
A new book offers the chance to see 74 nations of the world turned into moe bishoujo characters, mildly playing upon national stereotypes…
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When asked in a survey whether they approved of manga to anime adaptations, some 70% approved. However, half that number, 35%, approved of the fraught process of adapting a manga to a live action movie.
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A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a man using part of a shattered window pane, severing his genitals completely.
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Japanese fashion experts surveyed on what they consider the worst fashion choices a man could make have slated the rucksack as the most unsightly despite its handiness, also rubbishing a variety of other fashion blunders.
Curiously, their list all but mirrors the fashion most associated with otaku…
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fcp (or Cellar-fcp) is a talented Hong Kong based artist whose haunting illustrations rather skilfully combine traditional and contemporary Japanese styles, in a manner distinctly reminiscent of such greats as Hiroaki Samura.
Curiously, though perhaps fortuitously for those with a taste for erotic art, his works seem to keep returning to gritty depictions of prostitutes…
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The release of the latest and final Final Fantasy XIII trailer yields the usual spectacular action along with some suspected Lightning panchira flashing…
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The latest scandalous use to which NicoNico Douga’s live broadcast system has been put is allowing a self-harmer, known as “Shigure,” to broadcast her bloody wrist cutting antics live to a horrified audience.
A grotesque capture from the video in question:
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No tropical paradise would be complete without erotic extremes in fashion, and this scene of an idol exhibitionistically engaged in some innovative use of denim seems to satisfy that requirement.
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The evolution of To Aru Majutsu no Index’s diverse light novel character designs is amply demonstrated in this comparison image, showing some quite considerable changes, which have at times been decried as excessive moefication…
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A court preparing to try four men for a brutal gang rape has attracted criticism for excluding half the candidates for jury duty for such reasons as the fact that they were thought to have a “harsh attitude to sex crimes,” in the end settling on an all-male panel of 9.
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Citing the fact that she was “sick of being bored” and “ignored” by her gamer boyfriend, this maniacal young lady took matters into her own hands and smashed apart his beloved console whilst he was away, rejoicing at his despair at returning home to find the console in pieces and his girlfriend gloating over his misfortune:
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The highly anticipated movie sequels to penis abuse anime Higashi no Eden, or Eden of the East, have been reworked, with the result that the second movie of the pair, originally scheduled for January 9th, will now be delayed to March.
However, happily enough both movies have been extended in length.
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