Ranma breaks down episode five of Heroes Of Cosplay, followed by him, Ladyhawke, and Ari talking about Nauticons. Then a quick news recap. This is our Nauticon podcast review episode, so if you want to hear about a 21+ anime con, listen in!

Mako-chan talks about the hypocrisy of slut shaming, followed by a review of Heroes of Cosplay! Then Ranma talks about Anime News Network's article, "Five Things I learned from Heroes of Cosplay"... Mighty No 9 nears the 2 million mark... More info on Pokemon X/Y... An anime gets into the Guiness Book of World Records! And in kindness, a local man in Japan donated money to repair an elementary school... And did Akira predict the 2020 Olympics?

This week, the hosts talk about Mighty No 9 Kickstarter, Attack on Titan series finale, Pokemon X and Y, The Boondocks Season 4, Miyazaki's retirement, another anime license saved, our "WTF are they serious out of Japan" segment, and much more!

The staff discuss the issues with Heroes of Cosplay, such as the lawsuit for using copyrighted photos, and that the winning team from Anime Matsuri didn't get their prize money. Also, Ranma discusses his review of episode 3, who in turn tells everyone what he thinks of cutthroat cosplay. Also on the Japan front topics about a wife killing her husband with a coffee cup, a man stole 200 bike seats for a "scent of a woman", and finally, the top 10 Japanese surnames... And much more!

Ranma kicks the show off about talking about the new maid cafe in NYC's Chinatown, along with his thoughts, which is followed by his ereview of epsiode 1 of Heroes of Cosplay (start your drinking). Then the team discusses Pokemon sales and new anime, Attack on Titan merchandising... Brand new Vocaloid anime, and major censorship in Thailand... Japan Society pissed at Studio Ghibili, and a man catches a panty thief!

Ranma and Ari sit down with Mako-chan as they discuss their adventures in Baltimore in regards to Otakon! With all of the press releases, Ranma gets VERY ecstatic about his all time favorite anime with a blu ray release! All this and much much more!

Ranma and the crew discuss the badly written New York Post article on Heroes of Cosplay, followed by a discussion with a counter article on Yaya Han being a hypocrite. Also, Ranma briefly discusses the Cosplay 4 A Cure event in Brooklyn... Then the hosts congratulate Cupcake Cosplay for coming in 2nd place in the World Cosplay Summit. Makochan steamrolls a fat shaming, lose weight app for ladies in Japan. And then Linwood and Jamie break down Bronycon for us, in conjunction with The Outhousers!

Ranma and the crew discuss the badly written New York Post article on Heroes of Cosplay, followed by a discussion with a counter article on Yaya Han being a hypocrite. Also, Ranma briefly discusses the Cosplay 4 A Cure event in Brooklyn... Then the hosts congratulate Cupcake Cosplay for coming in 2nd place in the World Cosplay Summit. Makochan steamrolls a fat shaming, lose weight app for ladies in Japan. And then Linwood and Jamie break down Bronycon for us, in conjunction with The Outhousers!

Ranma and the crew dissect Yaya Han's post on a cosplay and calls her out for not keeping it real, the director of Lain and Sakura Wars dies of colon cancer... New Rozen Maiden anime, and they're doing it way differently and it works! One of the original magical girl animes, Creamy Mami comes to the US! One Piece's creator is back, 8 lesser known anime titles, anime themed hotel rooms, and Quincy Jones to promote K-pop globally?!

Funimation saves the .hack series, Mako-chan goes ballistic about a top20 Sailor Moon list... Ranma discuss about a cosplay article about a girl who keeps it real, something he's been advocating forever, then everyone talk about the Free! controversy. Ari takes to heart about the writer who opens up about Attack on Titan. And finally, the team discusses Pacific Rim and how it's NOT Evangelion.