
Anime industry figures say the anime boom of the past several years is ended, and the industry is quick to point fingers.
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Here we see a scene from the recently aired episode of quality anime Natsu no Arashi. We might expect the leaves to be obscuring her in a case such as this…
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“Chibi Maruko-chan” and her big friend here appear to be enjoying a spot of delicious cooking for Mother’s Day (though cake appears not to be on the immediate menu).
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A mother and her female friend, both 19, have been arrested for torturing the mother’s 2-year-old daughter for amusement, immersing her in boiling hot water and laughing at the ensuing agony caused.
Their motivation was that they found the infant’s crying and screaming “funny”, as it reminded them of a famous comedian on Japanese TV whose act involved being made to eat boiling hot noodles.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, H, News
- Date: Apr 29, 2009 11:21 JST
- Tags: Copyright, Internet, Loli, Lolicon, Marketing, Moe, Otaku, Sukumizu, TV

An “image character”, or mascot, for promoting digital terrestrial broadcasting has infuriated the very broadcaster it was supposed to promote after it was first turned into a loli by eager fans, and then began to be illustrated in a sexually explicit manner.
The broadcaster is vowing to put a stop to the lolified mascot by suing the fan artists into oblivion for copyright infringement.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, H, News
- Date: Apr 22, 2009 21:05 JST
- Tags: Censorship, Comparison, DVD Extras, Marketing, Oppai, Pantsu, Queen's Blade, TV


Once again oppai ero-anime Queen’s Blade has had an eventful time at the hands of censors, with the terrestrial version of episode 3 here being compared to the uncut version (destined for Blu-ray):
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It looks as though Dragonball anime Dragonball Kai is receiving some less than welcome revisions in the form of the removal of shattered bodies spurting blood, something sure to disappoint gore-hungry fans.
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Hentai warrioress anime Queen’s Blade is shaping up to be as much a battle between censors and fans as it is a battle between busty maidens.
The latest episode, heavily censored on terrestrial TV and on YouTube (just as before), is an example of this, with quite the sales push in favour of the DVDs in evidence.
In particular the mass naked lady event that is the Queen’s Blade OP and ED has seen much additional coverage…
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Sengoku jidai anime Sengoku Basara recently aired, and observers soon noticed some very strange differences between two of the broadcast versions.
Rather than the usual censorship differences, it appears for some inscrutable reason broadcasters CBC and TBS have each acquired their own not so subtly different version of the anime…
2ch provides a detailed comparison below.
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Comedy idol Aya Hirano is finally set to receive her own TV show, making her the equal of heavily exposed otaku-favoured celebrities such as Shoko-tan.
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Just when fans thought they had secured some reliable evidence of the existence of the Haruhi second season, Kadokawa has moved to scotch them.
Now we hear that lynchpin broadcaster Saitama TV is issuing a categorical refusal to comment on the series, after only days ago having confirmed with other broadcasters that the series would have 28 episodes.
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Hentai anime Queen’s Blade looks only to have escaped the wrath of censors in part of its broadcasts; in the others, it has been subjected to censorship of the most vigorous and unalluring kind.
2ch compares the versions (AT-X offers the uncensored broadcast):
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