
The near universal loathing of Aku no Hana extends even to celebrities, with no less than Shoko-tan herself – evidently positively disposed to the original manga – bashing the anime in print.
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Tomodachi ga Sukunai’s author Yomi Hirasawa has not only confirmed that a live action movie adaptation is due, he also concedes he authorised it despite thinking it “unsuited” to 3D, and politely asks fans to stop trying to get it cancelled…
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Aku no Hana, Japan’s best ever (and only) rotoscoped TV anime, has exposed the original film used as a basis for its much loathed visual style.
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Whether Mikan fanciers or merely devoted onanists, there has been no shortage of praise for the originator of this novel invention – the appeal and dual usage potential of which probably needs no explanation.
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The costumes chosen for Sengoku Basara’s upcoming TV drama adaptation “Sengoku Basara Moonlight Party” have become the subject of mass ridicule online, although some are of the opinion they are so bad the show must actually be a must-watch…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Jun 15, 2012 17:35 JST
- Tags: 2D vs 3D, Censorship, Courts, Crime, Law, Loli, Lolicon, Otaku, Police, Sweden

The Swedish Supreme Court has finally worked out that drawings are not people, and in a landmark case has acquitted a man convicted of possessing child pornography after the authorities found suggestive manga-themed imagery on his computer.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, H, News
- Date: Jun 10, 2012 19:49 JST
- Tags: 2D vs 3D, AV, Comparison, Cosplay, Fate/stay night, Fate/Zero, Image Gallery, Parody, TMA




After the notorious “Faith/stay knight” comes TMA’s latest Fate cosplay parody “Faith/ero,” which as its name suggests bears more than a passing resemblance to Fate/Zero, and both Fate and TMA fans are positively agape (or possibly aghast) at the amount of effort TMA has put into replicating the series…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Apr 8, 2012 05:55 JST
- Tags: 2D vs 3D, Bizarre, China, Comparison, Dolls, Fashion, Image Gallery, Makeup, Photoshop

Competition for the distinction of most resembling the freakish proportions of a Barbie doll is heating up – both China and the USA now have convincing candidates whose inscrutable blend of makeup, Photoshop and “natural beauty” makes for quite the spectacle.
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Even hardcore otaku are prepared to admit that 16-year-old model Ai Hashimoto, playing Mei Misaki in the live action movie adaptation of Another, is at least the equal of the notoriously cute anime depiction of Mei, right down to her mousy looks, A cup bust and elfin frame (her official stats put her BMI at a “severely underweight” 15.1, with a height of 164cm and a weight of 40.1kg).
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Chinese, Koreans and Japanese alike are all wondering what to make of Korea’s “living dolls” – few can help but wonder where the Photoshop, CG, makeup and plastic surgery end and the girl begins.
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Internet denizens are now marvelling at the cosplay prowess of “Scarlet -Hiiro-,” a Japanese cosplayer whose mastery of what it can only be hoped are the dark arts of Photoshop has blurred the line between 2D and 3D to nothing, and whose terrifyingly deformed appear to owe as much to Chinese princess of creepiness Koko as they do to the saucer-eyed staples of shoujo anime….
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Controversy abounds over an university professor’s theory that men without girlfriends are actually suffering an illness caused by the pernicious influence of games and the Internet.
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