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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

We have an update on Neo Anime Oasis! Also on tonight's news, changes with Love Live School Idol Festival, a manga about an American rock star gets a reprint, and JIMMY CHOO's Sailor Moon inspired shoes. Plus, International Anime Music Festival postpones, Japanese composer wins Best Global Music Album Grammy, and live action Neon Genesis Evangelion play ditches original characters for a new story? Meanwhile in Japan, revolving sushi has stopped at a big restaurant chain, Hakushu whisky goes into cans for highballs, and the nap chamber! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

DJ Ranma S discusses Selfie Clubhouse's Selfie Con and Neo Anime Oasis's convention rules... Also, Anime Corner News's 2022 anime winners, new Ranma ½ merch, and the new anime song for Sailor Moon Cosmos! Plus, Attack on Titan's mangaka auctions off desks, and the US releases of four Neon Genesis Evangelion tracks?! Meanwhile in Japan, a groper was arrested, but swears he only touched one breast, an unmanned hotel is open in Japan, and loud cheering and full attendance are allowed at concerts and sporting events! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

The Anime Awards nominations for 2023 are out! Also voice actress and singer Rica Matsumoto appears at Carnegie Hall, and streaming service GYAO! shuts down... Plus, a YouTuber's fish reveals their credit card, a Lum coffee collab, and One Piece themed gym?! Meanwhile in Japan, Tropicana's 19 million yen fine, tentacle ear plugs, and what's going on with the salted plum industry?! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

And we're back from break! On our first show of the year... What's been going on with Pokémon?! Mako-chan fills us in! Anime NYC's founder Peter Tatara leaves for a new role, Production IG and Studio Khara collab for Kaiju No.8, Aya Hirano discusses some of the harassment she endured in the industry, and Netflix grabs the rights for the live action My Hero Academia! Meanwhile in Japan, an update on the teacher that used a store bathroom for self-pleasure, a politician in trouble for doing pullups in the train, and cherries hit a record breaking sales in an auction? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

It's our 2022 Christmas Special! Join DJ Ranma S, Ari Rockefeller, Mako-chan, BerryMelon , and Koibug with their cups of eggnog as they share the holiday cheers and jeers of some interesting holiday stories, interesting gifts, and lot more! Plus some interesting news, such as a kid who brags about being a thug and it backfires, a man arrested vandalizing a gate with coffee milk, retired gaming Pokémon fish, and the newest VTuber is a great-grandmother?! Plus the return of Ask Anime Jam Session Hosts! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

Masashi Kishimoto celebrates 20 years of the Naruto anime with a special illustration, Trigun Stampede premieres Jan 7th, and a Pokémon card scammer out of Oklahoma causes problems. Also, Way of the Househusband starts Jan 1, Lucky Star manga spinoff with Konata Izumi, and SACRA MUSIC FES is back! Meanwhile in Japan, a man on a motorbike drives into police station to complain about rude drivers and Pepsi Japan creates a cola just for fried chicken? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

Popeye: The Manga! Also, Chie Nakamura takes a break from Boruto, singer Kiro Akiyama is arrested for assault, and welcome the cast of LoveLive!: The Musical! Plus, Vic Mignogna petitions to have his court case reviewed, and the new anime Pole Princess! Meanwhile in Japan, city employee kills a boar on school grounds, youth suffer from constipation due to toilets, and Asahi gifts employees bonus money to eat out? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

On tonight's show, Ari Rockefeller brings us the Anime NYC wrapup! Also tonight, voices for Lupin III prequel revealed, we pay homage to JASON DAVID FRANK - Official Fan Page, and is there more Symphogear on the way?! Plus, a man arrested for threatening ComicMarket　コミックマーケット, and Ranma ½ teams up with Felissimo International Limited! Meanwhile in Japan, Mandarake banned from selling adult items, a cop threatens a boar and to which it obeys, and Tsundere beer? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

We pay tribute to Kevin Lillard, one of the pioneers in cosplay photography, along with Kevin Conroy, the animated voice Batman, a generation... Also, super group THE LAST ROCKSTARS announce tour, Ash Ketchum is finally a world champion, and a hand drawn Star Wars short by Studio Ghibli. Plus, AFRO Samurai manga hits the US as a director's cut, and Goku is back in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! Meanwhile in Japan, a town livestreams politician's faces to make sure they're not sleep and Daiso: The Trading Card Game? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

DJ Ranma S follows up with a  DerpyCon addendum and Anime NYC's latest changes on panels. Also, a Love Live School Idol Project seiyuu steps down due to their health, celebrate 30 years of Sailor Moon with an LP, new Godzilla project in the works, Neon Genesis Evangelion: the stage play, and a new anime entertainment complex! Meanwhile in Japan... a bus driver flunked a breathalyzer due to bread, hot bottled drinking water, and the government says not all miso is miso?! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

It's DerpyCon 2022! Join DJ Ranma S and Mako-chan and they tell you about their return visit to this con after a multi-year hiatus! Plus their BAND-MAID concert review! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

DJ Ranma S kicks things off by breaking down the whole Bayonetta controversy! Also tonight, new Lupin III anime, ADK Holdings president is arrested, and FullMetal Alchemist stage play is announced! Plus, Spy x Family teams up with BURGER KING JAPAN ／バーガーキング・ジャパン, and the teaser for the FLOW virtual concert! Meanwhile in Japan, モスバーガー（MOS BURGER） awards 500 customers with a fried chicken sleeping bag, Osaka hotel with a heavy metal buffet theme, and the weirdest dating sim ever with romancing a guy with an ice cream head... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

We're talking Another Anime Convention (AAC) 2022! Join DJ Ranma S and Ari Rockefeller as they give a full review of their latest convention trip! Also if time persists, we have news about Hunter X Hunter, fans are going old school with Urusei Yatsura, and update on Kazuki Takahashi, the creator of Yu-Gi-Oh!, a skull found at ユニバーサル・スタジオ・ジャパン / Universal Studios Japan (USJ), and a car crashes in to Japan's oldest restroom?! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support