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New Panty and Stocking! Also, what happened at Anime Expo®?! Hotel worker's strike, spoofed credit cards, bedbugs, issues with autograph tickets, huge crowds, people roofied at a 21+ event, vendors robbed, guests couldn't park at the venue... And a Suicide Squad Isekai?! Meanwhile in Japan, a life insurance company develops a dating sim, and farmers have developed a new fruit, the Lemon Melon... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

Five major companies pull out of Comic-Con International, fans react to the law requiring manga artists to reveal real names, and a Hospitality union strike could affect Anime Expo... Also, the Yohane spin-off series gets a video game announced for November, My Hero Academia collaborates with NBA, and the 2023 Sanrio popularity ranking is revealed! Meanwhile in Japan... Himeji Castle gets an official LEGO set, Godiva releases chocolate Daifuku in Japan, and a revolving sushi lawsuit could have a teen paying up to 160 million yen?! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

DJ Ranma S summarizes the AnimeNEXT chaos, so you don't want to miss that! Also, PGSM veteran Keiko Kitagawa cast as Sailor Cosmos in the new Sailor Moon Cosmos film, a voice actor claims Crunchyroll blocked auditions to reprise anime role in a video game, and a man hired to steal 1500 Pokémon cards was arrested. Plus, the live-action One Piece trailer is out and it's... Something... And Lycoris Recoil joins forces with Pizza Hut and Sanrio! Meanwhile in Japan, an Overnight Work Experience event allows school kids a nap in lieu of bedtime, father & son arrested for the same crime, and tasty Sanrio ice cream... But you have to work for it! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

An AI produced Black Jack manga, Hello Kitty covers the Sailor Moon theme song, and Demon Slayer takes over Times Square! Also, Akira Toriyama's Sand Land gets a game, Creamy Mami 40th Anniversary, and the 1st Sailor Moon Cosmos movie ends with a trailer for the second film! Meanwhile in Japan, an AI model is fired from Playboy, In-N-Out Burger comes to Tokyo, and a fee for tourists to ride buses in Kyoto? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

An Attack On Titan fan marries AI Eren Yeager, Crunchyroll blocks the Tower of God anime cast from being cast for the game, and Anisong unit Angela earns Guinness World Records! Also, Love Live! Unit Liella concert on MTV Unplugged streamed, Buffalo mass shooting victims' families sue 4chan, Good Smile Company, and others, and Aniplex acquires film company Origamix! Meanwhile in Japan, OxiClean sends detergent supply to a Tokyo card shop, and an arrest is made for theft of a lactic acid drink?! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

Sadness in the Anime USA community, a police officer was busted for taking upskirt shots at Anime Central, a CAPCOM VS. Osamu Tezuka exhibit, and Pokémon-themed streets! Also, Akiba Maid War Animation stage play visuals are out, Yen Press's latest acquisition from MCM London Comic Con, Anime Expo® announces more guests, and the Agency for Cultural Affairs website lists manga pirate site URLs for 6 months?! Meanwhile in Japan, sushi starts revolving again in Japan's largest revolving sushi restaurant and new English textbooks are crap. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

Join DJ Ranma S and Mako-chan as they discuss CloverCon at Somerset County 4-H! Also, an association for improving animator working conditions is created, a MACROSS shooting game is announced, Duolingo teams up with Crunchyroll for learning, and CHANEL teams up with Sailor Moon for artistic endeavors! Meanwhile in Japan, a new perfume inspired by bootleggers, and a yakuza member arrested for dog poop? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

Live-action Saint Seiya does well and Toei Animation wants to do another one, the Gundam franchise brings in big bucks, and a music composer is handed a suspended sentence?! Also, MyAnimeList.net is hacked, Yoko Takahashi is to stream a concert worldwide, and Spy x Family gets a coffee collab for Father's Day! Meanwhile in Japan... Japan to ban upskirting in sweeping sex crime reforms, highway rest stops now have high-tech trash cans, and a town population doubles as families decent to search for mythical snake?! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

A Ranma ½ prize lottery! Also, a Love Live seiyuu sings Attack On Titan for a crossover project, Eiichiro Oda gives an update on One Piece live-action series, and unaired Pokémon scripts surface! Plus, DJ Ranma S and Mako-chan discuss Kogaracon! Meanwhile in Japan, The Legend of Zelda flavored fried chicken, an idol singer unit hosts "Whack-an-Otaku", and 10 million yen found in the trash?! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

DJ Ranma S shares his tales of Castle Point Anime Convention... Was it worth it this year? Also, Japanese illustrators come together against AI art, seiyuu Hiroya Ishimaru announces his retirement, PreCure stage play to feature all high school boys, and Bushiroad establishes a new company for a new IP! Meanwhile in Japan, Yakuza members were arrested for attending a baseball game, and a Cup Noodles measuring cup! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

