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We here at Anime Jam Session are sad to report that a renowned cosplayer by the name Saya passed away. News of her death was confirmed by her younger sister; Saya died on March 15th, but given the circumstances both in Japan and with her being understandably shook up, it wasn’t made public right away. […]
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Funimation’s Busy Day
April 4th, 2011 
Ari Rockefeller Sometime around May of 2010, Navarre Corporation, the parent company of Funimation, announced they were putting the company up for sale. Today, hours ago, this sale was finalized. After being on the market for almost a year, the company was purchased by an investment group led by its founder, president and CEO Gen Fukunaga. Given […]
Ari Rockefeller presents: Zenkaikon 2011 — The Convention Formerly Known as Kosaikon (and Zentrancon)
March 25th, 2011 Ari Rockefeller If you’ve been following my deviantART activity, then you’re aware of what is easily the most heavily edited deviation I have on there—a photograph of my numerous convention badges hanging on the wall in a rather large frame. Even with the addition of my badge from Zenkaikon ’11, there is still a lot […]
Ari Rockefeller presents: Katsucon 2011 — This Time Will Be Different!
February 23rd, 2011 Ari Rockefeller When the topic of going to a convention comes up, the amount of planning for any given con is based on a wide variety of factors—mostly monetary issues, but things like how badly you want to go and even the convention itself can sway the issue in one direction or another. Otakon, for example, […]
Ari Rockefeller presents Anime NEXT 2010 – Reporting from Everywhere except behind a Table in the Dealer’s Room
July 2nd, 2010 Ari Rockefeller When last I was at Anime NEXT, it was the ’09 event at the previous year. Back then, I saw the convention as a spur-of-the-moment affair – somewhere between a tune-up for Otakon and a weekend long distraction. There were times last year when the con seemed to really drag on, mostly because I spent […]
