
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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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: H, International, News
- Date: May 5, 2009 01:10 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Brazil, Guro, Idol, Medical, Mental Illness, Oppai, Plastic Surgery, USA

Oppai idol Sheyla Hershey, whose silicone inflated breasts have reached a staggering 38KKK cup size thanks to possibly the world’s largest implants, totaling some four litres of silicone, has defied the warnings of doctors and now seeks even larger breasts, despite being told of the danger of the inflated mammaries exploding grotesquely.
“To me, big is beautiful,” she says, though most observers would likely disagree in this instance.
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China has set in motion plans to force all foreign companies operating in China to share their source code with Chinese companies.
The governments of the US, Japan and Europe are objecting ferociously to what in China is likely to amount to state mandated piracy of their software secrets.
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Sunrise’s anime adaptation of Gundam Unicorn (Gundam UC) has been confirmed in an official announcement, and the studio also reveals that the series will receive a worldwide simultaneous release in several languages (Japanese and English obviously featuring heavily).
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A man has been hospitalised after biting off his own penis.
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Sakura-con 2009, a major US anime convention held from April 10th through 12th in Seattle, has come and gone, attracting over 15,000 visitors and occupying six floors of the Washington State Convention & Trade Center.
What follows is an outline of the events that I attended, to be followed up in more detail in subsequent posts:
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A US release of loli pantsu anime Strike Witches is imminent, as US distributor Funimation has announced acquiring the license.
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In a move sure to please American and European fans of the Dragonball franchise, Twentieth Century Fox has decided to release the film Dragonball Evolution straight to the public, bypassing the routine screening normally given to reviewers.
The exact same tactic already seems to have helped the film’s Japanese release…
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Unable to have a baby, a woman instead repeatedly drugged her 13-year-old daughter for her boyfriend to impregnate and so produce the desired baby.
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Asian American cosplay artist Yaya brings Christie of Dead of Alive to life in a set that captures the video game vixen’s unique style. Impressively, the costume is made by the model herself.
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A 14-year-old girl who took naked pictures of herself for her boyfriend’s entertainment and posted them on her MySpace profile faces charges of possessing and disseminating child pornography, with a maximum sentence of 17-years. If convicted, the young predator also faces a lifetime of discrimination as a registered sex offender, along with rapists and pederasts.
This is apparently only one of many such incidents, with authorities now keenly launching a nationwide crackdown on the depraved actions of child-paedophiles, lest a plague of self-exploiting children predate upon themselves.
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The American distributors of Naruto, Viz Media, will shortly be starting belated but promising provision of Naruto Shippuden episodes streamed simultaneously with the Japanese airing (“simulcast”).
The release schedule begins March 26th with the 101st episode of Naruto Shippuden, airing on Viz’s official site Naruto.com. Episodes will of course be subtitled only, and entirely free. The previous 100 episodes are also available for viewing.
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