Anime Jam Session

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 po...

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 poo...

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, r...

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...

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...

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, for...

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 - PIK...

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 y...

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...

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 p...

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 findi...

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 wo...

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, an...

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?!

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...

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 Japa...

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...

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...

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...

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 anniversar...

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 anniversar...

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...

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, a...

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 bo...