Last night when I got home from work, I got an e-mail from Verizon. It stated that due to lower viewership that they were going to drop Funimation Channel. This doesn’t surprise me. I am saddened by it, but again, not surprised in the least. Anime has always been a niche product and industry. I […]

As of January 3rd, Bandai announced they are ceasing home distribution beyond the first week of February, and only two of the company’s last five employees have avoided being laid off. Ken Iyadomi, who has been with Bandai from its inception in 1996, made the announcement this past Tuesday. The decision to shut down the […]

The worst nightmare of American anime fans will mercifully never be realized. It was a terrible concept from the first day of its conception, but finally, the live-action adaptation of AKIRA has been condemned to an unnamed circle of Development Hell for an undisclosed amount of time. The animated adaptation of AKIRA is very widely […]

We here at Anime Jam Session are sad to announce the recent passing of voice actress Cassandra Hodges. She was only 28. Fellow voice actor Christopher Ayres confirmed this via his Facebook account on June 30th. Though an autopsy has been performed, the circumstances of her death have yet to be ascertained. She was slated […]

Hirano, holding a sketch of Konata Izumi from Lucky Star. Today, Aya Hirano announced via her twitter account that she would not be recording any more music. She stated on her twitter feed that her album, “Hysteric Barbie” was slated to be her last, but the decision was made to produce a Best-Of album soon […]