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Anime Jam Session

Anime Jam Session is a weekly podcast hosted by DJ Ranma S, Mako-chan, Ari Rockefeller, and other amazing staffers! Join them as each week they discuss anime, games, conventions, fandom, geek stuff, and everything in between, as well as their unique take on the topics at hand! This podcast is streamed live on Twitch.tv (twitch.tv/animejamsession), Tuesdays at 9 pm Eastern! Part of the VOG Network (www.vognetwork.com)!
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Episodes

Episode 326 : Town Hall Podcast 2017

On tonight's show we're going to try it again! We're doing a Town Hall Podcast! Join That DJ Ranma S Guy, along with moderators IchigoGami and Yunie, as they sit down with our special guests as they talk to them about some of the controversial issues in cosplay. Join out special guests Miss. Erisaka Blu and Nerdee as they tell us about what it's like begin the non-typical cosplayer!

Sep 07, 20171 hr 58 min

Episode 325 : Last Minute Show Prep!

Tonight we will have the gang talking about Love Live!Sunshine Project escape game, news about Pokémon, handing out deodorant at an SKE48 event, and Yoshitaka Amano art book from Dark Horse Comics! Also Otakon's final numbers and possible sequel to Netflix's Death Note? And in Strange News in Japan, new Japanese dessert craze, five worse smelling bathrooms in all of Japan, and is it a sushi roll or burrito... But does Starbucks know?

Aug 30, 20171 hr 19 min

Episode 324 : Two Cons, One Show: PopCult & Saikou!

On tonight's show, it's a 2 for 1 special! We're talking PopCult Anime Convention [NECG Meet-Up] AND SaikouCon with WildSpice Cosplay! And if time permits, news about Yuri on ICE and an anthropomorphic mobile game?! Wrapping it up in Strange News From Japan, Hokkaido and weed, woman wants justice in counterfeit money, Idols tells all the wear deodorant, and meet the dead with Augmented Reality?!

Aug 25, 20171 hr 36 min

Episode 323 : Otakon 2017, Because America!

On tonight's show, we're talking Otakon! Join IchigoGami, WildSpice Cosplay, Ari Rockefeller, and That DJ Ranma S Guy, and they break down all four days of their Otakon 2017 - Official adventures! Then in Strange News From Japan, crowdfunding via begging your friends, noodles gone from cup ramen, and a guy is living in an arcade?!

Aug 17, 20171 hr 49 min

Episode 322 : Cutting it Close, Don't You Hate That?

On tonight's show we talk about the fallout of the METROCON 2017 **Official** Milady panel, holy crap! Then a lawsuit against Niantic, new season of Love Live!Sunshine Project, and a Macross Delta theatre project! A sequel to The Nightmare Before Christmas? Crunchyroll releases ピコ太郎 - PIKOTARO's anime, and Netflix bring over Saint Seiya! In strange news from Japan, Japan's newest mascot is a douche, Yahoo! JAPAN offers funeral services online, and poop town?

Aug 10, 20171 hr 27 min

Episode 321 : Otakon is When?! Dammit.

On tonight's show, Sony Pictures does the fusion dance with Funimation! Hear our thoughts on the acquisition! Also Persona 5 goes anime, Digimon gets a stage play, a brand new Revolutionary Girl Utena manga chapter is coming, with a cafe! 2020 Olympics could get an anime/manga parade, and a Guinness World Records with Detective Conan! And on Strange News From Japan, former cop arrested for drug possession, who was once connected to this, man moves by doing it naked, and capsule machine to choose...

Aug 03, 20171 hr 34 min

Episode 320 : Summertime Cool.

On tonight's show... Thoughts about Linkin Park, and what's been going on at San Diego Comic Con! Also, Akira celebrates 35 years, live action One Piece, and G4 Tech TV Canada says farewell. Learn a Love Live!Sunshine Project dance, and more info on Voltron Legendary Defender! Also under Strange News From Japan, bike stolen and returned with food, a karaoke ferris wheel, and poop, nothing but poop, at a zoo exhibit and food menu?

Jul 28, 20171 hr 44 min

Episode 319 : And Then There Was Four!

