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!
As the show begins, the staff pays tribute to Hiroshi Yamauchi, as they discuss their favorite NES games... And is anime getting worse? A feminist group wants to ban adult games... Carpet designer hits cosplayers with a C&D, new Yamato movie airs in the US... New Lupin III / Detective Conan movie... And then on the Japanese news front, dealers busted for selling porn to police chief, illegal us streams overseas, and Vegeta's Japanese VA starts a new band?!
This week, DJ Ranma S, Ari Rockefeller, and Avalon talk about FUNimation's latest Cash Cow: Attack on Titan! Along with news of a second season of Space Dandy. More info is revealed about Sailor Moon as Gundam celebrated 35 great years. And we touch base on the FUNimation/Anime Haus lawsuit. And AKB48's producer Sayaka Akimoto is picked to produce the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Ceremony! We then bring up our Open Forum Topic: When rooming with multiple people in a hotel room, shenanigans tend to happen....
DJ and Kuro kick things off with news about Dragon Ball, NewType magazine, and the second part of the interview with Chris Patton. But due to timing, Kuro gets sick and the some softwares crap out, leading two extra days to get it up. Well... It's up now for download! :D
Join DJ Ranma S and he shares his crazy, yet whimsical tales of Katsucon with Kuro Usagi and Superproducer Sailor Flare! They will go nuts as they talk about what all went down and thensome! Also joining them is, returning guest Lady Ava of Cupcake Cosplay, winners of the Katsucon Best in Show! She will talk about being a cospalyer and her experiences as well!
Join DJ Ranma S, Kuro Usagi, Sailor Flare, and Ari Rockefeller as they reflect back on the first fifty episodes of the show! Also, Ranma and Kuro get into yet anotyher heated debate over subs and dubs. Then it's a nice review of Panty & Stocking! And Glee in Japanese?
On a very special episode of Anime Jam Session, the staff discusses "The Great Cosplay Account Purge"... Along with an article comparing WWE Superstars to DBZ characters... Also, what if Tim Burton did Pokemon? Anime outsells in the US than Japan, and sadly, Nintendo Power is coming to an end...
So... The team throws some news at us... DJ and Sinh talk about TAKII and then DJ and Kuro talk about PJ mini POP, breaking down both cons. It would have been followed up with an interview with cosplayer Alkrea, but the audio software decided to not record... Boo! Don't worry, that interview will come at ya next weekend!
This is it! This is the episode we looked forward to on Anime Jam Session... The live show! This episode was recorded live at Zenkaikon where we interviewed Michelle Knotz, Bill Rogers, and Uncle Yo! C'mon, check it out, you know you wanna! :D
The team discusses the live action Ruroni Kenshin movie, Akibaranger on YouTube, Cowboy Bebop going to BluRay, the soy sauce ban at the Olympics, a female flasher in Japan, and a Japanese school looking to expel a bullying victim.
This week's podcast was to discuss Denver Comic Con and AnimeNEXT. Due to audio recording difficulties, the part on DCC was not recorded, alogn with a certain part on AnimeNEXT. The podcast was edited together to discuss the rest of the weekend, along with masquerade and body pillow controversies. Wanna know what happened? Take a listen!
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.
DJ Ranma S, Mako-chan, and Ari Rockefeller talk about Attack on Titan, more Sailor Moon rumors, Smart Glass technology to instantly translate manga, strange teacher punishments in a Japanese school, and boys to wear girls swim uniforms? Also, Escape From NY/LA planned anime details, five animes to kickstart Halloween, and normal Japanese men vote on cosplay.
An android themed maid cafe opens in Tokyo, and Ranma is ready to go! We find out that the Fairy Tail anime isn't over, but there's more to it... The top ten saddest deaths of minor characters in anime. The team agrees on #3 and #1 especially. Toonami will be airing One Piece, Eva 1.11, on the Pokemon side, Charizard will return to Ash after 13 years... And the Japanese ads for The Cabin in the Woods is quite frightening...
DJ Ranma S, Kuro Usagi, and Synthetik talk about PAX East 2010, Otakon, and upcoming Anime Boston! And with DJ Synthetik, we get into some game news and street dates!
