
Anime in 3840×2160 “2160p” UHDTV resolutions should be available by the summer of 2014, as the Japanese government is pressing for the rollout of 4K UHDTV 2 years ahead of schedule in an effort to save the TV industry from collapse.
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Nadia fans have been decrying NHK’s decision to censor its rerun of the classic show’s much prized 12th episode by airbrushing out the African princess’s nipples.
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Not only are almost 90% of One Piece readers adult, most of the adult readership is at or past middle-age and quickly getting older, a far cry from the kiddy image stereotypically associated with many shonen manga titles.
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NHK has aired a shocking special on schoolgirl prostitution, or “enjo kousai” as the media persists in calling it, going into great detail on the topic – although many have questioned the extraordinarily sympathetic tone the programme adopts, as well as the fact it was aired on morning TV and included some perhaps unnecessarily detailed guidance as to how to decipher the online slang used in the trade…
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Unusually, Japan’s public broadcaster NHK has aired a programme delving into the culture and history of eroge and visual novels.
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Eager NHK viewers who had been waiting for the steamy Brooke Shields sex scene in “The Blue Lagoon” have experienced what may be the worst timed earthquake ever…
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Even by those used to the incomprehensible standards of Japanese TV, the content of this latest special on anal health is being greeted with some shock:
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Jun 3, 2010 04:21 JST
- Tags: Gravure, Haruka Fukuhara, Idol, Image Gallery, Linux, Loli, Lolicon, NHK, TV

Linux rag Ubuntu Magazine Japan has published a “gravure” idol photo shoot with 12-year-old idol Haruka Fukuhara, well known amongst lolicon circles.
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The Japanese manga industry has recorded the biggest slump in sales ever.
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Japan’s budgetarily challenged public broadcaster NHK has taken to providing moe anthropomorphisations of the seasons in its weather reports, the star of the show being the lovely Haru-chan (Spring-chan), who can be seen in a variety of curious illustrations on national TV once again with the onset of spring…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: H, Japan, News
- Date: Aug 25, 2009 07:57 JST
- Tags: Image Gallery, Loli, Lolicon, NHK, Otaku, Photography, Schoolgirls, Sports, TV

The NHK’s latest broadcast of middle school athletics has attracted much attention, both for the quality of the athletics and of the camerawork…
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NHK, one of Japan’s larger TV networks, seem determined to stop unauthorised online distribution of their broadcasting, and to this end have announced digital fingerprinting technology intended to thoroughly curb the practice, though it seems it will be limited to their upcoming download service.
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