On tonight's show, we're celebrating anime! First it's thirty years of Ranma ½ and fifty years of Lupin the 3rd! Otakon warns fans of a scam hotel site, a balloon crowdfunding for Mazinger Z, and 4DX screening of Yuri on ICE in Japan. Anime film festival in LA, live action City Hunter in the works, and a place in Tokyo to eat and rink in cosplay! And in Strange News From Japan, adult shaved ice, ramen flavored Pringles, and sushi robots?

Jul 19, 20171 hr 39 min

Episode 318 : There's a Backup Plan Here Somewhere.

On tonight's show, has the Pokémon continuity ret-coned? Live action JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険) film gets awards, and Wonder Woman gets the anime treatment! Also, another season of Castlevania on Netflix and Artland Animation Studio closes. Wrapping things up in Strange News From Japan, a woman strips down at a train station, police under fire for not taking a confession seriously, and a Japanese company gives the best way to go home from work!

Jul 12, 20171 hr 31 min

Episode 317 : American as Apple Pie!

On tonight's 'Murica themed show, Cartoon Network's Uncle Grandpa teaches English, Studio Ghibli fest in select US theaters, and did Disney & Pixar steal Inside Out? Over in anime news, Anime Expo® explain linecon fiasco, new shows coming to Toonami, and Comic-Con International hosts Voltron Season 3! Also, the "news" about Sailor Moon Crystal Season 4, and Gundam inspires science! And over in Strange News From Japan, new ramen brach has endless line of customers, old woman grounds flight ov...

Jul 05, 20171 hr 33 min

Episode 316 : It Somehow Came to Pass...

On tonight's show, we talk about weapon sales and policies at Denver ComicCon and Anime Expo®, brand new Shokugeki no Soma, and a brand new ballroom dance anime! Anime Network Online closes up shop, and Magic Knight Rayearth cosmetics hit the stores. Also, the story of an animator paying a fee to quit, and a Dragon Ball Z jogging event! And on Strange News from Japan, assault and cork hunting, foreign girls needed for a maid cafe, and the scent of a sumo wrestler?!

Jun 29, 20171 hr 28 min

Episode 315 : Of Course It's Never Safe

On tonight's show, The Slants win their trademark battle! Also, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure real escape game, and info on Attack on Titan Season 3! A new Nissin Cup Noodles commercial featuring Kiki's Delivery Service, updates for Pokémon GO, Godzilla sequels, and a Japanese hip-hop group at 82 years old? And in Strange News From Japan, man arrested for obscenity from a dojin, animated ピコ太郎 - PIKOTARO, and scratch and sniff dog and cat bellies?

Jun 22, 20171 hr 38 min

Episode 313 : So That One Time at Wizard World Philly.

On tonight's show, cosplay and photographer correspondent WildSpice Cosplay joins us as she gives us the run down on Philadelphia Wizard World Comic Con! Then, what's up with Cowboy Bebop, a live action? Funimation cracks down on anime copyrights, and new Pokémon games?! Then in Strange News From Japan, yellow liquid in women only train cars, eating curry of naked women, and a booklet that shows you a 100 ways to use a condom?

Jun 08, 20171 hr 43 min

Episode 312 : Memorial Weekend.

On tonight's show, we're talking BoroughCon 2017 with DJ Ranma S and Mako-chan! Then with Ari Rockefeller we're talking about the new Castlevania anime on Netflix, and the new Magikarp mobile game! Then in Strange News From Japan, a bear helps catch robbers, man splurges on mobile games with wife's inheritance, and why did a man threaten to kill schoolgirls over socks?

Jun 04, 20171 hr 38 min

Episode 311 : So, We on That Now, Huh.

On tonight's show, we're talking CloverCon! Join the staff as they discuss CloverCon 2017! Then after that, news about Ayumi Hamasaki music career, and a former Sailor Moon Musical Sera Myu cast member returns! Also, we have a live action Saint Seiya coming down the pipe, and Adult Swim brings back Lupin III! In Strange News From Japan, a Japanese love doll exhibit with an interesting way to pour alcohol, a shogun toilet seat, and using pubic hair to make music?

May 25, 20171 hr 32 min

Episode 310 : Downgrades, Reinstalls, and Upgrades.

