

Heavyset newcomers “Pottya” (from “plump” – “pochari”) have burst onto the idol scene, garnering much attention with their heftier proportions.
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Cosplay fans have been amazed by the before and after comparisons of Taiwanese cosplayer Rolan Ajo, who says she went on a diet and lost some 20kg so she could cosplay her favourite characters – a diet which looks to have been a resounding success, with her Lum bikini cosplay being hailed as “angelic.”
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Japan’s little monsters have been decrying the sight of Lady Gaga hungrily waddling about the stage after putting on “30 pounds” (13.6kg) – which could hardly be more topical, as recently published estimates suggest 44% of US adults will be clinically obese by 2030, Gaga among them it would seem.
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Dark seiyuu Aya Hirano has complained of putting on 6kg in only 5 days, which she puts down to pigging out on tasty Osaka cuisine, but which seemingly everyone else has a wide variety of unsavoury explanations for.
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Retro anime Dororon Enma-kun goes from bad to worse in its latest episode, with even more perverted transformations than before.
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Anime fans have been pondering the weight and Body Mass Index of their favourite anime heroines, or put more bluntly: “Why is Mio such a fatty?”
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The USA is the fattest nation in the world after all, according to updated fatness data.
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The USA cannot claim the honour of being the world’s fattest nation, according to the latest ranking of the world’s most obese nations.
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Those concerned about the notorious practice of doctoring cosplay pictures into something which bears as much resemblance to reality as do the original 2D characters are perhaps right to be afraid, if the below images are any guide.
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The latest Vipper challenge demands VIP based Photoshoppers test their mettle by making the unlikely picture above into something cool; whether their efforts were successful of not is something which can be judged below:
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Americans have come top of a survey of which countries have the “most attractive” inhabitants, unsurprisingly crushing the lesser nations of the world.
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Medical research appears to have confirmed that Wii Fit and other “sports” games offering apparent physical exertion actually have no positive effect on fitness at all.
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