Otaku Spirit Animecast Hosts discuss the big news of today. Including NicoNico dropping Mastercard, Western Influence in Anime, and AI use in Localization by Japanese Companies. 0:00 Intro 1:25 Anime We’re Watching 22:16 Dedede Destruction and Summer 2024 24:41 Mushoku Tensei Collab 29:03 NicoNico Suspends Mastercard 30:44 Japan Breaking Off From Western Banks? 39:04 TV Trops and Gushing Over Magical Girls 53:51 Can Anime Survive Western Influence? 1:22:22 Crunchyroll Price Increase 1:22:52 Arknights New Season 1:23:47 Highschool DxD 1:25:08 Yoasobi Music for Monogatari Series 1:26:07 2.5D Seduction TV Anime and New Gohand’s Anime 1:28:31 MAPPA Producer Makes New Planning Company 1:28:56 Open AI and Japan Distribution of Anime 1:50:50 Call of the Night Season 2 1:51:34 Acro Trip (Gushing Over Magical Girlsish) 1:53:32 Questions From Community 1:54:42 Scott-Seen Voice Actors Doing Weird Jobs? 2:00:50 SciFiGene-Plans for a 3rd Host? 2:01:21 gudako-Best Artist in Manga? 2:05:07 Outro Tips: https://streamelements.com/otakuspirit/tip Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OtakuSpirit Merch: http://shop.otakuspirit.com Discord: https://discord.gg/BCNVsRRP4F Website: https://OtakuSpirit.com AniList: https://anilist.co/user/OtakuSpirit/ OSMusic: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5aQWhNSReEJN27iO8xTIEQ