What happened at Animanga, we'll get into it! Anime Expo® and Comiket has convention updates for us! Plus Kadokawa's President apologizes about his comment on manga, and what could have been in the Olympics opening ceremonies. Also, AKB48 cancels concerts and appearances, TikTok collabs with Rumic Festival, and manga sales skyrocket in France due to free money! Meanwhile in Japan, a country kimono project with designs for 200 countries, man repeatedly steals food from store with a pay chime, 13 year old becomes first women's Olympic gold medalist, and a Super Sentai cafe! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/support

Employees of Activision-Blizzard staged a walkout this week, and it could be a sign of something much bigger to come not just for this company but for the entire industry. We talk about this, and also about one big manager mis-step to come out so far. Later in the show in our call in segments, we hear from a listener who wonders if the game industry unionizing could bring it's own set of problems. All these opinions and more on another week of the show where every gamer has a voice!   Also in the News:   * New PS5 System Software * Horizon Forbidden West Delayed * Final Fantasy 14 Job Icon Change * Netflix to Get Live Pokemon Show?

I was on the Dragon Con Digital Media Track Creator Spotlight last week! You can check it out now on YouTube. I got the Elgato Facecam and, while there are some hiccups with it being the first run of a technology product, it does the job it advertises well. The Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony used video game music for the Parade of Nations - but why were some prominent games not used? The State of California has filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard for gender discrimination among other terrible things. Then we talk to OLR about Dragon Con and doing panels at conventions in 2021.

DJ Ranma S has a Hot Take about Blerdcon, and you don't want to miss that! Also, One Piece collabs with Where's Waldo?, 2.5 stage plays featuring Naruto, My Hero Academia, & Sailor Moon for streaming, and HYDE announces a 20th anniversary concert! Plus a Netflix Pokémon series, Fist of the North Star musical, and the latest Evangelion movie places 35th highest grossing in Japan! Meanwhile in Japan... Drunk droning (you heard that right), the "young" lady in the McDonald's commercial, and a follow up to the stolen RX-7! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/support

A lawsuit filed by the state of California against Activision-Blizzard has sent shockwaves thru the industry. Yet here we are again with yet another story about a video game company treating marginalized people terribly. When will this end? When will this industry grow up? When will the leaders responsible for enabling this work culture face repercussions for what has unfolded on their watch? We try our best to find some answers, as well as talk about what we hope our government will do to hold this industry accountable for it's actions. We get into gaming news as well after that.

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I will be moderating two panels at the Southern-Fried Gaming Expo in Atlanta on August 20-22 as well as four panels at Dragon Con on Labor Day Weekend! Google announced that they are starting a Pay For Engagement model for games on Stadia Pro that pays developers based on how many days consumers open their games. Some game developers are worried about the long-term impacts on game design of this compensation model. Valve has announced the Steam Deck, a handheld PC that plays most of your Steam library. Then we talk to OLR about the Steam Deck and more Yakuza: Like A Dragon.

Valve surprised the industry this week by unveiling the Steam Deck, a portable but also dockable PC meant for gaming on the go. Or as many people are joking online, a Switch Pro. However, is what Valve doing something meant to be direct competition for Nintendo, or more an expansion to the market that Nintendo started? We get into that not only in the news tonight, but with the return of live phone calls to the program tonight. There's MUCH more news this week as many companies arrived a little late to the summer gaming news bonanza!

Summer Games Done Quick 2021 Online is in the books raising over $2.9 million for Doctor's Without Borders. I was backstage for the event and working as a host/donation reader, so I'll talk about what that was like and highlight both speedruns I was on the air for as well as others you should check out. Nintendo announced the Nintendo Switch (OLED Model) and while it has a better screen in handheld mode, it wasn't the 4K Switch Pro that people wanted in their heads. Then we talk to OLR about SGDQ and Yakuza: Like a Dragon.

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.