
Readers of suspected nopan mahjong manga Saki are lately marvelling at the manga’s profound transformation into a loliblob manga of epic proportions…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Nov 17, 2010 06:51 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Courts, Crime, Drugs, Guro, Law, Mahjong, Shinjuku, Yakuza, Yokohama

A man who used a saw to cut off a man’s head even as he begged to be killed first, his only response being to tell him to “stay still or I can’t cut your neck properly,” has been sentenced to hang in Japan’s first ever jury trial of a capital crime.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Nov 6, 2010 07:23 JST
- Tags: China, Fine Art, History, Loli, Mahjong, Military, Politics, Russia, Taiwan, USA

Recent events have prompted Chinese to re-examine the artwork shown above – not for its rather tasteful depiction of naked young girls, but instead for its hidden allegorical subtext, showing as it does with some clarity the power struggle over the future of Taiwan and the wider East Asian region.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Aug 26, 2010 11:11 JST
- Tags: Adaptations, Anime Goods, Chibi, Haruhi, Haruhi-chan, Mahjong, Marketing, Otaku, PSP

Even hardened Haruhi otaku have been shocked by the announcement of the latest game in the Haruhi franchise – a thrilling PSP mahjong game of “less than doujin quality,” but with a $110 price tag.
Some screenshots from the game tell all that is needed:
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Nopan mahjong anime Saki seems to managed some quite scrupulous revisions in the transition from TV to DVD, which are compiled exhaustively by one of 2ch’s image specialists above, with the DVD on the right.
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The second DVD edition of nopan anime Saki has had its marketing censorship removed, and an extensive comparison of the two has surfaced by way of 2ch.
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The 20th episode of nopan anime Saki eschews nopan in favour of sexy swimwear, for it is a beach episode replete with longing bikini shots.
You can see the state of affairs in more detail below:
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The characters of yuri mahjong anime Saki appear in the illustration below, leaving nobody in any doubt as to the domination of Nodoka…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, H, News
- Date: Jul 31, 2009 02:27 JST
- Tags: Bukkake, Lingerie, Mahjong, Nopan, Nude Filter, Oppai, Pantsu, Photoshop, Saki

Nopan mah-jong masters Nodoka and Saki are here given a rather explicit Photoshop workover, leaving very little to the imagination, not that there is likely to be much Saki fans have not yet seen…
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The cast of nopan mahjong anime Saki is explored in this gallery, though it might be more correct to say that it is Nodoka’s oppai and Yuuki’s lack thereof which is the real subject of interest, as such fanart as there is seems drawn magnetically to these two poles.
Saki and the others do at least make fleeting appearances…
You can see more such images on the Channel.
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The sixth volume of nopan mahjong manga Saki has attracted much attention for its usual underplayed eroticism and lack of pantsu.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, H, News
- Date: Jul 16, 2009 00:41 JST
- Tags: Comparison, DVD Extras, Mahjong, Nopan, Oppai, Oshiri, Pantsu, Saki

Nopan mahjong anime Saki has received its first DVD volume, and fan expectations of erotic upgrades have not been disappointed, though naturally many are hoping the series will go further in subsequent volumes…
The comparison can be seen below:
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