
Once again Evangelion’s Mari Makinami Illustrious proves she is a gift to both cosplayers and their admirers, with this fine example spotted handing out flyers in Akihabara, her spirits evidently undiminished by the weather.
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A guide to female masturbation running to 130 pages and helpfully packed with manga style illustrations was recently published, including sections on anal onanism, breast onanism, sex toy selection and female anatomy, amongst other topics.
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A ranking of the current season’s anime conducted by retailer Cospa by way of polling of Akiba shoppers reveals a major upset, with longtime imaginary wife Yui supplanted by the angelic Tenshi-chan…
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This rather spectacular Yui-fied VAIO X notebook PC recently took pride of place at an Akiba display of ita-gadgets.
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Witnesses report otaku K-ON! fans at one Akihabara store were so desperate to get their hands on limited supplies of a Yui figure that they resorted to fisticuffs and had to be broken up by security.
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Possibly the youngest Hakurei Reimu cosplayer ever recently charmed Touhou fans with an Akihabara appearance in support of the release of the latest round of Touhou goods.
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This resplendent Martian Successor Nadeshiko (or Nadeshico) ita-bus is currently cruising the streets of Akihabara as part of a promotion for the classic 1996 scifi comedy series’ upcoming Blu-ray release, and is sure to set off many shocks of nostalgia to otaku that can remember the show.
You might also remember this particular bus in one of its past lives, promoting Chaos;Head or Dream C Club…
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Top marathon simulator Final Fantasy XIII is now being sold at bargain prices online and in Akiba stores thanks to plummeting sales and mountains of excess inventory, with the price having dropped from an admittedly outrageous ¥9,240 to ¥3,980 in the few months since its much heralded release.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Feb 3, 2010 02:10 JST
- Tags: Akihabara, Bizarre, Cosplay, Fetish, Kigurumi, Maid Café, Maids, Marketing, Moe

The newest front in Akiba café proprietors’ war on the sensibilities of otaku and the general public is a kigurumi themed maid café, with patrons being once again served by 10 anime masked maids of indeterminate gender.
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Comedy fat man and leftist documentary maker Michael Moore has paid a visit to Akihabara, with the town leaving a distinctly unfavourable impression on him it seems.
Above he dispenses the first of his sage observations: “A lot of unnecessary things are being sold here.”
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Infamous Akihabara exposure idol Asuka Sawamoto’s career has reached new depths with her brazen admissions that her main source of income is prostitution and selling her used underwear to fans…
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The long awaited (at least by the jeering masses) Endless Eight DVD release has occurred, and a variety of visitors to the Akihabara shops at the forefront of marketing such DVDs gloat over sales described as “mortal.”
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