Anime Jam Session

On  tonight's show, That DJ Ranma S Guy and IchigoGami discuss Escape Velocity 2018 in Washington, DC! Then we find out about  the Pokémon GO lawsuit settlement, Love Live School Idol :  Sunshine uniform backpacks, new Lupin III English  dub, and we say farewell to Saban, due to Hasbro's buyout! And in Strange News  From Japan... How to take a bath with 10,000 friends... Teacher arrested for bathroom videos... And an idol fan kicked out an event due to  merchandise?!

On  tonight's show, That DJ Ranma S Guy opens  up on his views on Thundercats Roar... Then he, Mako-chan and Ari Rockefeller discuss Castle Point Anime  Convention and CloverCon!  Also tonight, new Magic Knight Rayearth merchandise, Sailor Moon movies  hit US theaters, and Pokémon GO get  updates with Alolan forms! And wrapping it up in Strange News From Japan, famous  actor measures people's bust, officer resigns over sniffing shoes, and why are  whistles being stolen?

On  tonight's show, That DJ Ranma S Guy brings  us a heartbreaking story that touches us all in one way or another... Then we  discuss a mangaka that publishes a book about sexual minorities, which reveals a  big secret? New Nintendo Famicom  Mini for Shonen Jump,  along with new Sailor Moon novels?  A professor uses Godzila to  teach Japanese history and politics, a fanboy takes his fandom too far with a  toilet, and TV TOKYO creates  a business for licensing anime! In Strange News From Japan, teens busted for pot  because of foreign musicians, man arrested for living in an elderly woman's  house, and a civil servant arrested for harassing a teen for a date?!

On  tonight's show... We're talking Zenkaikon!  Join the whole cast and crew of the show as they go through all four days  (including day 0) of the convention! And over in Strange News From Japan,  obverly expensive elementary school uniforms causes a teenager to threaten with  a knife, a man looking to buy sneezes, and the jokes keep coming  from Coca-Cola Japan!

This  week...  What happened with Universal FanCon?!  We get in deep! Also great news about Gunsmith Cats!  New Love Live! School Idol Project (  ラブライブ！) mobile  game, tailors to the Queen of England make a spiffy, high  end Gundam cosplay!  New Bubblegum Crisis blu-rays,  and the return of the Rurouni Kenshin manga,  and with controversy... And in Strange News From Japan, big sumo dudes jumping,  officially spring, a bladed duel between garbagemen, and a shogun arrested for  being a pee-ping top?!

This  week, why  is there a lifesize Miss Kobayashi's Dragon  Maid figure  at a school? Also, a new Super Sentai project  featuring Sentai moms! Pokémon to  arrive to Universal Orlando Resort,  new Sakura Taisen and Record of Lodoss War videogames!  And virtually marry an anime character? Also in strange news from Japan, sumo  association bans even 5 year old girls from the ring, idol group disbands after  premiere event due to too many differences, and a sickle  fight?!

This  week, we  pay respect to one of the co-founders of Studio Ghibli who  passed. Also, the Japanese government asks ISPs to block unauthorized manga  sites, and Funimation licenses Ai Tenchi Muyo!!   Rumiko Takahashi to  start a new manga, Niantic settles Pokémon GO fest  lawsuit, and what went wrong with Osomatsu-san?   In Strange News From Japan, a woman is arrested for literally kicking ass, fan  attempts seppuku in front of retiring idol, and repeated recording of "thank  you" for better tasting candy?!

This  week, the hosts talk about April Fool's pranks done by the anime, manga, and  game industry out of Japan, and then they crew get on their soapboxes and  discuss in detail how today's anime fans have it good!  Then in Strange News  From Japan, Taiwanese man throws soup in a woman's face for being touched by  hair, ex-soccer player collects poop, and male window silhouettes for women that  live alone... Also, what happened to episode 351?

