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New, ultra-poseable figures spark excitement among Japan’s artsy community
These figures will literally bend over backwards to be your new life model. For most artists, drawing something when you have nothing to look at or be inspired by can be tough. Luckily, Japan’s ahead...
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Artist reimagines kid-favorite Totoro as the grim reaper in upcoming...
A new figurine modeled after the star of Studio Ghibli classic My Neighbor Totoro toys with the rumor of Totoro actually being a death god. Correction: this article originally stated that the figure...
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Is anime like reality? Can you flip up a schoolgirl’s skirt just by running...
Experiment provides crucial information in the important field of panty shot research. As we’ve seen before, anime and manga aren’t always completely honest with us. When depicting such everyday...
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Ditto infiltrates Pokémon plush line as Pikachu, Charmander, Squirtle, more
Anime News Network’s merchandise coverage sponsored by Tokyo Otaku Mode. Something about Ditto’s derpy face and his power to turn into other Pokémon is endearing. He so badly wants to be a member of...
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Yu-Gi-Oh! manga is about to get its first new chapters in 12 years
Two-part extension will serve to tie comic to upcoming anime movie. Regardless of whether they were reading the Japanese-language original or the English translated version, it’s been a long time...
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Female anime fans swarm Tokyo convention site in massive numbers 【Photos】
Hardcore fans brave the elements and the crowds by lining up hours before start of dojinshi comic event. For most people living in and around Tokyo, March 13 was a perfect day to stay in bed until...
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Studio Ghibli adapts the world’s oldest manga into short animation for...
Centuries-old designs brought to life by Japan’s most celebrated animation house. Close to two years have passed since the Japanese release of When Marnie Was There, the last anime film from Studio...
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Sailor Moon grows up and gets a corporate job in new commercial 【Video】
Trades the tiara for a blazer, and also seems to have acquired a punishing overtime schedule and some passive-aggressive friends. Out of the five Sailor Senshi that make up the core of the Sailor Moon...
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Anime girl huggy pillows that talk and gasp when you stroke them now...
New frontier in otaku tech smashes crowdfunding goal, set to ship soon. It’s been about a year since Japanese technology developer Koichi Uchimura launched a crowdfunding project for his vision of the...
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Superhero Hello Kitty robot Ichigoman is back with a new manga!
Japan’s cutest superhero is back to save the world! Ichigoman (Strawberry Man) is the superhero alter-ego of Sanrio’s loveable feline icon, Hello Kitty, and was introduced as part of the Hello Kity...
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12 must-have life-size anime figures to complete any otaku’s collection
Have a few thousand dollars just lying around? Well then these giant anime figures are just the thing for you! There’s nothing that can quite complete a collection of anime merchandise like owning a...
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IBM’s Sword Art Online virtual reality MMO project teased in screenshots, videos
Videos show players playing demo that includes bazaar environment, combat. IBM held a press event for its “Sword Art Online: The Beginning” virtual reality demonstration on Thursday. Japanese game news...
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The Pokémon Company, U.K. artist create world’s largest Pokémon trading card...
The Pokémon Company and U.K. artist Quentin Devine created the world’s largest Pokémon Trading Card as a mosaic. The mammoth undertaking measures 10 meters (33 feet) on its longest edge, seven meters...
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Classic anime Fushigi Yugi’s musical adaptation cast shown in costume for...
If you’ve got a favorite series from the hit fantasy series, odds are he’s in the huge cast of this new stage version. Following last year’s stage version of hit anime and manga Fushigi Yugi, the...
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Cast of Madoka Magica anime gets into the Easter spirit with line of special...
The characters from the dead-serious magical girl franchise show off their bunny ears, flowery dresses, and egg-shaped soul gems. Over the last few years, Japan’s excitement about Halloween has...
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All the coolest Cosplay from the annual Nipponbashi Street Festival in...
It’s Cosplay time as the Nipponbashi Street Festival hits Osaka (and Twitter) again this year! The Nipponbashi Street Festival is held on Spring Equinox Day in Japan each year, (this year, it was...
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Japanese fashion magazine bundles cute Sailor Moon freebies with new issue
You won’t want to miss your chance to pick up the most recent issue of ViVi for this cute Sailor Moon pouch and mirror set! As lovely as the items featured in the previous Sailor Moon and Anna Sui...
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Kyoto Animation celebrates its 50,000 Twitter followers with the cutest short...
If you love cute things and anime, you must watch this GIF! Responsible for such anime as K-On!, Free!, and Clannad, Kyoto Animation is certainly one of the more popular studios in Japan. So you’d...
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Nikon is marketing its cameras directly to cosplayers with Cosgenic cosplay...
Costuming and makeup are just the first steps towards a great cosplay photo shoot, so the Japanese camera maker is here to help with the rest. Go to the website of any camera manufacturer or flip...
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“Pecs are just like boobs!” or “The correct way to draw pectoral muscles”
Even if you’re not an artist, it’s important to understand the way pecs work — for science. Everyone knows the fascination some people have with anime boobs, whether they be flat as a pancake or...
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