
With the conclusion of the winter 2014 anime season, Sony has taken the initiative of posting its own ranking of the most highly recorded anime, using data from its PS3 Torne and Nasne DVRs, ranging from December 30th of last year to March 30th of this year and covering an impressive sample of over 330,000 monthly viewers – along with a suitably dominant performance throughout the period from the most well received original anime in years.
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With the winter anime season briskly approaching its end, both male and female fans have been surveyed as to which are so far worth watching, with males at least smitten by the latest of KyoAni’s offerings.
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Musical meister and renowned Vocaloid Hatsune Miku adopts her annual Winter form with this new 14cm Figma by Max Factory, her signature outfit now bearing a frosty color scheme – Miku’s icen form will be available most unseasonably in July, should she not melt by then.
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Hatsune Miku’s 2014 winter incarnation Snow Miku is proving more of boon than ever for Hokkaido’s tourism industry, with her 5th anniversary being accompanied an even greater array of festivities than in previous years.
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The harrowing news of a lone father who sacrificed himself to save his 9-year-old daughter after becoming lost in a blizzard has been harrowing Japan amidst one of the coldest winters in years.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Feb 7, 2013 07:08 JST
- Tags: Aeroplanes, Events, Hatsune Miku, Hokkaido, Marketing, Otaku, Sapporo, Tourism, Winter



Hatsune Miku’s winter incarnation has once again taken over New Chitose Airport, Japan’s third busiest, in some force, much to the delight of her fans.
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Even as she chokes herself to death under the biggest and most toxic shroud of smog in history, China has won some admirers for the ethereal quality of scenery she now offers those brave enough to chance their lungs to see.
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Winter has been taking its toll on animals unfortunate enough to find themselves in Chinese zoos, though not just because of the weather – reports have emerged of sluggish crocodiles being stoned to death “because they looked fake,” whilst elsewhere delighted visitors have been spotted enjoying the opportunity to pelt the lions with snowballs.
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Even more of the cosplay gracing Comiket 83’s final day has surfaced, and impressive indeed it is – and obviously rather chilly in the case of the more revealing examples, of which there are surprisingly many.
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Comiket 83 has proven the biggest winter Comiket ever, having seen 550,000 people in attendance – up 30,000 on the previous year – and of course this has ensured all manner of cosplay of the highest possible quality was on display.
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- Author: Leon
- Categories: Anime, Galleries
- Date: Dec 30, 2012 10:44 JST
- Tags: Comiket, Cosplay, Enako, Events, Image Gallery, Lenfried, Oppai, Otaku, Winter

Comiket 83 has seen scores of the nation’s best cosplayers descend upon Tokyo Big Sight yet again – having narrowly escaped the forecast rain which instead chose day 2 to make its appearance, though not the low temperatures.
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Police are coming under fire for killing an anteater they captured by caging it outdoors in freezing temperatures, the intellectual strain of phoning the zoo which reported it missing apparently having proven too much for them.
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