Japan’s creepy otaku have earned even more notoriety with the invention of “dakimakura nyotaimori,” with the inventor demonstrating the practice by eating sushi off his Lynette Bishop dakimakura cover for the full “Nyotaimori Witches” experience. The combination of nyotaimori – “naked sushi,” a supposedly traditional Japanese culinary art (in fact it appears to have been invented or popularised overseas) [...]

The penultimate chapter of K-ON! has induced outpourings of despair amongst the poor fans of the series, not least because there is no prospect of seeing Azunyan graduate. Early copies of the latest chapter announce the next and last chapter will cover the school festival, with no graduation and no guest appearance from the older girls [...]

The accidental popularity of Hatsune Miku’s Mikudayo-san persona has been making massive inroads online – with fans fascinated with both her classic kigurumi creepiness and what remains of her famed cuteness. For those not familiar with her,  Mikudayo (ミクダヨー – “It’s Miku!”) is the kigurumi (character suit) version of Nendoroid Miku, famed for her idiosyncratic looks, [...]

Chinese are outraged at the case of a teacher who punished a 3-year-old girl for not playing with other children by forcing her seed into her and leaving it there for days. The incident occurred in a Shanghai kindergarten when an unidentified teacher in her 20s decided to “punish” a 3-year-old girl by inserting a kidney bean [...]

An AKB48 fan boasting of buying 1500 singles has become the latest example of the unbelievable creepiness such fans have become a byword for. As usual, the primary motivation for this obsessive feat appears to be the extras the CDs contain – typically tickets which allow access to handshaking events or voting rights in AKB popularity [...]

Microsoft is bundling a free copy of Visual Studio 2010 Professional with MSDN together with its ¥173,250 Claudia figure – or as Microsoft would have it, buyers of their VS2010 bundle also get a charming figure of Azure mascot Claudia Madobe. The limited edition Claudia figure will stand 15-20cm high, is made of PVC/resin as with [...]

The 9 articles of otaku paraphernalia most likely to creep out any girl – “even an otaku girl” – have been helpfully collated, and have been hailed online as an admirable guide to the path of perpetual virginity. The listing :

1. A “moe dakimakura” they actually sleep with 2. Creepy female costumes – who is going to end [...]

Hatsune Miku Project Diva f, Hatsune Miku’s upcoming “Next” Project Diva title for the Vita, has been exciting fans with its AR functionality – including the possibility of having a coy Miku seat herself on her master’s bed…

The Vita edition is due on the 30th of August – pre-orders opened recently.

A South Korean English language report on the launch of a “domestically produced” Korean satellite on a Japanese rocket which used footage of the rocket from which “Nippon” and the Japanese flag had been conspicuously removed have outraged many Japanese. The report, from “Korea Today,” uses CG footage of the Arirang-3 launch (aboard a Japanese rocket) [...]

With fuss over the content of late night anime as vociferous as ever , anime fans have been pondering the question of whether there really are any late night anime titles which are safe for family viewing, and if so, what they are. Some of the suggestions on offer naturally tend to raise as many questions about the [...]

Puella Magi Madoka Magica fans have been left in no doubt as to the fact Madoka and company have made it big – Sanrio have granted them their own line of Hello Kitty merchandise (in this case featuring My Melody), an honour even K-ON! has been denied and Bakemonogatari could probably never even hope for… The [...]

The “harmonious” design of a Starbucks outlet located at one of Japan’s top Shinto sites has outraged the architectural sensibilities of many Japanese, although pleasurable feelings of violation at the hands of corporate America are sadly complicated by the fact it was designed by Japanese architects… The design for the Dazaifu Tenman-gū (a sprawling Shinto [...]

There is much amazement online at the news that the first female shogi player to score a victory at a cup tournament actually learnt the game after reading about it in Naruto. Karolina Styczynska, a 20-year-old Polish student, was invited to participate in the 2nd Ricoh shogi cup in Tokyo as a guest competitor in the [...]

The bizarre taste in helmets of Japanese samurai, generals and warlords would put any modern cosplayer to shame, and sengoku jidai buffs have been busily collecting up some of the most egregiously eccentric examples. The classic Japanese helmet (“kabuto”) came into being during the Heian period, and became an essential martial accessory during the Sengoku Jidai [...]

Shoko-tan’s latest bout of sexy posing has been relentlessly ramped up to the next level, with her latest bikini outing on the beach earning her much praise amongst her otaku fans. The skill with which her kind photographers downplay her notorious torso does not escape comment, although nor does her cuteness:

“She’s so cute!” “Her stubby little [...]

An otaku operated excavator (otherwise referred to as a backhoe or JCB) sexily embalzoned with Sheryl and Ranka is being hailed as perhaps the world’s first ita-earth mover… Along with the now passée racers and passenger cars , Japan’s fleet of ita-vehicles also includes everything from military hardware to trains – not much seems left to [...]

Osaka’s mayor has once again been criticising the moral depravity of tattoos, this time warning Lady Gaga that she can forget about working as one of his binmen. Speaking again about his hatred for tattoos and his desire to sack any Osaka employee with one , Osaka mayor Tooru Hashimoto was cheekily asked by a journalist what he thought of such [...]

The tale of a long-suffering imouto who would rather see her anime otaku brother dead than continuing his NEET existence has moved many online – and given that NEETs, hikikomori and otaku are widely regarded as the lowest forms of life in Japan, many are moved only to condemn her brother’s parasitic existence. The original supplicant [...]

Japan’s “B-CAS” smart card system has been completely cracked, allowing free viewing of almost all the country’s premium satellite and cable channels. The hack involves the complete compromise of the “BS Conditional Access Systems” smart card system which regulates the vast majority of Japan’s cable and satellite broadcasts. These smart cards are distributed with all TVs [...]

Creepy lolicon have been delighted by Ore no Imouto Portable 1.5′s latest shock pregnancy ending – this time it would appear to be Kuroneko’s exceptionally young imouto who, in her own words, “has a baby.” Fortunately for the reputation of the franchise ( the reputation of its fans is probably already beyond repair ), there are still some [...]