
53% of Japanese women surveyed reveal once again they have no confidence that they could win their boyfriend back from the non-existent clutches of a 2D girl.
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Those concerned about the notorious practice of doctoring cosplay pictures into something which bears as much resemblance to reality as do the original 2D characters are perhaps right to be afraid, if the below images are any guide.
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Not content with merely locating the Kanagawa hotel featured in episode 4 of K-ON!!, one desperately ronery otaku actually rented a room and recreated a bedtime scene from the anime using his dakimakura collection.
Naturally, he then posted it all online.
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The seiyuu cast of K-ON! rival the characters they so earnestly voice in this series of illustrations, having been given the KyoAni treatment:
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: May 16, 2010 06:55 JST
- Tags: 2D vs 3D, Comparison, Hatsune Miku, Internet, Itasha, Marketing, Otaku, Touhoku, Trains


Hatsune Miku fans have been enraged by the decision of Japan Rail East to throw out the top voted names for its new E5 Shinkansen, which included “Hatsune,” instead picking the name which came 7th with just 2% of the vote.
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For some Japanese women at least, not only is having a boyfriend fall for a 2D character considered cheating, it is regarded as being worse than having an affair with a real woman or going with a prostitute.
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Marriage breakingly popular Love Plus virtual wife Nene Anegasaki is here cosplayed perfectly (or minus her “creepy eyes” at any rate) by Shimizu Miki. Thus arises the question, which is better, 2D or 3D?
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A book offering pornographic “imagery” for the blind by way of braille and raised illustrations has recently made a splash.
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Shamelessly maniacal otaku have finally cottoned on to how they can discretely yet brazenly kiss their 2D brides all day long in public.
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- Author: Quen
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Apr 1, 2010 13:36 JST
- Tags: 2D vs 3D, CM, Food, Haruhi, Idol, Marketing, Nagato, Nekomimi, Video Gallery

A new TV commercial for giant candy conglomerate Lotte’s new Acuo chewing gum is attracting attention amongst fans of 2D for its striking premise – the gum makes one’s breath so fresh that it transforms pedestrian, everyday Japanese women into 2D beauties such as Haruhi and Mikuru, or even a trio of stray cats into a harem of nekomimi Nagato.
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Service anime par excellence Ladies Versus Butlers! will be receiving a small tribute to its ecchi glory in the form of pantsu modeled after some worn by the show’s busty and not so busty cast.
Unfortunately, something seems to be lost in the transition to 3D in the cast of Selnia’s silk panties, but at least quasi-loli Mimina’s character print underwear had better results…
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Japan’s latest high speed train looks set to be called “Hatsune” after Miku fans noticed it shared a colour-scheme with the virtual idol and flooded an online competition to select a name for the train.
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