Anime Jam Session

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?!

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.

On this week's podcast, guest host Kayla from Avalon Cosplay fills in for Mako-chan, while she's home recovering from surgery. Then we talk about the infamous Katsucon Gazebo, popular Valentine anime crushes, plus our own as well. Tokyo Disney gay wedding spins off a manga, Pokemon and the Super Bowl, Utada Hikaru gets married again, and an incestuous anime that's not hentai? In Interesting Japanese News, banning loud music at the beach, a high heeled crook, and does the bra say you're in love?

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.

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!

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!

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 youve 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?

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?!

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.

On this epsiode, DJ Ranma S and Kuro Usagi interview Brad Swaile, Brian, and Aidan Drummond from The Ocean Group. they're known for doing voices in Ranma 1/2, Dragon Ball Z, Maison Ikkoku, and the ever popular DeathNote. Special thanks to Ani-Gamers and The Monclarian for helping with this interview.