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Anime Drives Blu-ray Sales

5 Centimeters Per Second 秒速5センチメートル

According to a ranking released by Amazon.co.jp, of the top ten best selling Blu-ray titles, six were anime. Anime fans are thought to be a discerning crowd where visual quality is concerned, and the presence of so much anime seems to bear that out. The content of the list is not wholly surprising, though lack of Blu-ray releases removes some of the more popular titles from the ranking:

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  • h8GWB commented on July 2, 2009 13:36

    It would also one of the few on the list to actually benefit from being hi-def. Seriously, I have the Toki O Kakeru Shojo SP ED DVD, and it looked beeeautifil playing on both my Samsung... More

  • Anonymous commented on May 28, 2009 12:11

    I love 5 Centimeters Per Second it was so moving.... More

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Diet Beer & Canned Cocktail – Brewers Desperate

Diet Beer & Canned Cocktail – Brewers Target Female Drinkers

Japanese beer makers have been stung by a reduction in consumption of their products amongst young women, and are now scrambling to recapture the market with “innovative” products oriented towards the female demographic. The results are disheartening, but amusing.

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  • fatimmortal commented on April 12, 2009 00:11

    Diet jesus juice, anyone?... More

  • Ayu commented on December 14, 2008 19:37

    there's be lots of sauce for anime themed beer XD... More

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Daughter Gives Onanistic Present for Father’s Day

Daughter Gives Onanistic Present for Father\'s Day - Tenga Dutch Wife/\

A lucky (?) father appears to have received an unusual gift for Father’s Day, in the form of the deluxe Tenga set including every product in the expansive range of onanist accessories, given by his Tenga employee daughter.

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  • Anonymous commented on September 29, 2009 18:06

    What a nice and considerable daughter!... More

  • none taken commented on August 20, 2009 17:01

    Wow...really. I cannot imagine giving my dad such a gift. Maybe she had the hots for him. Ughh....... More

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DVD Group Demands End to Free Recording of Anime

Blood+ yours for only $70,000? A steal?

DVD and video industry group the Japan Video Software Association (JVA) has issued a long and unambiguously worded complaint to the effect that personal recording of shows, particularly anime, damages its potential bottom line, so can’t something be done to rectify this, preferably involving payout to the JVA.

Close reading of their demands in fact reveals their sales are healthy, but they are being damaged “potentially”.

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  • Anonymous commented on October 15, 2010 13:26

    HOME TAPING IS KILLING MUSIC... More

  • Anonymous commented on March 12, 2010 20:47

    MAFIAA FTW! What's next: "even if customers aren't pirating our content, compensation is still required" And then: "No one is buying our shit anymore! WE DEMAND COMPENSATION FOR THIS INSULT!"... More

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Anime TV Chief Fears Loss of Child Audience

SPEJ executive and Animax CEO Masao Toyama ソニー・ピクチャーズ エンタテインメント　アニマックスブ社長 滝山雅夫

Head of top Anime TV station Animax, 滝山雅夫 / Masao Toyama, has said his greatest fear is that anime will lose popularity amongst the young, and seems set on trying to rectify matters, if in a modest way.

His statement was made amidst celebration of Animax’s tenth anniversary, with a long and glorious stable of anime (Dragonball, Gundam, etc.) stretching out behind it, mostly being distributed on a tried and true fee based model.

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  • Anonymous commented on July 1, 2013 16:58

    Just gimme the SUB!!! Not DUB!!!... More

  • なっきにゃーNakkiNyan commented on July 3, 2009 06:53

    ...And it won't progress until you get through the 20sec commercial.... More

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The Bust of Suzumiya Haruhi

Suzumiya Haruhi Figma Busts

The special edition articulate Haruhi to be exclusively released with the limited edition Haruhi Wii dance game (DX Pack) will be accompanied by the release of four different Haruhi busts, each compatible with interchangeable parts, with each bust being inconveniently bundled with a different magazine (The Sneaker, Comptiq, Shonen Ace & New Type). So fans wanting ponytail Haruhi will need the December edition of Comptiq, etc. (details above).

