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, Mako-chan and DJ Ranma S get ready for Zenkaikon 2014! Also, the crew talks Miku touring with Lady Gaga, more Sailor Moon Crystal news, and Samuel L. Jackson's KITE. Plus we'll announce which new seiyuu is expecting and most likely you'll be just as shocked as we are! Ranma opens things with discussions about Party Starz and what bs Wizard World is up to! Also in News From Japan, a wild monkey, crazy guy with a umbrella, and what's the deal with Cup A Noodles?

Podcast by - 4/24/2014 11:07 PM Comments (0)

PAX! PAX! PAX! It's our PAX East 2014 show! Join DJ Ranma S and Mako-chan as they talk about their adventures in Boston! Also, they discuss the live action Lupin III movie, and Sega's new anime based off their animorphed consoles! And from our News in Japan segment... Vandalized park toilets, two drunken police officers, and an old man stealing underwear?!

Podcast by - 4/19/2014 10:27 PM Comments (0)

On this week's show, DJ Ranma S and Avalon Cosplay talk about Castle Point Anime Convention which took place this past Sunday. Then with Mako-chan and Ari Rockefeller, the entire staff discuss the new SeraMyu and a contest with Uranus and Neptune. Also there's a CMV parody of Pharrel's Happy. In News from Japan, we have a followup on a stolen 3DS, and two people dead by a car door and crabs?! And then the Open Forum Topic: What anime series you think should get either a second season or a better ending?

Podcast by - 4/10/2014 10:15 PM Comments (1)

On this week's show, DJ Ranma S, Ari Rockefeller, and Mako-chan discuss the new Kill La Kill and Hatsune Miku cafes, anime director Yoshiyuki Tomino states anime has no future. Meanwhile Bandai rolls out Capsule Figures in cans to counter tax increase in country. On the cosplay side of thing, we discuss how one cosplayer lost 100 pounds for a particular reason, and another cosplayer who talk about being a plus sized cosplayer. On the Open Forum Topic, we ask the following, "What is the most money you have spent on a cosplay, whether it was a commission, or you paid for it yourself." And in News from Japan, a man sues police after being locked up with gang member, while another attacks school girls on bikes, and finally one guy is arrested over hit and run with a woman he met on dating site.

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This week, DJ Ranma S, Ari Rockefeller, and Avalon talk about FUNimation's latest Cash Cow: Attack on Titan! Along with news of a second season of Space Dandy. More info is revealed about Sailor Moon as Gundam celebrated 35 great years. And we touch base on the FUNimation/Anime Haus lawsuit. And AKB48's producer Sayaka Akimoto is picked to produce the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Ceremony! We then bring up our Open Forum Topic: When rooming with multiple people in a hotel room, shenanigans tend to happen. So, what has been the strangest, funniest, interesting, most outlandish thing that has happened to you when you walked in your room? And in News from Japan, Crimea's new Attorney General is too cute for Japan, counterfeit coins for vending machines, a record high of stalkers in 2013, and 11 year old knocked off bike by older man?!

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This week, Cosplay Correspondent Kayla of Avalon Cosplay joins us as Player 4 as she tells Mako-chan and Ari Rockefeller about SpringfestNY 2014! While she's doing that, DJ Ranma S gets the grill ready for this one, yet again! Also on the roll, the hosts discuss issues with Attack on Titan dubbing and translation, images of Sailor Moon Crystal emerges, and does the hype of a popular series kill it for you? Also, AnimeNEXT brings us World Cosplay Summit 2015 Prelims to the tris-state area! And our Open Forum Topic- "If there were two conventions the same weekend, and one is closer to you that you’ve always attended, aside from financial issues, what reason would you not go?" And in News from Japan, someone arrested for burning Anne Frank books and stealing bikes, and one airliner brings back miniskirt stewardesses?

Podcast by - 3/20/2014 10:13 PM Comments (0)

DJ Ranma S, Ari Rockefeller, Mako-chan talk the talk about The Wind Rises, the latest film from Studio Ghibli. Ranma and Mako-chan talk about Animania EXPO Con in NJ, along with Ranma railing about the Otakon's changes to registration and cosplay photoshoots. Thjis is followed up by Ranma discussing hotel issues with Katsucon. Mako gets quite enraged over issues from Fan Expo Canada. Ranma discusses the Open Forum Topic, and Ari with Hello Kitty and wrestling. The hosts also discuss the 7 horrible girlfriends. And in News From Japan, AKB48 is looking for a big sister, Anne Frank House donates books, and a serial underwear thief caught!

Podcast by - 3/13/2014 10:13 PM Comments (0)

DJ Ranma S, Ari Rockefeller, Mako-chan, Koi, and special guest Soni from S0ni Cosplay joins us on an open forum podcast. The five of them discuss some of the hotbed topics between cosplayers and cosplay photographers, and solutions as well. While duscussing this, the Skypeline was open throughout the show for callers to call in and voice their opinon on topics at hand.

Podcast by - 3/6/2014 9:03 PM Comments (1)

DJ Ranma S, Ari Rockefeller, and Mako-chan talk about the craze of marshmallow and other chubby girl jpop groups, Bandai dropping C&Ds into China, Deathnote returns and updates on the Bubblegum Crisis bluray! Also, the top 10 video games with anime art, live action Detective Conan, MLP guest voicing, and should there be a label on hobbies? In news from Japan, a man arrested for stepping on children's feet, 260+ copies of The Diary of Anne Frank's destroyed in public libraries, man arrested for REALLY bad driving, and purse snatchers found!

Podcast by - 2/27/2014 9:22 PM Comments (1)

DJ Ranma S, Ari Rockefeller, and Avalon Cosplay sit down and talk about Katsucon XX. Meanwhile Mako-chan talks about the tasty alcohols she had that weekend. In Japan News, the crew talk about snowfall, video gaming assholes, angry Olympic fans, and chefs serving whale meat.

Podcast by - 2/22/2014 9:12 AM Comments (0)