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It’s not cool to play with cosplayers’ nipples without permission, male cosplayer reminds fans

• Casey Baseel
  May 19, 2019
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Pec-tastic cosplayer recounts uncomfortable experience with female admirer.

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Voice actresses applying for roles in Kemono Friends anime must say how big their breasts are

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 7, 2018

Leaving the sections for education and professional experience blank are A-OK though.

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• (anime • idol singers • Idols • Kemono Friends • video • voice actors • voice actresses • weird)

Home of Japan’s anime-loving penguin has new tie-up event, may create another animal otaku

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 20, 2018

Kemono Friends returns to zoo where Grape-kun fell in love with his personal best girl.

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• (animals • anime • Grape-kun • Kemono Friends • otaku • penguins • Tobu Zoo • zoos)

Picture-perfect, totally accidental anime cosplay gives Japanese otaku a new friend【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 21, 2018

Anime TV series Kemono Friends was an unexpected hit, and now it’s even got unintentional cosplay.

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The five best anime of 2017【Seiji’s World of Anime】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 4, 2018

The biggest otaku in the SoraNews24 office runs down his picks for the five series you need to see to feel like you “watched anime” in 2017.

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• (anime • COK • Kemono Friends • Seiji Nakazawa • Seiji's world of anime • SNOJ • video)

Kemono Friends Producer: China will overtake Japan in anime within a decade

• Master Blaster
  Dec 8, 2017

According to Yoshitada Fukuhara, anime may be the only thing left to save Japan’s economy.

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• China, Japan
• (anime • business • Kemono Friends • Yoshitada Fukuhara)

Heartbroken visitors leave tributes to Japan’s anime-loving penguin Grape-kun at new memorial

• Oona McGee
  Oct 14, 2017

The artist who created the penguin’s 2-D anime crush has even left a beautiful illustration in honour of their memory.

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• (animals • anime • Grape-kun • Kemono Friends • penguins • Tobu Zoo)

Japan’s anime-loving penguin Grape-kun passes away at Tobu Zoo

• Oona McGee
  Oct 13, 2017

The cardboard cut-out he fell in love with was moved from the enclosure to be with the penguin as he passed away.

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• (animals • anime • cute • Grape-kun • Kemono Friends • otaku • penguins • Tobu Zoo • zoos)

Japan’s anime-loving penguin loses his 2-D waifu temporarily, breaks our hearts with sad photos

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 19, 2017

Human otaku offer their sympathies and encouragement during the animal’s difficult time.

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• (animals • anime • cute • funny • Grape-kun • Kemono Friends • otaku • typhoon • zoos)

Magazine teaches Japanese using Kemono Friends anime, Japanese netizens can’t stop laughing

• Scott Wilson
  Jul 6, 2017

And what they find funny probably isn’t what you think.

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• (anime • funny • hiragana times • Japanese language • Kemono Friends • learning japanese • linguistics)

Japanese zoo will let anime-loving penguin keep his 2-D wife for the indefinite future

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 26, 2017

Otaku love conquers all.

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• (animals • cute • funny • Kemono Friends • otaku • penguins.anime • zoos)

Japan’s anime-loving penguin turned to comfort of a 2-D girl after being scorned by his 3-D wife

• Casey Baseel
  May 23, 2017

Lost his real-life penguin wife, gained an anime waifu.

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• (animals • anime • cute • funny • Kemono Friends • otaku • penguins • sad • touching • zoos)

Penguin that fell in love with cardboard cutout anime girl now has his own drink for sale at zoo

• Scott Wilson
  May 21, 2017

Does it taste as bittersweet as unrequited love?

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• (cute • drinks • Kemono Friends • love • penguins • Saitama • zoo)

Japanese zoo penguin falls in love with cutout of cute anime penguin girl

• Scott Wilson
  Apr 30, 2017

Humans aren’t the only ones who can have affections for 2-D characters.

