Anime Jam Session


Anime Jam Session is a 90+ minute weekly podcast hosted by DJ Ranma S, Mako-chan, and the resident staff writer Ari Rockefeller. Join them as they discuss topics in regards to anime, cosplay, conventions, video games, along with pop culture, tech, and other anime related topics.

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!

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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?!

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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!

Podcast by - 3/6/2018 9:15 PM Comments (0)

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?!

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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 jnight 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?

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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?!

Podcast by - 2/7/2018 9:15 PM Comments (0)

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?

Podcast by - 1/31/2018 9:15 PM Comments (0)

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...

Podcast by - 1/24/2018 9:15 PM Comments (0)

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?!

Podcast by - 1/17/2018 9:15 PM Comments (0)

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!

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