

HKT48 idol Haruka Shimazaki disastrous efforts at cosplaying no less than Asuka Langley herself have proven even more provocative to Eva fans than her efforts at Miku were galling to Vocaloid devotees…
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A Japanese newspaper’s ranking of the top karaoke tunes most loved by Japanese under-20s has proven so dominated by Vocaloid and anison classics and so bereft of mass-manufactured idol groups that some have begun to wonder whether there is hope for Japanese music yet – or indeed if Japanese music and its music industry are now two entirely different entities…
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The steady succession of hit anime the 2000-2013 period has yielded has again been subject to rankification – demonstrating once more that the tastes of fans still maintain some balance between A & B even over a 13 year period…
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Seiyuu fans of both sexes have come together to vote for the voice actors and actresses with the voices they find most pleasing to the ear in this unusually balanced ranking…
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The anime which fans believe of historic importance and well deserving a place in the annals of anime history have been enthusiastically voted on, leaving an astonishingly well balanced list for once…
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Anime fans have been busily voting on who their favourite character designer of all time is, leading to a powerhouse ranking of esteemed artistic greats – for once providing an artist ranking entirely free of Tony…
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Fans fond of the anime era of angst-ridden mech pilots may be pleased at this new ranking from fans who have voted for the anime classics most “representative” of the nineties (hopefully not intended to include those which were merely popular or much loved) – though everyone else will likely be left complaining about the absence of Cowboy Bebop from the list, as usual.
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Anime movie lovers have compiled a ranking of their most beloved anime films – with Gainax and KyoAni for once handily supplanting the inescapable Ghibli movies.
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Fans of cars, cosplay and sexy ladies have been admiring the latest appearance of a quintet of Neon Genesis Evangelion race queens, easily eclipsing the cars they are supposed to complement, and – in the opinion of some admirers at least – almost eclipsing the charms of their 2D models as well.
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Evangelion fans have been greeting the first trailer of the upcoming “Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo” (or “Evangelion: Q”) movie with no small enthusiasm, promising as it does plenty of quality cinematic action and gratuitous Asuka service.
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Those anime all anime fans should know, as judged by anime fans, have been subject to rankification – and not surprisingly it emerges that all should know of the power of moe…
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As if it were not already plain enough how much the tastes of American anime fans differ to those of the Japanese, a survey of what the Japanese think of the USA’s “Top 30 Anime Classics” confirms it in no uncertain terms, with Ghost in the Shell and Akira yet again losing out to such genre classics as Pokemon, although it seems virtually everyone can agree on the greatness of Ghibli.
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