
The latest Sand Canyon MAD to come to our attention is “There’s no booze in it!” Canyon, and it makes good use of Ibuki Suika‘s (unofficial) anime depiction.
Allow it to loop indefinitely for best effect:
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Let us not speculate too hard at the reasoning behind this latest piece of perverted Japanese televisual gold: here we see some less than innocent schoolgirl pantsu-centric antics:
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The latest series of apprehensively awaited baka-yarou anime Minami-ke, Minami-ke Okaeri, has arrived, and episode one is already attracting harsh censure for its sloppy production values, with an especially major error being rapidly detected by the critical engine that is 2ch.
You can see the glaring error which has so outraged fans below:
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A cat defends the breasts of its mistress with unparalleled fervour, for reasons which are not entirely clear:
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Major anime and manga publisher Kadokawa claims revenues of 10 million yen monthly from YouTube advertising revenue sharing on its YouTube-based Kadokawa Anime Channel, both from episode and MAD viewing, and reports 50 million views from September to November of 2008; they now promise to recognise fan-made videos they like, and naturally to receive their due.
This is, they would have us believe, proof that a new business model based on online distribution and liberal usage rights is commercially viable.
Much of this success is said to be due to the effect of Haruhi, Lucky Star, and Strike Witches.
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As nearly a week passes since the end of Comiket 75, many more pictures of cosplayers at the event have become available.
Compared to the first part of our Comiket C75 Cosplay Digest, the quality of photography viewable here is a bit higher and should go down well for those who were unable to take their own photos at the Comiket, but wished they had…
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The otaku desire to decorate as much of the otherwise normal world with moe pictures knows few bounds, as demonstrated by the growing amount of ita-ema on display at Shinto shrines. (Ema are wooden plaques with prayers written on them and offered at shrines or temples for the gods to read.)
New Years is an especially active time for ema offerings, and pictures of some ita-ema have become available online and are shown below.
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A selection of gravure idols somehow decide that gurning in the most egregious manner possible will enhance their image. What happened to their handlers during this event is not entirely clear.
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The latest Idol Master property looks to be a baseball anime set during the Taisho period, in which team 765 valiantly rise to the challenge laid down by a rival team…
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The scope of doujinshi, or unofficial fan-works of existing anime, manga or game series is gigantic, generating over ¥55 Billion (over $600 Million USD) in 2007 alone.
Most otaku know one of the main reasons for the huge proliferation of doujinshi is the fan-artist’s freedom (or sometimes even the original artists) to insert the series’ characters into erotic situations that would be unthinkable in the original work.
Below is shown exactly how much of the total amount of doujinshi for different series sold at one major retailer is of the ero-kind, as opposed to the tamer brand of non-H doujinshi:
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The unusual decision to release the latest Tales RPG “Tales of Hearts” in two versions with drastically differing visual styles in the movies and packaging, one based on 3D computer graphics ala Final Fantasy, the other on classic Tales anime visuals, turned heads when it first came to light, particularly given the dubious choice of character designs in the 3D version.
Turned heads, much as a grisly traffic accident does. It does not seem the 3D version is selling well in Japan; second-hand sales reveal the 2D version is selling for 30% more than the 3D version. Some take this as a sign of the ill-advised nature of the scheme…
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Master doujinshika Ishikei‘s latest, and much anticipated, C75 Kannagi doujinshi has arrived, entitles “Betsujin”, and it proves something of an upset in focusing only on unknown side characters rather than heroines Nagi-sama and Zange-chan.
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