LeAlec and Leah take the reins this week – with occasional help from a cardboard cutout of Nick – and dish on their favorite announcements from Mario Day and all the new anime coming out this year like Demon Slayer, DAN DA DAN and BLUE LOCK: Episode Nagi, but only after gushing over the Godzilla Minus One and The Boy and the Heron Oscar wins. Stick around for their own deep dive on sci-fi and mystery anime and their debate on whether mecha anime qualifies as sci-fi? Catch all this and more, only on The Anime Effect.

0:00 Welcome
2:30 Oscars 2024
3:30 The Boy and the Heron wins best animated feature
4:53 Godzilla Minus One wins best visual effects
9:07 News
9:11 Mario Day announcements
12:45 New Demon Slayer arc and OP
13:45 DAN DA DAN anime premiering in October
18:12 Kaiju No. 8, KonoSuba, and Wind Breaker updates
19:23 Blue Lock -Episode Nagi- film
22:22 Mailbag: Sci-fi and mystery anime deep dive
36:44 We Recommend Dune: Part 2 and AEW Revolution
43:36 Bye!

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