
The nearest train station to the Tokyo Big Sight is always decorated appropriately during each Comiket – this small gallery displays the International Exhibition Center train station in all its otaku-fied glory.
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Two new dakimakura covers for mecha oppai anime Kurogane no Linebarrel (or Linebarrels of Iron if you prefer) emerge, both rather erotic and oppai-centric.
Above we have Miu Kujou (voiced by a certain corpulent idol), going on sale March for a princely ¥9,000; look for it at Hobby Search shortly, or Getchu now. The illustration is rather nice, I think you’ll agree.
Below we have the yuri-makura:
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In case you were wondering who was buying all those Xboxes in Japan, at least some have been going to otaku masters such as the one whose sanctum you see pictured here. He looks to have amassed ten of them, along with every game imaginable… Now we just need to know if they are all working.
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Two new official Macross Frontier singles have just been released, both with ero CD jackets so explicit that the CDs are sold censored on store shelves.
The art you may be familiar with, as most of it comes straight from the famous Macross Ero-Van…
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A maker of Touhou goods reports a criminal shakedown attempt by a company fraudulently claiming to administer the copyright to the Touhou franchise; the company aggressively demanded compensation for violating their supposed “contract”, and threatened legal action if these funds were not forthcoming.
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A new figure in the SD (Super Deformed) Gundam series, this “SDX Knight Gundam” manages to be as cute as possible without actually being colored pink.
As a mechanical horse for the Knight Gundam would be silly, the SDX Knight comes with the ability to transform into a mecha-centaur of sorts in order to completely fulfill the medieval-theme…
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Good Smile Company, famously known for their Nendoroid and Figma figures, have released the line-up of what their Comiket 75 booth will contain.
GSC is far from the only otaku-related company to have a Comiket booth and Comiket-exclusive merchandise, but Mika-tan (a GSC employee) has provided a good amount of photos of said goods on her personal blog…
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With the OVA due in April, and the recent release of the powered up version of the eroge itself, to say nothing of the ecchi-DVD versions, well developed three kingdoms eroge franchise Koihime Musou also accumulates a wide selection of goods; here we see some of the rather tasteful dakimakura covers on offer.
Kanu, above, is already released but has proven so popular as to require a reprint; she will be available again in January for ¥8,500 or so.
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The upcoming Nanoha movie has ensured activity on the Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha Strikers goods front; the most interesting we hear of is this Subaru and Tiana “romantic pillowcase”, displaying the pair in no small detail.
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This series of stuffed plushies of characters from the doujin shooting game franchise Touhou Project will soon include huggable versions of Sakuya and Remilia, joining the already released Marisa and Reimu.
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Several months ago we reported on the introduction of what could be called “ita-rice” – bags of rice decorated with a moe illustration by well-known female eroge artist 西又葵 / Aoi Nishimata (Shuffle!, Final Approach, etc.)
This unique approach to selling rice has since turned into a huge marketing coup for the small town of Ugomachi (Akita Prefecture), with reportedly 2 entire years’ worth of sales of rice being sold in only 1 month.
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Gonzo wisely stakes its future on Sanya, if the flurry of Sanya related merchandise coming out of late is anything to go by.
This time the result is some ecchi sheets, below, which with a ¥9,500 price tag will go some way to rescuing Gonzo. “Gonzo Style” might soon in fact have to be renamed “Sanya Style”…
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