- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Feb 10, 2010 00:46 JST
- Tags: Australia, Crime, Fish, Food, Marketing, Mass Media, Piracy, Terrorism, Whaling

Eco-terrorist group Sea Shepherd has announced it intends to attack boats fishing for Northern Bluefin Tuna, a species for which most demand comes from Japan.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Feb 9, 2010 05:21 JST
- Tags: 2ch, 4chan, Canada, Internet, Marketing, Mass Media, Pedobear, Poland, Sports

Lolicon mascot Pedobear (or Kuma in his original 2ch incarnation) has been dubbed the 2010 Vancouver Olympic mascot by one factually challenged newspaper.
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A business article on the burst of the moe bubble explains the trials the industry faces, with an anime industry figure woefully admitting that he could sell anything he dumped on consumers at the boom’s height.
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Nippon Ichi has posted a 97.5% decrease in operating profits, and trading in its shares has temporarily been suspended due to their value plummeting 19.34% in a single day.
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Troubled blockbuster corridor marathon Final Fantasy XIII is now the subject of humiliating ¥1,980 sales, whilst its sales figures have dropped to record lows.
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Ayanami Rei appears to have taken a break from piloting giant robots and gratuitously taking her top off in order to promote tourism to Hakone, a region of Shizuoka prefecture renowned for its hot springs.
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A bonanza of Haruhi limited-edition goods have been made available at cinemas screening the Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu movie, and one Kyoto theatre has given advance notice by way of a dazzlingly long sales page on its website…
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Nippon Ichi’s Worst Game of 2010 nominee Last Rebellion has sold a staggering 3 thousand copies in Japan.
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A sequel to top virtual schoolgirl dating simulator Love Plus, imaginatively titled Love Plus+ and apparently for the DS, has been accidentally announced by a bungling Famitsu/Enterbrain.
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Body-hugging clouds of steam and vapours which obscure with geometric precision are the latest extremes in TV censorship, taking the practice to surreal heights, but also noticeable is the fact that only the characters with small breasts, irrespective of age, are the recipients of this treatment.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Feb 3, 2010 02:10 JST
- Tags: Akihabara, Bizarre, Cosplay, Fetish, Kigurumi, Maid Café, Maids, Marketing, Moe

The newest front in Akiba café proprietors’ war on the sensibilities of otaku and the general public is a kigurumi themed maid café, with patrons being once again served by 10 anime masked maids of indeterminate gender.
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Bandai Namco has announced a 31 billion yen loss for fiscal 2009, after previously predicting 8.5 billion yen in profits; the company announced its intent to sack almost 10% of its 7,000 strong workforce to stem the flow of red ink, some 630 people.
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