DJ Ranma S, Kuro Usagi, Ari Rockefeller, and Sailor Flare review the live action Sailor Moon trailer in depth. DJ gives his thoughts on the Ranma 1/2 live action special. Also, why is Oprah talking about manga? Casting for another Otaku America documentary, as well as a review of PAS-Con at Polytechnic. Plus the crew bands together for a dontation drive for a fellow cosplayer!
Ranma, Mako-chan, Ari, sit down and discuss what the hell happened at Katsucon 19. This week's guests are webmaster Taiki from our site, Omega Zed from Chocolate Lemon (www.clgaming.com), and Scarlet from Scarlet Rhapsody (www.scarlet-rhapsody.net). The three of them sit down and discuss Katsucon in a nutshell and their take on events.
DJ Ranma S, Ari Rockefeller, and Mako-chan do a complete turnout of AnimeNEXT 2012, also they take the gripes and throw it back at people, showing them the positive side of things!
This episode of Anime Jam Session is dedicated to the memory of Lawrence Stuckley. Special thanks to Mattie of Zenkaikon for coming on the show to talk. Warning... Problematic audio issues on this episode! I have fixed it the best I could... :(
On this very special episode of Anime Jam Session, Sinh Synthetik leads the rountable discussion on E3! Join Sinh and her guests from the PMS Clan and Bingegamer.net as they discuss what the liked and disliked from this years Electronic Entertainment EXPO! Don't worry, DJ Ranma S and Sailor Flare are in the background... Somewhere.
DJ Ranma S, Ari Rockefeller, Mako-chan talk the talk about The Wind Rises, the latest film from Studio Ghibli. Ranma and Mako-chan talk about Animania EXPO Con in NJ, along with Ranma railing about the Otakon's changes to registration and cosplay photoshoots. Thjis is followed up by Ranma discussing hotel issues with Katsucon. Mako gets quite enraged over issues from Fan Expo Canada. Ranma discusses the Open Forum Topic, and Ari with Hello Kitty and wrestling. The hosts also discuss the 7 horrib...
On this week's podcast, guest host Kayla from Avalon Cosplay fills in for Mako-chan, while she's home recovering from surgery. Then we talk about the infamous Katsucon Gazebo, popular Valentine anime crushes, plus our own as well. Tokyo Disney gay wedding spins off a manga, Pokemon and the Super Bowl, Utada Hikaru gets married again, and an incestuous anime that's not hentai? In Interesting Japanese News, banning loud music at the beach, a high heeled crook, and does the bra say you're in love?
On this week's episode, Ranma and Ari discuss Another Anime Convention 2013 with special guests Scarlet from Scarlet-Rhapsody.com and Serephita Cosplay! Tune in because this may have been the staff's final convention they are covering this year!
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!
Poor DJ Ranma is still recovering from Katsucon as he and Kuro Usagi discuss the con in review. No Dragon Ball movie update, but they do have Akira and a lot of convention news updates!
This week, the staff talk about the Kill la Kill cosplay controversy, Toonami playing movies, the return of Case Closed, and the lack of appeal of anime to adults? In local Japanese news, middle school students working at a bar and forged idol signatures?
More info about ADV Films and the Dragonball movie is unearthed as DJ and Kuro talk about Power Rangers.
It's been a slow news week for DJ and Kuro... So, they invade DJ Darkknight's Ninja Dojo! Listen in on the comaraderie! Plus the return of "FU's of the week"!
This week, Kayla from Avalon Cosplay joins the crew as they talk about racial discrimination with cosplay photographers alogn with some issues with a cosplay photogoraphy Kickstarter. Also, Goro Miyazaki to direct a new tv anime. In Japan news, a deaf composer is found to be a fraud, Tokyo Zoo stages escape animal drill, driver arrested for smoking weed, and a dentist arrest for fondling a patient?!
DJ Ranma S and Kuro Usagi head off to the Jacob Javits Center for NYAF 2009! So, if you were MIA for any reason whatsoever, download and listen on on what you missed! :D
