Anime Jam Session

The passing of anime industry veteran Jan Scott-Frazier, Visa Japan confirms sales restrictions and long-time One Piece voice actor graduates! Also, new collaboration means brand new Sailor Senshi art, Vampire Hunter D comes to an AMC Theatres near you, and an isekai mobile and PC game to involve popular anime characters! Meanwhile in Japan... An elementary school installed a nap pod to encourage restfulness, and a castle raised ticket prices by up to 200 percent!

Yoshihiro Togashi undergoes surgery all while continuing to work on manga, LINE WEBTOON takes credit for 70 piracy sites shut down, and Rascal Does Not Dream's English dub to stream on Crunchyroll! Also, Sailor Moon Super Live comes to London in 2025, Google Chrome is now an anime, and Disney classic characters get changed into anime girls for new artwork! Meanwhile in Japan... A man exposed himself to a teen because he wanted her to see his underwear, and the Sword of Gryffindor is now illegal in Japan?!

Anime NYC expands to a 4-day event, Kadokawa releases a statement on acquisition, and Netflix releases a time frame for Alice In Borderland's season 3 release. Also, Gundam and Bandai team up with NASA for a game launch, Disney Twisted-Wonderland English gets a 3 season anime, and a popular manga magazine is raising the minimum pay for creators! Meanwhile in Japan, a man arrested for burying his mom, and a theft victim turns to crime!

Love Live unit Aqours releases music video for final solo concert theme song, Mickey Mouse becomes a Gundam, and Random House Graphic launches brand for mangas, manhwas, and webtoons! Also, Kyoto Animation - 京都アニメーション warns of websites using its name, Haruhi franchise crowdfunding reaches goals on day 1, and Sazae-san breaks its own Guinness World Records! Meanwhile in Japan, the Japan Poop Society is trying to protect people's health, one movement at a time, and a job quitting service contacted by a competitor after an employee uses its service?!

A voice actor quits over Crunchyroll's abuse,VIZ Media is in the top 10 manga piracy copyright takedowns on Google, and Crunchyroll/Funimation has made over 45 million URL takedown requests! Also, My Hero Academia drops a visual to celebrate 100 million manga copies, a dojin store chain to halt Visa/Mastercard payments starting in December, and Trials of Mana gets a live-action adaptation! Meanwhile in Japan, a blog post in 2016 led to an official military report on the legality of deployment against Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and pagers are back, with a twist...

BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment includes a personality test to help you choose your Death Note game character, industry veteran crowdfunding after being robbed, and Castlevania getting the Takarazuka treatment! Also, Netflix facing backlash over its payment structure, Interstella 5555 coming to theaters for one night only, and the TRANSFORMERS mobile game is revealed! Meanwhile in Japan, the Vatican now has an official anime-style mascot who is soon to travel to Japan, and a preschool principal hires a DJ for the kids...

We're talking DerpyCon 2024! Join DJ Ranma S and Mako-chan and they tell you about their final con of the year... You definitely don't want to miss that! Also, if time permits, we will discuss how a voice actor confronts Crunchyroll on mail theft and how another voice actor completed his collection of Super Famicom games! Meanwhile in Japan, BURGER KING JAPAN ン announces it will once again be closed on Halloween, in the most amusing way ever, and McDonald's Japan debuts a new anime girl mascot with an interesting but long name?

We're talking Another Anime Convention (AAC)! Join DJ Ranma S and Ari Rockefeller as they discuss all three days! Panels, chaos, cosplay, shenanigans, and much much more! Also, if time permits, we'll have Cutting Room Floor, Meanwhile in Japan news and so much more! The fun starts at 9 PM Eastern on Twitch!

DJ Ranma S discusses the first two episodes of Reiwa Ranma 1/2! WasabiCon was postponed due to the hurricane, Akira Toriyama is to be inducted into the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame, and Goku gets a new balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade! Also, Amazon Prime released the hit live-action yakuza comedian series, and Henry Cavill is attached to the live-action Voltron?! Meanwhile in Japan, a Karaoke chain gives the option of singing in the bathroom, a man is arrested for using insurance to pay for severed finger treatment, and Sake becomes ice cream for a favored cheap alcohol brand?!

Studio BONES spins off its production department as a new company, the Gundam franchise gets its own TCG, and LINE WEBTOON may be under a class action lawsuit due to its stocks? Also, an anime piracy streaming site is under scrutiny by the US government, and more piracy sites are being shut down! 株式会社KADOKAWA announces a worldwide drawing contest, and anime comes to Universal Studios Hollywood fan fest nights! Meanwhile in Japan, a company in Kyoto developing autofocus glasses, and another convenience store thief subdued thanks to anime!