On tonight's show, what happened with nyaa.se? Osomatsu-san headphones, a new Ghost In The Shell project for current technology, and the translated Magikarp song. Tokyo Ghoul cafe with grotesque food options, a JoJo's Bizarre Adventure escape game, and X Japan leader Yoshiki undergoes surgery. And in Strange News From Japan, a Subaru employee arrested after stealing tires off coworkers cars, the pizza potato crisis is over, and a manager poisons a part time worker for lack of work performance?!

May 25, 20171 hr 27 min

Episode 308 : Zenkaikon 2017... We Came, We Cosplayed, We Tore It Up!

On tonight's show, we're talking Zenkaikon 2017! Join That DJ Ranma S Guy, Ari Rockefeller, Mako-chan, IchigoGami, and WildSpice Cosplay as they take you through Day 0 to Day 3 of this amazing con! And then in Strange News From Japan, a Japanese theme park lets you hire fake thugs so you can impress your date, man sues idol group because otaku ruined the concert for him, a wife keeps finding husband's porn stash and is not happy, and a penguin falls in love with 2D cut out?!

May 05, 20171 hr 40 min

Episode 307 : The Calm Before the Convention Crunch.

On tonight's show, as we get ready for Zenkaikon 2017, we have some great stories for you! Sad news as we hear about the passing of Ed Blaylock, a talented voice actor and radio personality. Also, will we see an R rated Mega Man film? New Yu Yu Hakusho cafe pops up, a pokeball holder for props, and then get ready for English dub of Pokémon Sun and Moon! And then, eleven animes banned around the world... Wrapping things up in Strange News from Japan, man lives about a public toilet, 600 stolen wo...

Apr 27, 20171 hr 35 min

Episode 306 : Back to Life, Back to Surreality.

On tonight's show, what happened to a cosplayer in Canada? New Love Live Sunshine music debuts, and a Detective Conan shop and escape room opens up! Shingeki no Kyojin stage play is cancelled due to death, Osomatsu-san gets a new season, and a breakdown of cooking anime! And in Strange News From Japan, an anime theme park offers cosplay rentals, boy band shakes up music world and boy love fans, and a Japanese artist draws how to measure bra size anime girl?

Apr 21, 20171 hr 50 min

Episode 305 : Anime Matsuri 2017!

On tonight's show, it's Anime Matsuri Convention 2017! Join That DJ Ranma S Guy as he tells Mako-chan and Ari Rockefeller about his Texas adventures! And in Strange News From Japan, a police officer arrested for stealing money from elderly, all you can drink whiskey cocktails at seafood restaurant, and an IT firm looking for beer drinking interns?!

Apr 18, 20171 hr 27 min

Episode 303 : Indubitably!

On tonight's show, we discuss Anime Boston's #deoderantgate, and the hosts own horror stories! Sad news about High School of the Dead, more details about the Godzilla anime, and the future of the Power Rangers movie franchise. Tachikoma model from Ghost In The Shell, 25th anniversary of Yu Yu Hakusho, and a learn how to win a chance to a cosplay event in Tokyo! And in Strange News From Japan, man throwing roaches at a festival, another guy breaks into office and eats desserts, and a make-up free...

Mar 31, 20171 hr 31 min

Episode 302 : Who Left The Window Open?

On tonight's show, we discover that a cosplayer was fined for doing something stupid, Rumiko Takahashi's total manga print, the return of Eureka Seven, and Cute High Earth Defense Club Love! get a new OVA! Latest Pokemon has a tie-in with Pokemon Sun and Moon, word travels about the Sailor Moon musicals, and an anime short ties Animal Crossing with capsule "gambling". And in Strange News From Japan, mixing karaoke with interviews, National Sleep Day and a cafe, and a train groper escapes onto th...

Mar 24, 20171 hr 22 min

Episode 301 : If The Weather Outside is Blowing...

On tonight's snowed in show, what's up with Crunchyroll video streams? Are they dropping quality? Also, Lupin III curry! Godzilla anime to hit Netflix, and Toonami drops One Piece for Tokyo Ghoul! Ghost In The Shell theatrical release to be dubbed by original Japanse seiyuus, and what does Hirohiko Araki have to say about JoJo's Bizarre Adventure film? And on Strange News From Japan, cops looking for guy sticking fingers in boy's mouths, sake at a English friendly event... Dating simulator allow...

