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 mixture of roundtable news and discussion with Crunchyroll hosts and special guests as they debate hot topics, provide recommendations, and tackle fan questions.

Nick, LeAlec, and Leah are back with this week’s news and answers to your questions. Get excited for exclusive San Diego Comic-Con concerts, the SANDA manga’s TV anime adaptation, and Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End and Solo Leveling being up for awards. Then, hosts welcome Jean-Ken Johnny of MAN WITH A MISSION to share his band’s epic origin story, how they create music for anime, and the manga he can’t get enough of.

Toei Animation and Crunchyroll Announce One Piece 25th Anniversary: Symphonic Voyage Concert for San Diego Comic-Con: https://got.cr/ae23-1
Crunchyroll Brings LiSA to the Stage for San Diego Comic-Con Concert:
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Paru Itagaki’s SANDA Manga Gets TV Anime from Science SARU:
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Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Solo Leveling and More Nominated for Astra TV Awards:
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Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 4 Anime Announced for 2025:
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Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here: https://got.cr/ae-ask

0:00 Welcome!
3:02 EVO 2024
5:44 News
6:08 SDCC Concerts
10:27 SANDA Manga Anime Adaptation
17:32 Astra TV Awards Adds Anime Category
13:00 Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 4
19:18 MAN WITH A MISSION’s Jean-Ken Johnny
39:10 We Recommend…
45:29 Mailbag
47:09 What anime has your favorite power system so far in 2024?
50:42 If an anime where they go back and forth between worlds is an isekai anime?
54:38 Bye!

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