- Author: Artefact
- Categories: H, International, News
- Date: Jun 22, 2009 07:54 JST
- Tags: Bodypainting, Censorship, China, Fine Art, Idol, Marketing, Oppai, Tourism

These ladies have attracted much attention with their semi-naked bodypaint (due chiefly to their nudity rather than to the merits of their feminine beauty or the quality of the painting, we might think), which is certainly their main intent as they are on display in a hotel lobby in the hopes of attracting custom…
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A small tree planted inside the Kaiyodo Hobby store in Akihabara late last week attracted a good number of tanzaku (prayer cards) from the passing otaku customers.
The various wishes are almost entirely what one would expect given the usual clientele, including the words “My Bride” so often that Kaiyodo might have saved many pens if a pre-inked rubber stamp for those kanji had been provided.
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Top seiyuu and queen of tsundere Rie Kugimiya recently made an appearance in Shinto gag manga Nekogami Yaoyorozu, where she is seen lending her voice to the characters of the manga; fans can’t help but be shocked at her portrayal as a monstrously ugly figure…
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Observers of schoolgirl fashion have been surprised to note a sudden boom in the popularity of low hemlines and lengthier skirts, with the mini-skirt now considered passé in some schools, and skirts routinely reaching down past the knee.
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For the grievous crime of dressing up in women’s clothes at a party, 67 men have been arrested and face a sentence of whipping and jail.
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A survey of what sort of behaviour Japanese men find most intolerable from their female companions whilst on a date presents some interesting, if not entirely unexpected, findings.
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Judicious application of soad suds (and quite possibly Photoshop) results in quite a spectacle, and a very clean idol.
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Vapid social networking site Twitter claimed the life of another hapless victim with more finality than usual recently when the girl in question accidentally electrocuted herself whilst trying to keep up with her tweets.
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For those too busy to trudge through the entirety of hit moe blob anime K-ON!, or alternatively for those keen to relive the moment in condensed form, this MAD provides a 7 minute summary of the series in Sand Canyon format.
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Many of the best anison (anime songs) of the Spring 2009 season have been collected and rearranged into this recent video, earning it considerable popularity on Nico in the few weeks since its release.
Those who may have missed much of the season’s shows will find it instructive, as around 30 different OP and ED songs are included:
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Recently concluded K-ON! offered during its run a plethora of easter eggs for otaku sleuths to identify, photograph, and in many cases, purchase for their ever-growing collections.
Cameos of real world locations featured in the show (such as Azusa’s musical hall) are plentiful, but pales in comparison to the truly staggering number of actual consumer products seen and identified in the show:
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This is a harmless scene from gag-chaos manga ヨメイロちょいす / YomeIro Choice, by Tenkla.
As the panel points out no less than four times, the tasty delicacy lodged in Moegi’s intimate parts is a delicious clam, and any other resemblance is mere coincidence.
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