


Saitama’s ill-fated and now Lucky Star dedicated Washinomiya Shrine has once again set-up an anime-inspired New Year’s event, beckoning otaku from far and wide to buy up more trinkets themed after the aged KyoAni classic, and now Grisaia as well.
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An “ultimate” (perhaps as in “final”) tie-up between the mouldering Lucky Star franchise and the shiny new Kantai Collection franchise has just put to sea, in the form of a Gamers Konata-Shimakaze crossover cover, with a Prisma Illya cover for Animate for good measure.
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Slice-of-life fans have seen fit to assemble this ranking of their favourite anime of the genre best known for its absence of story and maximal moe.
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The girls of Haruhi and Ore no Imouto have been drafted in to make the learning of English more moe in the form of English annotated versions of the novels, whilst top seiyuu have been “helping” with pronunciation guides in what seems to have become a mini-industry of late.
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Explanations ranging from youthful indiscretion to mass psychosis are amongst the excuses coughed up by regretful fans struggling to explain what they ever saw in these anime, although by the looks of their choices for each repentant fan a dozen more are still hopelessly enthralled…
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The slice of life anime, that great favourite of Type B fans, has been subjected to ranking by its many fans – with KyoAni’s showing as strong as ever in a genre it dominates rather strongly…
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As befits its status as “the best anime studio,” Kyoto Animation’s adorable parade of moeblobs are also clearly the best – at least as far as the tastes of Type B fans are concerned – and this has prompted them to assemble the definitive ranking of them.
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Bane of the Type A fan, the four panel manga (or yonkoma manga) has lately been providing many a classic moeblob, gag or slice-of-life anime adaptation, and here anime fans provide their reckoning of same.
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Anime otaku forced to rank actual anime otaku, NEETs and other such objects of scorn by their “loveability” reveal that Konata is now less popular than a fat man.
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Scandal seiyuu Aya Hirano’s voice acting career seems to have finally come to an end – her swarm of online detractors cannot help but notice that she has not netted a single role in the upcoming autumn 2011 anime season.
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Seiyuu fans have been reduced to tearful adulation as Kagamin seiyuu Emiri Katou reveals how she overcame her devastation at despicable otaku harassment over her teeth, having completed dental work which sees her able to smile unashamedly again.
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The 4 panel manga (yonkoma or 4-koma) format has become a staple of the gag and moe manga market, and some of the most popular anime around owe their origins to this style – anime fans rank their favourites below.
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