A famous voice actor changes his rules on autographs, and it's a good thing! Anime cover art plagiarized for textbooks, the Kyoto Animation - 京都アニメーション case goes to pre-trial, and the original Saint Seiya hits Crunchyroll with a remastered dub! And Netflix starts new password rules in the 2nd quarter, and Uniqlo's new anime shirts are a trip into anime's past... Meanwhile in Japan, nightmares are taking over Hello Kitty's theme park this summer, a man is arrested for failing to steal from a Shinto shrine, and KFC Japan adds hash browns burgers to their menu! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

Live-action One Piece is sunk in a test viewing... Or was it? Rumors abound! Kodansha pulls a game book due to inaccuracies, and Assassination Classroom is pulled from certain libraries in the country! Also, subcontracting studio Takuranke files for bankruptcy while a newer sister company continues, Happinet bids for the takeover of Broccoli, and the classic anime 冒险少女娜汀亚 Nadia the Secret of Blue Water is to be streamed on Retrocrush! Meanwhile in Japan, merchandising for a pregnant Japanese voice actress, a new capsule toy is a kitty litter snow globe, and a young Japanese girl pushes for women's sumo as a major sport! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

An ecchi anime's live broadcast upsets voice actor from the series, we finally get Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Anime, and Monster Energy goes after the games Pocket Monsters (Pokémon) and Monster Hunter... Ten animes turning 50 this year, and legendary mangaka Rumiko Takahashi is knighted by France! Meanwhile in Japan, local card shop demands you use deodorant or leave, an elegant game of kickball at the Imperial Palace, and a junior high school on remote Japan island holds graduation ceremony for it's only student, and a convenience store worker outsmarts the dumbest robber ever! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

Zenkaikon 2023! Four amazing days, with four different views! Join DJ Ranma S, Ari Rockefeller, Mako-chan, and WildSpice as they do their roundtable review of not only their first convention of the year, but also podcast's fan favorite! And if time permits, we'll have an update on lewding at Ghibli Park! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

We get a 24/7 anisong stream! Live action Cells at Work, mangaka legend Rumiko Takahashi draws a one-shot manga, new Pokémon anime gets a manga, composer Hidekazu Tanaka admits to obscenity charges, and Soul Eater celebrates 15 years! Meanwhile in Japan... Own a giant 3D cat from Shinjuku and the newest capsule toy that doesn't open?! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

A journalist thinks maid cafes are misogynistic, but we ask our local meido, BerryMelon, their thoughts! Also, an AI Keke Tang chatbot from Love Live Superstar, Shinjuku train station taken over to celebrate Pokémon, Plex Pro adds 24/7 HIDIVE channel, and the trailer for the live-action SAINT SEIYA is out, along with theme song by P!nk! Meanwhile in Japan, first arrests made for "sushi terrorism" prank videos, people getting lewd with anime figures in Ghibli Park, a laundromat owner clings to car of panty thief, and a Coca-Cola canned cocktail? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

Fans outraged with the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village movie, was it really a glorified flashback? Toei Animation brings us a new Precure all-stars movie with all 77 precures! That's a lot! One Piece on Ice this coming summer, along with a Chibi Godzilla anime! Crunchyroll to add music videos and concerts, and Takahashi Rie tells fans to bathe... Meanwhile in Japan, a Yakuza boss arrested for signing up for a discount supermarket point card, and a rude message to customers spark controversy... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

We discuss Katsucon with BerryMelon and her adventures in working the fashion show! Plus, Ari Rockefeller brings us Pokémon news, cool Spy x Family merch with My Fair Lady, Sailor Moon: Prism on Ice is canceled, and the new Urusei Yatsura anime has a whopping 93 track soundtrack! Meanwhile in Japan, a vending machine that meows at you, a candy company apologizes for it's price hike, and an anime girl body pillow that does ASMR?! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

We celebrate the life of legendary mangaka Leiji Matsumoto, discuss Crunchyroll's Xbox app, Genshin Impact recasts an English voice actor, and VIZ Media releases some great anime titles on YouTube! Meanwhile in Japan, one man was arrested for pooping on a bicycle seat, another arrested for paying his phone bill in the middle of a crime spree, and an otaku regrets wasting money?! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

More Love Live news! Updates on the spinoff and new group! Also, another dub voice actor caught with his pants down, and visuals on Hatsune Miku's 16th anniversary! The Super Mario Bros. Movie's latest trailer homages The Super Mario Bros Super Show, new Digimon project, and Yoshitaka Amano is coming to Anime Expo®! Meanwhile in Japan, rent school uniforms to wear into Tokyo Disneyland, and the Pastrami Donut Sandwich from Krispy Kreme Japan?! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support