
Photographs of naked girls as young as 6 are being sold in Akihabara, with signs in a shop challenging none other than Japan’s top moral crusader Agnes Chan: “Bring It On, Agn*s!” – the situation, and the photographs, can be inspected below.
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The recent Nipponbashi Street Fest 2010 provided many Kansai-area otaku a chance to celebrate their true colors in Osaka’s own version of Akihabara, an opportunity that can sometimes be quite rare for those living out of reach of Tokyo.
The metallic masses of itasha were one of the most visible signs of otaku presence, and a few dozen of the inspiring vehicles can be seen below…
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Nintendo may have won some notable successes in its war on modchips, or “majikon”, and related devices, but it seems in some places in Japan they are easier to get than ever, all thanks to the ubiquitous (and perhaps notorious) Japanese vending machine.
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A pair of men have been arrested for mugging 50 people, all described as “looking like otaku”, stealing and extorting some ¥3,000,000 in total from them as they walked the streets of Osaka’s answer to Akihabara, Nipponbashi.
It appears they were targeted based on the (correct in this case) perception that otaku are weak and will bend to any threat.
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