
A ranking of the most popular male anime characters for the years 2000-2010 compiled by anime rag Newtype puts Lelouch Lamperouge squarely at the top of the list.
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Top moe-blob anime K-ON!‘s adorable Azunyan posing with her guitar (with or without nekomimi) has been subject to figuration.
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A teacher who began a schoolgirl harem after “feeling the cuteness” of girls who came to him for advice has been dismissed after being denounced by a disgusted schoolboy.
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Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu leads the anime of winter 2010 in the results of at least one poll, yet another endorsement of ambiguously gendered “heroines”:
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Japanese surveyed on how they thought it best to get a good conversation going with the opposite sex yield up some at first glance very sensible sounding advice.
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A recent Animedia character combined male-female poll has awarded the moesome Yui Hirasawa of K-ON! the top spot at #1, surprisingly beating out even her illustrious partners Mio and Azusa, although this would not be the first time we have seen such a result…
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The new March issue of Newtype magazine has given the release date of “September 2010″ for the previously announced Gundam 00 theatrical film, news sure to enliven the day of many mecha fans.
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A special edition of Hatsune Miku‘s legendary Nendoroid incarnation has been released much to the detriment of fan wallets, behold Snow Miku:
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Japan’s undeserved reputation for being a nation where anything and everything can bought from its omnipresent vending machines might be slightly less undeserved than previously thought if 2ch’s collection of vending machine aberrations is anything to go by:
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The recently released Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu movie attained the #7 spot in the Japanese nation-wide box office during its opening weekend, an exceedingly impressive figure for an otaku oriented anime film, although not nearly as high as last year’s incredible Evangelion 2.0′s debut at #1.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Feb 10, 2010 00:46 JST
- Tags: Australia, Crime, Fish, Food, Marketing, Mass Media, Piracy, Terrorism, Whaling

Eco-terrorist group Sea Shepherd has announced it intends to attack boats fishing for Northern Bluefin Tuna, a species for which most demand comes from Japan.
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Code Geass’ pizza munching heroine C.C. is here alluringly cosplayed by Tatsuya, although some will doubtless be wondering why she chose not to order from Pizza Hut despite being accompanied by Cheese-kun…
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