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Cara Clegg

After discovering anime in her early teens, Cara decided she wanted to live in Japan. Of course her parents thought it was just a fad... but 11 years, a university degree in Japanese Studies, and a whole lot of culture shock later, here she is. She currently works a day job whilst writing and translating otome games in the evenings. Her hobbies include anime, manga, sci-fi & fantasy TV shows, and starting countless things that will never get finished.

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Learn to mix drinks like a pro with the latest app from the series that was BANNED in Korea

• Cara Clegg
  Mar 26, 2016
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The latest in the controversial drink-mixing visual novel app is now available.

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• Games & Tech, Japan, Korea
• (alcohol • Bar Oasis • gaming • iOS • mobile gaming • smartphone • visual novel)

“Pecs are just like boobs!” or “The correct way to draw pectoral muscles”

• Cara Clegg
  Mar 25, 2016

Even if you’re not an artist, it’s important to understand the way pecs work — for science.

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• Art, Japan
• (anime • art • drawing • muscles • pecs • tips)

Japanese military cosplay convention is almost too real【Pics】

• Cara Clegg
  Mar 25, 2016

Japanese enthusiasts show us that military cosplay is serious business.

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• Japan
• (army • cosplay • military • otaku • photos)

Artist takes paper planes to the next level, builds tiny seats complete with tray tables【Video】

• Cara Clegg
  Mar 16, 2016

Paper artist recreates airplanes to-scale in painstaking, minute detail.

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• SE Asia
• (commercial • paper airplane • paper craft • Singapore • Singapore Airlines • video)

Otaku fashion guide teaches nerds how to dress to impress

• Cara Clegg
  Mar 4, 2016

Are you an anime nerd with terrible taste in clothes? This book could be your saviour.

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• Japan
• (anime • books • fashion • manga • otaku • YuruYuri)

This cosplayer proves that gender is no barrier to awesome cosplay

• Cara Clegg
  Mar 4, 2016

By now we’re all well aware that guys can make cute girls, but can a girl make a badass guy?

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• USA
• (cosplay • Final Fantasy • video games)

Bizarre butt-centric “water sports” manga set to get anime adaptation

• Cara Clegg
  Feb 18, 2016

Anime just keeps getting weirder and weirder.

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• Japan
• (adaptation • anime • manga • sports)

Listen to your anisongs in style with these cute & tasteful hi-res GochiUsa headphones

• Cara Clegg
  Feb 5, 2016

Indulge your GochiUsa obsession with these classy but cute Rabbit House headphones.

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• Japan
• (anime • earphones • GochiUsa • Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka? • headphones • Is the Order a Rabbit?)

Is this modern art? Masking tape exhibition unrolls in Chiyoda

• Cara Clegg
  Feb 5, 2016

You don’t need expensive tools or high-tech drawing tablets to create works of art—all you need is a roll of humble masking tape.

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• Japan
• (art • art exhibition • duct-tape • Japan • masking tape • modern art)

The top 7 weirdest Japanese capsule toys of January 2016

• Cara Clegg
  Jan 29, 2016

What bizarre plastic tat has been popping out of capsule machines in Japan this month?

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• Japan
• (capsule toys • gacha • gachapon • Japanese toys • roundup • toys • weird)

Cosplayer brings Fallout 4’s Nick Valentine to life in all his run-down glory【Video】

• Cara Clegg
  Jan 28, 2016

Watch this cosplayer transform into Fallout 4‘s Nick Valentine using his seriously impressive prosthetics and makeup skills.

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• Internet
• (cosplay • Fallout • Fallout 4 • video games)

Incredible edible Nintendo desserts are the most delicious kind of fanart

• Cara Clegg
  Jan 28, 2016

Check out these home-made gaming-themed treats and get some inspiration for your own baked goods!

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• Japan
• (baking • cakes • cookies • desserts • Kirby • Legend of Zelda • nintendo • sweets • video games)

Original Taiwanese mecha anime smashes crowdfunding goal

• Cara Clegg
  Jan 21, 2016

This awesome-looking original mecha anime from Taiwan is killing it on the Asian equivalent of Kickstarter.

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• Taiwan
• (animation • anime • crowdfunding • mech • mecha)

Life-sized Lum could be yours for only 1 million yen

• Cara Clegg
  Jan 21, 2016

Got a spare US$8,500 lying around? Here’s something to spend it on!

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• Japan
• (anime • figure • lifesize figure • manga • Rumiko Takahashi • Urusei Yatsura)

An increasing number of pets are being left to fend for themselves as Japan’s population ages

• Cara Clegg
  Jan 20, 2016

Japan’s ageing population is resulting in more and more pets being left to fend for themselves after their elderly owners pass away.

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• Japan
• (aging society • animal welfare • cats • dogs • living alone • pets)

Japanese schoolgirls’ hemlines are still up, but socklines are way down

• Cara Clegg
  Jan 15, 2016

Breaking fashion news: Japanese high school girls’ sock-lines are sinking!

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• Japan
• (fashion • highschool girls • japanese schoolgirl • JK • joshi kosei • socks)

Robot fighting franchise Medabots gets moe-fied with cute girls galore

• Cara Clegg
  Jan 8, 2016

Up until now, the robot-fighting franchise has primarily been aimed at kids, but this year it’s getting moe-ified.
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• Japan
• (Medabots • Nintendo 3DS • video games)

The 5 weirdest niche interest comics we picked up at Comiket 89

• Cara Clegg
  Jan 7, 2016

Comiket isn’t just about anime—it caters to hardcore otaku of all varieties, as we quickly discovered during our most recent visit.

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• Japan
• (Comiket • Comiket 89 • fanzine • nerdy • otaku)

Can Comiket take much more? Crazy crowds push facilities to the limits once again

• Cara Clegg
  Jan 6, 2016

Comiket’s crowds continue to swell, pushing the venue to its limits.

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• Japan
• (Comiket • Comiket 89 • crowds • nerds • otaku • overcrowding)

Which corporate booths wooed otaku with the best Comiket freebies?

• Cara Clegg
  Jan 5, 2016

Comiket doesn’t have to cost you a fortune! Take a look at what you can pick up for just the price of entry—in other words, absolutely free.

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• Japan
• (anime • Comiket • Comiket 89 • free stuff • manga • otaku)

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