Anime Jam Session

The date is announced for live-action Yu Yu Hakusho, Dragon Ball gets new anime, and the trailer for Scott Pilgrim anime is shown during NYCC! Also, the Van Gogh Museum pulls the Pikachu card from promotion due to safety concerns, VIZ Media launches a new manga platform, and Gou Tanabe launches manga based on H. P. Lovecraft stories! Meanwhile in Japan... A drunk man live streams himself getting robbed after falling asleep, a hot spring offers the chance to participate in Sports Day, a popsicle tastes and feels like you're eating peanut butter, and a sushi "terrorist" found guilty!

What the heck is going on with Ohayocon?! Union busting?! Hayao Miyazaki is back from retirement... Again... And Alice in Borderland season 3 is confirmed! Also, no more new FLCL, Crunchyroll may owe you money, and My Neighbor Totoro gets a sequel screening this fall! Meanwhile in Japan... A Cup Noodles measuring cup, a coffee business teams up with a Sake brewer, and a name change along with more changes with a new formation of Johnny's!

Haruhi Suzumiya's 20th anniversary announcement, Studio Ghibli officially becomes a subsidiary of Nippon Television, and WebToon removes a popular Korean comic. Also, Right Stuf migrates products to the Crunchyroll store, the Yohane LoveLive spinoff gets a 2D video game, and the Gurren Lagann mobile game launches Oct 12! Meanwhile in Japan... A fantasy weapon shop is opening in Tokyo and a naked man is arrested after buying underwear?!

The Spy x Family sim game hits Nintendo Switch! Plus, check out the Yu Yu Hakusho manga online and the stone mask from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is now a jelly! Also, Lupin III gets a kabuki adaptation, Azuki: Your Digital Manga Cafe adds over 300 manga chapters from Kodansha US, and compensation is set for Johnny's late founders stemmed from sexual abuse. Meanwhile in Japan... The Tokyo government opens an anime art archive museum, an inn that allows you to wear samurai armor while playing video games, and ユニバーサル・スタジオ・ジャパン / Universal Studios Japan (USJ) newest survival horror maze to be Resident Evil themed...

E3 no longer partnering with ReedPOP, the US premiere of Dr. STONE New World Part 2, and Nippon TV begins its Friday anime programming block! Also, Toho Godzilla's Godzilla Minus One film will close the 東京国際映画祭　TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, PR head says that Hayao Miyazaki has not retired from filmmaking, and Serial Experiments Lain AI bot lets you chat with Lain. Meanwhile in Japan... Nissin releases caffeinated Cup Noodle for gamers and Sapporo creates matcha cocktails?

Ghost In The Shell season 2 gets a theatrical release, Urusei Yatsura anime returns in 2024, and a sake glass set featuring Lupin III. Also, YouTuber Uncle Roger gets hit with a copyright strike from Toei Animation, the SAG-AFTRA union votes on a possible strike against video game companies, and Pokémon is getting a live-action drama series! Meanwhile in Japan... Karaoke while floating on the ocean, a full bar inside the convenience store will smoke your combini snacks, and rock band, Scandal, earns a World Record!

The podcast crew discusses Shikkaricon 2023, and well... You gotta tune in for that. Also tonight, lesser-known Sanrio mascots are getting a live-action TV series, Urusei Yatsura collabs for an electrifying fashion line, and Cowboy Bebop the movie returns to theaters! Meanwhile in Japan... A new bath oil lets you feel like you're soaking in your favorite flavorings, Japan now has a cat aptitude test, and Keanu Reeves and SUNTORY サントリー explore Whisky and Monozukuri for new series!

Pro Pokémon players were eliminated from the 2023 World Championships for hacked data, a cosplayer 'banned from boarding a flight' to an event, Disney+ and Hulu to increase prices and lock down password sharing, and a new trailer for Detective Pikachu Returns! Also, an update for Aniplex Online Fest 2023, ComicMarket　コミックマーケット attendance jumps to pre-Covid numbers, and The Pokemon Company donate to Maui Wildfire fund. Meanwhile in Japan... A Japanese TV issues heatstroke alerts as they play high school baseball, a woman is arrested for stealing her boyfriend's Kingdom Hearts figure, and haunted mazes are not just for Halloween!

Cards stolen from Gen Con, a 4k remastering of Space Battleship Yamato, and BOBOBO-BO BO-BOBO gets a remastering too! Also, World Cosplay Summit 世界コスプレサミット results are in, Hasbro sells off eOne to Lionsgate, Ippei Kuri passes away, and a One Piece hater spams IMDB with 1 star ratings of the anime?! Meanwhile in Japan, a nationwide test shows English language skills are lacking in youth, standing sleep pods coming to a café, World Fair 2025 aims to be first in the world to allow pets to enter, and a rice ball recall for 7-11...

Is Otakon staff power trippin? DJ Ranma S has the scoop! Also, original Digimon Adventure movies get a new dub, a Pokémon Pokémon-themed art installation at JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles, and 20 years of Death Note with an art exhibit in Japan! Besides a new Ranma 1/2 clothing collab, Jigen from Lupin III gets his own live-action movie, and The Super Mario Bros. Movie becomes the 2nd highest-earning foreign film in Japan! Meanwhile in Japan, a local middle school is banned from McDonald's, a man is arrested for throwing a dog at cops, and a store clerk is arrested for punching a customer?!