
Japanese women asked what they would feel most dejected about finding in their boyfriend’s room or residence reveal they consider the presence of anime posters rather more troubling than cockroach infestation…
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The latest maniac to lay claim to some dubious record or other emerges – this time with a rather impressive collection of bishoujo games.
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One otaku seems to have taken his devotion to eroge heroine Feena Fam Earthlight to unheard of heights, turning his entire room into an eerie character shrine with Feena staring back from every surface.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Mar 11, 2010 09:16 JST
- Tags: Collections, Events, Hatsune Miku, Idol, Image Gallery, Music, Otaku, Tokyo, Vocaloid


Virtual idol Hatsune Miku’s latest live performance, “Miku’s Day,” has proven a huge success, with otaku attendees enthusiastically queueing by the the thousand and being driven into a frenzy by the spectacular performance the Vocaloids offered.
One particularly obsessive fan reported a virtual epiphany…
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A survey asking Japanese what they would be most aghast at encountering in a single woman’s room leaves little doubt about the kind of woman the masses despise.
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Ayanami Rei‘s left breast has fetched ¥403,000 at auction, probably some sort of record.
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Japanese asked what they consider the most unpleasant and shocking things to find in single man’s room deliver an unambiguous verdict: anything anime-related or girly is sure to reduce a man to pariah status.
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Frenzied otaku have collectively spent many thousands of dollars on limited distribution film cuttings of the Disappearance of Suzumiya Haruhi, with the ambiguous Nagato Yuki scene pictured finally changing hands for ¥356,000 in an online auction.
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The ronery hordes of 2ch have celebrated imaginary idol Chihaya‘s birthday (25th February) with the usual plethora of decorations and delicious cakes, including a full legion of Nendoroids…
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The cherished dream of a Vocaloid sex slave appears to have been prematurely realised by one otaku, with Hatsune Miku making an appearance in his bedroom at full schoolgirl-scale.
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It seems some K-ON! otaku are irredeemably gripped by Tsumugi-mania – here one can be seen compulsively buying Mugi Takuan, with at least 100 packets visible and two boxes at the top of the frame.
And yet this is but the latest in a long line of such afflictions…
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Displaying the frighteningly zealous devotion so characteristic of hardcore Haruhi otaku, one such specimen has proudly been displaying his purchase of 30 tickets to see “The Disappearance of Suzumiya Haruhi.”
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