
Japanese anime fans forced to admit which anime reduced them to tears supply an intensely tragic ranking sure to wet the eyes of even the sternest anime aficionado.
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The ongoing global outage of Sony’s PlayStation Network, now at 5 days, may be in danger of continuing even further – in its latest update Sony refused to provide any information on what is going on or when it will be fixed.
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Nintendo has announced the announcement of a previously unannounced successor console to its hugely successful but now largely moribund Wii.
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The denizens of 2ch’s VIP board have been engaged in one of their periodic ota-room show-and-tell events, demonstrating the obligatory vast collections of anime goods, along with some rather tasteful layouts and, for some reason, quite a few nicely stocked aquariums.
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Madoka fans have been presented with what is in all probability the reason behind the severely delayed/edited 11th episode of Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
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Loli-moe anime Astarotte no Omocha is shaping up to be the anime of Ishihara’s nightmares, with the latest episode continuing to deliver levels of cuteness “500 times” more severe than the original, and even including some alpaca service…
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Anime fans supply a ranking of the most disappointing anime of 2011′s spring season, leaving Kyoto Animation with something to think about…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Apr 24, 2011 23:47 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Marketing, Nintendo, Otaku, PS3, Sega, Sony, Square Enix, Technology, Xbox 360

Japanese gamers discussing what they consider to be the worst tragedy to have befallen the gaming industry agree on an number of unfortunate events it seems.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, H, News
- Date: Apr 24, 2011 14:34 JST
- Tags: Bathing, Censorship, DVD Extras, Image Gallery, Oppai, Pantsu, Softenni, Sports


Soft tennis anime Softenni is in its third episode serving up plenty of pantsu-related action, most of which is ending up being faulted by censors for being injurious to disc sales it would seem.
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A British man arrested for interfering with a “political address” (although in Japan candidates screaming their name through a megaphone for hours on end is a common form of political address), complaining that “Japanese elections are too noisy,” has earned the wholehearted support of 2ch, not that this will be much help in court.
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A survey of women bra-users finds some 27% see no need to wear one outside, whilst 44% regard pink bras as even sexier than black ones, and washboard lovers distressed by the inflating cup sizes enjoyed by Japanese women will be pleased to know 20% of the female population is still A-cup…
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Lynette joins Yoshika as a well armed Figma with her anti-tank rifle, for which release is due for August 2011, by Max Factory as ever.
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