
Comedy idol Aya Hirano is finally set to receive her own TV show, making her the equal of heavily exposed otaku-favoured celebrities such as Shoko-tan.
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Prime Minister Rozen Aso recently debuted his newest plan to shake Japan out of its economic doldrums: otaku tourism.
With one notable exception, Aso’s new plan differed little from the tired promises made in past.
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A US release of loli pantsu anime Strike Witches is imminent, as US distributor Funimation has announced acquiring the license.
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Satoru Iwata, CEO of Nintendo, recently made the candid admission that the Wii is experiencing something of a crisis in Japan, with sales and releases the worst they have been in since launch.
His remarks were made to press whilst speaking about the future development of the console markets:
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Here you see an interesting set of Macross Frontier cosplay highlights in video montage format, with an appropriate score. Cosplay of quality from all over the world is well in evidence.
Both standard and fancy versions are visible below:
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In a preview of what may be to come in Japan, Australia now claims a female population in which 40 percent wear a bra size DD or larger.
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An unemployed mother is facing charges of prostituting her two schoolgirl daughters in order to preserve her own idle lifestyle.
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A woman has been arrested for harassing and threatening to kill famed One Piece mangaka Eiichiro Oda.
The apparent stalker, an unemployed 27-year-old woman, was said to have repeatedly sent Oda threatening emails, admonishing him to “die!” and similar.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, H, News
- Date: Apr 9, 2009 20:15 JST
- Tags: 3D CG, Bizarre, MMORPG, Monster Hunter, Otaku, Panchira, Panstu, RPG

This (genuine) page from a specialist Monster Hunter magazine purports to impart “The Correct Way of Taking Screenshots”, strangely subtitled “What a Pantsu-ful World.”
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Hentai anime Queen’s Blade has received an OP/ED combo so laden with oppai that fans are concerned the terrestrial broadcasts are once again going to be reduced to one long string of steam obscured glare.
You can see the glorious extent of the problem below:
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Enterprising 2ch denizens have tried their hand at removing the trousers of the girls of Strike Witches, and instead replacing them with suitable skirts. The results are instructive…
Their efforts do not stop there:
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A Lego otaku indulged his twin passions gigantic battleships and plastic bricks, and six years later this is the result: the WWII super-battleship Yamato, rendered in Lego.
It is in total 6.6m long, a metre in girth at its widest, and weighs 150kg. 200,000 Lego parts went into its construction.
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