This recent photograph taken by one of 2ch’s many resident otaku appears to show K-ON!’s lead vocalist, Yui Hirasawa (or perhaps her equally adorable body double-cum-sister, Ui) helping to promote Hiroshima’s baseball team, the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, a team as useless as it is badly named.
The title of world’s most obsessive Pokémon collector ever has been seized by a British lady.
The 30 top selling games of 2009 amply demonstrate the Japanese market continues to revolve around Nintendo, RPGs and the occasional dash of Sony, with precious little in the way of originality or novelty on display, not that these games are necessarily bad.
Alright!!! Tales Of Vesperia I knew it was gonna be a hit game ^^ I mean I was one of the first people around where I live to purchase this game and complete all the achievements... More
FFXIII go go go!... More
Final Fantasy XIII appears to be the most anticipated upcoming sequel amongst western gamers by a substantial margin, the bitter truth of the matter evidently still not having crossed the language barrier.
The 2008 market for character goods in Japan was estimated at $17.1 billion, and recently released statistics allow the top anime franchises to be ranked according to how much merchandise they sold, a very important metric as sales of anime goods can dwarf proceeds from anime sales.
China’s top state run broadcaster is being accused of plagiarising elements of Pokémon and Naruto in its latest children’s anime, not long after it was discovered to have shamelessly copied 5cm Per Second wholesale; the broadcaster obstinately denies the charges, saying there is a difference between “plagiarism” and “imitation.”
Pikachu apparently watches over the skies with this ita-radar/SAM system, in what we can only hope is an unlicensed after-market decal, rather than anything the system was sold with in an official capacity.
The CEO of Nintendo has recently made some interesting comments to the effect that he is glad his predecessor dared to defy the advice of his American advisors and not turn Pokémon into muscle-bound monstrosities, because “Monsters can’t be cute.”
Of course, we all know how well Pokémon turned out, but what about games where the wisdom of American marketing prevailed and the characters were redesigned to meet the exacting standards of Western tastes? You can see some examples below…
thus explaining our higher birthrate... More
Yeah... I'm reminded of a very awful Megaman box art which may very well have been a redesign. At least today they don't do that (for the most part). Both of those ICO boxes look cool... More
A man who approached an online Q&A service asking how he might reign in his passionate love for a certain Pokémon, and perhaps turn it into mere platonic affection, has been roundly reassured that falling in love with fictional 2D animals is perfectly acceptable.
His query runs thus (he is careful to protect the identity of his Pokemon paramour throughout):
Pokémon’s Pikachu seems at first an odd choice of character for cosplay, but in fact actually even has some mild traction as an (almost) conventional fashion accessory, thanks to the sort of outfit you see above.
It certainly helps when modeled by a highly attractive lady too…
All Nippon Airways have announced one of their 747-400 passenger planes will be sporting custom Pokemon livery, featuring Pikachu and a number of other Pocket Monsters, in what qualifies as an exceedingly rare ita-jet.
An American Pokemon maniac (32), calling herself “PikaBelleChu” and proclaiming herself a “PikaHolic”, has set some record or other, nightmarsihly festooning her domicile with Pokemon goods (specifically Pikachu) and going so far as to cosplay the creature obsessively.
She claims record worthiness and demands recognition for her collection of over 8,000 Pikachu goods. She even has an itasha.
I agree...I mean plenty HERE are obsessed with cartoon porn. How many of us have THOUSANDS of pis and vids of hentai hmmmm? Many I bet. Judging someone like that some here have is stupid... More
That IS her life. she makes money and get out of the house often enough to earn that money. Can the same be said for many in here? Just because you don't like her life... More
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