We pay honor to voice actor Kirby Morrow... Also, updated casting for live action Cowboy Bebop , and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba soars high in Japanese theaters! Plus, Pokémon teases something big for it's 25th, The Animaniacs show their love for anime, and TMS Entertainment teases Lupin III 50th anniversary project! Meanwhile in Japan, a woman drives through a store for a bathroom, a face mask distributor is trapped in a sex shop for 11 hours, a pileup on a sushi conveyor belt causes chaos, ...
Dec 02, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Season 8Ep. 478
On tonight's show... Two more voice actors called out for harassment, actor Akira Kubodera passes away, the results of the NHK WORLD-JAPAN Sailor Moon poll, Studio Ghibli's CGI film has a release date, and BABYMETAL 's first Kohaku music contest! Also, Hatsune Miku Expo launches Kickstarter, and the Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind kabuki play comes to home video! Meanwhile in Japan, head of kindergarten arrested for spitting on students, police hide in a shrine to stop a theft, English ad has...
Nov 18, 2020•1 hr 35 min•Season 8Ep. 477
Kyoto Animation - 京都アニメーション wins a diversity award, Attack on Titan gets the full color manga treatment, and a solo Macross Frontier concert! Also, an interactive Twitter based manga with multiple endings, Tamashii Nations／ Bandai Spirits Collectors Toy Department event goes virtual, and legendary composer Kanno Yoko to create music for Takarazuka Revue 宝塚歌劇 ! Meanwhile in Japan, a head of kindergarten arrested for spitting on students in his way, cyberpunk meets Kimono fashion in Akihabara, Jap...
Nov 11, 2020•1 hr 31 min•Season 8Ep. 476
San Diego Comic Convention skips selling 2021 badges, Sony is steps away from buying Crunchyroll , and Rumiko Takahashi is honored with an award in Japan! Plus, Japanese actors union to set up mental health services for actors and voice actors! Meanwhile in Japan, a man is arrested for stealing piano covers (why?!), a school closes and a student has to transfer to a new one 200 km away, man in a monkey mask is arrested, and the police search for a police dog that ran away during a search?!...
Nov 04, 2020•55 min•Season 8Ep. 475
BanG Dream 's Afterglow to livestream their concert, Anime NYC goes virtual, and Lupin III gets a perfect score from Rotten Tomatoes ! Also, new compilation film for Space Battleship Yamato , Saber Marionette is re-released on blu-ray, and VIZ Media pulls free anime from their site... Meanwhile in Japan, man goes on first date with girl and her entire family, company asks customers to stop making alcohol with their wash tubs, student is locked in a train station due to potty break, and make gin ...
Oct 28, 2020•1 hr 35 min•Season 8Ep. 474
Updates on Los Angeles Comic Con and Youmacon ... Also, another voice actor caught with his pants down, literally! Upcoming Digimon RPG delayed, NHK 's mega poll is Sailor Moon themed, Kizuna AI（official） announces a free concert, Evangelion teams up with teddy bears, and the Sailor Moon Eternal trailer has been released! Meanwhile in Japan, new restaurant policy allows you to take food home, Yakuza banned from giving out Halloween candy, teacher busted for hiding a student shoes and then some,a...
Oct 21, 2020•1 hr 42 min•Season 8Ep. 473
Love Live School Idol Project comes to PS4 and a new single/AMV! Also, new DiGi Charat art book, first 3 Neon Genesis Evangelion 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン get the 4D treatment, plus Studio Khara assures of no 6 hour film. Plus, a Pokémon short about SirFetchd, Mamoru Oshii plays himself in a film, and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba gets a US date! Meanwhile in Japan, and officer caught downloading porn from suspects phone, a boy is assaulted by an old man with a wrestling move, and a highschooler assumes anot...
Oct 14, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Season 8Ep. 472
FYI, this episode has some audio issues. Apologies. Create your own Shonen Jump character! Also, anime crowdfunding, check out the Joestar Souls at the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険) event, and singer LiSA previews her new album! And Momoiro Clover Z is back with a new song for the Sailor Moon Crystal films! Meanwhile in Japan, a man find another man sleeping in his bed, another guy cleared of theft of a bike because he borrowed it, another guy arrested for stealing fake money, and a yand...
