Anime Jam Session

Finally! DJ Ranma S, Kuro Usagi, and Mattie join forces to get you this awesome podcast! The three of them give you the best and less worst of anime news, conventions, series, music, and multi-track drifting!

Happy Holidays! In our christmas special we discuss Cowby Bebop debacle and load up on the awesome holiday music!

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"!

DJ Ranma S, Kuro Usagi, and their favorite guest Mattie comes on and talks Otakon 2008 with our duo! Plus more info about the upcomking Zenkaikon 2008 and suprises in store! And a three way match with the latest anime news!

West Coast cosplayer Windy-chan from Wind of the Stars join us on this episode to discuss Fanime, how she got into cosplay, and also joins Ranma and Kuro as special guest moderator to talk about this weeks news... Plus a Dragon Ball movie update!

It's an all-star event! Join Ranma and Kuro Usagi as they talk about what they liked and didn't like about NYAF, along with Lady Ava of Otakuden.com and Oshi of Zenkaikon as they all go in depth about the convention itself, along with multi-track topic drifting... With Chowder?! "I'm Switzerland! I like cheese and chocolate!" -Lady Ava (Quote of the Podcast!)

After yet another hiatus, Ranma and Kuro are back with a brand new episode, dedicated to one of Ranma's favorite voice actors- Greg Ayres! Drop in, take a listen and enjoy!

DJ Ranma S and Kuro Usagi sit down with the ever popular voice actor, Kyle Hebert. He is well known for voicing Kamina in Gurren Lagann, Gohan and the narrator for Dragon Ball Z. He has also done voices for Square-Enix games The Last Remnant and Infinite Undiscovery. Listen in as he tell about how he got into voice acting, along with the ins and out! Also check out his podcast The Big Bald Broadcast @ www.thebigbaldbroadcast.com!

DJ Ranma S enlists the help of Sinh Synthetik and Super Producer Sailor Flare because Kuro Usagi has gone missing in action! Join them as Sinh talk about Too Many Games, Ranma discusses Carl Macek along with good and bad dubs, followed by the best hashtag on twitter, #animeconprotip! Also special thanks to tweeps @DasGreggo, @Athena_chan, and @virtuacara for the best tweets of the night!

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!

In this short order episode, we go back to our roots as DJ and Kuro run the show while Sinh departs for reasons unbeknownst to us and Sailor Flare is on vacation (she was sick, get well!). Sit back and relax as they discuss Scott Pilgrim VS The World, High School of the Dead, zombies, karaoke shenanigans, and we remember the late Satoshi Kon. Plus we have an international guest on this week! Berry-chan joins us and tells us why she's in Korea and what she's been up to!

DJ Ranma S, Kuro Usagi, Ari Rockefeller, and Sailor Flare sit at the ye olde podcasting table as they discuss two live action shows, Sailor Moon and Ranma 1/2. Ranma also tell the gang of his travels to Detroit to Youmacon... But was it worth it?

DJ Ranma S, Kuro Usagi, Ari Rockefeller, and Sailor Flare talk about the first con of 2012, Kotoricon! Also, the staff discuss the downfall of Bandai, the downsizing of Media Blasters, and the 8 million dollar lawsuit that FUNimation smacked ADV Films and all subsiduaries with! And Ranma finally watched the live action Ranma 1/2 special... And he tells everyone what he thought of it!

DJ Ranma S, Ari Rockefeller, and Mako-chan talk topics such as Panty and Stocking, preparing for Otakon 2012, the death of 4Kids Entertentainment, Saban returning to Saturday morning TV, streaming is not illegal in Japan, brand new Dragon Ball Z movie, and a gaming review of Theatrhytm: Final Fantasy.

The team discusses the new Lupin III anime, a manga themed manga shop in Japan, a manga about people who stop pirating, to also help educate users on the new law. Also, VIZ changes the manga distributions, a new DBZ site pops up to promote the new movie. Finally, the staff talks about a new maid cafe in Detroit... And Ranma goes off about it and he makes a bet about said cafe... Now will it be true?

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...

Join DJ Ranma S, Mako-chan, Sailor Flare, and Ari Rockefeller as they talk about their favorite holiday traditions, movies, music, and other cool things. Also a Christmas surprise for Sailor Flare that almost blew up in Ranma's face!

On this week's show, DJ Ranma S and Mako-chan talk about PAX East 2013 with special guest Scarlet from Scarlet-Rhapsody. As they talk about the good, the bad, the fun, the highs, the lols, listen as Ari Rockefeller groans about not being able to go. Despite the technical hiccups at the beginning fo the snhow, this is our biggest podcast to date, over two hours!

