- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Galleries, H, Manga
- Date: Sep 14, 2011 15:49 JST
- Tags: 2ch, 2D vs 3D, Comparison, Gravure, Illustration, Image Gallery, Loli, Moe, Oppai


2ch’s population of artists has been busily striving to improve 3D through another one of its regular “make 3D moe” illustration threads – the results are most impressive, as ever:
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Jul 23, 2011 23:24 JST
- Tags: 2D vs 3D, Bizarre, China, Fashion, Guro, Image Gallery, Makeup, Photoshop, Yaoi

Chinese net users are proclaiming “the end of the world,” having discovered that their own young men are starting to look even more effete than the often ridiculed men of Japan.
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Cosplayers, Miku fans, and those simply keen to further blur the boundaries between 2D and 3D need look no further than a recently circulating Corolla-inspired guide to Hatsune Miku makeup.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Jun 30, 2011 07:40 JST
- Tags: 2D vs 3D, 3D CG, Bizarre, China, Fashion, Guro, Makeup, Photoshop, Video Gallery

Internet denizens are marvelling at the creepiness of “Koko,” a Chinese belle whose painstaking efforts with the dark arts of makeup have given her an uncanny resemblance to a badly drawn shoujo manga character.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, H, News
- Date: May 4, 2011 19:55 JST
- Tags: 2D vs 3D, Animals, Anthropomorphisation, Guro, Ika Musume, Moe, Oppai, Photoshop

Even the most ardent fans of cephalopod invader Ika Musume are having trouble accepting the spectacle of her transposed from 2D into 3D…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, H, News
- Date: Apr 5, 2011 19:15 JST
- Tags: 2D vs 3D, Bizarre, Dakimakura, Image Gallery, Marriage, Onanism, Relationships, Sleeping

The story of a wife whose husband rejected her in favour of a dakimakura has lately been the subject of much otaku sympathy, largely towards the dakimakura…
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Hatsune Miku‘s Playboy debut sees her appear in a sexy cosplay collaboration with non-virtual idol Risa Yoshiki, in what is being called a “5D” appearance thanks to the inclusion of both 2D and 3D.
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Japanese quizzed on what their favourite live action adaptations of anime and manga titles are supply an instructive list.
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The augmented reality possibilities of the 3DS seem to be gaining a following for reasons Nintendo perhaps did not foresee.
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Kiddy anime Nintama Rantarō’s live action adaptation is attracting attention for the rather disturbing nature of its characters.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, H, News
- Date: Feb 8, 2011 03:29 JST
- Tags: 2D vs 3D, AV, Comparison, Cosplay, Guro, Mayoi Neko Overrun!, Parody, Shimapan

Fans of neko anime Mayoi Neko Overrun have been impressed by the meticulous recreation of the anime in this AV production, with one very unfortunate exception:
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Jan 3, 2011 07:47 JST
- Tags: 2D vs 3D, Adaptations, Aya Hirano, Drama, Hairstyles, Idol, Retro, Seiyuu, TV


Aya Hirano’s debut as an TV drama actress brings yet another much talked about new look – even if she only appears for a paltry 5 seconds.
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