This  week, virtual  YouTuber Kizuna AI（official）is  casted in an anime, City Hunter is  back with a new film, and the long awaited Gunsmith Cats kickstarter!  New Cute High Earth Defense Club  Love anime  starts next month, and what's up with Shaman King?  A Hello Kitty bullet  train, and an Oregon tourism video done up Studio Ghibli style!  And in Strange News From Japan, a follow up to last week's article about idol  group and no dating, new bathroom signage for a bathroom, and a toilet that  gives the best poop ever?!

This  week, info about Boku no Hero Academia season  three! Also, Fuji Television and Niantic team  up for an Ingresss  anime, Fujiko Mine and  lingerie, a Tokyo Beyblade bar,  the Tokyo Yuriten Fair canceled, and a Shonen Jump cafe  that brings back the 90s feels! Also in Strange News in Japan, a store clerk  confuses a robber, an escape from Godzilla game, and Coke chu-hi?! Plus breaking  news about Kalafina and Dragon Ball Z!

This  week, we're wrapping up stuff from Katsucon,  along with news about Nobuhiro Watsuki, creator of Rurouni Kenshin!  Also, idol magicians anime, trailer for Detective Pikachu,  winners of the 2nd annual Crunchyroll Anime  Awards, a Pop Team Epic teaser,  and three new mangas in Shonen Jump!  In Strange News From Japan, man arrested for calling employment office 159 times  in 2 1/2 hours, a hot spring advertising for rival business, a road rage attack  by sword, and sleep with a sexy daikon body pillow?!

This  week, we  talk how Blade Runner inspired one mangaka, and his  series. NIS America, Inc. suffered  a data breach, Yoshitaka Amano draws  artwork for The Shape of Water.  We mourn the passing of David Ogden Stiers,  and we cover the voices he has done. Death Note CCG  comes to the US, and the 50th anniversary Shonen Jump library  and visual on display in Tokyo, and vote for the best Gundam! And in Strange  News from Japan... 2020 Olympic mascots are chosen, now to name them, idol group  manager bans all gifts sent by fans, and a boy pees on elevator buttons as a  prank, and ends up with swift karma justice!

On  tonight's show, we're talking Katsucon!  Join IchigoGami and WildSpice Cosplay as  they breakdown the ups, downs, ins, and outs of this con  with That DJ Ranma S Guy!  Plus our Skypeline for one night only, so if you went to the con, give us a  call at AnimeJamSession! Also news about Sailor Moon  if time permits! And in Strange News in Japan, a school opts for flexible  clothing, farts of beautiful women with a rap battle, and male dance idols get a GPS plushie?

On tonight's show, Neon Genesis Evangelion bullet train is immortalized, Shonen Jump crossover puzzle game, and who are the seven deadly maids? Also, Aggretsuko anime premieres soon, Voltron: Legendary Defender new season, and a director of the show has a Kickstarter! Plus, return of Back To the Future as a manga? Also, in Strange News From Japan... What happens to unsold manga? Unemployed man and teen steal manga, and boob implants for hug pillows?!

On tonight's show, crackdown on virtual currency and idols! Also, new peeps in Boku no Hero Academia, new Yu Yu Hakusho mobile game, and a new idol group to appear in new Sailor Moon musicals! The return of the Crunchyroll Anime Awards! The Love Live! μ's fandomw is getting out of hand, and a retro Sanrio cafe! In strange News From Japan, get paid to stress test stress, groping teenage test takers on social media, and a store is open for 2 weeks with no merch or employees?

On tonight's show, we find out the dubbed cast for Card Captor Sakura: The Clear Card Arc! Also, brand new Digimon mobile game, and we get season two of Castlevania! Cute High Earth Defense Club Love! gets another show, Hollywood actor Ken Watanabe joins the cast of Detective Pikachu, and manga legend Rumiko Takahashi is nominated for the Will Eisner Hall of Fame! Then over in Strange News From Japan, man grabs a boob, buys food, and runs, Japanese movie theater with kotatsus, and Japan's newest sleeping bag...

