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Adult gamers act like small children by playing game meant for little girls,...
Sometimes, stories and characters designed for kids score a hit outside of their target market. Witness, for example, all of the Disney-themed engagement rings and wedding ceremonies inspired by...
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Japanese pro wrestlers become anime girls for new trading card game
Well here’s something we never thought we’d see or even imagine or think about or have any interest in. For some reason popular Ring Dream: Girl’s Pro Wrestling Battle online trading card game, which...
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Super-explicit Evangelion fan translation leaves Japanese fan scratching his...
Part of what makes the anime Evangelion such an enduring hit is the series’ subtleness. The classic is riddled with lines of dialogue that have multiple meanings and possible interpretations....
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Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki says the anime industry’s problem is that it’s full...
It’s hard to imagine legendary anime director Hayao Miyazaki needing to be any more lauded than he already is. Over 95 percent of Japan’s population has watched one of his movies, people see uploading...
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Survey reveals that more than 70 percent of otaku would choose their hobby...
Over the years, the term “otaku” has, as well as being accepted into the English language, come to mean not just computer or anime fanatics locked away in their bedrooms, but any person who shows...
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Incest-themed TV anime sparks decency investigation. What were the odds?
It’s a tough time for anime studios. The boom days of direct-to-video productions, when consumers would happily plunk down 5,000 yen (US$48) or more for 30-minutes of animation, sight-unseen, are long...
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Life-sized 3-D maneuver gear goes on display at Osaka’s new Attack on Titan...
The wildly popular manga and animated series, Attack on Titan, continues to charge on, picking up speed and treating us all to a bevy of fan-related events before its live-action film debut in 2015....
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Swedish-produced Senpai Club is so anime-like its characters speak...
Years ago, when I was a freshly-minted anime fan, the most popular daydream in the fandom was to one day create your own animated show. And not some run of the mill Western cartoon, but something that...
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Attack on Titan’s studio head talks sequels, keys to the hit anime’s success
It’s been a long time since anime has had a hit like Attack on Titan. Over the last several years, Japanese animation has become increasingly self-referential, providing previously unparalleled...
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Goro Miyazaki to direct Ronia the Robber’s Daughter TV anime
Goro Miyazaki (Tales from Earthsea, From Up On Poppy Hill) will direct a television anime adaptation of Swedish author Astrid Lindgren’s Ronia the Robber’s Daughter children’s fantasy book. The series,...
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Hey, you kids! Get off my Gundam lawn!
A few years back, toymaker Bandai built a gigantic full-size statue of Japan’s most iconic giant robot, the original RX-78 Gundam. After bouncing around and being displayed in various stages of...
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Are you otaku? Roughly 40 percent of Japanese college students say, “Yes!”
There seems to be a bit of a debate these days centered around whether or not being an otaku, the term used in Japan to describe people who obsess over a variety of hobbies, is a socially healthy one....
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Sailor Moon fans can now buy transformation compact mirrors from a gashapon...
We’ve shared with our readers quite a few Sailor Moon products in our past articles, from sexy Sailor Moon lingerie to sparkly Sailor Moon chopsticks. Now, while fans may be delighted with the wide...
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My Little Pony gets an anime twist in fan video
Swedish fan Karl Ehrnström, also known as Galaxyart, has just finished a personal project where he took the characters from My Little Pony and animated them as cute girls. The project was livestreamed...
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Vegeta to be the lead in a new Dragon Ball movie?!
In an interview with Saikyo Jump magazine, Akira Toriyama, the creator of long-running anime epic Dragon Ball, dropped some hints on a possible new movie. As well as revealing some titbits of info...
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Fan recreates second Attack on Titan opening with Super Smash Bros. characters
Undoubtedly, if given the chance, the heroes of Super Smash Bros. could easily take on the titans in Attack on Titan. Perhaps that’s what helps make this fan mash-up so great. The video was created by...
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New Attack on Titan model is both fear and awe inspiring
While there’s no questioning that Attack on Titan is one of the most successful anime of the past several years, there’s still room for debate about the series’ giant monsters themselves. Sure, the...
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How sweet! Fans send 8,000 boxes of Valentine’s Day chocolate to one anime...
Unlike in the West, in Japan it’s primarily girls who hand out gifts of chocolate on Valentine’s Day. Although the most common pattern is for a woman to give sweets to her boyfriend or secret crush,...
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Manga secret agent team has handsome looks, plus backaches, cavities, and sties
As completely fictitious forms of media, we usually don’t see the characters in anime and manga suffering the physical ill effects of their action-packed lifestyles. Shouldn’t Evangelion’s Shinji have...
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Funimation to Stream Ben-To Fighting Comedy Anime This Month
North American anime distributor Funimation confirmed on Thursday that it acquired the streaming rights to the Ben-To anime. The company will begin streaming the anime with English subtitles to...
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