

Tireless otaku have yet again demonstrated their obsessive talent with comparison images of noted scenes from moe coffee shop anime Gochuumon Usagi and their real world equivalents – just how much effort was required to make this discovery has thankfully not been divulged.
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Devoted fanatics of the highly popular Kantai Collection craze have hastened to identify the real world location that the show’s naval base was modeled after, naturally providing comparison shots for viewers to scrutinize the differences and similarities.
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Dedicated fans of the Idolmaster franchise have rapidly ascertained the real locations of backgrounds from Idolmaster: Cinderella Girls, truly demonstrating the extensive (if unproductive) capabilities of such obsessed individuals.
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Live2D have unveiled a new video showcasing the latest version of their oft used Live2D Euclid software, which allows for a much smoother transition of 2D drawn graphics into a 3D environment – most commonly utilized for visual novels, but soon to have wider gaming and anime implications it would seem.
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Devoted otaku have yet again set out on another anime-centric pilgimage to the latest seichi of note, this time to bear witness to and compare the similarities between the new PV of impending glass artisan anime Glasslip and its real world equivalent – with the town likely to end up as a prosperous (or merely crowded) tourist attraction.
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In something of an unusual twist on the moe cafe boom, top moe artist and golden swordsman Kishida Mel has designed the maids for an actual maid cafe.
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Darling Putinista and Crimean attorney general Natalia Poklonskaya has expressed her delight at all the adorable moe art she has been inspiring of late, even being so bold as to ask for more – something which may not have been wise given the direction some of the art is starting to take, and with there being so much time between now and the next Comiket…
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- Author: Rift
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Mar 21, 2014 11:30 JST
- Tags: 2D vs 3D, Courts, Image Gallery, Law, Moe, Otaku, Politics, Russia, Ukraine


Crimea’s new Attorney General Natalia Poklonskaya may well be Russia’s cutest stooge to date, with even the BBC commenting on Japanese besottedness with the bishoujo keiji and
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A fresh and rather tasteful take on the time-honoured tradition of 2D dating has emerged from China, attracting much admiring attention both there and in Japan, along with the usual horror and scorn.
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Diehard fans of Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai have shown their impressive devotion to the series in the traditional manner by making a pilgrimage to the real life locations the series was based upon, providing a rather handy and intriguing comparison – whether or not this impassioned display will be welcomed by the staff of the school however is a different matter…
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Otaku girding themselves for another lonely Valentine’s look finally to have discovered how to get their 2D paramours to give them the chocos their hearts desire…
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The universal loathing the Haganai movie has attracted from fans and even the creator of the franchise himself looks only to have deepened with the release of more promotional shots of the cast – and Yukimura and Rika fans in particular, although it looks as if staff are saving the worst for Sena’s admirers…
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