
China claims not to interfere with the internal affairs of other countries, but many are now alarmed by its efforts to enforce its own brand of totalitarian censorship on other countries, with several recent cases highlighted.
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The many fans of Darker Than Black’s second season have been disturbed to note a production error of epic magnitude, with the anime mysteriously featuring a flying car thanks to the evident thoroughness of its quality control procedures.
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Oricon has conducted a survey of the Japanese public, asking them which seiyuu they consider “legendary,” and the results are instructive, covering every kind of voice actor and actress from acting geniuses with decades of experience and hundreds of roles to idol-seiyuu distinguished by their taste in swimsuits…
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Sony’s latest update to the PSP, the UMD-less PSP Go, has done even worse in Japan than it did overseas, shifting a risible 28,275 units on its release day.
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Bikini idol Aya Hirano and mangaka cosplay idol Shoko-tan have both been selected for a “Beautiful Lady Catalogue” which aims to “list completely belles representative of Japanese beauty.”
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The makers of Bijin Tokei, a clock widget/app that features comely Japanese girls (“bijin”) holding up a clock for every minute of the day have announced that they will now be focusing on Bisei Tokei, which will feature seiyuu instead.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, H, News
- Date: Nov 2, 2009 15:31 JST
- Tags: Censorship, DVD Extras, Ero-anime, Ero-manga, Oppai, OVA, Pantsu, To Love-Ru

Canned shounen ero-manga To Love-Ru’s notoriously erotic OVA version is still going strong, with the fourth volume coming packed with the busty and not so busty heroines baring all, including for the first time plenty of nipples…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, H, News
- Date: Nov 2, 2009 05:25 JST
- Tags: Dengeki, Eroge, Image Gallery, K-ON!, Little Busters, Moe, Rankings, Statistics

Readers of eroge rag Dengeki G’s Magazine have ranked their favourite characters, but it seems even hardened visual novel fans cannot resist the charms of K-ON!…
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The Wii’s curious lack of quality software is being highlighted by the release of the worst selling Wii title ever, Sukeban Shachou Rena Wii (“Woman CEO Rena”), a game centred on the managerial leadership of a talking female cat, Rena.
In the week since its release it has sold a total of 100 copies.
The game can be seen in action below:
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NEC’s PC-9801 personal computer system dominated the Japanese computer market for much of the 80s and 90s, and the platform soon spawned the nascent market for “dating simulators,” or rather visual novels and eroge, which despite the handicaps of low resolution and as few as 8 colours soon evolved into a vibrant artistic medium.
The Vippers share some of their favourite erotic illustrations of the era below:
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Elina slavers over Tomoe in this interesting spot of Queen’s Blade beach action, replete with fancy bikini and topless sunbathing…
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