The team sits down and interviews up and coming voice actor Mario Bueno. After that, it becomes a podcast roundtable of articles about Anime Boston cancelling the dance... A discussion about the cosplay culture in Japan, the 10th anniversary of Saint Seiya... Could Goku be coming to the new Smash Bros game? And information about the new live action Black Butler surfaces, but could it also make the fangirls go squee? Plus the team hits up Clovercon, a local convention, hear what they thought.

So last week our own DJ Ranma S calls into the Black Girl Nerd podcast about racism and cosplaying. After listening to their podcast, he needed to get some things off his chest and pretty much counter their podcast, explain things that he felt were half truths and whatnot. Listen as he, Ari, and Mako-chan break it down and tell you how it really is! And after that, the team discusses about a man's job is in jeopardy due his love of anime, Sword Art Online's retail pricing and airing on Toonami... And what if there was a Big-O season 3!

This week, the team jumps deep into the trenches as they talk about the AX hidden camera incident. And this time, what they have to say is quite different from what other people are voicing. Also, they discuss the dyfunctionality with a Japanese couple... The woman threw out his anime! James Cameron still wants to do Battle Angel, and the top 25 influential anime in the USA!

Funimation saves the .hack series, Mako-chan goes ballistic about a top20 Sailor Moon list... Ranma discuss about a cosplay article about a girl who keeps it real, something he's been advocating forever, then everyone talk about the Free! controversy. Ari takes to heart about the writer who opens up about Attack on Titan. And finally, the team discusses Pacific Rim and how it's NOT Evangelion.

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!

It's our Blizzcon episode! The staff is joined by Sere of Serephita Cosplay as she tells our crew abouthow awesome Blizzcon is! Plus she divulges about her cosplay, voice acting and much more! Plus room for news such as the top twelve violent women in anime and how one Free! fan printed out lifesize characters from the anime to put on her bed! And in news from Japan, some douchebag robbed a maid cafe, and the Japanese Red Cross wants real life consequeces from videogames?

On this week's show, DJ Ranma S talks about the Winter Anime Formal he and AgPhoenix went to. After that Seiya and Yaten from Kinmoku Revolution and Serephita Cosplay join the show to talk about Otakon Vegas and Anime LA!

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?

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. So, what has been the strangest, funniest, interesting, most outlandish thing that has happened to you when you walked in your room? And in News from Japan, Crimea's new Attorney General is too cute for Japan, counterfeit coins for vending machines, a record high of stalkers in 2013, and 11 year old knocked off bike by older man?!

On this week's show, DJ Ranma S and Avalon Cosplay talk about Castle Point Anime Convention which took place this past Sunday. Then with Mako-chan and Ari Rockefeller, the entire staff discuss the new SeraMyu and a contest with Uranus and Neptune. Also there's a CMV parody of Pharrel's Happy. In News from Japan, we have a followup on a stolen 3DS, and two people dead by a car door and crabs?! And then the Open Forum Topic: What anime series you think should get either a second season or a better ending?

DJ Ranma S goes out to the Island of Long for a long time honored convention known as I-Con! It was rough to get there, but made it in one piece! The con is reviewd with Kuro Usagi with special guest Lizzy from The Agents of Cosplay! She joins and helps them make it to the end of another episode! Links: http://www.agentsofcosplay.com/ http://www.dragonballmovieblog.net/ http://jumpsq.shueisha.co.jp/contents/sq2/index.html

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!

After some audio technical difficulties, Kuro Usagi, Sailor Flare, and DJ Ranma S are back with an interview with one of the midwest's well loved, endeared, talented, and pretty much endowed cosplayer, Stephanie Kulak! For the next 45+ minutes, they will pretty much get down to the sire about her cosplaying antics, fun, mayhem, and ACEN, with a side of Youmacon.

Sailor Flare is MIA, so join DJ Ranma S and Kuro Usagi, along with special guest Ari Rockefeller as they divulge this weeks anime's topics and what they're expecting from New York Anime Festival. And Ranma fires up his daily rant!

On tonight's show, DJ Ranma S, Kuro Usagi, Sailor Flare, and Ari Rockefeller discuss Zenkaikon V, what happened with FUNimation, and one very well deserved lesson in humility... You don't fuck over the Japanese.

After reading the whole Tony Harris debacle, the team pretty much sided with him, find out why. Also, the return of the sub vs dub debate, the promo poster for the new DBZ movie, and an anime based off the 16 bit console war, how did it fare?

