

The latest development in the world of virtual girlfriends incorporates technology allowing the lonely user to interact directly with the girls in augmented reality fashion.
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- Author: Quen
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Oct 16, 2010 15:45 JST
- Tags: A Certain Magical Index, Awards, Haruhi, Hatsune Miku, K-ON!, Movies, Music, OP, TV

Animation Kobe, an event run by the city of Kobe for the promotion of work in the various fields of animation, has announced the winners of its 15th Kobe Animation Awards for 2010 (the 2009 award are visible here.)
Some of the more notable winners include Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu for Best Movie, K-ON!! as Best TV Anime, Hatsune Miku’s 39′s Giving Day Concert for the mysterious “Network” Award, and To Aru Kagaku’s “only my railgun” for Best Theme Song.
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To Aru Majutsu no Index II is only into its 2nd episode and is already providing a full service episode, complete with naked bathing Index and a scene of suspected nun cunnilingus.
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Final Fantasy XIV’s release debacle continues with the news that Square Enix is offering players another month of free play with their purchase – a move which detractors lambaste as an attempt to stop even more disgruntled players from abandoning the game.
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This stunning cosplay is a rendition of the costume moe bassist Mio Akiyama used in K-ON!’s second season ending, Listen!, as portrayed by cosplayer Aira.
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Following Nanoha, Fate also gets a figure rendition, this time clad in a black bikini and set to be released in April 2011 by Wave.
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In no way reinforcing the “all late night anime is porn” stereotype, Hyakka Ryoran Samurai Girls continues much as it started – with plenty of samurai schoolgirls mysteriously eager to shed their clothes in battle, all in the best possible taste of course.
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Famed mahou shoujo Nanoha Takamachi is here represented clad in swimwear with her ferret companion and playing with a beachball.
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An anime fan alleging that the anime industry has degenerated into nothing but a porn industry has provoked an interesting discussion of the post-moe-boom anime market.
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Moe cephalopod invader Ika-Musume is here given a cosplay portrayal by none other than Hisako Kanemoto, who is also her voice actress, although the original character’s cuteness seems not to have survived the transition too well.
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The current boom for “konkatsu” – structured matchmaking events for men and women unable to find mates any other way – has given rise to an otaku-friendly version: the organisers of “Ota-konkatsu” promise lonely otaku the chance to meet a real life female on a tour of Washinomiya Shrine, famed as a holy ground to Lucky Star fans – for a substantial fee of course.
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Tooru Fujisawa, the 43-year-old mangaka who gained famed worldwide for Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO), has married 27-year-old actress Ayano Sugiyama, known for a Kamen Rider role amongst many others.
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