

A NEET and possible hikikomori who chased his mother out of a second floor window with a knife after she told him to “get a job or get out” holed himself up in his home, prompting police to storm the building. The entire event was caught on video.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Jun 19, 2011 05:43 JST
- Tags: Censorship, Law, Loli, Lolicon, Mass Media, Mental Illness, Otaku, Politics, Sweden

Sweden’s state radio has warned people who enjoy adult anime and manga that they are in fact dangerous sex criminals who are violating Sweden’s draconian child pornography laws and should “seek professional help” immediately.
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The 3DS version of Nintendo classic The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has been released and appears to be exerting strange influences over popular blogging idol Shoko-tan…
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A man has been arrested for collecting the spit of some 4,000 young girls on the street, filming himself and hoarding their spit in his home.
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Aya Hirano is complaining of massive hair loss again, and as she is silent as to why there is plenty to speculate about regarding the cause.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: May 28, 2011 04:32 JST
- Tags: AKB48, Bizarre, Collections, Idol, Mental Illness, Music, Otaku, Shopping, TV, Video Gallery


The crazed fan who spent over $100,000 on 5,500 AKB48 CDs seems to have been outdone – no sooner had he been exposed than an earlier report about a similar creature who spent 20 million yen ($250,000) on AKB48, though he only bought CDs in lots of 1,000.
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A crazed otaku fan of idol group AKB48 has been proudly showing off his ¥8,800,000 purchase of 5,500 of the group’s latest single.
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Otaku dedication to their mahou shoujo brides has reached new heights (or more probably, depths) – the latest example of this “dedication” is quite something.
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A DPJ politician who recently lost her seat has been ridiculed for accusing 2ch users of being paid to manipulate public opinion against the DPJ using their posts.
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Professional twitterer Aya Hirano’s legendary confrontations with her creepy stalkers continue, this time resulting in the angriest outburst yet, and a stream of death threats in response.
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Otaku quizzed on what it is they find irritating about other otaku supply a helpful ranking of some of the best ways in which otaku can annoy one another.
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America’s more unhinged fundamentalist Christians have apparently been rejoicing at the lord’s decision to answer their prayers for the destruction of vile heathens and atheists by wracking the infidel land of Japan with a mighty palpitation of the earth.
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