
The latest guidelines on what the Touhou Project “officially” considers acceptable includes a ban on the creation of ero-doujinshi, anime, sexy dakimakura, works which are “inappropriate” and even an explicit admonition not to sell Touhou products to foreigners.
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The To Aru franchise’s reputation for delivering shimapan and Mikoto in her loli, normal and rape-eyed form continues, with the latest episode conveniently delivering all four and more in one handy package:
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Neko fans have lately been enchanted by the reaction of a cat to a metronome – the video can be inspected below.
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China’s economy may have finally surpassed that of Japan, but Japan is clearly fighting back and showing that it too can still make things which explode unexpectedly, as in the case of this otaku room.
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Muslims are angry about something again, this time the evils of Valentine’s Day, with governments moving to stamp out the celebration lest their people be tempted by the evils of pre-marital sex.
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Ill-fated puella magica Mami Tomoe, from the hit mahou shoujo series Puella Magi Madoka Magica, is here given quite an elegant cosplay by Uri:
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Yumekui Merry fans are merry indeed after the broadcast of the latest episode – not only does it include the usual gratuitous swimwear action, the characters, Merry in particular, are more moe than ever.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: H, Manga, News
- Date: Feb 14, 2011 01:12 JST
- Tags: Censorship, Ero-manga, Fetish, Loli, Oppai, Politics, Tentacles, Tokyo

If Champion Red Ichigo’s response to the Tokyo manga ban was to blithely ignore it, then Comic Sumomo’s response is apparently to hope its critics become so distracted by all the anal beads and naked schoolgirls on display that they have to go off somewhere private…
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Dragon Ball fans have firmly buried their collective faces in their palms with the realisation that 2012 may well be the end, for their precious manga if nothing else – a second Dragon Ball movie adaptation is apparently in the works.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Feb 13, 2011 14:12 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Censorship, DS, Internet, Marketing, Medical, Nintendo, Otaku, Technology

Nintendo fans have forced an ophthalmologist to remove material explaining the possible dangers the 3DS poses to small children through a campaign of harassment.
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Top manga publisher Kadokawa’s president has spoken out against Tokyo’s impending manga ban in no uncertain terms, accusing Ishihara of discrimination and comparing his his actions to those of Japan’s wartime secret police.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Feb 12, 2011 22:11 JST
- Tags: Namco Bandai, Ports, PS3, Rankings, RPG, Square Enix, Tales Series, Wii, Xbox 360

Ranking the best selling Japanese RPGs of the current generation of consoles provides evidence of some less than inspiring trends in gameplay and production values, amongst what is often considered the Japanese gaming industry’s flagship genre.
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