
The health of Kannagi mangaka Eri Takenashi is apparently in exceedingly dire straits, with possible consequences far graver than an indefinite hiatus for her popular manga.
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Amazon.co.jp have quietly decided to ban a huge variety of adult products from listing in their database. Products “recalling” pornography featuring underage participants are the first to go, with a number of ero-manga apparently already deleted from their database.
They also plan to stop selling products featuring “themes of illegality”, or “brutality”, “rape”, “drugs”. “coprophagia” and “bestiality”.
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In news which may come as a relief to Kannagi fans, though which still leaves open the unhappy issues of what ails Kannagi mangaka Eri Takenashi and whether the official explanation is accurate, the editorial staff of ComicREX have explicitly denied that the hysterical otaku reaction to the issue of Nagi’s virginity had anything to do with the manga indefinitely ceasing publication.
Their denial is strongly worded, but fails to provide any details:
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The otaku murderer of a 5-year-old girl has been arrested, and upon investigation his residence was found to be festooned with bishoujo anime and manga related goods, with an entire wall given over to bishoujo posters prominently featuring magical girl anime PreCure.
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First we are presented with the intriguing prospect of cohabiting with a goddess, now it seem the prospect of living with a dangerous tsundere maniac, none other than Aisaka Taiga, emerges…
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In a shocking and unexpected development, crazy shrine maiden manga Kannagi has ceased publication indefinitely. Fingers have instantly been pointed at the recent extreme actions of otaku “fans”.
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A 2ch Kannagi fan and architecture maniac has created what looks to be the definitive recreation of the Nagi-sama residence (formerly inhabited by Jin). With this blueprint you can (probably) build your dream home (goddess not included).
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A moderately well conceived Neon Genesis Evangelion tattoo adorns this man’s back, an itattoo we might say. But the inevitable question must be posed: would this be a Photoshop, or a genuine irezumi?
The design looks convincing enough, and artefacts, if any, are well concealed, but still it seems a most unusual choice of subject and format…

The Vipper responsible for the notorious cosplay event reports centred on Tsukicon and Connichi has one more report to share with us, whether we like it or not; this time the event in question is the 2008 AniMaCo, which is cryptically described as “Die Anime und Manga Convention in Berlin”:
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A Vipper shares with us his photographic account of Finnish anime and cosplay event Tsukicon 2008, along with the World Cosplay Summit and Helsinki Book Fair, all held in Helsinki some weeks ago:
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Obsessive fujoshi fans of male seiyuu 宮野 真守 / Mamoru Miyano (25), noted for his performances in Death Note and Gundam 00, are seething with rage at the news that he has had the temerity to marry his girlfriend after conceiving a child with her.
“Miscarry, you succubus!”, “I’ll hate his girl for the rest of my life!”, “Hurry up and pop out that kid and then divorce, damn you!” – the vituperative excess of female 2channers knows no bounds.
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Just as we saw them investigate in impressive detail the question of Nagi-sama pantsu, now Kannagi obsessed 2channers have provided conclusive evidence of which broadcast version of Nagi-sama’s lips is the smoothest, the most alluring, and of course possessed of superior resolution and colour balance.
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