


Another jam-packed exhibition has surfaced for another revered anime series, this time with Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio getting the spotlight at the Geestore Osaka Annex courtesy of Cospa, the event boasting the usual supply of illustrations and anime goods that fans will likely appreciate – as well as possibly help introduce the series to newcomers.
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Hardcore Pokemon fans both young and old may be delighted at the fact that a real life Pokemon Gym will be opening in Osaka, bound to draw more fans to the ancient franchise than ever before.
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The “Sega” arcade located in Osaka has offered more than just the usual cavalcade of competitive games, as it also houses a “worship area” for devoted fans of the Love Live! franchise to dutifully bow down in awe of their beloved idols – a more convenient alternative to the Yamanote train line for those in Kansai.
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A celebratory exhibition for the highly revered Naruto franchise is headed for Osaka, boasting a multitude of illustrations, fancy models and other artistic pieces that hardcore fans of the series may not want to miss – regardless of whether or not they are bitter about the fact that the franchise is officially complete.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: H, Japan, News
- Date: Jun 10, 2014 08:41 JST
- Tags: Censorship, Crime, Exhibitionism, Image Gallery, Internet, Law, Osaka, Police


Police have announced a national first in their war on uncensored porn, having busted a couple as they streamed themselves having sex live over the Internet – the streamers in question already having netted some $300,000 this year alone.
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A man has been arrested for engaging in indecent acts with a schoolgirl friend after her mother invited him to come to her house to give her some private tutelage and then turned him over to police.
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A taxi driver has been arrested after drugging a female fare with a diuretic and then refusing to let her go so he could film her desperately struggling to avoid wetting herself – a battle she tragically lost, along with some 50 of his other victims.
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More of Japan than ever is choking under a thick cloud of China-quality PM2.5 smog this winter, prompting the Japanese government to warn people in affected areas not to venture out lest they die horribly.
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The latest outrage against the nation’s schoolgirls comes in the form of schoolgirl cyclist who almost hit an old man in the dark, only for him to commit verbal battery on her by insisting she put on her lights, with Osaka police issuing one of their famous advisories in an effort the bring the felon to justice.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Dec 16, 2013 17:02 JST
- Tags: Comiket, Crime, Doujinshi, Events, Fujoshi, Mental Illness, Osaka, Otaku, Police

Police have finally managed to catch the deranged Kuroko fan whose many threats of mayhem and murder caused so much disruption to events and shops handling Kuroko no Basket related products, surprising many by not being a crazed fujoshi after all.
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Police have caused outrage after arresting a jogger for “fleeing” from the scene of a wicked schoolgirl skirt flipping on the testimony of a the girl’s mother, who was not there and did not see him.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Jul 10, 2013 13:02 JST
- Tags: Chikan, Crime, Fetish, Kyoto, Osaka, Oshiri, Police, Schoolgirls, Trains

A cop who admitted to groping 30 girls on the trains of Kinki says he had to keep groping “because of how unforgettably soft they were,” and has been harshly punished with a month’s suspension from active duty.
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