
The denizens of 2ch have pooled their photographic resources to create an extensive gallery of jinja, or Shinto shrines, along with a number of other religious objects, particularly the “torii” gates which mark passage from the profane to a sacred space.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Jan 19, 2010 07:42 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Bugs, Eroge, Fail, Ports, PS2, Rankings, Video Gallery, Wii

The worst video game of 2009 has been all but decided, with 2ch’s 2009 “Kusoge of the Year” award being handed down to a title so buggy as to barely be playable, in fact possessing even more bugs than were present in the PC original.
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Saber mania seems to have prompted the owner of this collection to amass every single official Saber figurine ever made, including a number of near identical variations.
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Google has been accused of spinelessly censoring its search results to appease the religion of peace, as typing “Islam is” will yield no results, as compared to a wide variety of frequently disparaging results for other, more warlike religions.
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Legendary seiyuu Daisuke Gōri (郷里大輔) has died under circumstances police consider likely to be suicide. He was 57.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Galleries, H, Japan
- Date: Jan 18, 2010 19:21 JST
- Tags: Aoi Nishimata, Cars, Events, Gravure, Idol, Image Gallery, Itasha, Tokyo

Both sexy car companions and moesome itasha were on display at the recent Tokyo Auto Salon 2010, with the girls in particular putting most idols to shame with their beauty.
The girls and even the occasional car can be scrutinised below:
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Pretty Cure, shoujo anime beloved of little girls and their big friends, has attracted attention for a hidden Hatsune Miku cameo of sorts: the “ミクミクニシテヤンヨ” (MikuMiku-ni Shite Yan Yo) refrain will be familiar to Miku fans from the extremely famous tune:
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The artistic development of 20 veteran ero-mangaka over the preceding decade is compared in this pair of images, demonstrating anything from radical progression to artistic regression.
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Square Enix’s openness to allowing a non-Japanese studio to develop a Final Fantasy title seems to have been an allusion to a mysterious “Final Fantasy” title provisionally dubbed “Fortress,” cancelled but visible in incomplete form in the technical demo visible below.
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The TV broadcast of induced lactation anime Seikon no Qwaser has incensed fans by broadcasting a second episode even more heavily censored than the first, with scenes of skies and ceiling replacing anything with so much as a hint of sex.
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With the news that announced anime for spring 2010 total only 25, down from an incredible peak of 60 or more in the heady spring of 2006, many cannot help but conclude that the anime bubble has finally burst.
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A pint-sized Hakurei Reimu dances fantastically on an otaku destktop whilst chibi Marisa, or “Chibimari,” charmingly does a little ditty in these excellent MADs, made with MikuMiku Dance (a free tool for choreographing CG animated anime characters) and ARToolKit (a free tool for making Augmented Reality virtual figurines).
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