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... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

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? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

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! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

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?! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

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! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

Crunchyroll streams free horror anime for Halloween, Max adds new anime thanks to a streaming partnership deal, and the Genshin Impact collaboration turns Colonel Sanders into a Bishie! Also, Sailor Moon and JIMMY CHOO set worldwide release for manga-inspired products, Love Live! live-action drama inspired by the musical, not the anime, and the Detective Conan anime celebrates Edogawa Rampo in a two-part episode! Meanwhile in Japan, A collaboration to give us potato chip flavored fried chicken, and an attempted murder at an Anime Song Festival?! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

Voice Actor Itaru Yamamoto's agency ends their contract, Saint Young Men's Lucifer is revealed to be another Death Note alum, leading to another live-action rivalry, and the Cells at Work live-action movie trailer drops! Also, Sanrio's biggest rival released a new 90s-themed collection, Sanrio celebrates Kitty's anniversary with a 99.9% pure gold coin, and Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid gets an anime film! Meanwhile in Japan, the site of famous murder is now a karaoke parlor, and a Doctor wins the Ig Nobel Prize for learning we can breathe through our butts?! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

The anime world offers condolences after the passing of Seiyuu, Emi Shinohara, the dub cast for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice dressed in costume during the dubbing of the film, and Creamy Mami goes old school with cassette tape and player! Also, the world's biggest adult manga pirate site gets sued, Cowboy Bebop gets an unofficial unauthorized 600+ page book, and Fiat teams with Lupin the 3rd for car collaboration! Meanwhile in Japan, the 3000-year-old tree in the forest that inspired Princess Mononoke snaps in two, and a pizza chain starts pizza delivery for dogs?! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

DJ Ranma S gives us his thoughts on Anime NYC! Also, the first American Manga Awards winners announced, LINE WEBTOON cracks down on piracy, Fushigi Yugi gets 35th-anniversary exhibition, and the English dub confirmed for Rascal Does Not Dream series! Meanwhile in Japan... Bruno Mars creates a Don Quijote - English commercial, Premier love doll maker closing shop, and a tourist is arrested for having sex on shrine grounds?! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support

Crunchyroll teams up with Spotify for an anime playlist, creator celebrates the 25th anniversary of The Big O with new artwork and a new species named after Ranma Saotome! Also, Aniplex USA announces the date for this year's Aniplex Online Fest, LoveLive 穂乃果 announces a trading card game and a store changes policy after model kit box covers switched so the customer could pay less! Meanwhile in Japan, a karate expert states he didn't mean to kick the ghost and break his jaw, sues theme park because he was drunk, and Luigi teams up with FamilyMart (ファミリーマート) in a new collab event! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/animejamsession/support