This strikes me as an elegant piece of marketing, not that they need it considering the hype. Tip off via Moon Phase.

  • Artefact commented on June 20, 2008 07:22

    I finally got round to revising it... Thank you correctors - evidently I needed a break.... More

  • green commented on June 20, 2008 07:01

    Wow, I can almost feel the tension between Revoltech and Max Factory. This is colossal head to head competition. I always thought Figma did it better, now not so sure...no...Figma ftw!... More

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Goldfish Toilet

Goldfish Toilet - Another fine example of Chinese ingenuity, this toilet combines fish keeping practicality with water saving economy.

Another fine example of Chinese ingenuity, this toilet combines fish keeping practicality with water saving economy. Not only does it incorporate water saving technology, with a direct connection of the flush function to the water supply obviating entirely the need for an apparently wasteful reservoir, it is also a shrewd piece of marketing, as with no need for a water reservoir the aquarium serves no purpose other than to draw onlookers and prompt questions about what happens to the fish, easily fielded with a informative lecture on the new water saving technology.

Via here.

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  • Riot Gear commented on March 8, 2009 00:47

    the fishes will all die by crappy smell.... More

  • H8gwb commented on January 31, 2009 16:52

    At first, I thought that the flush was provided by the goldfish tank, thoroughly filtered for fish, of course. Then I realized that incoming Chinese tap water would kill the fish prettey quickly. Therfore, I... More

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Bust Up Busts in $8,000,000 Scam

Bust Up Busts in $8,000,000 Scam - Final Japan\'s Up Gold Impact scam ended

“Just take three and you’ll be a D-cup in no time!” – A company selling purportedly breast enhancing supplements, in fact just worthless capsules, has finally been subjected to the full force of the law for a score of violations of Japan’s pharmaceutical laws; CEO Mayumi Akashi (41), along with four accomplices, were arrested, but do not so far admit to there being any doubts over their product’s efficacy. We do not hear what size she was.

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  • mi commented on April 15, 2009 14:54

    so there are 43,000 woman in japan who are flat :3... More

  • Anonymous commented on January 11, 2009 19:39

    Wish I worked for that company, hell even for a month. Dang that's like significantly more than 100$/h!! who wouldnt refuse.... More

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Japanese Tenga Onanist World Champions

Japanese Onanist Tenga World Champions

Two Japanese men have delivered an apparently record breaking self stimulatory performance in San Francisco, in a carefully orchestrated piece of marketing for Tenga. Emblazoned proudly with the Tenga maxim “New Adult Concept”, on red jumpsuits, the intrepid duo of Norihiro Taneichi and Masanobu Sato displayed considerable endurance; Taneichi managed to perform for 8h 40m, although we are not told just how many times they achieved completion (a suspicious omission if ever there was one).

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  • Anonymous commented on July 19, 2011 00:49

    OMG WTF THIS WORLD IS FOOMED! Second coming will not come.... More

  • Anonymous commented on August 24, 2010 16:01

    I would never do this because frankly, shit gets raw.... More

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Eat Snake, Bear, Camel, Horse Schlong (45cm) at Akiba

Frozen horse penis (45cm) at AKIBA GeteQ, photo by Ota-Suke

Kebab not good enough? Try takoyaki made with a variety of strange meats – Burmese python, bear, camel hump, crocodile tail, green sea turtle (by-catch I presume), and of course, the reason you came here, horse penis (45cm); all available at newly opened rare meat themed eatery AKIBA ゲテQ/AKIBA GeteQ. This via Ota-Suke – be sure to check out all their photos of the place if you find this hard to believe, or just want to look at more frozen horse penis (45cm), or little balls thereof.

I would be delighted to hear this is a fake but it appears not – the photos show more than just the icy member in convincing detail. Are horse penis takoyaki eateries the new maid café? I have mixed feelings about just which is preferable.

  • Anonymous commented on November 8, 2009 14:43

    At the new maid cafes, cosplay maids will eat a horse penis at your table.... More

  • Firetribe commented on August 14, 2009 10:20

    Green Sea Turtle?! *Gasp* Isn't that a globally threatened species?... More

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