
Anime fans are aghast at seeing the two most controversial figures (or “biggest trolls” as some would have it) in the anime world join forces – scandal seiyuu Aya Hirano is now a follower of washed up director Yamakan.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Aug 17, 2011 14:11 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Bizarre, History, Hokkaido, Internet, Marketing, Politics, Tourism, Twitter, WWII

The mascot for an obscure Japanese town has caused a scandal after daring to say that Japan killed 20 million in a war of aggression, with 2ch and Japan’s online right banding together in a successful effort to silence him.
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Scandal seiyuu Aya Hirano has been complaining that even her own manager has taken to badmouthing her behind her back.
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One of Aya Hirano’s remaining fans has been arrested for posting threats against the seiyuu on 2ch and Twitter.
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Aya Hirano’s tortuous relationship with her fans continues, with her enthusiastic hopes of reaching 200,000 followers on Twitter dashed – followers began abandoning her as soon as she mentioned it.
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A DPJ politician who recently lost her seat has been ridiculed for accusing 2ch users of being paid to manipulate public opinion against the DPJ using their posts.
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Professional twitterer Aya Hirano’s legendary confrontations with her creepy stalkers continue, this time resulting in the angriest outburst yet, and a stream of death threats in response.
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The ongoing saga of Aya Hirano’s bizarrely evolving career and war with her agency continues, with the seiyuu claiming she is actually banned from appearing in any new anime.
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Scandal seiyuu Aya Hirano has finally announced her marriage.
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Noted anime director (most recently for Fractale) Yamakan has lived up to his reputation for outspokenness with a condemnation of the wave of vaguely earthquake -induced anime cancellations.
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Joining the ranks of fellow Americans keen to joke about the misfortunes of the yellow races or ascribe racial guilt to the Japanese for Pearl Harbor/whaling/non-whiteness, Family Guy producer and writer Alec Sulkin has been caught pointing out that Japanese deaths don’t matter as their ancestors once bombed a naval base at Pearl Harbor.
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American comedian Gilbert Gottfried has been sacked from his job of voicing a duck after making a series of “crude” and “insensitive” jokes about Japan’s recent earthquakes.
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