- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Nov 29, 2010 02:04 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Crossdressing, Fashion, Hatsune Miku, Music, Otaku, Twitter, Visual Kei, Vocaloid


A visual kei band member denouncing Hatsune Miku and the other Vocaloids as “not being real music” has prompted outrage amongst Miku’s legion of devoted followers.
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William Gibson, father of cyberpunk, seems not have been immune to the wiles of the world’s foremost holographic princess after all – he concedes he must study her further.
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William Gibson, the author who kick-started the cyberpunk genre and popularised the notion of a virtual idol, is singularly unimpressed by Hatsune Miku it seems.
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Aya Hirano is accusing her agency of high-handedly changing the entire direction of her career without ever bothering to consult her, and she voices her disgust at them for the chaos they inflicted upon her fans.
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TV talent and former seiyuu Aya Hirano explains that she doesn’t care that everyone hates her, as it has always been thus.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Nov 2, 2010 19:39 JST
- Tags: Aya Hirano, Bizarre, Idol, Marketing, Medical, Mental Illness, Otaku, Seiyuu, Twitter

Aya Hirano has revealed she has a brain tumour.
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Aya Hirano’s latest episode sees her skirmishing with her 60,000 followers on Twitter.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Oct 30, 2010 03:04 JST
- Tags: Chikan, Crime, Idol, Marina Inoue, Otaku, Seiyuu, Stalkers, Trains, Twitter

Top seiyuu Marina Inoue, known for such roles as Yoko and Alicia, has reported that she was chased by a “strange person” and almost broke down into tears as a result.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Oct 22, 2010 15:43 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, California, Cosplay, Crossdressing, Fail, K-ON!, Police, Politics, Twitter, USA

A candidate for the governorship of California has the unusual distinction of having her campaign staff enlist the help of a crossdressing K-ON! cosplayer to promote her bid, along with the cops of San Diego.
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Saucy seiyuu Rie Tanaka recently provided some special bikini service to her followers, which she understatedly refers to as “a little sexy…”
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Oct 1, 2010 04:01 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Crime, Facebook, Internet, New Jersey, Suicide, Twitter, USA, Voyeurism

A student who illicitly streamed a room-mate’s sexual encounters live over the Internet is facing criminal charges after the room-mate responded by committing suicide.
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Square Enix’s decision to release Final Fantasy XIII on the Xbox 360 in Japan, after repeatedly promising it would be a PS3 exclusive, has driven fans into a frenzy, with some becoming so angry as to begin delivering death threats to Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada on his own Twitter account.
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