Anime Jam Session

Mako-chan squees over the new Lupin III vs Detective Conan movie... VIZ Media Europe gets the distro rights to Sailor Moon, the original anime, Aku No Hana gets licensed, but noone really cares... A Japanese food chain creates a new Evangelion burger, then Mako-chan tells us about about a new YouTube series called "The Big Girl"... And DJ Ranma S pitches one of his wacky anime / video game crossover idea, and it works!

As Ranma and Mako-chan help Ranma settle into his new place, Ari talks about Chibicon... Exclusive interview with Karmaluna Cosplay! And followed up with Ranma and Mako-chan talking about the Sakura Matsuri festival at the Brooklyn, Botanical Gardens in NYC!

Monster Rancher (Monster Farm) gets released in two flavors, subbed and dubbed... Nintendo censors Fire Emblem DLC in North America, Bandai reveals the Sailor Moon S.H. Figurearts for the US... Ghost in the Shell: Arise Blu-Ray get released in Japan with English subtitles. Evangelion manga comes to an end... Princess Monoke stage play gets a bit of backlash from Japan. Ranma discusses a topic on his brother's Facebook which reveals to a softer side of him... And finally, the team tackles the horrible anime dub openings, along with a couple of titles that weren't listed.

In this "controversial" episode, the hosts, along with DJ AJ, reflect back on conventions that have pulled shady tactics amongst it's staff, attendees, and including people in the industry. Wanna know what cons we talked about? Take a listen! :D

The team sits down and interviews up and coming voice actor Mario Bueno. After that, it becomes a podcast roundtable of articles about Anime Boston cancelling the dance... A discussion about the cosplay culture in Japan, the 10th anniversary of Saint Seiya... Could Goku be coming to the new Smash Bros game? And information about the new live action Black Butler surfaces, but could it also make the fangirls go squee? Plus the team hits up Clovercon, a local convention, hear what they thought.

So last week our own DJ Ranma S calls into the Black Girl Nerd podcast about racism and cosplaying. After listening to their podcast, he needed to get some things off his chest and pretty much counter their podcast, explain things that he felt were half truths and whatnot. Listen as he, Ari, and Mako-chan break it down and tell you how it really is! And after that, the team discusses about a man's job is in jeopardy due his love of anime, Sword Art Online's retail pricing and airing on Toonami... And what if there was a Big-O season 3!

This week, we bring on special guest Elly Winters, webmistress from Miss Dream Subs (www.missdream.org)! She brings us all the great news about the new SeraMyu musical! Ranma brings to the table information about a new maid cafe in NYC. We then discuss The Cosplay Studio Project, a mobile cosplay photo studio! And then the hosts discuss the elephant in the room... Liz Katz and her cosplay fundraising project... Listen how DJ Ranma S once more, give her hell for it!

This week's podcast was to discuss Denver Comic Con and AnimeNEXT. Due to audio recording difficulties, the part on DCC was not recorded, alogn with a certain part on AnimeNEXT. The podcast was edited together to discuss the rest of the weekend, along with masquerade and body pillow controversies. Wanna know what happened? Take a listen!

On this week's show, we intervew Christa Morris, the genius behind The Cosplay Studio Project. We then follow up talk about CLAMP who said they wouldn't mind a remake of Card Captor Sakura, and the team talks about animes they'd like to see a reboot of. Discussion of yet another possible Gundam series. And then the team pays honor and tribute to seiyuu Kenji Utsumi who passed away, known for voicing Roah from Fish of the North Star and Armstrong from FMA.

On this week's Super Sentai themed episode, Ranma, Mako-chan, Ari, Yunie, and Jen/DJAJ discuss Denver Comic Con, PortCon Maine, and an article named "Why Guys Secretly Want to Date Otaku Girls"... And it gets deep! And Mako-chan discusses MLP: Equestria Girls- The Movie... SOBER!