
Already renowned for cultivating an audience of creepy old otaku “big friends” alongside its primary demographic of 6-year-old girls with Precure, Toei now looks to have set its sights on furry fandom – their latest offering being a full on furry dakimakura featuring Wolfrun.
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A new Sailor Moon anime is due to arrive in the summer of 2013, much to the delight of magical girl fanciers the world over.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime Figures, H, News
- Date: May 31, 2012 03:22 JST
- Tags: Copyright, Crime, Doujinshi, Ero-figures, Made in China, Mods, One Piece, PVC, Toei, Tokyo

A man has been arrested for selling nude figures of One Piece’s buxom pirate princess Nami, being charged with copyright infringement for not obtaining Toei’s permission to sell the racy items.
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The newly released preview for the upcoming Halo Legends anime (below) has impressed many, but some can’t help but notice some curious discrepancies between the anime and the game, such as the complete absence of ranged combat in favour of lots of jumping around and punching…
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Idol and occasional seiyuu Aya Hirano will be playing the role of デンデ / Dende, a young Namekian, in upcoming episodes of the newly remastered Dragonball Kai.
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The spectacular trailer to the newly announced Halo anime has been unveiled, and is visible below:
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Microsoft has announced that it will be releasing an anime based on the Halo franchise, employing some of the top names in the anime industry.
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Toei, for reasons which well might include Gonzo’s impressive success with Strike Witches, has announced at the recent Tokyo International Anime Fair that they will also work on a new project that involves mecha-musume, tentatively entitled “Robot Girls”. Read the rest of this entry »

Children’s mahou shoujo anime Precure, aimed at primary school girls aged 4-6, has recently had its latest incarnation in the form of Fresh Pretty Cure; oddly, in addition to the target demographic, the anime has picked up a notable following of adult otaku, who lately have attracted attention to themselves with interminable debates over doujinshi and other weighty matters, conducted on the official boards.
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A recent preview of the upcoming Dragonball Z HD remastered TV series, entitled Dragonball Kai, reveals a good glimpse of what the updated animation will look like once the rebranded show airs next month.
Most noticeable is the change from 4:3 scale to 16:9, which unfortunately results in a cropping of the original frames…
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Classic martial-arts shonen series Dragonball Z will be receiving a extensively remastered HD re-broadcast this April. The rebroadcast will include newly recorded dialog by the original seiyuu, new sound effects, new OP/ED sequences, and a brand new HD video transfer.
That this re-broadcast is airing on the 20th anniversary of the original broadcast shows the impressive longevity of the franchise, and should be a big comfort for most Dragonball fans who would rather see the original instead of the notorious upcoming Hollywood adaptation.
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