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Anime vs. idols? Latest annual otaku survey shows where fans are spending their money

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 3, 2019
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One type of surveyed otaku spends twice as much as almost any other.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • idols.idol singers • otaku • survey)

Soft wieners for otaku break man’s heart with their anime-style packaging

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 11, 2019

Artist’s rendition doesn’t match user’s reality.

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• Japan
• (ads • anime • food • funny • illustration • otaku • sausages • wieners)

Bring your 2-D waifu to life with world’s first life-sized “emotional” robotic figurine 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 11, 2019

You’ll never be lonely with Kosaka by your side.

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• Japan
• (anime • figurines • Idols • otaku • robots • technology • waifu)

The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Starlight Cruise sets sail, and Idolmaster fans love it【Pictures】

• Dale Roll
  Jan 10, 2019

This cruise was all about Idolmaster, and featured Cinderella Girls events and actors!

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• Japan
• (Cinderella Girls • cruise • fun • Idolmaster • otaku • special event • The Idolmaster)

Female otaku has perfectly sensible answer for when people ask why she doesn’t get a boyfriend

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 9, 2019

Dark magic and a price too great to pay are great reasons for remaining single.

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• Japan
• (anime • clever • COK • dating • Fullmetal Alchemist • funny • otaku • relationships • romance)

Virtual YouTuber anime idol spotted “drowning” horrifically in Tokyo Bay【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 4, 2019

A Kizuna Ai ita-bus sounds like a great idea, until you find out it’s an aqua bus too.

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• Japan
• (anime • buses • crazy • funny • itasha • Kizuna Ai • otaku • virtual idols • virtual YouTubers • weird)

Recent opening dash of 2018 Winter Comiket the last in the Heisei era, new race tactic observed

• Koh Ruide
  Dec 31, 2018

Never underestimate the power of the elevator.

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• Japan
• (Comiket 95 • Japanese Twitter • otaku • train station • video • Winter Comiket 2018)

Otaku husband returns home after argument to find wife has destroyed his anime robot collection

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 31, 2018

Broken Gundam and broken trust sparks Internet debate about whether or not her actions were justified.

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• Japan
• (anime • crazy • Gundam • models • otaku • relationships • robots • sad • society)

Otaku dating service’s secret to success: Courting guys who’re accepting of boys love

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 15, 2018

Tora no Ana’s matchmaking parties see an attendance spike as they respond to women who want a boyfriend who’ll leave them alone and let them fangirl out.

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• Japan
• (anime • boys love • dating • dating services • fujoshi • matchmaking parties • otaku • relationships • romance • Tora Con • Tora no Ana)

Let’s go get a haircut at Tokyo’s anime otaku hair salon【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 1, 2018

Akihabara’s awesome Off Kai is a hair salon by otaku and for otaku, and SoraNews24 stopped by for a trim.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • anime • COK • hair • hair salons • hairstyling • otaku • salons • SNO • Tokyo • travel)

Adult PreCure fans learn anime game for little girls can be emotionally devastating for grown-ups

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 29, 2018

Dialogue in new Nintendo Switch video game is just fine for little kids, but “a form of harassment” for older fans.

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• Japan
• (anime • funny • magical girls • nintendo switch • otaku • PreCure • Pretty Cure • society • video games)

Talking anime girl calendars let you stare at and listen to your live-in 2-D girlfriend

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 28, 2018

Popular voice actresses lend their talents to create an aural fantasy otaku can enjoy every day.

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• Japan
• (anime • calendars • cool • interior • otaku • voice actresses • weird)

Japanese girl says she won’t get married because she loves Frieza too much, mom has epic response

• Dale Roll
  Nov 23, 2018

This mom knows what’s up.

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• Japan
• (anime • Dragon Ball • Frieza • funny • marriage • moms • otaku • parents • romance)

35-year-old otaku throws US$17,700 wedding ceremony in Tokyo so he can marry his 2-D crush

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 14, 2018

Over three dozen guests attend ceremony and reception where groom and Hatsune Miku drink wedding toast, cut cake, and exchange rings.

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• Japan
• (anime • crazy • funny • Hatsune Miku • otaku • relationships • romance • virtual idols • vocaloids • weddings • weird)

Sailor Moon super-collector gathers 140 fans to give voice actress an unforgettable birthday card

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 9, 2018

After Sailor Neptune touched their hearts, these anime fans pooled their powers to give a touching present to the voice of the iconic character.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cool • fan art • manga • otaku • Sailor Moon • sailor neptune)

The reason why the best spouse for an otaku might not be another otaku

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 31, 2018

It might sound like a match made in heaven (or at least a lovey-dovey romance anime), but two otaku don’t always make the right combination.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • dating • marriage • otaku • relationships • romance • society)

10 signs you might not be an otaku anymore

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 24, 2018

The fires of hard-core anime fans’ passions burn bright, but that doesn’t mean they always last forever.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • otaku • society)

Anime voice actress tells fan there’s not a woman in the world who’d be willing to marry him

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 20, 2018

Man asks for advice on how to marry a voice actress, gets told he could be a bachelor for life.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • funny • marriage • otaku • romance • Tomoe Tomiyasu • video games • voice actors • voice actresses)

Aspiring anime voice actress is already fed up with one of its most common female tropes

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 17, 2018

English-language video sparks tweet in which she worries about pressure to “kill the person I am.”

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• (anime • COK • otaku • society • voice actors • voice actresses)

Foreign traveler’s heart broken as he learns his image of Akihabara is too good to be true

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 12, 2018

Even in the biggest otaku mecca in the world, there’s a limit to how big the anime salutes are.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • anime • crazy • figures • funny • otaku • statues • Tokyo • travel)

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