And we're back from our holiday break! Tonight, check out the missed stories we deemed import, such as Amazon.com's Anime Strike is gone, new Tiger & Bunny, and Detective Pikachu movie release! Also, a member of Momoiro Clover Z  retires, Love Live！Sunshine Project film update! And the hosts take a minute to take a moment to discuss the Logan Paul debacle. And in Strange News From Japan, a new bleaching trend, manager arrested for shooting toothpicks, and another guy arrested for touching a maid's butt?!

On tonight's show, you've waited all year for it, and now wait no more! The 2017 Drunken Christmas Special is tonight! Join the cast and crew of this podcast, along with special guests as they talk about they favorite 2017 anime and game!  Also, holiday horror stories, and the best and worst gifts ever received! Plus the return of the Skypeline!  And the final Strange News from Japan, a stuck train gets a tent potty, 50th anniversarry Peanuts exhibit, low smell KFC chicken, and the bullet train that went oops!

On tonight's show, we have Pokémon GO updates! And what's going with the Detective Pikachu movie? Thoughts on the live action Alita: Battle Angel film, and Boku No Hero Academia original film! A death metal loving panda gets an anime, and an 8-bit themed FullMetal Alchemist trailer? And in Strange News From Japan, a man tries to woo a woman buy cutting her brakes, neighbor attacks a tv through the floor, and the Tokyo Metro app tells you which stalls are free?

On tonight's show... Anime Boston VS Boston South Coast Comic Con & Anime Fest! Cosplay Deviants drops trademark, AnimEigo crowdfunds Gunsmith Cats, and the list of Bad Santas! Precure and Hatsune Miku collaborates on outfits, and anime voice actors and actresses turning 50, and signs of a DOOMED convention... Also in Strange News From Japan, k-pop and j-pop artists wow the critics, diner sets a restaurant on fire, and a very expensive meat filled bento box!

On tonight's show, Sera Myu performance to hit France! New Ranma ½ inspired clothing, and what went down with the first voice actor rap battle? We find out what happened with the Ultraman international licensing, new Tamagotchi smartphone game, and the start of season 3 of My Hero Academia! In Strange News From Japan... A man turns himself into police even after restaurant manager excuses him not having money to pay for meal, KFC escape pod, and perks for a 2D marriage?

On tonight's show, IchigoGami tells us about her adventures to RuffleCon! Also, That DJ Ranma S Guy talks about the newly formed con, Anime NYC! Plus breaking news on Ruroni Kenshin, Dragon Ball Super, and more! Then on Strange News From Japan, and epic Final Fantasy collaboration is coming, a train company apologizes for leaving early, and Mister Donut 統一多拿滋官方粉絲團 has very new interesting breakfast sandwiches...

On tonight's show, Free: Iwatobi Swim Club fans are upset over planted trees, the fifth annual Love Live! School Idol Project ( ラブライブ！) general election, and the Shingeki no Kyojin museum collaboration. Also, cosplayers clean up Ikebukuro after an event, and changes with idol shows? And five anime films on the list for the Oscars! Also in Strange News From Japan, a TV cameraman secretly records newspaper reporter film upskirt shots, all you can drink for 24 hours for $3, motivation poster that does the opposite, and a cat is a prime suspect in an attempted murder case?

On tonight's show, sad news about a Pokémon GO player, and how you can help! Also, TV Tokyo Network celebrates 1,000 episodes of Pokémon, plus an Alexa app! What happened with Crunchyroll, and how you can protect yourself! Virtual reality coming to a cafe, change your voice to any anime girl, and Sazae-san loses a major sponsor... And in Strange News From Japan... Kitty balls, Kentucky Fried Chicken bath salts, and a moaning competition on a airline flight?!

On tonight's Halloween themed episode... We discuss a list of Halloween themed anime from J-List! Also, the latest Sailor Moon collaboration, Shingeki no Kyojin season 3, new Free: Iwatobi Swim Club, and what's up a with a girl from Osaka suing to government?  Also, Ranma talks about the JAPANFes J-ANIME NIGHT(Halloween x Anime).  And in Strange News From Japan, a man arrested for using black magic, Halloween cat marshmallows, best time to pick up women, and what happened at that Halloween party?! 

