

Hentai warrioress anime Queen’s Blade is shaping up to be as much a battle between censors and fans as it is a battle between busty maidens.
The latest episode, heavily censored on terrestrial TV and on YouTube (just as before), is an example of this, with quite the sales push in favour of the DVDs in evidence.
In particular the mass naked lady event that is the Queen’s Blade OP and ED has seen much additional coverage…
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Oppai anime Queen’s Blade seems an obvious target for the likes of TMA and their cosplay endeavours, but in fact two such adult movies have already long since been completed: “Queen Blade” and its sequel “Queen Blade II” were of course based on the game books.
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Sakura-con 2009, a major US anime convention held from April 10th through 12th in Seattle, has come and gone, attracting over 15,000 visitors and occupying six floors of the Washington State Convention & Trade Center.
What follows is an outline of the events that I attended, to be followed up in more detail in subsequent posts:
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A gallery of idols languidly reclining horizontally, in a variety of poses and states of dress and undress.
Apparently, undressing for the camera is more tiring than it looks…
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This rather busty idol presumably did not receive this erotic knitted ensemble from her grandmother.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Apr 15, 2009 21:44 JST
- Tags: 2D vs 3D, Comparison, Idol, K-ON!, Mio Akiyama, Ritsu, Seiyuu, Tsumugi, Yui

Here we see the seiyuu voicing the girls of K-On! compared against their 2D counterparts, who they are loosely cosplaying.
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Preorders have opened for an official dakimakura cover featuring the tsundere heroine of Toradora!, Aisaka Taiga.
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Eroge and visual novel turned anime Tears to Tiara has recently attracted attention with a visually stunning nude dream sequence by the main heroine, Riannon.
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The Philippines has moved to ban all loli porn, or “hentai” in its wording; a Congressional statement then describes “hentai” as “the Japanese pornographic cartoon that depicts children in explicit sexual activity.”
Offenders face up to 12 years in prison for possession of such drawings.
The law is being promoted by both Catholics and feminists.
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The first cosplay rendition of Mio Akiyama to attain any exposure surfaces, and it has received mixed reactions from fans, although certainly has promise.
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A jilted woman who sought to end her life by dousing herself in petrol and immolating herself publicly was foiled when she neglected to bring a lighter.
She was surprised to find nobody would do her the favor of lending her a lighter, instead calling police to restrain her.
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Mink’s latest eroge release 催眠学級 / Saimin Gakkyu (“Hypnosis Class”) has recently attracted attention for an unprecedented display of quality: characters in the scenes can actually end up being displayed upside-down, in what may come as a boon to feet lovers, but is bound to disappoint many looking for more conventional classroom hypnotism action…
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