

Fans of the fang are not just restricted to 2D any more, and it seems even some real women are opting to preserve or even create their own cute little fang – however there are still a great many who consider the phenomenon best restricted to 2D…
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Anime girls with ahoge, the lock of hair now an inescapable staple of anime character design, have been ranked by anime fans – yielding a list surprisingly resistant to the recency effect which not infrequently ensures any Type B anime more than a season old is reduced to obscurity…
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Shigenori Soejima, the artist in no small part responsible for the success of recent Persona games thanks to his distinctive character designs, is receiving an English language artbook covering his fine character designs, and also including an interview and various other details of interest to Persona fans.
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A historical comparison of the dramatic technological evolution of 3D polygonal anime-styled bishoujo has recently been circulating, showing just how close the goal of a “real” 2D wife is getting for the otaku masses…
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The notorious inhabitants of 2ch’s VIP board have once again taken it upon themselves to spontaneously issue and fulfil a challenge – to somehow make the image above in to a paragon of moe using whatever means necessary.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, H, News
- Date: Nov 7, 2011 23:33 JST
- Tags: Character Design, K-ON!, Moe, Movies, Music, Oppai, Otaku, Tsumugi

Gentleman’s favourite Tsumugi Kotobuki has finally stipped off in official K-ON! media, delighting fans with the size of her breasts but also causing much consternation with their all-too realistic inability to defy gravity…
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The artistically inclined denizens of 2ch’s VIP board have been challenging themselves to convert this panel from an ageing Shōwa period (meaning the 80s and 90s in this case) manga into something more modern – and more moe.
In the process they provide an insightful dissection of some of the changes in artistic conventions manga has seen over the last two decades.
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Yuiblob fans are crowing over the fact that the latest development in the manga appears to be that of Yui herself – according to their minute comparisons, she has been doing some late blooming.
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Even the notoriously anti-Korean inhabitants of 2ch are praising Korea’s new Vocaloid design for her excellent design – behold See-U:
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Manly Miku apparently not having proved a debacle enough, Hatsune Miku finally has an official American version, although not everyone seems likely to be overjoyed by the design selected.
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Top HRPG Ar Tonelico has finally provided western fans with one of its saucy artbooks, available now.
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One of moeblob overlord and K-ON! creator Kakifly’s first manga, a 2003 Leaf doujinshi, has been discovered and shows the rather stark difference a mere eight years can make to an artist’s skill (to say nothing of his bank balance).
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