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Someone’s mother carved this Love Live! watermelon art, left the Internet...
There is, obviously, an unending supply of anime available for your viewing pleasure in Japan. Whether you want giants, cyborgs, or balls from dragons, there’s something for everyone. But one of the...
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Pencils, watermelons, and talks with anime legends – All part of the hiring...
They do things a little differently at Studio Ghibli. Given the feast or famine realities of life in the anime industry, many production houses take on as many projects as they can, but part of the...
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Pics of Pikachu packs from a day of Pokémon hunting in Yokohama【Video】
A few weeks ago, the handlers of the Pokémon franchise announced the Pikachu Tairyou Hassei Chu, or “An Outbreak of Pikachus” event. First they brightened our day with a TV ad showing the adorable...
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Sparkles! Hearts!! Personal loans? Okinawan bank’s approach to advertising is...
With the greater acceptance among adults that animation has in Japan, it’s not unusual to see anime characters pop up in advertisements and other endorsements. Usually, though, there’s at least some...
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At long last, Sailor Moon’s Inner Senshi get their own line of pens
Sailor Moon owes a lot of its success to the way the franchise blended earnest drama and self-knowing comedy, plus its generous injection of action into the magical girl formula, but a large part of...
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Goku as a gorgeous girl? Artist reimagines iconic manga’s male hero minus his...
In the past, we’ve seen budding artists draw inspiration from some pretty unusual sources as they look to create cute anime-style girls. But with a bevy of big-eyed beauties already representing...
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Grab some tissues, manga fans! First new Rose of Versailles volume in 40...
In Japan, the easy access to anime and manga, coupled with the rapid speed at which new content is produced, means fans tend to have short memories. For most series, even relative hits, once they wrap...
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Epic back-covering otaku tattoo is a veritable who’s who of ’80s and ’90s anime
Earlier this year, we came across a photo of an anime fan in Hong Kong and his back-covering tattoo of his 2-D crush, Love Live’s Nozomi Tojo. Impressive as it was, though, we couldn’t help but be a...
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They made anime back then? (Part 2): Five old-school anime theme songs that...
You may recall that we recently brought to you an article introducing five old-school anime that we thought were cool even today. While writing that story, we were reminded of how many awesome anime...
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We’ve got anime swimsuit girls–all 85 of them! Which one gets your vote?
This summer, Japanese gaming site Dengeki Online invites you to vote for the No. 1 beautiful girl game app character in a swimsuit! There are 85 entries in all, from a total of 35 games and 22...
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Pack on Titan! Anime suitcase is perfect for a trip outside the walls
In at least one way, the members of Attack on Titan’s Survey Corps have it good. Sure, they may have to spend every day in fear of the legions of man-eating giants that surround their city, but they...
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“Jibanyan, I choose you!” Does Yo-kai Watch have the power to topple Pokémon?
Pokémon is a long-running global megalith: a multi-platform media franchise like no other. Millions of kids grew up watching the anime, wearing the T-shirt, and of course playing the games. Here in...
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Sailor-suited fan’s crazy anime dance gives us a double dose of cuteness and...
Right now there’s no hotter anime or video game franchise among kids than Yo-kai Watch. While we’re sure the high standards of quality at creator Level-5 are a huge factor in its success, at least...
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11 Miyazaki films in 9 minutes – Fan’s incredible compilation is a love...
Even though anime legend Hayao Miyazaki has been a household name in Japan for decades, his films are still a recent discovery for many foreign viewers. A common question from an enthusiastic newly...
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Chubby Love Live fans strut their stuff in rainbow tutus 【Video】
Every time we make a post about guys crossdressing as girls, there are bound to be the people who take things in a positive light and appreciate their crossdressing efforts, the seasoned net surfers...
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Itasha show at World Cosplay Summit lets cars get in on the anime costume fun
This summer, Nagoya once again served as the host city of the World Cosplay Summit. With anime fans arriving from all over, some of them came by car, and you know what that means: itasha, automobiles...
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Felt crafting gets bonus cute points with Natsume’s Book of Friends’...
If you’ve spent enough time loitering around Etsy or Pinterest, you might already know of the ludicrously adorable world of needle felting, and people’s propensities for adorable needle-felted animal...
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Man calls girlfriend a pig for not looking like his anime crush, still not...
If we accept the premise that nobody’s perfect, being in a happy romantic relationship is all about learning to take the good with the bad. For example, your boyfriend might like going to the horse...
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Space retro to steam punk: Sailor Moon girls get awesome makeovers
They might appear cute and doe-eyed in the original Japanese animated series, but we all know Sailor Moon girls are bad-ass. From a girl who throws flames to a chick with the power to annihilate an...
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Attack on Titan editor: Manga to end in 3-4 years
The University of Tokyo Newspaper posted an interview with Shintarō Kawakubo, the editor of the Attack on Titan manga, on Wednesday. In the interview, he discusses the popularity of the series, “The...
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