- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Feb 13, 2012 00:52 JST
- Tags: Aya Hirano, Ayana Taketatsu, Idol, Internet, Music, Otaku, Rankings, Seiyuu, Twitter

None other than scandal seiyuu Aya Hirano herself has been unseated from her position as most followed seiyuu, with even her fascinating antics not enough to spare her the humiliation of being overtaken by the actor behind one of her on-screen peons.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Feb 12, 2012 14:02 JST
- Tags: Atelier, DLC, Gust, Koei, Marketing, Moe, Otaku, PSP, Visual Novels

Budding fans of the Vita’s upcoming real-time fairy dating game Ciel nosurge have been aghast to learn that the game is episodic and will take over a year to finish and cost 2-3 times the price of a normal title.
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The supposed popularity of K-ON! amongst actual schoolgirls is once again the subject of incredulity and wonderment amongst fans, with TV introducing a group of high school girls who joined their school keion-bu and started a band for good measure – all thanks to K-ON!.
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Moeblob fans have been marvelling at the increasingly steamy scenes on show in the K-ON! manga, and not least the undeniable revelation that Ritsu, like Yui and the enormous Mugi, seems to have been doing some growing…
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London’s newly won position on the K-ON! “seichi” pilgrimage circuit appears to be well in hand – fans of the K-ON! movie are already hunting through its frigid and grimy recesses to find the various locations fictionally graced by their moeblob icons.
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The element most anime fans are looking for in the anime they watch may come as a surprise to some, considering its near total absence from so many popular late-night anime titles…
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Hatsune Miku fans are rejoicing at the sight of the world’s first ita-airport, in the form of Miku’s descent upon Hokkaido’s New Chitose Airport – including a full-size Miku statue which has otaku reaching for either their wallets or their cameras…
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A gamer at an Internet cafe who died after a 23-hour marathon spree may have been sat dead at his PC amongst other patrons for as long as 9 hours.
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With so much recent controversy over manga endings (Bleach is in its “final chapter,” Negima ends in 3 chapters, and generic Jump love comedy Kagami no Kuni no Harisugawa just received one of “those” endings), manga fans have been debating the perfect length for a manga – with many coming to the conclusion that “about 30″ volumes is about right.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Feb 3, 2012 18:17 JST
- Tags: AKB48, Bizarre, Crime, Idol, Marketing, Mental Illness, Onanism, Otaku, Prostitution


Scandalous allegations about what goes on at idol handshaking events are once again being made, this time describing the extremes of perversion some ultra-creepy otaku engage in at the expense of their beloved idols.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Feb 2, 2012 16:35 JST
- Tags: Crime, Hatsune Miku, Internet, Korea, Music, Otaku, Politics, Vocaloid, YouTube

Hatsune Miku fans everywhere are being rallied to the virtual diva’s defence – parties unknown have been waging an underhanded campaign against her on YouTube, by filing fraudulent copyright claims against her videos in an effort to get all her songs deleted.
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Doll and figure fanciers have been busily comparing the spoils of their admittedly not usually mutually exclusive hobbies, in the hopes of demonstrating the superiority of one to the other – with predictably spectacular results.
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