- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Jun 24, 2012 20:14 JST
- Tags: AKB48, Comparison, Copyright, Idol, K-ON!, Music, Osaka, Otaku, Parody, Plagiarism


K-ON! fans are fuming at AKB48 sister group NMB48’s apparent cribbing of their beloved anime’s very logo, alleging plagiarism of the most egregious sort.
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“Super-carnivore” AKB48 idol Rino Sashihara has partially admitted allegations that she pursued one of her own creepy otaku fans for sex, and has been dumped from the group and banished to the wastes of Kyushu.
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AKB48 member Rino Sashihara has been outed as a “super-carnivore” who pursued one of her creepy otaku fans for sex when she was only 15.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Jun 8, 2012 20:33 JST
- Tags: AKB48, Idol, Marketing, Marriage, Mental Illness, Money, Music, Otaku, Relationships

Reports are surfacing of AKB48 fans who have somehow managed to get married, and of how tenuous this status appears to be in light of their creepy obsessions with shaking the hands of underage girls – including one case in which a wife threatened her husband with divorce after he bought 480 copies of the same AKB48 CD so he could attend a handshaking event.
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The pitiful sight of thousands of AKB48 CDs discarded as rubbish after creepy otaku fans have extracted the all-important voting and handshaking event tickets has finally answered the question of where they all end up, and perhaps shed some light on their musical value.
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A maniacal AKB48 fan’s purchase of some $30,000 worth of CDs so he can cast 1770 votes for his favourite idol has inspired the usual speculation as to what drives creepy otaku to such extremes, and why they seem to be appearing in increasing numbers and with increasing budgets.
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British musician Noel Gallagher, of “Oasis” fame, has caused a storm of controversy online after his less than flattering comments about AKB48 were circulated on 2ch, enraging their notoriously dedicated fans into attack mode.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: May 25, 2012 02:19 JST
- Tags: 2ch, AKB48, Idol, Marketing, Mental Illness, Music, Otaku, Records, Shopping

An AKB48 fan boasting of buying 1500 singles has become the latest example of the unbelievable creepiness such fans have become a byword for.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Galleries, Japan
- Date: May 12, 2012 11:09 JST
- Tags: AKB48, Fashion, Gravure, Idol, Image Gallery, Mizugi, Oppai, Oshiri, Photoshop

AKB48 idol Mariko Shinoda latest gravure posing spree has been attracting not onanistic approval for its sexiness but instead ridicule for its unusually dreadful choice of fashion.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Apr 27, 2012 05:45 JST
- Tags: AKB48, Akihabara, Arson, Crime, Idol, Maids, NEETs, Otaku, Tokyo

A gang of otaku who robbed and burnt dozens of properties in Tokyo have confessed that they committed their crimes so they could afford to attend AKB48 concerts and visit Akiba maid cafes.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Apr 19, 2012 19:30 JST
- Tags: AKB48, Censorship, Food, Idol, Marketing, Politics, TV, Video Gallery, Yuri

AKB48’s notorious mouth-to-mouth feeding CM campaign has come under fire for everything from promoting the evils of female homosexuality to putting innocent children at risk of infection with horrible diseases.
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Anime fans eagerly awaiting the spring 2012 season have supplied a ranking of their most highly anticipated titles just prior to their airing, with the top spot narrowly seized by what can only be presumed to be the new creepy otaku favourite…
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