
Kyoto University’s decision to ban its long-standing tradition of graduation ceremony cosplay has been the subject of some concern amongst disappointed students and the wider Internet.
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The director of Puella Magi Madoka Magica has spoken of his wish to make a second season of Madoka, as a “slice-of-life” anime.
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Readers of suspected nopan mahjong manga Saki are lately marvelling at the manga’s profound transformation into a loliblob manga of epic proportions…
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Japanese anime and manga fans asked which brother and sister characters they consider to exhibit the tightest familial bonds provide a list refreshingly devoid of the improbable quasi-incestuous relationships so beloved of late-night anime and ecchi manga.
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Orchid Seed strikes again with a cast-offable ero-figure of Yoshii Yuka from Takedo Hiromitsu‘s ero-manga Tsundero, clad in a tiny and highly removable bikini.
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Moeblob fans have been shocked to find that K-ON! has been picked up by Japan’s Disney Channel.
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Magical puella fans are delighted to see that Shaft has already drastically reworked scenes from Puella Magi Madoka Magica’s 10 episode, with the online NicoNico Douga broadcast differing substantially from the earlier TV version.
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Kanu gets an ero-figure rendition courtesy of Chara-Ani, on all fours and clad in some stretchable sports swimwear, letting the owner’s sick imagination determine just how modestly she appears.
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The US military is being accused of cynically using Operation Tomodachi as justification for keeping its bases in Okinawa.
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A devotee of To Love-Ru has been showing off a newly inked To Love-Ru Darkness tattoo of none other than Yami.
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Manga fans craving a ranking blissfully devoid of One Piece need look no further than the 2011 Manga Taisho (“Manga Awards”), instead based around the concept of “manga you could recommend to your friends” as selected by various manga publishing industry figures.
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The itasha pictured may have suffered near complete destruction, but Mio herself looks distinctly unruffled all the same.
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