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, Kayla from Avalon Cosplay joins the crew as they talk about racial discrimination with cosplay photographers alogn with some issues with a cosplay photogoraphy Kickstarter. Also, Goro Miyazaki to direct a new tv anime. In Japan news, a deaf composer is found to be a fraud, Tokyo Zoo stages escape animal drill, driver arrested for smoking weed, and a dentist arrest for fondling a patient?!

Podcast by - 2/13/2014 9:01 PM Comments (1)

On this week's show Ranma, Ari, and Mako-chan talk about NARUTO's Kishimoto taking a break, Attack on Titan car commerical, the passing Ranma 1/2's Happosai- Ichiro Nagai. Then there's the Sailor Moon inspired South Korean ad, along with the dreaded Ghost in the Shell live action film, and topics about the voice acting industry! We'll also cover the Hello Kitty / Evangelion crossover, and Kenshin's sakabato! Also in News From Japan, more bike seats, threats, and the NHK?! Plus we take a moment and talk about JewWario.

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On this weeks show, DJ Ranma S talks about the Winter Anime Formal he and AgPhoenix went to. After that Seiya and Yaten from Kinmoku Revolution and Serephita Cosplay join the show to talk about Otakon Vegas and Anime LA!

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On this week's show, we talk about Sailor Moon, why a popular seiyuu suspended their blog, and The Simpsons Miyazaki tribute! We will be talking about Kotoricon 2014, and discuss interesting Japanese News such as stolen bike seats, a revenge website, and AKB48!

Podcast by - 1/17/2014 10:32 PM Comments (0)

Are you ready? Because they are! The staff is back from their holiday break with a brand new podcast! This week, Ranma, Mako-chan, and Ari talk about the return of Fairy Tail, Kill la Kill plagiarism, and an update on Sailor Moon Watch 2014, with a special concert CD! Ari will talk about his escapades at MAGFest, 12, followed by some controversy about that long awaited anime, Space Dandy! And guess who is unretired again... We also discuss the deal with old people and mochi, haggling a mugger, and taking your fan obsession to the next level!

Podcast by - 1/9/2014 10:23 PM Comments (0)

This is it! This is the one podcast you have been waiting for all year! The long awaited drunken podcast special! It's DJ Ranma S, Mako-chan, Ari Rockefeller, Silver Phoenix, along with special guests Avalon Cosplay, Kinmoku Revolution, and Jamie Summers of Orange Lounge Radio! Join them on a three hour tour as they look back at talked about anime news of 2013 as they do shots... And then some!

Podcast by - 12/26/2013 9:06 PM Comments (0)

The staff discusses an upcoming Sants Claus anime on Kickstarter, along with the engagement of Ayumi Hamasaki to a UCLA medical student? Someone is finally arrested in the Kuroko Basketball threats, more collusion to the new Avengers anime is Pokemon! Ring in the new year with Evangelion champagne! Seven animes that take place in America, and Death Note... The Musical? From Stories in Japan, man steals 250,000 yen to feed cats, gourmet food... Man arrested for cutting a schoolgirl skirt on the train, and the renaming of 13 American movies in Japan.

Podcast by - 12/20/2013 9:12 PM Comments (0)

On this week's pre-record episode, the hosts talk about seven animes to watch during Christmas holidays, the new Toonami Lineup for next year, and did a K-pop group rip off the opening of Lupin the III? Plus tons of Attack on Titan news, such as teh creator of Gundam criticizing the series, a new director for the live action movie, and how the creator of the manga is changing the ending. And what's this about a man arraested for an anime themed credit card? In Japan news, Docomo puts out an app to lock your phone while walking, a local woman arrested for harrassing the police, a bonenkai cancelled due to threat, and how the NHK gets your money even if you don't own a tv!

Podcast by - 12/12/2013 9:56 PM Comments (0)

Right before we started this episode, last minute news just dropped in our laps! So on this extended episode Ranma and Mako-chan discuss the issues of Jessica Nigri and her Assassin's Creed cosplay, and Mako has her two cents! Then the team rips Aki-con apart with their handling of the sexual assault! Then the team calms down with discussion of the live action Lupin III movie, the new trend in cosplay undressing, how Japanese weather is more fun. A new Lucky Star spinoff and a new Fairy Tail project next spring... And a Gurren Lagann baseball manga?!

Podcast by - 12/5/2013 9:28 PM Comments (2)

On this week's showgram, the hosts talk about a popular Japanese animator doing MLP drawings, NARUTO coming to an end, and the Doraemon manga coming to Amazon.com. Mako-chan get excited over the Black Butler movie, DJ Ranma S gets psyched over the Bubblegum Crisis kickstarter. The team talk about celebrities voicing anime too. From News in Japan, a cop is arrested for upskirt shots, a man cutting off women's underwear, and a woman shot because the hunter thought she was a boar?!

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