These Are the Anime Scenes We Will Never Forget (We Tried)
6/12/202654 min
Anime is bigger than EVER, so The Anime Effect is breaking down why 1 in 5 Americans now watch it. PLUS, the hosts unpack huge Anime Expo updates, recent gaming reveals like Persona 6, and revisit the anime scenes that live rent-free in their heads!
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.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
Right then. Yes, hello. I'm Simon Mayo And right then, hello. Yes, I'm Mark Kermode And on this week's edition of The Take- We have the new movie, The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford with Peter Mullan. We have the old movie, Boogie Nights, back in cinemas in a 4K restoration, and we have Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day with our very special guests Uh, stars of the film, Emily Blunt and Colman Domingo. It's a very interesting conversation. Don't miss anything. It's all in The Take.
Nick Friedman· Host0:25
[upbeat music] A trendsetter.
Leah President· Host0:29
I let a friend borrow my- Your cartridge? ... my cartridge- Yeah ... when I was, like, I, I think second or th- second, or no, third grade.
Nick Friedman· Host0:40
Okay.
Leah President· Host0:40
Um- That's important ... well, I skipped second grade, [laughs] so- That's important ... they new gamed it instead of making a new save file.
Nick Friedman· Host0:48
Ugh.
Leah President· Host0:49
And I was like- Top 10 anime betrayals ... I'm not kidding. We stopped being friends Stabbed in the back, bro.
Nick Friedman· Host0:58
[upbeat music] Coming to you from Crunchyroll HQ, this is The Anime Effect. Each week we bring you the latest news and views from the shows you love. It's pop culture- [laughs] ... through the anime lens.
Leah President· Host1:11
And as always, we are here to bring you the absolute best in anime. If you haven't seen the show before, we like to kick things off talking about anime's IRL effect, you know? We are on The Anime Effect. You're in the right place.
Nick Friedman· Host1:26
They just said IRL.
LeAlec Murray· Host1:26
I- Did they just say IRL in real- Yeah ...
Nick Friedman· Host1:28
like, in actual conversation?
Leah President· Host1:28
But it says it in,