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• (cute • Kemono Friends • love • penguins • Saitama • zoo)

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  • Japan lodges formal complaint with China for calling Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi Sanae Takaichi
  • Sushi Bus starts running in Japan, but is it a tourist trap or tourist must-do?
  • New Studio Ghibli notebooks are a beautiful reason to write and draw by hand [Photos]
  • Starbucks Japan releases new Halloween Frappuccino and drinkware, but are they worth buying this year?
  • Burger King serves up Pickleball Burgers in Japan, with a tasty nod to the number 11

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  1. New Studio Ghibli notebooks are a beautiful reason to write and draw by hand [Photos]
  2. Sushi Bus starts running in Japan, but is it a tourist trap or tourist must-do?
  3. Starbucks Japan releases new Halloween Frappuccino and drinkware, but are they worth buying this year?
  4. Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
  5. Japan lodges formal complaint with China for calling Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi Sanae Takaichi
  6. Burger King serves up Pickleball Burgers in Japan, with a tasty nod to the number 11
  7. Experimenting with making hot sandwiches in the microwave with a device from Japan’s 3COINS
  8. Japan has convenience store fried chicken-flavor instant ramen, but does it taste like it says it does?
  9. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
  10. Matcha ice cream discontinued by one of Japan’s favorite ice cream brands

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  1. Japan announces new permanent residency guidelines, foreigners must earn more than average Japanese person
  2. Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
  3. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
  4. Experimenting with making hot sandwiches in the microwave with a device from Japan’s 3COINS
  5. Make-your-own-Totoro plushie workshop event coming to Ghibli Park park this fall
  6. Osaka man arrested for running little pet shop of horrors with dangerous crocodile
  7. Starbucks Japan says sayonara to the Filone for new sandwiches and a Pumpkin Soupuccino
  8. Casio collaborates with a Kyoto foil master for a luxurious one million yen G-SHOCK
  9. Foreign tourist numbers drop in Osaka, despite record-setting highs from U.S. and Korea
  10. One of Japan’s best convenience store egg sandwiches is one you won’t find at the big three chains

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  1. Japan announces new permanent residency guidelines, foreigners must earn more than average Japanese person
  2. Starbucks Japan unveils new Pokémon collaboration with Pikachu Latte and exclusive goods
  3. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
  4. Studio Ghibli’s Calcifer is ready to light up your home as a magical-looking candle lamp [Photos]
  5. Lady Gaga and Family Mart team up for a Japanese convenience store work video [Video]
  6. New Gundam Base superstores coming soon in the U.S., with one opening this month
  7. Studio Ghibli releases new plush mascot character collection with a focus on friendship
  8. Studio Ghibli releases new onigiri rice ball-shaped lunch bag for Kiki’s Delivery Service fans
  9. Do Japan’s new single-minded convenience store bento show depressing poverty or satisfying focus?
  10. How to watch Studio Ghibli’s new anime in Japan, with a special after-dark outdoor screening for Halloween

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  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
  2. Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
  3. Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
  4. Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
  5. Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
  6. Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
  7. Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
  8. Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
  9. Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
  10. Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa

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  • Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
  • Matcha ice cream discontinued by one of Japan’s favorite ice cream brands
  • New Sonic the Hedgehog figure costs 1 million yen, is made of Arita ware Japanese porcelain [Vid]
  • Video released of Pikachu’s real-world trip to space! [Video]
  • Starbucks Japan unveils new Halloween goods with secret glow-in-the-dark details
  • Japan announces new permanent residency guidelines, foreigners must earn more than average Japanese person
  • If anyone needs us, we’ll be in the cardboard Japanese snack house we just built [Photos]
  • Wendy’s Japan goes big with new limited-edition Mega Wendy’s, but is it worth the calories?
  • Pokémon Center apologizes for writing model Nicole Fujita’s name as Nicole Fujita
  • Studio Ghibli’s Calcifer is ready to light up your home as a magical-looking candle lamp [Photos]
  • Starbucks Japan releases new Halloween Frappuccino for 2026, inspired by a cat in a mystery forest

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