Bath Towel Nagato Nearly Tops 2008 Famitsu (+Nude Filter)

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The image you see above came close (third in fact) to topping gaming rag Famitsu’s most popular articles for 2008, being beaten out only by a story on the PSP-3000 and one on SF IV, proving beyond doubt, as if there were any, that Nagato Yuki is vastly more appealing than all but the PSP and Chun Li’s thighs.

Perhaps unsatisfied by this, an unknown Photoshop Master provides a remastered version in higher quality below, but in a mistake worthy of a fail gallery forgets to include the actual bath towel! Almost as bad as Tony

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  • Mollfie commented on January 9, 2009 09:42
  • I will never understand why they draw in bumcheeks. You can't see them from that angle. You only see them if you are looking up (like in an underboob shot)or if the girl had the... More
  • Onni commented on January 9, 2009 02:51
  • Best part of the show.... More

2008 Eroge Sales Rankings

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Several large stores have recently released rankings of their best-selling galge/eroge/visual novels for 2008, allowing to see which of the last year’s crop attained the most favor from eroge fans.

Little distinction is made between the various types of bishoujo type games, such as pure visual novels or hardcore eroge, but the results are still interesting to look at:

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  • Quen commented on January 7, 2009 03:47
  • Interesting, thanks! While we're passing out links, I'd like to once again recommend Hongfire as a good source for foreign eroge players... http://www.hongfire.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=114... More
  • Shuu commented on January 7, 2009 01:40
  • ... and finish about 1 game per year. They can't be blamed, it's a shitload of work and they're doing it in their free time. IMO you're better off learning Japanese. You won't be able... More

2008 Top Character Rankings – Megami Magazine

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Megami Magazine, well known for being the source of many of the finest ero posters available, has revealed its 2008 female character popularity ranking in its latest issue.

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  • FallsFromGrace commented on December 30, 2008 10:05
  • They were also real tsundere, who is Kagami dere for? Konata maybe, the spell to wake up in the OVA was sublime... More
  • FallsFromGrace commented on December 30, 2008 09:59
  • No complaints though... More

Top 5 Manga Overseas – 2008 April to July

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2channers are currently amusing themselves at the expense of the rest of the world by looking at what sort of manga they are buying.

Even if we restrain ourselves from making national characterisations on the basis of the manga being bought, as is rather tempting in the case of Germany, the results are interesting:

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  • Shuu commented on December 18, 2008 23:16
  • I see your point, but there can be nothing wrong with parents that encourage their children to draw ero-manga, right?... More
  • Mako-chan commented on December 18, 2008 22:25
  • I'm from germany and that result is embarrassing... Well, fortunately Futari Ecchi is in top 5 (i buy it too). In Germany it call Manga Love Story.... More

Otaku Markets 2007: Over $4 billion?

Otaku Markets 2007: Over $4 billion?

Here is some very interesting market research into the size and growth rates of various otaku related markets in 2007; the data should give you some idea of the scale of the industries in question. Essential reading, in fact:

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  • Leomb commented on December 7, 2008 03:46
  • This is weird... What is the income from DVDs selling and TV advertisement broadcasting and from cine?!?!?! Thanks for posting the news! I like this kind of data!!! ^__^... More
  • Artefact commented on November 13, 2008 13:13
  • Plamo in this case includes model planes and the like. Toy guns is a catch all including airsoft and similar quasi-replica guns. Only other unclear one is dolls: it's not clear whether they include realistic sex... More

2ch Most “Unhealthy” Site on the Net

2ch Most “Unhealthy” Site on the Net - 絶望した!

According to the results of a recent survey, 2ch is the least healthy social site on the (Japanese) Internet. The most healthy turned out to be none other than Mixi, a site very much in the vein of MySpace or Facebook; mobile SNSモバゲー / Mobage also placed highly.

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  • Onni commented on December 21, 2008 16:02
  • This and sister site 4chons.... More
  • FAIL commented on October 23, 2008 21:24
  • Hmm... 2ch is meant for free "but regulated-ish" speech and expression... Clean or unclean, no one forces anyone to go to any site. Just another day in 2ch history...... More

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