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

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

Anime-style novel contest in Japan bans alternate reality stories and teen protagonists

Casey Baseel
May 22, 2017

Publisher nixes two of the most common storytelling tricks in the anime playbook in attempt to create something adults can enjoy.

Japan
(anime • books • contest • light novels • otaku)

Idols talk with customers as their noodles cook at new instant ramen cafe in Tokyo

Casey Baseel
May 16, 2017

Customers in Akihabara are happy to pay large markup on instant noodles for three minutes in paradise.

Japan
(Akihabara • food • Idols • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Noodles • otaku • restaurants • Tokyo)

Japanese idol singers put on hazmat suits before hugging fans at Tokyo event【Video, photos】

Casey Baseel
May 8, 2017

The six young ladies of this Nagoya-based idol unit skipped the frilly skirts when it was time to embrace their fanbase.

Japan
(Budokan Idol Expo • crazy • funny • idol singers • Idols • otaku • weird)

Anime fan dating party in Tokyo at risk of being cancelled for failing to attract a single woman

Casey Baseel
May 5, 2017

If you’re an anime-loving lady, here’s your chance to save the day.

Japan
(Akihabara • anime • dating services • matchmaking • otaku • relationships • romance)

Sexy Japanese cosplayer thanks foreign fans for (relatively) classy behavior, lack of “dick pics”

Casey Baseel
May 4, 2017

Says messages from overseas admirers “almost make me swoon.”

Global, Internet, Japan
(cosplay • cosplayers • crossplay • otaku • society)

Japanese concertgoer sues idol group because dancing otaku ruined the show for him

Casey Baseel
Apr 28, 2017

High Court hands down ruling in three-year legal dispute stemming from different attitudes between hard-core idol singer fans.

Japan
(crime • idol singers • Idols • lawsuit • legal • otagei • otaku • wotagei)

Anime legs fly high in the sky, look just like a video game glitch come to life in Japan【Video】

Oona McGee
Apr 18, 2017

These legs turned heads on the weekend as they ran on the wind like a character in a video game.

Japan
(anime • cool • cute • gamers • gaming • glitches • kites • otaku • schoolgirls • video games • wow • wtf)

Nintendo Switch game promises players can feel boobs that feel like pudding, water balloons【Vid】

Casey Baseel
Apr 13, 2017

The Senran Kagura video game series is poised to bounce onto Nintendo’s system the only way it know how: breasts-first.

Japan
(anime • crazy • funny • otaku • Senran Kagura • video • video games • weird)

Tokyo wedding chapel to host marriage ceremony so fans can marry their VR anime girl crushes

Casey Baseel
Apr 12, 2017

And yes, the grooms will be required to wear tuxedos at the private ceremonies with their video game brides.

Japan
(anime • crazy • otaku • video • video games • virtual reality • VR • weddings • weird)

A sexy penguin, Studio Ghibli cats, and other cosplayers take over Osaka for Street Festa【Pics】

Casey Baseel
Mar 22, 2017

Now in its 13th year, the Den Den Town event is one of the biggest otaku gatherings in central Japan.

Japan
(anime • beautiful women • cosplay • Den Den Town • Osaka • otaku • Street Festa • Street Festa 2017 • video games)

Can you sing at least one anime song? Then you’re a step closer to a job with this company

Richard Simmonds
Mar 18, 2017

Pass the first stage interview with karaoke! Or, by playing wink murder.

Japan
(anime • anime songs • job hunting • karaoke • otaku • weird)

New matchmaking service promises to weed out fake otaku with pre-registration diagnostic test

Casey Baseel
Feb 24, 2017

Company plans singles parties for fans of specific areas of otaku interest.

Japan
(anime • dating • dating services • manga • marriage • matchmaking • otaku • relationships • romance)

Awesome otaku room has a huge secret: It’s an amazingly detailed miniature!【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Feb 20, 2017

You might not think you have enough space in your home to display all these anime and movie robots, but you’re wrong.

Internet
(art • awesome • cool • diorama • minitures • otaku • robots • small)

Anime/manga fans flood publisher’s office with Valentine’s Day presents for 2-D crushes

Casey Baseel
Feb 15, 2017

Popular series’ title refers to a prince, but he’s also the king of Valentine’s Day chocolate.

Japan
(anime • chocolate • crazy • fujoshi • manga • otaku • Prince of Tennis • Valentine's Day)

Tokyo maid cafe customer drops more than US$4,000 on champagne-fueled bender

Casey Baseel
Jan 26, 2017

If you’re out enjoying the fantasies and frills, don’t forget that they come at a very real price.

Japan
(cafes • crazy • maid cafes • maids • otaku • restaurants • themed restaurants • Tokyo)

Why are Japanese light novel names so ridiculously long? Author’s latest has 27 words

Casey Baseel
Jan 12, 2017

Pretentiousness run amok, or madness with a method to it?

Japan
(anime • books • light novels • manga • otaku)

Otaku group gives own twist to popular “Love Dance”, internet can’t get enough 【Video】

Meg Murphy
Jan 8, 2017

These pro otaku dancers are too cool for school.

Japan
(funny • Koi Dance • Love Dance • otaku • video)

Biannual migration of otaku taking place in Tokyo

Master Blaster
Dec 30, 2016

Twice a year, mother nature treats us to one of her most spectacular phenomenon: the mass migration of otaku through Kokusai-Tenjijō Station in Tokyo.

Japan
(anime • Comiket • Kokusai-Tenjijo Station • manga • otaku • Tokyo Big Sight • video games)

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