Oct 07, 2020•1 hr 27 min•Season 8Ep. 471
DJ Ranma S gives his Hot Take on the Crunchyroll Expo 's masquerade! Also final season of Fruits Basket , Demon Slayer kabuki expo, live-action Yakuza in the works from SEGA , and a wacky, yet very popular Ruby Kurosawa video! Plus, Los Angeles Comic Con moves ahead with show and extra measures, where to watch YashaHime , and a twitter user reunites with lost lost figure from 16 years ago! Meanwhile in Japan, a wife begins writing daily list on why she shouldn't murder her husband, the governmen...
Sep 30, 2020•1 hr 38 min•Season 8Ep. 470
A Sailor Moon exhibit in Italy, Jump Festa and Ohayocon go digital, and we get the OP theme for Yashahime ! Plus, Yoh is cast in Shaman King , Pokémon Company owns up on Porygon , Nintendo announces Super Mario Bros movie date, and a sushi chain finally changes a meal name due to obvious reasons... Meanwhile in Japan, restaurants and bars staffed by JAV actors and actresses, a vending machine with reverse advertising, and an elder idol group helps to prevent fires?!...
Sep 23, 2020•1 hr 35 min•Season 8Ep. 469
We're back from vacation and we bring you two weeks of positive things! First we discuss COVID-19 and the impact on cons... Then great news about Amamiya Sora , Aqua from Konosuba! Also, T.M. Revolution 's marriage, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon 's Sailor Mars, aka Kitagawa Keiko is a mom, Naomi Watanabe as Zirconia in Sailor Moon Eternal films! Plus, new Shenmue anime, new Love Live series, and Hatsune Miku as a Corona countermeasure spokesperson! Meanwhile in Japan, a panty thief gets surprise a...
Sep 16, 2020•1 hr 40 min•Season 7Ep. 468
A couple of Hot Takes on COVID-19 and conventions situation... Also, One Piece winds down (but not yet), Piko Taro and Pokémon collaborate, Magia Record shuts down, and Dragon Ball Z fashion that tells people to get back to work! And Meanwhile in Japan, a teacher apologies for peeing on a student, man arrested for groping a woman and says he will only talk to female officers, and Tenga dumbbells?!...
Sep 02, 2020•1 hr 40 min•Season 7Ep. 467
Two more virtual conventions, bias in the industry, a petition to add content warnings in Weekly Shônen Jump , and Free: Iwatobi Swim Club gets a movie! Also, Assassination Classroom hits Toonami , and LEGO Naruto ? Meanwhile in Japan, one man arrested due to COVID-19, another arrested for throwing urine, and teens arrested over a stolen bike?!...
Aug 26, 2020•1 hr 36 min•Season 7Ep. 466
The downfall of KissAnime and KissManga, what happened! Also, we pay tribute to seiyuu Tetsuya Watari , updated info on New York Comic Con and Anime NYC , and AT&T offloading Crunchyroll ? Plus, Attack on Titan inspired cafe, and Sonic The Hedgehog gets a refurbished statue! Meanwhile in Japan, another Pokémon GO fight, woman finds the remains of her brother at home, noodle event that you can't eat, and playing porn in a public bathroom?!...
Aug 19, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Season 7Ep. 465
A Special episode of Anime Jam Session! Join DJ Ranma S , Ari Rockefeller , Mako-chan , IchigoGami , and WildSpice Cosplay for a special Webcon_2020 panel live! We've gathered some great articles tonight! We're talking Crunchyroll , Youmacon , Cells at Work , niconico(ニコニコ動画) , and then some! Plus we culled our tamer Meanwhile in Japan articles, so you'll be hearing about amusement parks, Nintendo Switch , and a rapper in an apartment!...
