
The latest birthday to be honoured by otaku is none other than Love Live’s cute Nico Yazawa, seeing plenty of shrines erected and lonely dinners eaten – with even Animate Akihabara being completely engulfed in paraphernalia dedicated to the energetic idol.
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Century-old mega-station Tokyo Station celebrates its 100th year transporting people across Japan, unusually utilising the medium of anime to provide a highly sentimental animated short to honor the station’s ongoing dedication.
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To celebrate its 10th anniversary, combat butler anime Hayate no Gotoku has served eager fans a new OVA episode, chock full of its classic moe charms and comedy to entertain those bitter from its distinctly lengthy absence and wildly varying character designs – even if lacking in the show’s namesake action.
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Anime fans have been marvelling at the dedication of a Hong Kong based fan of Love Live!, whose full back tattoo of Nozomi, inked in commemoration of her birthday, has made a truly lasting impression – even “30% complete” and uncoloured.
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April 19th has been the advent of a glorious celebration amongst Love Live! fans as it is the birthday of the lovely Maki Nishikino, causing otaku to spread their love across the internet through the usual means, amassing their collections – cake being an obligatory decoration.
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Otaku and fujoshi alike have been busily celebrating the birthday of main titan slaying protagonist Eren Yeager of Shingeki no Kyojin, worshiping his titan slaying personage with some impressively goods bedecked “shrines,” with the obligatory birthday cake being the usual centrepiece.
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Pure idol anime Love Live has inspired some devotional Umi Sonoda birthday celebration, with the usual selection of cake and fan art lavishly displayed.
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Obsessive fujoshi have been performing what seems like worship in honour of the 2/2 birthday of Rin Matsuoka, the shark-toothed character of KyoAni’s controversially popular swimming anime Free! – and as to be expected, they have been freely showing off their rites of celebration with an abundance of Rin associated goods, with cake being a common feature of course…
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Otaku celebrations of bashful ‘blob Mio Akiyama‘s January 15th birthday are proving as dedicated as ever, with cake, craft and more on display as a token of their devotion.
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Japan’s little monsters have been outraged at Lady Gaga’s decision to “lower herself” to congratulating AKB48 on their 8th anniversary.
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As popular as ever, top moeblob Azusa Nakano‘s birthday sees scores of devoted fans united in celebration – her years out of the limelight evidently not having diminished her popularity in the slightest.
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Newly lvl 26 scandal seiyuu Aya Hirano has been attracting attention with a Haruhi bunny girl at her recent fan-club only birthday concert.
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