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Love Live otaku takes up two seats on bus for himself, four for his anime plushie crushes
- Casey Baseel
Mar 9, 2019 - Tweet
Love Liver stretches his anime idols out for a relaxing ride, but online critics aren’t a fan of his manners.
- Japan
- (anime • buses • crazy • etiquette • Idols • love live • Love Livers • manners • otaku • weird)
Kyoto man arrested for selling super-sexy modified Love Live! anime figures
- Casey Baseel
Feb 25, 2019
”Devil modifications” lead to arrest in multi-prefecture investigation.
Japanese police make third arrest in connection with Love Live! anime manhole vandalism spree
- Casey Baseel
Jul 26, 2018
Officers establish connection with one other vandal, show there’s nowhere for law-breaking otaku to hide.
- Japan
- (anime • crime • Idols • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • manhole covers • Numazu • otaku • vandalism)
This Love Liver’s anime armor may be the most extreme otaku outfit ever conceived
- Casey Baseel
Jul 24, 2018
Hardcore Love Live! fan celebrates birthday of his pick for best girl by wearing a merchandise mountain that’s big enough for eleven people.
- Japan
- (anime • cool • crazy • funny • Idols • love live • Love Livers • Nico Yazawa • otaku • otaku armor)
Two teen boys in Japan arrested for vandalizing Love Live! anime manhole cover
- Casey Baseel
Jul 4, 2018
There’re dumb otaku, and then there are dumb otaku who need to make a 300-kilometer (186-mile) trip just to get arrested.
- Japan
- (anime • crime • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • manhole covers • Numazu)
Senegalese soccer team’s dance moves go perfectly with Japanese idol music, fan discovers【Videos】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 27, 2018
As Senegal’s players shine on the field, famous anime anthem asks if their hearts are shining too.
- Africa, Japan
- (anime • cool • dance • FIFA World Cup • funny • idol singers • Idols • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • soccer • sports • video • World Cup • World Cup 2018)
American otaku attends college graduation accompanied by his anime girl huggy pillow【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 12, 2018
Young man in Southern California has a degree, and also a very clear opinion on who Love Live!’s best girl is.
- USA
- (anime • Cal Poly Pomona • college • dakimakura • education • funny • graduation • huggy pillow • love live • Love Livers • otaku • video • weird)
Bomb threats against Love Live! concert lead to arrest of 17-year-old boy in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Jun 12, 2018
Social media posts about “limitless explosions” draw police response.
- Japan
- (anime • crime • idol singers • Idols • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • Love Livers)
Otaku dating service says some of its female members specifically refuse to date Love Live! fans
- Casey Baseel
Jun 9, 2018
Love Livers’ romantic prospects are limited, but there’s also a silver lining to being a fan of the hit idol anime.
- Japan
- (anime • dating services • idol singers • Idols • love live • otaku • relationships • romance • Tora Con • Tora no Ana)
Fun’s over—Japanese city removes anime girl manhole covers after repeated vandalism
- Casey Baseel
Jun 8, 2018
Love Live! tie-up in seaside town is dead for now.
- Japan
- (anime • crime • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • manhole covers • manholes • Numazu • travel • vandalism)
Hater lets world know he hates Love Live! by spray-painting over anime manhole covers in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Jun 7, 2018
Real-life town where anime’s second arc takes place experiences hateful vandalism.
- Japan
- (anime • crime • Idols • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • manhole • manhole covers • Numazu • vandalism • video)
Love Live! Sunshine!! debuts sailor uniform rucksacks and pouches that look like an anime girl’s torso
- Katy Kelly
May 31, 2018
The idol anime mega franchise has a new set of stylish bags to prove your devotion to Uranohoshi High, but they might be daunting to wear outside.
- Japan
- (anime • bags • Cosplay Fashion • cute • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • weird)
Love Live! fan gets kicked out of event for wearing mountain of anime merchandise
- Dale Roll
May 22, 2018
The character merchandise was made into what looks like enormous samurai armor, but event officials weren’t impressed.
- Japan
- (anime • anime fans • idol fans • love live • Love Liver)
AKB48, Love Live! idol supergroups to perform live in Los Angeles this summer
- Casey Baseel
May 9, 2018
Three-concert series welcomes some of the biggest names in the anime/idol music world to the city of angels.
- Japan
- (AKB48 • anime • anime conventions • Anime Expo • Anime Expo 2018 • Anisong World Matsuri • concerts • Idols • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • music)
Anime fan shows his hatred for Love Live! by dragging anime idol behind his itasha car
- Casey Baseel
Apr 12, 2018
Itasha brings the pain to plushie from rival of owner’s favorite anime series.
- Japan
- (anime • cars • crazy • funny • Idolmaster • Idols • itasha • love live • otaku • plushies • weird)
Anime Love Live! makes good on April Fools’ promise by actually creating giant panty-clad figure
- Casey Baseel
Apr 3, 2018
Does that make the giant inflatable schoolgirl idol an April Geniuses’ gag?
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- (anime • april fools • awesome • crazy • figures • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • otaku • weird)
How much is otaku blood worth? Enough to get a free anime clear file if you donate it in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Feb 15, 2018
Fans’ love of Love Live! can save lives, earn them an exclusive illustration of idols in blood-red costumes.
- Japan
- (anime • blood • blood donation • charity • health • Idols • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • weird)
Beautiful Korean cosplayer charms fans with outfits from Cardcaptor Sakura, Love Live!, and more
- Casey Baseel
Jan 30, 2018
Variety-packed portfolio ranges from classic anime to modern mobile game hits.
- Korea
- (anime • beautiful women • Cardcaptor Sakura • cosplay • cosplayers • love live • Pokemon • Sailor Moon)
Love Live! warns fans once again to refrain from being jerks
- Master Blaster
Jan 29, 2018
Some simply love Love Live! a little too livelily it seems.
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