


The cast for the notably perverted Prison School‘s upcoming live action TV drama has finally been revealed, giving potential watchers some insight into the overall quality of the “cosplay” and whether or not the show will live up to the anime and manga.
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TBS show “Rank Oukoku” has handily listed the top 10 cosplay outfits to accumulate the most sales for the first half of 2015 (admittedly meaning self-made costumes are nowhere to be seen), demonstrating a significant desire for seifuku rather than specific outfits for some strange reason – though the outstanding popularity of Love Live! still reigns supreme regardless.
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Natsuiro Kiseki has earned itself the dubious distinction of being highlighted as having the worst production quality of any anime in recent memory, with fans rapidly despairing of the latest episode – although given the quality of the content, some are hailing it as only appropriate…
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K-ON! fans are being offered what may be the zenith (or possibly nadir) of otaku fashion in the form of this spectacular limited edition T-shirt, all for the incredibly modest price of ¥8400…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Feb 3, 2011 14:27 JST
- Tags: Amagami, Censorship, Events, K-ON!, Politics, TBS, Tokyo, Translation, TV

Ishihara’s anti-anime anime event has been rapidly denuded of top titles like K-ON! and Amagami after TBS was outed as attempting to hawk them at the event in defiance of publisher (and most probably creator) wishes – now TBS lists no anime at all for its booth at TAF.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Feb 2, 2011 20:29 JST
- Tags: Amagami, Censorship, Events, K-ON!, Politics, TBS, Tokyo, Translation, TV

Such popular anime titles as K-ON!, Amagami and Yumekui Merry are sullying their names by supporting anime-hating pro-censorship Tokyo governor Ishihara’s Tokyo International Anime Fair 2011.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Aug 14, 2010 01:40 JST
- Tags: Copyright, Google, K-ON!, Moe, Music, PSP, Sega, TBS, TV, YouTube

K-ON! TV broadcaster Tokyo Broadcasting System has deleted videos of Sega’s upcoming K-ON! game on the grounds of copyright infringement.
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A brand new television commercial for KyoAni’s massively anticipated K-ON!! sequel aired overnight, teasing anxious otaku with the welcome sight of some excellent quality art, feeling like an improvement over last year’s show yet lacking any radical art design changes.
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Square Enix looks to be furious at faked TV reports about fanatical players of MMORPGs (Final Fantsay XI being a case in point).
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Mustachio anime Full Metal Alchemist’s remake has attracted much unwelcome attention with the release of TV ratings which show a collapse in ratings, especially compared to the much loved but totally divergent original:
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Japanese broadcaster TBS is said to be contemplating a live-action drama adaptation of moe blob anime K-ON!
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The above image compares a scene from volume one of the To Love-Ru manga with an illustration aired recently on TBS late night enertainment program ランク王国 / Rank Kingdom; the illustration, or copy thereof, is apparently by Hiropyon (Hiroko Kamata), a minor tarento (presenter) working on the show.
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