#662: It Was Already like This When I Got Here

#662: It Was Already like This When I Got Here

Author: AJS Studios January 29, 2025 Duration: 1:23:07

Crunchyroll confirms limited credentials posted, but no breach was discovered, an anime producer becomes new Fuji Television president, and BAND-MAID to release music video for a song used in a new anime opening! Also, TOKYOPOP contributes to voice actors lost homes in LA wildfires, Cells at Work live-action grosses over 5 billion yen,Square Enix Tokyo cafe to shut down, and an anime studio merger leads to one being dissolved! Meanwhile in Japan, a 71-year-old robs 63 houses and treats strangers to sushi just to look cool, and a woman causes 8 separate traffic accidents in 35 minutes!


Dive into the vibrant world of otaku culture with Anime Jam Session, a weekly podcast that feels more like hanging out with your most knowledgeable anime-obsessed friends. Hosted by the energetic crew of DJ Ranma S, Mako-chan, Ari Rockefeller, and a rotating cast of staffers, this show captures the spontaneous, joyful chaos of convention hall debates and late-night watch parties. Each episode is a freewheeling discussion that spans the latest anime series, video game deep dives, convention adventures, and the ever-evolving landscape of fandom itself. The hosts bring their distinct personalities and perspectives to every topic, ensuring no two conversations are ever the same. This unique podcast is produced live every Tuesday evening, fostering a real-time community feel where the energy is palpable. It’s a celebration of all things geek, delivered with genuine passion and a sense of shared discovery. Tune in for the kind of authentic, unfiltered chatter you’d expect from a group that lives and breathes this culture, making each episode a new adventure in the expansive universe of animation and manga fandom.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 707

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Episode #153 - And Now for Something Completely Different! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:09:19
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 t…
Episode #154 - Passing Around the Peace Pipe Would be Easier. [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:01:20
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, an…
Episode #150 - The Substitution. [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:52:37
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 ow…
Episode #152 - Katsu-COOOOOOON!!!!!!! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:32:08
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 assh…
Episode #151 - The Cold Ice Calls for a Raging Inferno. [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:28:20
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…
Episode #149 - On the Road to... A Lot of Ice. [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:59:22
On this week's show Ranma, Ari, and Mako-chan talk about NARUTO's Kishimoto taking a break, Attack on Titan car commerical, the passing Ranma 1/2's Happosai- Ichiro Nagai. Then there's the Sailor Moon inspired South Kore…
Episode #148 - Two Cons and a Formal [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:08:05
On this week's show, DJ Ranma S talks about the Winter Anime Formal he and AgPhoenix went to. After that Seiya and Yaten from Kinmoku Revolution and Serephita Cosplay join the show to talk about Otakon Vegas and Anime LA…
Episode #147 - Kotoricon, Kicking off the 2014 Con Season! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:04:31
On this week's show, we talk about Sailor Moon, why a popular seiyuu suspended their blog, and The Simpsons Miyazaki tribute! We will be talking about Kotoricon-Gloucester County Anime Con 2014, and discuss interesting J…
Episode #145 - The Anime Jam Session 2013 Christmas Special! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:01:46
This is it! This is the one podcast you have been waiting for all year! The long awaited drunken podcast special! It's DJ Ranma S, Mako-chan, Ari Rockefeller, Silver Phoenix, along with special guests Avalon Cosplay, Kin…
Episode #144 - The End is Nigh for 2013! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:50:18
The staff discusses an upcoming Sants Claus anime on Kickstarter, along with the engagement of Ayumi Hamasaki to a UCLA medical student? Someone is finally arrested in the Kuroko Basketball threats, more collusion to the…