Creamy Mami joins the Tokyo Idol Festival, Dragon Quest has it's own chess set, and legendary mangaka Rumiko Takahashi explains the origin of Shampoo's name! Also, legendary j-rocker GACKT goes on indefinite hiatus, Studio 4C creates an anime ad for R&B artist Aaliyah to commemorate the 20th anniversary of her album, and an otaku cryptocurrency to produce isekai anime? Meanwhile in Japan, we get an update on what happened to Beat Takeshi (ビートたけし), a Guinness World Record goes to Motimaru the cat, and card buyers need to prove they're real Pokémon fans to buy new expansion packs... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/support

The Playstation Showcase happened this week, and it felt like E3 announcements just a few months late. We talked about what got us excited and what surprised us. After a week off, we had many games to play and lots of news to catch up on. Hear about all the news and more on another week of the show where every gamer has a voice!   Also in the news:   * No more "free" PS5 upgrades * Xbox Controller Update * Twitch Lawsuit against Hate Raiders * Working PS4 Emulator   All this and more on the show where EVERY gamer has a voice-- Orange Lounge Radio! LIVE on the VOG Network, Sunday nights at 6 Pacific, 9 Eastern www.vognetwork.com Twitter: @olr Mailbag: participate (at) orangeloungeradio dot com

Fallout from Puchi Con, what happened with the COVID scare?! Also, live action Cowboy Bebop gets a prequel manga and live action One Piece new logo reveal and script teaser! Plus, latest Sailor Moon Musical streams the first and last shows globally, and actor Beat Takeshi (ビートたけし) assaulted! Meanwhile in Japan, a man fakes being Vietnamese in order to rob convenience store, another man attempts to rob store with lighter, a man pees in drink bottle of woman coworker because “he liked her”, and a Japanese convenience store’s love letter vending machine proves they really do sell everything... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/support

Torchy the Battery Boy was an early puppet series from Gerry Anderson and Roberta Leigh. A toymaker makes a walking talking toy based on a torch (or flashlight) battery. This toy flies a rocket to a far away star called Topsy Turvey Land! Please send us your comments, questions, requests and complaints. You can reach […]

I will be at Dragon Con speaking on five panels! One of which will be streamed on Twitch at the DCDigitalMedia channel. Check out my schedule on social media! I made a TikTok! The first one shows my arcade. You can view it without being a TikTok subscriber, but if you are, follow me at BobbyBlackwolf. Apple has loosened some of their requirements for app store developers in regards to other methods of payment as a proposed settlement to a 2019 class action lawsuit. The indie game developer of Summer of '58 announced that his next game is on hiatus due to the amount of alleged refund abuse on Steam - his game can be completed in 90 minutes so many people are able to get their money back after completion. Then we talk to chat about Gamescom reveals, as well as to Rob about Dragon Con - until the connection craps out. We will be back in two weeks!

DJ Ranma S and Mako-chan discuss Puchi Con 2021, and you definitely don't want to miss this! Also if time permits, live action Cowboy Bebop screenshots, and clap back from one of the actors! Convention updates from Wonder Festival and Jump Festa, and a manga company creates an LGBTQ sensitivity reader panel. Meanwhile in Japan, penis fencing takes over Japanese Twitter, man arrested for smearing poo on a backpack, and another man leaves a bag of red stained knives at a stranger's house?! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/support

Gamescom happened this week, and with it two large online events showcasing the latest games, including a Microsoft event, and Opening Night Live from The Game Awards team. A new Saints Row game was teased at Opening Night Live, but was it what our resident Saints Row fan LOKI was hoping for? Or were there issues with the way it was announced? We discuss this and much more from the week in gaming.

The Southern-Fried Gaming expo was this past weekend - and it was my first in-person convention in two years. My feet are tired, but it was an enjoyable time. There's a lot of video in this segment, which you can see by subscribing to our Twitch channel and watching the VOD - but I try to describe everything. Before SFGE, I had played through Boyfriend Dungeon - which is a rogue-lite and dating sim. There's a controversy over the villain being portrayed too on the nose and for people who want to play the game without him, but that's like asking to play Final Fantasy VII without Sephiroth... Then we talk to Rob about Dragon Con in two weeks!

There is a growing problem with "hate raids" on Twitch, to which Twitch has responded they are working on it yet the hate raids continue. This has led members of the community to declare September 1st a day off of twitch. We talk about this unfortunate recent trend, and some of our ideas on things Twitch should and could be doing. As well as tackling this important topic regarding gaming culture, there is plenty of gaming news for us to get into this week as well!

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.