Anime Jam Session

This  week...  What happened with Universal FanCon?!  We get in deep! Also great news about Gunsmith Cats!  New Love Live! School Idol Project (  ラブライブ！) mobile  game, tailors to the Queen of England make a spiffy, high  end Gundam cosplay!  New Bubblegum Crisis blu-rays,  and the return of the Rurouni Kenshin manga,  and with controversy... And in Strange News From Japan, big sumo dudes jumping,  officially spring, a bladed duel between garbagemen, and a shogun arrested for  being a pee-ping top?!

This  week, why  is there a lifesize Miss Kobayashi's Dragon  Maid figure  at a school? Also, a new Super Sentai project  featuring Sentai moms! Pokémon to  arrive to Universal Orlando Resort,  new Sakura Taisen and Record of Lodoss War videogames!  And virtually marry an anime character? Also in strange news from Japan, sumo  association bans even 5 year old girls from the ring, idol group disbands after  premiere event due to too many differences, and a sickle  fight?!

This  week, we  pay respect to one of the co-founders of Studio Ghibli who  passed. Also, the Japanese government asks ISPs to block unauthorized manga  sites, and Funimation licenses Ai Tenchi Muyo!!   Rumiko Takahashi to  start a new manga, Niantic settles Pokémon GO fest  lawsuit, and what went wrong with Osomatsu-san?   In Strange News From Japan, a woman is arrested for literally kicking ass, fan  attempts seppuku in front of retiring idol, and repeated recording of "thank  you" for better tasting candy?!

This  week, the hosts talk about April Fool's pranks done by the anime, manga, and  game industry out of Japan, and then they crew get on their soapboxes and  discuss in detail how today's anime fans have it good!  Then in Strange News  From Japan, Taiwanese man throws soup in a woman's face for being touched by  hair, ex-soccer player collects poop, and male window silhouettes for women that  live alone... Also, what happened to episode 351?

This  week, virtual  YouTuber Kizuna AI（official）is  casted in an anime, City Hunter is  back with a new film, and the long awaited Gunsmith Cats kickstarter!  New Cute High Earth Defense Club  Love anime  starts next month, and what's up with Shaman King?  A Hello Kitty bullet  train, and an Oregon tourism video done up Studio Ghibli style!  And in Strange News From Japan, a follow up to last week's article about idol  group and no dating, new bathroom signage for a bathroom, and a toilet that  gives the best poop ever?!

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!

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?!

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!

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 night 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?