Mar 19, 20171 hr 43 min

Episode 300 : THIS IS THREE HUNDRED!

It's here! Episode 300! Join DJ Ranma S, Mako-chan, Ari Rockefeller, Ichigo Gami, WildSpice Cosplay, and Kuro Usagi as they do a brief look back at 300 episodes, five years, of semi-pro podcasting! Also, we talk Cosplay Melee, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Love Live Sunshine!, Ghost in the Shell, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and a brand new Gundam robot! And on Strange News from Japan, the return of old uniforms, flame insurance, dead body in porno magazines, Pancake Day, NYC ...

Mar 11, 20172 hr

Episode 304 : Are You Sure Spring is Here?

On tonight's show, a follow up the Sailor Moon event in LA, and a lawsuit? New Cardcaptor Sakura OAV, Season 2 of Attack on Titan, and the new Madoka Magica mobile game! We also get a new Rurouni Kenshin manga, and what are the top 20 mangas people stopped reading because of length? And in Strange News from Japan, a bill collector arrested for kissing woman, an idol fan steals razors to earn money, and the proper way to shave pubic hair for the summer?

Mar 07, 20171 hr 34 min

Episode 299 1/2 : Katsucon 2017... We Sent Spies.

On tonight's show, score one for America as we bring home the gold in the Dance Dance Revolution world championships! Also, Hanamaru Kunikida is the new Love Live! School Idol Project face at Sega! 33 versions of the City Hunter ending, Crunchyroll con, a villain is cast for Battle Angel Alita film, new Gundam Wing manga, and Final Fantasy gets an original manga to commemorate it's 30th anniversary! And then we talk the top ten romance anime for 2016 - 2017! Wrapping up in Strange News from Japa...

Feb 25, 20171 hr 44 min

Episode 299 : For Some, it's Valentine's Day.

On tonight's show, score one for America as we bring home the gold in the Dance Dance Revolution world championships! Also, Hanamaru Kunikida is the new Love Live! School Idol Project face at Sega! 33 versions of the City Hunter ending, Crunchyroll con, a villain is cast for Battle Angel Alita film, new Gundam Wing manga, and Final Fantasy gets an original manga to commemorate it's 30th anniversary! And then we talk the top ten romance anime for 2016 - 2017! Wrapping up in Strange News from Japa...

Feb 17, 20171 hr 48 min

Episode 298 : Katsucon? Nope Fam, Sorry.

On tonight's show, Lupin III gets an anniversary Mook, Bluefin Tamashii Nations USA comes to NY, and seven anime references in cartoons! Crunchyroll brings us Anime Movie Night, Hulu drops Dragon Ball Z after a week, and Cyborg 009 get a start date from Netflix! A new manga wher ea boy is reincarnated as a hot spring, and get paid to take naps to promote a new anime movie? And in strange news from Japan, a two day event featuring Japanese inspired steampunk, all you can eat meat for under 300 ye...

Feb 10, 20171 hr 23 min

Episode 297 : So, This is What we Have Here

On tonight's show, Macross gets a new series, ananime crossover game is coming, and season 4 of Sailor Moon Crystal! The senshi from the new Sera Myu musicals are coming, and the The New York Times removes it's manga list, brand new Lupin III, and a Sailor Moon scam that's up to no good! And wrapping things up on Strange News From Japan, a man arrested for selling food that was being thrown out, another man attacks woman and steals panties, and a Thai official arrested for stealing hotel paintin...

Feb 03, 20171 hr 20 min

Episode 296 : Important Stuff You Missed While We Were Away

On tonight's show... RECAP! Aniplex USA and their licenses, Attack on Titan editor arrested, Anime turns 100, best of each decade, and the Love Live Sunshine poll results! Amazon.com's new streaming service, top 25 seiyuus, as polled by their peers, 7 animes turning 20 this year, and the director of Your Name says don't see it. And on Strange news in Japan, an interesting twist on maid cafes, a book cafe, and why the National Garden employee let foreigners in for free?

Jan 27, 20171 hr 30 min
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