
Highschool of the Dead’s buxom zombie slasher Busujima Saeko is cosplayed here by none other than Kanda Midori.
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Another figure rendition of bassist Mio Akiyama in her “gothic lolita” school festival dress arrives, this time by Max Factory and due for release in January 2011. Embracing her bass guitar in embarrassment, she shows off her bashful side…
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Highschool of the Dead’s now famous “I’m getting wet!” (濡れるッ!/Nureru!) scene has turned into a major meme, with 2ch denizens scrambling to select appropriate scenes from other anime into which to insert the ambiguous phrase.
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Augmented Reality (AR), a body of technologies which merge the real world with the virtual world, seems to have given rise to what may be its “killer app” (for creepy otaku at any rate) – software which grants the user the ability to grope a virtual schoolgirl, in this case IdolMaster’s Mami Futami.
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A company starting a new women-only bus service has stoked controversy, with critics contending that the services represent sexual discrimination against men.
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A Chinese article condemning the current state of Chinese martial arts as being “extremely low level” in the wake of a major tournament has sparked a great deal of controversy, with many Japanese of course only too happy to agree with the assessment.
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A ranking of their top manga characters conducted by anime rag Dragon Age finds itself dominated by Highschool of the Dead, which claims no less than 4 spots in the top 10.
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An itasha spotted on the streets of Akihabara seems to demonstrate there is something creepier than men proudly emblazoning their cars with their imaginary 2D wives after all – the effect when done with photographs of some hapless idol is far worse.
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A gallery of some of the many “amazing” anime character expressions seen in anime – in many cases amazing in more ways than one.
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Authorities are hunting a foreign woman who revived an old lady whose heart had stopped.
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Hatsune Miku Orchestra (HMO), from the cover of the recently released Yellow Music Orchestra (YMO) CD album has received a Nendoroid rendition due to its popularity, replete with long sleeves, keyboard, electric drum set, and other accessories and stickers.
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The latest controversy to erupt around Final Fantasy XIV consists of accusations that the game shamelessly copy-pastes the same towns and environmental elements over and over without the slightest variation, making one end of the world identical to another and subsequently devoid of character.
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