We have another Hot Take, and it's on the Dark Side of Cosplay! Join the hosts as they discuss some of the stuff they've dealt with while cosplaying, and has it changed their views on cosplaying. Also, 15th Annual Seiyu Awards happened, and we tell you who got the "lifetime" achievements! Plus, DJ Ranma S discusses The Anime Awards for 2021, and were they rigged? We find out that 蜡笔小新 Crayon Shin Chan game is coming to Nintendo Switch, and Hatsune Miku collaborates with Pusheen! Meanwhile in Japan, a company holds socially distanced sauna events, a leader of a political party that refuses to pay the NHK, is forced to pay the NHK, and a follow up from a story from 4 years ago... Girl sues school over dyeing her hair, and the verdict is in! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/support

A hugely important video game, The Legend of Zelda, turns 35 years old this week, as the release of the original Famicom game celebrates it's birthday the night of our show. Zelda news was a big part of this week's Nintendo Direct as well, and we recap the news from the Nintendo Direct, as well as Blizzconline, another big virtual event that took place in gaming this week.

The Phoenix and the Carpet was a 1976 BBC Children’s production. A group of four young siblings discover a magical flying carpet and a strange golden egg. The egg soon hatches to reveal a strange and beautiful bird…. This serial was based on the novel by E. Nesbit (Edith Nesbit). Please send us your comments, […]

Google cancelled a developer's entire Google account for an unknown TOS violation on YouTube, and after not being able to talk to a person at Google about losing all of their email, documents, and Google Play purchases, it was announced that Terraria's Google Stadia port has been cancelled. CD Projekt Red was the victim of a ransomware attack that stole source code for many games past and future as well as internal documents seemingly "damning" against the company. The hacked contents were subsequently sold on the black market for an undisclosed sum with the stipulation that they not be resold by the original hackers. This includes a dramatic reading of the ransom note left on CDPR's servers. I did roll credits on Cyberpunk 2077 (a couple times) and - the game was fine. Then we talk to OLR mostly about the recently released Pixel Poops on Steam, as well as the Commodore 64 version of the game and LOKI from OLR's NES game Pixel Poops No. 2.

More  COVID-19 event cancellations to report, plus what's the issue with Mushoku Tensei, and Yashahime dub cast announces new voice for Miroku! Also Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train is now the second highest grossing film WORLDWIDE, Sailor Moon escape game hits Japan, and an online one for Hunter x Hunter too! Meanwhile in Japan, Olympics possibly moving to 2022, earthquake hits Japan, and a 21 year old arrested for sending nudes to an old woman?! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/support

Our very own Loki released a game on Steam and itch.io this week, Pixel Poops Number Two! Although Loki has been walking us through the development of his game for several episodes now, he talks a bit about the release of the product. We get into gaming news going on in the rest of the world too though, including a couple of big conventions - Not only is Blizzcon happening virtually this week after a delay, but E3 has announced that it will be an all digital event this year too. Could a digital event be a good long term strategy for these shows? We discuss this and much more in gaming news on another week of OLR!

This show was recorded during the Big Game - which I actually have a history with as a performer in a Disney-produced halftime show. EA has announced that a beloved franchise is making a triumphant return - EA Sports College Football is coming back in a few years. I finished Yakuza: Like A Dragon and if you like turn based JRPG style games, then you really should try it out. Apple's VR Headset is rumored to cost over $3000 and include multiple cameras and eye sensors. Google has disbanded the Stadia Games & Entertainment division and will no longer produce first party games for the Stadia service. Then we talk to OLR about the fall of SG&E, the OTHER EA franchise getting revived, and the announcement of Final Fantasy XIV Online's new expansion.

Funimation hit with lawsuit about it's website not being ADA-compliant, Japanese politician in trouble for using Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba type designs on campaign posters, and Neko Oikawa was scammed out of Neon Genesis Evangelion royalties. Also, Levi's and Pokémon team up for fashion, Super Milk-chan is back, and we find out with episode of Detective Conan is being remade! Meanwhile in Japan, hotel rooms about the price of ramen, Japanese COVID tracing apps aren't working, and man leaves horrible job, only to get horrible letter from company?! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/support

Google announces that it will be ceasing internal development of Stadia game and closing down internal studios. Does this mean the end for Stadia? Or are there other ways that Stadia will continue to live on in gaming? We discuss our thoughts on this as well as talk about the perceptions of gamers when it comes to Stadia. There's plenty more to talk about in gaming as well on another week of Orange Lounge Radio!

Pokemon GO announced some big changes this week, not only in how it will interface with Pokemon Home, but also in rolling back several changes that had been made to the game months ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pokemon news didn't stop there though as we got announcements with the main series as well. Join Rob Roberts with Network Regulars Shad Starzyk, ssj100matt, and act_deft of the GFMcast for a discussion on all the latest in Pokemon news from this week.