-scenes details of her concert film LiVE is SMiLE ALWAYS -LANDER-, which premieres August 19, gets help from Nick and LeAlec to design her July 26 San Diego Comic-Con concert set list, and of course gushes over why she loves the Minions so much.Learn

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24:43

New Year’s Resolutions for Certain Anime Characters |...

The Anime Effect ·

2024/12/31

Happy New Year’s Eve! Are you setting your resolutions? Leah, LeAlec, and Haley certainly are, but not just for themselves. Listen in as they assign New Year’s resolutions for anime characters from Re:ZERO, Dragon Ball DAIMA, and more. Let us know the resolutions you want certain anime characters to adopt in the comments!Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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61:44

ONE PIECE is a GENERATIONAL Anime Series (ft. David...

The Anime Effect ·

2024/12/27

In one of our most popular episodes, David Dastmalchian (Oppenheimer, Late Night with the Devil) joins Leah and LeAlec to dish on his favorite anime and how the genre impacts his work. First, Leah and LeAlec talk about the Frieren: Beyond Journey's End escape room, the Look Back trailer, latest Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki accomplishments, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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30:53

Our Anime Naughty and Nice List | The Anime Effect NEWS

The Anime Effect ·

2024/12/24

Merry Christmas Eve! Leah and LeAlec are deciding which anime characters Santa should include on his naughty and nice lists—and they are not holding back! You might think Baby Bananya deserves candy in his stocking, but is there more lurking behind his eyes? Listen and give your thoughts on characters from DAN DA DAN, Delicious in Dungeon, and more.Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Learn more about

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39:58

War of Rohirrim Creators Explain Why They Brought...

The Anime Effect ·

2024/12/20

Leah and LeAlec got to speak with Kenji Kamiyama and Philippa Boyens, the director and story creator of the brand new film The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, about why anime was the perfect medium for telling this story, how live-action films inspired the film, and more "behind the scenes" details you won't hear elsewhere. Then, hosts share the anime and films they’ll be watching over the holidays and have a quick debate about if a certain Gundam film is a Christmas movie.Have a

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22:53

What’s Your Crunchyroll Arc? | The Anime Effect NEWS

The Anime Effect ·

2024/12/17

We're breaking down anime headlines for the last time this year, but we won’t be leaving your feeds! On Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, you’ll get special drops from us you won’t want to miss. But TODAY, Leah and LeAlec are discussing the new Pokémon project, if all the titles included in the Isekai∞Isekai game truly fit, Godzilla’s upcoming fight, and more.Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Learn

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42:07

Build Your 2025 Winter Season Anime Watchlist With...

The Anime Effect ·

2024/12/13

The Winter 2025 Anime Season has FINALLY been revealed, and we’re building our watchlists together. Leah and Alex break down the new and continuing shows of the winter season and reveal the release dates we know. Then, we’re recommending our most anticipated shows and sharing what anime we’d like to see redone.Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Crunchyroll Winter 2025 Anime Season Lineup

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20:19

A New Gundam Anime Series Is on the Way! | The Anime...

The Anime Effect ·

2024/12/10

Leah and Alex are breaking down the latest anime headlines, including starting the hype train for the Anime Awards 2025, the new award Solo Leveling just earned, the latest on the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle trilogy, the new Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX series, and more.Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Solo Leveling Named Best Anime Series at The Astra Awards 2024 Demon Slayer:

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54:02

How Music, Memes and Myths Inspired Echo Wu's Jentry...

The Anime Effect ·

2024/12/06

We know what we’re watching this weekend, and now you do too! Leah and LeAlec spoke with Echo Wu, the creator and director of brand new animated show Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld. Echo shared how she vision-boarded the show to music and teased the countless anime references she snuck into the show. Then, keep listening to hear our musical anime recommendations and what sports we think deserve their own anime.Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this

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21:11

Solo Leveling Is Getting a LiSA OP?! | The Anime...

The Anime Effect ·

2024/12/03

We are back from the holiday break, and LeAlec and Alex are sharing YOUR additions to our anime Friendsgiving table. Then, we have new anime music to discuss, more shows announced for January, a new Lupin the 3rd project, and more!Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Solo Leveling Season 2 Reveals LiSA Opening Song, Teaser Trailer Creepy Nuts' MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES Opening Theme Tops Japan's 2024

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33:12

The Unusual Technique Used to Make OVERLORD: The...

The Anime Effect ·

2024/11/29

Naoyuki Itō, the director of the Overlord TV anime series and Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom, and Kentarô Hashimoto, the film’s producer, shared their thoughts on the film with LeAlec Murray and Lena Lemon. Hear about their experience adapting this story for the silver screen and which characters are their favorites. Then, get LeAlec and Leah’s OVA recommendations and learn which anime they’d like to see get a slice-of-life crossover.Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring

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