- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Jun 8, 2012 20:33 JST
- Tags: AKB48, Idol, Marketing, Marriage, Mental Illness, Money, Music, Otaku, Relationships

Reports are surfacing of AKB48 fans who have somehow managed to get married, and of how tenuous this status appears to be in light of their creepy obsessions with shaking the hands of underage girls – including one case in which a wife threatened her husband with divorce after he bought 480 copies of the same AKB48 CD so he could attend a handshaking event.
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The pitiful sight of thousands of AKB48 CDs discarded as rubbish after creepy otaku fans have extracted the all-important voting and handshaking event tickets has finally answered the question of where they all end up, and perhaps shed some light on their musical value.
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A maniacal AKB48 fan’s purchase of some $30,000 worth of CDs so he can cast 1770 votes for his favourite idol has inspired the usual speculation as to what drives creepy otaku to such extremes, and why they seem to be appearing in increasing numbers and with increasing budgets.
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British musician Noel Gallagher, of “Oasis” fame, has caused a storm of controversy online after his less than flattering comments about AKB48 were circulated on 2ch, enraging their notoriously dedicated fans into attack mode.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: May 28, 2012 09:26 JST
- Tags: Cosplay, Gothic Lolita, Idol, Lolita, Music, Nana Mizuki, Photoshop, Seiyuu, Vampires

Singer seiyuu Nana Mizuki’s cosplay prowess has been highlighted with her latest appearance in no less than the Gothic & Lolita Bible, where she gamely shows off her “Lolita Sailor” and “Gothic Vampire” outfits – both choices which seem to have simultaneously inflamed both the passion and opprobrium of seiyuu otaku.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: May 27, 2012 07:43 JST
- Tags: Auctions, Azusa, Conbini, Guitars, K-ON!, Moe, Music, Otaku, Seiyuu, Shopping

Even if the manga and anime are done with for now, the notorious mania of K-ON! fans for high priced guitars has reached the usual frenzied levels, with an Azunyan guitar bearing the signatures of all 5 seiyuu reaching ¥5,081,000 in mere days.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: May 25, 2012 02:19 JST
- Tags: 2ch, AKB48, Idol, Marketing, Mental Illness, Music, Otaku, Records, Shopping

An AKB48 fan boasting of buying 1500 singles has become the latest example of the unbelievable creepiness such fans have become a byword for.
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Osaka’s mayor has once again been criticising the moral depravity of tattoos, this time warning Lady Gaga that she can forget about working as one of his binmen.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: May 4, 2012 09:30 JST
- Tags: 3D CG, China, Copyright, Made in China, Music, Otaku, Plagiarism, Video Gallery, Vocaloid

Hatsune Miku fans are outraged at China’s latest “original” creation, a Chinese virtual idol whose looks and live performance bear an excruciating similarity to those of Miku herself.
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An anime-involved idol and singer has been arrested for hacking her agency’s website after falling out with the management, who happened to be her ex-boyfriend.
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Hatsune Miku Live Party 2012 (“MikuPa”) marks the latest live performance of “holographic” princess Hatsune Miku and her Vocaloid vassals, and as expected Miku shows off her latest tunes and costumes to much fan delight – although there are now some whispers of discontent at the formulaic nature of her appearances.
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Moeblob seiyuu Aki Toyosaki’s “blasphemous” rendition of “Hey Jude” has become the subject of worldwide opprobrium, with international exposure resulting in her performance being hated more widely than ever before.
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