
Fans may revile the Hollywood version of Dragonball, but it is far from the first attempt to adapt the manga; you can compare Hollywood’s live action versions from Korea and Taiwan below.
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The eleventh game in the Atelier series of alchemy/crafting/cooking RPGs, ロロナのアトリエ / Rorona no Atelier, set to be a PS3 “exclusive”, has attracted note for the gorgeous 2D and 3D art on display, but also for the rather amusing differences between the 2D and 3D characters: somewhere along the way they have been reduced in age by ten years or so…
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Index finally gets her mahou shoujo incarnation, which must come as a relief considering how sidelined she becomes in her own series (particularly in the light novels).
Even here she seems to be playing second fiddle to Hyouka however…
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The Democratic Party of Japan is moving to support freedom of expression, proposing an amendment to the anti-loli law of last year which would overlook “simple possession” of pornography featuring underage participants, but attach harsh punishment to the commercial sale of such material.
Lolicon have naturally switched their voting preferences accordingly.
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Tsundere queen Rie Kugimiya’s voice talent features in these two interesting videos; one offers the prospect of a night with a character sounding suspiciously like Louise, and is taken from a recent ecchi drama CD featuring the seiyuu. Not following the Japanese is probably no barrier to understanding what is going on…
The other should remind you of Konata Healing, but with a tsundere twist.
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As we saw before, the much loved Hollywood adaptation of funny old Chinese cartoon Dragonball, entitled Dragonball Evolution, has received a PSP game of the same name.
The game has sold an astonishing 1,200 copies on the day of its release, topping the release charts in Japan (if you reverse the order).
You can also see a gameplay video below.
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Having practically every other theme of maid or cosplay café, Akiba now receives a shota café, called “Cafe B’s Prince”, where comely young boys serve the (male or female) patron enthusiastically with squeaks of “ welcome home, onii-chan!”
For those without a moe little brother to salivate over, this may be the answer.
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The latest episode of “life anime” Clannad After Story includes an uncharacteristic bathing service scene, featuring Fujibayashi sisters Kyou and Ryou. Fans are naturally salivating, and more…
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A man who recruited a 16-year-old girl for his delivery health business has been arrested, and it transpires that he employed no less than 23 schoolgirls of various ages in his schoolgirl dispatch business; the girls would be sent to hotels to have sex with clients.
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A rather convincing collection of Birdy the Mighty cosplay, featuring Birdy Cephon Altera, aka Arita Shion. Interestingly, this is done not by a professional cosplayer, but by a gravure idol, Aya Kiguchi.
You may recall the set from the earlier Birdy 2D vs 3D cosplay showdown; see there for appropriately sexy 2D art.
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Police have condemned adults who play the latest in Nintendo’s popular Animal Crossing series, “Animal Crossing: City Folk”, as being predatory paedophiles, saying “There is no reason an adult should have this game”, and claiming that the only motive an adult could have for playing it is to seduce children.
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Here we see a particularly versatile sportsman, who seems at capable in a variety of contexts, sporting or otherwise.
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