


K-ON! fans have been captivated by what has come to be known as the “loli special” for the attention it lavishes on kindergarten loli versions of the cast:
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K-ON!! viewers soon discovered that Kyoto Animation has gone to the trouble of giving unique character designs to all 35 of the keion-bu’s class, and many of these typically undifferentiated “mob characters” have in fact already developed minor followings of their own.
The quest to identify all of the characters began to get serious when the second episode revealed the stylish belle who occupies the seat next to Yui. Soon more characters were identified, and enthusiastic fan art began appearing. The unfolding tale of the other 31 girls is detailed below.
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The third episode of K-ON!! supplied a merciful dose of Ritsu that is sure to please fans of the all-too-often passed up poor drummer, presented in the same high quality as the previous episode.
A deluge of screenshots and commentary follows below.
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The second episode of K-ON!! impresses yet again, with a combination of the Keion-bu’s schoolife antics and some of the best quality animation yet seen this year on TV.
As with the first episode, the episode is summarized below with plentiful screenshots and some commentary…
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A scene distinctly implying that two of the K-ON! girls actually have boyfriends and may thus actually be mere soiled high-schoolers instead of the idealised moeblobs fans so adore has proven a major bombshell to their more devoted fans.
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Some very promising images of a prototype figure of lovely Ritsu have just gone up at the Kyoto Animation Shop, the second in a line of the shop’s exclusive limited edition K-ON! figure series following an already-announced Mio which is also shown further down.
It is exceedingly unique for a production studio to directly release figures for its own series, something likely due to the massive popularity of K-ON!, so it is interesting to see just how well the figures came out:
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A new Figma of top moeblob anime K-ON!‘s high-spirited Ritsu posing with (or without) her drums is to be released in May 2010 by Max Factory.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, H, News
- Date: Nov 24, 2009 06:17 JST
- Tags: Azusa, DVD Extras, K-ON!, Mio Akiyama, Ritsu, Sukumizu, Tsumugi, Yui

The cast of K-ON! appear clad in obsolete school-issue swimwear in this official illustration, showing once again that Kyoto Animation knows its audience, and how to market DVDs.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Aug 22, 2009 00:56 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Anniversaries, Bizarre, Cake, Food, K-ON!, Otaku, Ritsu, Ronery

K-ON!’s Ritsu Tainaka, queen of a small otaku kingdom on the borders of Mio’s vast empire, had her birthday fall on the 21st of August.
In typical fashion, the legion of obsessive maniacs who are her fans spawned a few who would go to uncommon lengths to celebrate it, with all kinds of festivities on 2ch…
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Otaku K-ON! fans will either be salivating or weeping bitter tears of anguish upon seeing that Ritsu here has apparently taken Mio as her bride, beating them to the prize.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, H, News
- Date: Aug 3, 2009 21:55 JST
- Tags: Azusa, Comparison, K-ON!, Moe, Nude Filter, Oshiri, Photoshop, Ritsu

As we have seen, some K-ON! fans become fiercely jealous when their imaginary waifu is not the centre of attention, and that seems to explain this curious Photoshop of Azusa into Ritsu…
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