Animation company sets up shop in the US... South Korean female pop group gets their own anime... Sony to produce american Gundam film? Various manga creators are suing book-digitizing shops, and the team find out teh plot of the new DBZ movie!

Monster Rancher (Monster Farm) gets released in two flavors, subbed and dubbed... Nintendo censors Fire Emblem DLC in North America, Bandai reveals the Sailor Moon S.H. Figurearts for the US... Ghost in the Shell: Arise Blu-Ray get released in Japan with English subtitles. Evangelion manga comes to an end... Princess Monoke stage play gets a bit of backlash from Japan. Ranma discusses a topic on his brother's Facebook which reveals to a softer side of him... And finally, the team tackles the horrible anime dub openings, along with a couple of titles that weren't listed.

Ranma and the crew discuss the badly written New York Post article on Heroes of Cosplay, followed by a discussion with a counter article on Yaya Han being a hypocrite. Also, Ranma briefly discusses the Cosplay 4 A Cure event in Brooklyn... Then the hosts congratulate Cupcake Cosplay for coming in 2nd place in the World Cosplay Summit. Makochan steamrolls a fat shaming, lose weight app for ladies in Japan. And then Linwood and Jamie break down Bronycon for us, in conjunction with The Outhousers!

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.

Are you ready? Because they are! The staff is back from their holiday break with a brand new podcast! This week, Ranma, Mako-chan, and Ari talk about the return of Fairy Tail, Kill la Kill plagiarism, and an update on Sailor Moon Watch 2014, with a special concert CD! Ari will talk about his escapades at MAGFest, 12, followed by some controversy about that long awaited anime, Space Dandy! And guess who is unretired again... We also discuss the deal with old people and mochi, haggling a mugger, and taking your fan obsession to the next level!

This is it! This is the one podcast you have been waiting for all year! The long awaited drunken podcast special! It's DJ Ranma S, Mako-chan, Ari Rockefeller, Silver Phoenix, along with special guests Avalon Cosplay, Kinmoku Revolution, and Jamie Summers of Orange Lounge Radio! Join them on a three hour tour as they look back at talked about anime news of 2013 as they do shots... And then some!

More info about ADV Films and the Dragonball movie is unearthed as DJ and Kuro talk about Power Rangers.

More news about Dragon Ball... More problems with Katsucon hotel... And stupid news! It didn't help that DJ and Kuro were up late doing this, but hey... :3

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... :(

DJ Ranma S and Kuro Usagi discuss a bit about Speed Racer, as well as the upcoming Death Note movie, all in a smaller faster format!

As the title says, this is the epic con report! Kuro's first Anime NEXT and Ranma's seventh, they discuss the cone in full depth! Want to know more? Just listen! :D

This week, Cosplay Correspondent Kayla of Avalon Cosplay joins us as Player 4 as she tells Mako-chan and Ari Rockefeller about SpringfestNY 2014! While she's doing that, DJ Ranma S gets the grill ready for this one, yet again! Also on the roll, the hosts discuss issues with Attack on Titan dubbing and translation, images of Sailor Moon Crystal emerges, and does the hype of a popular series kill it for you? Also, AnimeNEXT brings us World Cosplay Summit 2015 Prelims to the tris-state area! And our Open Forum Topic- "If there were two conventions the same weekend, and one is closer to you that youve always attended, aside from financial issues, what reason would you not go?" And in News from Japan, someone arrested for burning Anne Frank books and stealing bikes, and one airliner brings back miniskirt stewardesses?

DJ Ranma S, Ari Rockefeller, and Avalon Cosplay sit down and talk about Katsucon XX. Meanwhile Mako-chan talks about the tasty alcohols she had that weekend. In Japan News, the crew talk about snowfall, video gaming assholes, angry Olympic fans, and chefs serving whale meat.

Ranma breaks down episode five of Heroes Of Cosplay, followed by him, Ladyhawke, and Ari talking about Nauticons. Then a quick news recap. This is our Nauticon podcast review episode, so if you want to hear about a 21+ anime con, listen in!

This week, the hosts talk about Mighty No 9 Kickstarter, Attack on Titan series finale, Pokemon X and Y, The Boondocks Season 4, Miyazaki's retirement, another anime license saved, our "WTF are they serious out of Japan" segment, and much more!

Ranma and the crew dissect Yaya Han's post on a cosplay and calls her out for not keeping it real, the director of Lain and Sakura Wars dies of colon cancer... New Rozen Maiden anime, and they're doing it way differently and it works! One of the original magical girl animes, Creamy Mami comes to the US! One Piece's creator is back, 8 lesser known anime titles, anime themed hotel rooms, and Quincy Jones to promote K-pop globally?!