Aug 15, 2020•1 hr 28 min•Season 7Ep. 464
The hosts have a Hot Take about cosplay meetups... WHY ARE THEY HAPPENING?! Also seiyuus participate in a racing event, Aggretsuko has an idol star, life size Gundam! ready to go, and Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid season 3! Plus Act Age manga cancelled after an arrest, and The League of Conventions ! Meanwhile in Japan, sumo wrestlers run away from a dorm, an arrest in the upskirt photography incident, and a girl uses her game system to call for help after a kidnapping!...
Aug 12, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Season 7Ep. 463
The hosts discuss conventions, the changes they face, and then some on Geek Roundtable. Also, Niantic makes good on their Black Lives Matter donation, T.M. Revolution and Golden Bomber 's Kirisho take over Pokémon Journeys TV theme, and Hello Kitty gets a copyright ambassador. Plus, get your hands on Evangelion NERV rations, and the truth is revealed... Dragon Ball Z is actually cartoon porn, as said by a Florida congressman candidate... Meanwhile in Japan, amusement park offers screaming mask s...
Aug 05, 2020•1 hr 32 min
Kicking things off with Ranma's Hot Take on Butch Hartman 's commissioned drawing of Girl Type Ranma Saotome ! Plus more on Sonic The Hedgehog movie, possible horror game between Hideo Kojima (小島秀夫 and Junji Ito ? Also, Hideo Kojima judges in the Venice Film Festival , Attack on Titan promotion with sake, Shining Moon Tokyo - Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon cafe closes, and limited edition Gundarium Mobile Suit Gundam kits go on sale! Meanwhile in Japan, one man arrested for spreading false idol rum...
Jul 29, 2020•1 hr 41 min•Season 7Ep. 461
Usagi Yojimbo comes to Netflix ! Also, new Love Live series is titled, man arrested for threatening Kodansha staff, Kamen rider Zero One gets anime spinoff! Plus new Cardcaptor Sakura puzzle game, and the dub cast is announced for CG Lupin The 3rd ! Meanwhile in Japan, Update on obscenity charge on vagina kayak, voice actress ASMR fart, and another voice actress announces marriage and her fans throw her stuff out?!...
Jul 22, 2020•1 hr 36 min•Season 7Ep. 460
Super rare Pokémon card fetches top dollar at auction, life sized Mobile Suit Gundam in Shanghai, ComicMarket コミックマーケット moves winter show to 2021, and 株式会社 円谷プロダクション (Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd.) wins lawsuit against Chinese firm. Also Pop Team Epic gets a mecha, and the Mayor of Houston shuts down all conventions for the year! Meanwhile in Japan, one mom takes out guy who groped her daughter, another mom praises son for Pokemon notes, and buying stuff from a vending machine with your face?...
Jul 15, 2020•1 hr 27 min•Season 7Ep. 459
On tonight's show... Battle Athletes Daiundōkai. (Battle Athletes Victory) gets a reboot! Also Kyoto Animation - 京都アニメーション streams memorial video, Dark Horse Comics cut ties with Editor in Chief over sexual assault allegations... Japanese live entertainment drops by 70%, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba hits the big screen, and Cowboy Bebop and Power Rangers get the go ahead to resume filming! Meanwhile in Japan, crowdfunding for local kart racing company gets blue shelled, man arrested again for ...
Jul 08, 2020•1 hr 30 min•Season 7Ep. 458
Possible Scott Pilgrim anime? We're hoping! And a HD remaster of the game too? Hoping for that too! Also Aniplex USA announces Aniplex Online Fest ... We might have mentioned this. Life-sized Rem - Re:Zero figurine for sale, Studio Trigger and CD PROJEKT RED drops the Cyberpunk 2077 anime on us, Neon Genesis Evangelion celebrates 25 years with a new soundtrack with new and rare tracks, and Motoko Kusanagi graces the cover of a fashion magazine! Meanwhile in Japan, E-sports for seniors, new Japan...
