

Hiroshi Matsuyama, the CEO of CyberConnect2, the company responsible for the .hack and Narutimate Hero series of games, has confessed that he is a Naruto fan of legendary proportions, buying 15 copies of every volume and owning every issue of Shonen Jump published for the past 5 years.
However, unlike the unproductive obsessions of so many otaku, his has given rise to a successful company and a superb series of games, which he says is all down to his consuming love for the story: “The trick to producing an anime game is love for the original work!”
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A man has burnt down his home after his mother threw out his Gundam collection, lamenting “I’ve lost my precious Gundam, I may as well die.”
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Idol groping adventure Idolmaster seems capable of exerting a fascination over otaku few other franchises can match, exemplified by the astonishing quantity and variety of Idolmaster merchandise seen in this otaku room.
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K-ON! appears to be doing much to keep Japan’s consumer economy from imploding thanks to the dedicated efforts of a handful Mio-ists.
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We can but wonder what the object of this maniac’s obsessions would say about his celebrating her birthday in such a manner.
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For those wondering just who is buying all the K-ON! merchandise, specifically that involving Mio, look no further.
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Xbox 360 fans lusting after ota-idol Shoko-tan have been dealt another grievous blow with the news that she gave away a number of Xbox 360 games, without even bothering to play them.
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These photos, circulated online for some time now, appear to show an otaku who is both somewhat older and significantly more devoted than most, quite possibly to the point of causing worry, although his extraordinarily high power level looks unassailable.
Could this become a common fate for otaku in future?
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Mega-otaku Melonpan, famed for his dakimakura fondling and dating a Nia dakimakura, appears to have some inner turmoil regarding his hobbies and has announced his separation from posters, figures, dakimakura, pantsu, moe and anything else that stands as proof of his once-proud otaku-ness.
Given Melonpan’s dubious status as one of the most identifiable foreign otaku in existence, his departure will surely be met with disappointment by many.
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The tale of a newly wedded husband whose wife secretly sold his PS3 and games to watch his shocked reaction when she told him has given rise to a storm of outrage, with thousands uniting in disgusted condemnation of the deed.
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- Author: linkinstreet
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: May 5, 2009 06:10 JST
- Tags: Anime Goods, Collections, Crime, Fraud, Mangaka, Marketing, Otaku, Sites, Yahoo!

Collectors have been shocked to discover a sustained campaign of signed goods forgery, with the perpetrator selling off his fraudulent handiwork as the genuine article.
The fraud appears to have been perpetrated on an almost industrial scale, with sales reaching a million yen a month ($10,000).
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- Author: RaikenTB
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Feb 25, 2009 17:07 JST
- Tags: Baseball, Bizarre, Collections, Crime, Ibaraki, Mito, Shotacon, Soccer, Theft

A 21 year old science major has been arrested in Mito City, Ibaraki prefecture, for mass theft of schoolboy baseball and soccer uniforms.
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