
A father who killed his 2-year-old son by suffocating him inside a bin has been jailed; courts heard he and his wife abused the boy constantly, putting him in an oven and turning it on, and placing him in a washing machine.
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Russian cosplay is once again highlighted courtesy of major Russian cosplay event Animatrix; a selection of the photos taken at the event is visible below:
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Feb 18, 2010 16:59 JST
- Tags: Censorship, Christianity, Crime, Feminism, Loli, Lolicon, Otaku, Politics, Religion

Top children’s charity Save the Children has explicitly called for a ban on loli manga in order to “protect sexual norms and morals.”
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Capcom has publically lamented having to cut large amounts of content from Lost Planet 2 in order to fit it onto the Xbox 360′s piddling DVD capacity without the game turning into a swapfest, but promises users will be able to buy everything they cut as DLC.
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The latest female denizen of 2ch to bare all for the benefit of her anonymous admirers appears, bravely willing to strip off despite complaining of the cold.
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Misaka Mikoto has been spotted offering delivery health services for the princely sum of ¥15,000 for an hour’s medically dubious therapy. Discounts are available for longer sessions or the “3P course.”
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Men who wear condoms which are too large for them risk poor sex and STD infection, a study has found.
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Fans of Fate/Stay Night’s tsundere queen Rin Tohsaka will be glad to hear that she stars in her own artbook, Rin Tohsaka Portraits, with several artists contributing art depicting her in a variety of different costumes, poses and scenes, many of which will be sure to set fan hearts racing.
You can see some of these works below:
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The Tokyo International Anime Fair, scheduled to take place the end of March at the Tokyo Big Sight, has announced the winners of their TAF 2010 Anime Awards.
August 2009′s Summer Wars film was especially well represented, taking a number of awards, including the top Anime of the Year prize, with K-ON! and Higashi no Eden (or Eden of the East) sharing the top ranking for TV anime. Read the rest of this entry »

Gurnplay legend Akasan returns with more outstanding cosplay, this time of obnoxious egomaniac Haruhi, showing off several key costumes and her own unique and highly accurate interpretation of Haruhi’s limited repertoire of facial expressions.
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A senior Square Enix employee is being reported as publically saying that Final Fantasy XI will terminate in 2010, to be replaced by Final Fantasy XIV.
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Final Fantasy XIII’s producer has expressed his interest in a Final Fantasy VII remake, and has explicitly denied there will be any DLC for Final Fantasy XIII.
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