
A gallery exhibition of works by artist Makoto Aida has been denounced as “sexist child pornography,” after its depictions of nude quadruple amputees wearing dog collars inflamed the sensibilities of feminist anti-pornography crusaders.
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The winners to the 7th otaku haiku awards have been announced, with thousands of dollars of cash prizes rewarding those best able to capture the ennui of otaku life in 5-7-5 haiku verse. Sankaku Complex has humbly endeavoured to provide such crude translations of their poetic elegance as are possible in a mere barbarian tongue.
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Japanese have been marvelling at the quality of the latest tanbo (rice field) art, with designs more intricate and complex than ever.
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An anonymous artist on 2ch has turned his hand to illustrating the excessively numerous characters of Touhou in Japan’s classic “ukiyo-e” artistic style, with some quite interesting results…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: H, Manga, News
- Date: Nov 22, 2011 16:40 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Fine Art, Image Gallery, Interviews, Mangaka, Plastic Surgery, Sculptures, Shoujo


Mangaka and artist Rokudenashiko (“rokudenashi” means “ne’er-do-well”) has lately been earning much acclaim (or attention at any rate) for her “Georaman” and other vaginally inspired sculptures, having opted for the direct approach in reproducing her own intimate parts in her work.
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The popular Touhou song Bad Apple has lately been the subject of a traditional Japanese orchestral adaptation in the “hougaku” style, to the general delight of all.
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Aya Hirano’s latest effort to develop her troubled career beyond making provocative tweets sees her take to stage in a Japanese musical adaptation of the classic 1847 English gothic novel Wuthering Heights; Hirano takes the role of Catherine, and with the role comes yet another succession of striking new looks.
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A Vipper blessed with a fujoshi mother has been showing off some of her interesting artwork to fellow 2ch denizens.
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Masakazu Katsura, the legendary H mangaka behind such titles as I”s and Video Girl Ai, has held a charity auction of one of his sexiest illustrations, which fetched an impressive ¥1,141,000 – a figure almost as impressive as the illustration itself.
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A ranking of the most beautifully illustrated and animated anime highlights some of the most sumptuous and aesthetically pleasing titles Japanese animation has to offer.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Apr 19, 2011 03:32 JST
- Tags: Aya Hirano, Comparison, Fine Art, Idol, Music, Nana Mizuki, Parody, Plagiarism, Seiyuu

Star twitterer Aya Hirano is being accused of ripping off fellow singer-seiyuu Nana Mizuki by stealing both her album title and cover art.
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Japanese cosplay fans have been striving to select the cosplay pictures they think should be regarded as the finest of art, and casting an eye over their selection seems to more than validate the notion that cosplay can be as artistic as illustration or photography…
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