
Once again Evangelion’s Mari Makinami Illustrious proves she is a gift to both cosplayers and their admirers, with this fine example spotted handing out flyers in Akihabara, her spirits evidently undiminished by the weather.
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Walmart’s Chinese stores have recently been the subject of some attention for their unusual selection of merchandise, to western eyes at least. Live frogs and iced crocodile are amongst the most innocuous products seen in Chinese shops, but not normally the sort of thing seen in a Walmart…
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Japanese men and women asked to rank what makes them jealous of their friends offer up an unsurprisingly materialistic list, with some significant differences between the sexes.
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Japan’s “shōtengai,” or shopping arcades, typically a covered approach to a station lined by small shops, as well as its high streets, have increasingly come to resemble deserted avenues lined by shutters, especially in the nation’s increasingly depopulated and geriatric regional cities.
Dubbed “shutter-dōri,” or “shutter streets,” these streets have become a potent symbol of urban decay and the demographic and economic collapse Japan faces.
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K-ON! has once again secured a lock on the Japanese single charts by way of Houkago Tea Time, getting both number 1 and 2 slots.
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The recently opened Evangelion themed Lawson store has been shut after mere days thanks to a vast horde of otaku pilgruns overwhelming the store.
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Lawson, one of the largest chains of convenience stores in Japan, has opened an Evangelion themed store on the site of Tokyo-3.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Apr 19, 2010 19:23 JST
- Tags: Aichi, Bizarre, Crime, Hikikomori, Internet, Mental Illness, Money, Murder, Otaku, Shopping

The bizarre case of a hikikomori who went on a berserk killing spree after losing his Internet access, slaughtering his defenceless baby niece and killing his own father, was in fact far stranger than anyone save the family realised – it appears the hikikomori had taken control of the family completely in order to satisfy his obsessive compulsions, finally destroying them when they rebelled against his domination.
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Once mighty queen of overbearing and obnoxious anime heroines Haruhi is now reduced to the bargain basement price of 300, down from ¥4,800.
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The latest maniac to lay claim to some dubious record or other emerges – this time with a rather impressive collection of bishoujo games.
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Japanese women asked to rate the most unseemly and embarrassing conduct they felt a boyfriend could get up to provide a list which might lend some insight into just how best to avoid looking an utter fool in the eyes of the fairer sex.
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Japanese men asked to rank the most embarrassing things their girlfriends got up to offer up an interesting selection of presumably not uncommon faux pas.
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