

Index fans have been marvelling over how Index-tan’s latest bout of gravure posing for the movie release emulates Index seiyuu Yuka Iguchi’s own gravure albums so closely…
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Obscure tarento Arisa Kanzawa, picked to portray the 3D version of Tomoko for Square Enix’s WataMote GanGan ads, has been attracting attention from fans of the show for her extreme cuteness – although whether this is a fair rendition of what this arch-fujoshi would actually look like is another matter.
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Japanese police have reported the nation’s first child pornography arrest involving “computer generated” artwork.
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The near universal loathing of Aku no Hana extends even to celebrities, with no less than Shoko-tan herself – evidently positively disposed to the original manga – bashing the anime in print.
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Tomodachi ga Sukunai’s author Yomi Hirasawa has not only confirmed that a live action movie adaptation is due, he also concedes he authorised it despite thinking it “unsuited” to 3D, and politely asks fans to stop trying to get it cancelled…
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Aku no Hana, Japan’s best ever (and only) rotoscoped TV anime, has exposed the original film used as a basis for its much loathed visual style.
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Whether Mikan fanciers or merely devoted onanists, there has been no shortage of praise for the originator of this novel invention – the appeal and dual usage potential of which probably needs no explanation.
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The costumes chosen for Sengoku Basara’s upcoming TV drama adaptation “Sengoku Basara Moonlight Party” have become the subject of mass ridicule online, although some are of the opinion they are so bad the show must actually be a must-watch…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Jun 15, 2012 17:35 JST
- Tags: 2D vs 3D, Censorship, Courts, Crime, Law, Loli, Lolicon, Otaku, Police, Sweden

The Swedish Supreme Court has finally worked out that drawings are not people, and in a landmark case has acquitted a man convicted of possessing child pornography after the authorities found suggestive manga-themed imagery on his computer.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, H, News
- Date: Jun 10, 2012 19:49 JST
- Tags: 2D vs 3D, AV, Comparison, Cosplay, Fate/stay night, Fate/Zero, Image Gallery, Parody, TMA




After the notorious “Faith/stay knight” comes TMA’s latest Fate cosplay parody “Faith/ero,” which as its name suggests bears more than a passing resemblance to Fate/Zero, and both Fate and TMA fans are positively agape (or possibly aghast) at the amount of effort TMA has put into replicating the series…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Apr 8, 2012 05:55 JST
- Tags: 2D vs 3D, Bizarre, China, Comparison, Dolls, Fashion, Image Gallery, Makeup, Photoshop

Competition for the distinction of most resembling the freakish proportions of a Barbie doll is heating up – both China and the USA now have convincing candidates whose inscrutable blend of makeup, Photoshop and “natural beauty” makes for quite the spectacle.
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Even hardcore otaku are prepared to admit that 16-year-old model Ai Hashimoto, playing Mei Misaki in the live action movie adaptation of Another, is at least the equal of the notoriously cute anime depiction of Mei, right down to her mousy looks, A cup bust and elfin frame (her official stats put her BMI at a “severely underweight” 15.1, with a height of 164cm and a weight of 40.1kg).
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