- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Sep 6, 2009 02:28 JST
- Tags: Clannad, Dengeki, Famicom, Final Fantasy, Nintendo, PS2, Rankings, RPG, Wii

Japanese gamers were surveyed as to what games they felt would be the best to leave to posterity, and the results include the expected slew of Nintendo classics and blockbuster RPGs, but also includes surprising entries such as Okami and Clannad.
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The sales figures for the Haruhi’s Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody DVD, the first of the “new material,” and the first of the remade Full Metal Alchemist DVDs, have been published.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Aug 27, 2009 19:07 JST
- Tags: Cosplay, Fashion, Fetish, Fujoshi, Haruhi, Maids, Otaku, Rankings, Statistics

A survey has revealed unexpectedly high levels of interest in cosplay among Japanese women, with some 30% having either tried it or wanting to try it.
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- Author: Quen
- Categories: H, Manga, News
- Date: Aug 25, 2009 02:41 JST
- Tags: Akihabara, Comiket, Doujinshi, Haruhi, Nanoha, Otaku, Rankings, Saki, Touhou

Major otaku stores (Tora no Ana, Melonbooks, etc.) frequently display lists of their Top 10 bestselling doujinshi, but the most watched rankings are always the ones in the weeks following Comiket.
As Comiket 76 ended last week, there is the interesting opportunity to inspect these doujinshi rankings from three major Akihabara shops – Tora no Ana, Messe Sanoh and Melonbooks.
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The latest weekly Anime DVD Sales rankings have been released by Oricon, highlighting the many mecha fans that are purchasing the flood of Gundam 30th Anniversary re-releases of classic Gundam titles, and of course the immense popularity of anything directed by Miyazaki.
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Comptiq magazine recently released the current results for its long running Strike Witches “Ore no Yome” (My Bride) wife selection poll, allowing readers an excellent chance to see which of the pantsu-less young girls of the 501st Joint Fighter Wing are the favorites for wife material.
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Below you can see the most popular manga for men and women aged 10-50, broken down by age group and gender.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Aug 5, 2009 19:02 JST
- Tags: Blu-ray, K-ON!, Kadokawa, Kyoto Animation, Moe, Oricon, Rankings, Records, TV

The release of the K-ON! Blu-ray edition has seen a new opening day sales record set, with the Blu-ray edition selling 33,000 copies, with a further 8,000 sales of the DVD edition, a total which makes it the best selling TV anime of all time, and one of the best selling anime titles ever.
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In its glorious 20 year history, Square Enix’s Dragon Quest series of RPGs has captivated RPG fans the world over, mostly on Nintendo platforms. Just how much each title has captivated fans is visible in the ranking below, based on an online survey of Japanese gamers.
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A survey of the top ten manga the Japanese would like to see left to posterity reveals the paragon of literary greatness in comic form is apparently a basketball manga, and that future generations might be disappointed should they happen not to like shonen manga…
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Fans of formerly excellent baka-yarou anime Minami-ke have been dealt a final affront in the form of the final sales figures for the series, which seem to indicate a tragic and irreversible fate has been forced upon the show thanks to the much maligned involvement of hated animator Asread.
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A recent survey attempting to discover which of the Japanese regions have the most appealing womenfolk presents results which are rather unsurprising, giving top positions to areas with huge populations or traditional reputations for beauty and style.
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