
The propensity of K-ON! obsessed maniacs to gleefully buy every single product innocuously appearing in the show has been clear for some time, but the latest otaku Mio-maniac takes things to new levels: he apparently bought 6 sets of AKG K701 headphones, used by Mio in a few scenes.
These high end headphones cost some $800 each…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Jul 23, 2009 03:29 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, China, Gaikokujin, History, Inu, Politics, Shopping, Tourism, Yunnan

A Chinese shop caused controversy by posting a “No Dogs or Japanese Allowed” sign, barring entry to unfortunate canines or Yamato, but far from being condemned its flagrant racism is widely supported: 70% of Chinese survey respondents supported the establishment.
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A man who was charged a staggering $23 quadrillion for a packet of cigarettes has fortunately managed to avoid paying the bill.
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The news that Sony’s PSP Go will dispense entirely with the traditional physical distribution of games and other content in favour of digital delivery, not even including a disc drive, has filled game retailers with terror and anger, for they see the writing on the wall.
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Japanese ecommerce giant Rakuten has caused outrage after being exposed as selling customer personal information, including names, email addresses and home addresses, to all comers for a trifling ¥10 each.
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Girl band anime K-On!‘s most recent single release, ふわふわ時間 / Fuwa Fuwa (Fluffy) Time currently stands on the #3 spot on Oricon’s weekly single charts since it’s release last Wednesday, continuing K-On!’s extraordinarily successful position on Japan’s music charts.
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As this tragic montage shows, buying online can have unfortunate consequences, particularly when China is involved.
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Until recently it seemed that Haruhi and Idolmaster otaku were some of the most obsessively maniacal known, but it looks as if the classic Morning Musume otaku may still have them beat; these photographs seem to suggest their devotion knows few bounds…
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Major Japanese credit card issuer Orient Corporation has begun taking applications for a Lucky Star credit card, featuring Konata as illustrated above.
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The astonishing sales record of anything vaguely related to the activities of the Keion-bu continues with the news that a dominating 8 out 10 of the top selling CDs on Amazon.co.jp are K-ON! related.
The complete roster of K-ON! music clogging up the rankings is visible below:
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A Kenyan woman who blackmailed her uncircumcised husband into becoming her obedient servant with threats to reveal that his penis was intact finally forced him under the knife when he became unruly.
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The opening and ending tunes for spoilt princess anime K-ON! has seized the top positions in Japan’s national singles chart, according to chart creator Oricon.
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