On tonight's show, Boku No Hero Academia gets a 3rd season! Also, crossover with Pacific Rim and Godzilla? New Ranma ½ cafe, massive Neon Genesis Evangelion crossover, and Team Rocket recruiting? And why did Hayao Miyazaki unretire? In Strange News From Japan... 74 year old ninja is caught, dumb thief caught reselling goods, and a Tokyo school helps transgenders and cross dressers act feminine?

On tonight's show, we find out that AnimeNYC is hosting live action Fullmetal Alchmist film!  Also, the Love Live Sunshine Real Escape game gets theme song!  Media company Broccoli not doing well, and what's up with Detective Conan / Kaito Kid?  And the return of Tamagotchi!  And in Strange News from Japan, fortune telling with breasts, pocky and red wine, and on a sad note, we take a moment to honor the passing of Grape-kun.

On tonight's show, we talk about life with otaku parents... Then what happened with VICE and Yaoi-Con? New Professor Layton series, become a Fullmetal Alchemist character, and what's this about a male idol stripper game? Also, how Neon Genesis Evangelion prints money, Sailor Moon for president, and why does a Japanese idol singer miss Girl Scout Cookies? Also, in Strange News From Japan, a thigh high cafe, cat themed underclothes, a buttload of gold from China, some dude jumps out of a comic book store window... And a burglar caught, saying Naruto taught him to be a ninja?!

On tonight's show, Anime Punch is no more, and we tell you why! Also, Bain Capital buys 株式会社アサツー ディ・ケイ(ADK), Tokyo governor tries to balance Comiket with the Olympics. Voice actors have a rap battle, season three of Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma, and a live action version of Your Name? And in Strange News from Japan... Piko Taro made how much?! JAV actresses fart in your general direction, and tattoos are illegal unless you're a doctor?

On tonight's show, what's up with CUP NOODLES and Detective Conan? Magical Girl Pretty Sammy is back and needs our help! Yu Yu Hakusho is back with a new cell phone game, Love Live! School Idol Project ( ラブライブ！) drops a new mobile game on us! Anthropomorphic scarecrows, Fist of the North Star " Hokuto No Ken "on bluray, and another Dragon Ball Z mobile game? In Strange News from Japan, an enhanced otaku dating site, a cat cafe train, and edible origami?

On tonight's back to school show, Digimon is coming to US cell phones! Also, Universal Studios Japan (USJ) has new anime and game attractions, Cowboy Bebop director to do Blade Runner 2049 short, and what DVDs are Sentai Filmworks phasing out? The director of Fullmetal Alchemist has some mighty strong words about the live action film, Tokyo Ghoul film hits US shores, and the top ten well endowed anime ladies that changed men! Also in strange news from Japan, man plucking pubes and puts them on a sleeping woman, cosplayers on a roof service, and what's up with Grape-kun? An update!

On tonight's show, follow up with Funimation's hurricane reliefe efforts! Also, what's the brouhaha with the Rurouni Kenshin (Live Action) film? The return of Galaxy Express 999, your favorite hero/heroine by era, Sanrio mashups with Godzilla and Yu Yu Hakusho, The Rose of Versailles screen adaptation, and Love Live！Sunshine Project's Love Live Sunshine!Aqours 2nd Love Live! Happy Party Train Tour! and locations! Also in Strange News From Japan, car rental places handing out stickers for foreign drivers, middle aged woman robs much younger man, and an old man is convicted of armed robbery?

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!

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?

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?!

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?!

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?

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 your meal?

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?

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?

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!

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 over loose change, free condoms leads to long lines, and another ramen chain solves TP issue?

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?!

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?!

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?!

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 women's items, and smell your virtual girlfriend's pantyhose at a gaming event?!