Jul 01, 2020•1 hr 30 min•Season 4Ep. 457
We discuss best and worse anime dads on Geek Roundtable. Also, Crunchyroll Expo goes virtual, first look into Studio Ghibli 's CG film, new Transformers series is delayed, Free Comic Book Day is extended for a month, updates on new InuYasha spinoff, Yashahime, and new Sailor Moon movies delayed. Meanwhile in Japan, man pays bill with sex toy, art gallery encourages theft, bento shop staffer punished, and anime condoms?...
Jun 24, 2020•1 hr 50 min•Season 7Ep. 456
On tonight's show, NHK WORLD-JAPAN apologizes over it's racial cartoon, Discotek Media asks the fans for help in finding anime, and variety show comedians become anime characters! In the world of cons, Funimation announces 1st round of panels, Anime Expo® hosts anisong concert, Otakon goes virtual, and what happened when a con opens up to the public in Florida? Meanwhile in Japan, IKEA opens shop in Harajuku , a store in Japan stops greeting customers and shoppers are enthralled, UNIQLO hands ou...
Jun 17, 2020•1 hr 38 min•Season 7Ep. 455
On tonight's show... Warner Bros. Entertainment Japan streams their "Stay Connected" anime panel, Toei Animation announces the winners of their anime pitch panel, and San Japan 's chair resigns after his POC rants. Also, Tokusatsu stars join together for an online performance, rapper Lotus Juice speaks out for #BLM, and updates on live action Cowboy Bebop , and mixed thoughts on it! Meanwhile in Japan, local zoo sell beaver gnawed jeans to raise money, woman arrested for cyberstalking, and full ...
Jun 10, 2020•1 hr 31 min•Season 7Ep. 454
On tonight's show... The KyoAni arsonist is formally arrested, Sonic The Hedgehog gets a sequel, Freddie Mercury 's The Great Pretender is used for the anime, The Great Pretender! Ghost In The Shell manga gets a VR Noh stage play, Aniplex hosts an online convention, and Wantanabe Mayu retires from voice acting. Meanwhile in Japan, teenager solicits the wrong woman, politicians want to make walking while looking at your phone illegal, and learn English with toilet humor!...
Jun 03, 2020•1 hr 31 min•Season 7Ep. 453
On tonight's show, we talk a bit of voice acting on Geek Roundtable! Also, Netflix streams Cardcaptor Sakura , Earthbound the manga, a paper company files for bankruptcy after ComicMarket コミックマーケット cancels. Plus, get ready for Anime Expo® Lite, cosmetic company sponsors anime music video ad, and the US government catches Pokémon bootlegs! Meanwhile in Japan, a perv hunter in it for the money, Tenga releases video chat backgrounds, and a jilted woman sends 1000 kilograms of onions to her ex?!...
May 27, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Season 7Ep. 452
On tonight's show, Anime Central goes virtual, Animal Crossing manga, the Yoshiki / Marilyn Manson collaboration... New Love Live School Idol Project reveals for the upcoming anime, NHK WORLD-JAPAN reveals results of new Neon Genesis Evangelion poll, and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba hits final chapter! Meanwhile in Japan, company bans an intercourse style due to safety concerns, and a 90 year old gamer breaks world record!...
May 20, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 7Ep. 451
On tonight's show, more shenanigans with Geek Roundtable! Also... Golgo 13 goes on hiatus, InuYasha spinoff series, Comic-Con International brings us "Comic-Con @ Home" virtual event, and Cells at Work helps fight COVID-19 with inspired artwork! Meanwhile in Japan: Golden Week Edition, Piko Taro discusses internet trolls, snack maker rewards customer for incorrect packaging, and cyborg and robotic avatars by 2050?...
May 13, 2020•1 hr 33 min•Season 7Ep. 450
On tonight's show... Tons of Funimation news! A virtual con, NIS America, Inc. titles added to stream, and a home anime club with Kodansha Comics ! Also, the Kyoto Animation - 京都アニメーション building is demolished, Shōnen Jump seeks its next manga star, Transformers prequel in the works, and an Asuka Langley themed guitar! Meanwhile in Japan, a university gives all students grant to offset cost of digital classes, swimsuit models hold online drinking parties to encourage fans to stay home, and a come...
May 06, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Season 7Ep. 449
