#622: That Thing You Did Do.

#622: That Thing You Did Do.

Author: AJS Studios February 21, 2024 Duration: 1:19:43

Texas A-Kon postponed, MediaOCD acquires AnimEigo, and Pokémon gets a Time Magazine cover set as well as lighting up the night sky in NYC! Also, an animator survey reveals yearly salary and average hours worked, and the numbers are exactly how you'd think, TOYOTA releases an Initial D-inspired series trailer, and Tokyo gets new Sailor Moon manhole covers! Meanwhile in Japan... Osaka school to switch to fall start and potential English language classes, a vending machine begins selling old bread, and doctors recommend acting like a dying cockroach to help with hay fever?!


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Duration: 1:27:13
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Duration: 1:25:26
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Duration: 1:00:40
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