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.