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Akihabara Shrine seeks shrine maiden to perform memorial services for “deceased” anime figures

• KK Miller
  Mar 23, 2016
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New maiden will help service all human- and plastic-kind.

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• Japan
• (action figure • Akihabara • jobs • otaku • Part-time • shrine maiden • shrines)

Winning poems from otaku haiku contest are hilarious, but also hit way too close to home

• Scott Wilson
  Mar 20, 2016

See the otaku spirit reflected beautifully in 17 syllables.

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• Japan
• (funny • haiku • in the feels • otaku • Poetry • Senryu Contest)

12 must-have life-size anime figures to complete any otaku’s collection

• Meg Murphy
  Mar 17, 2016

Have a few thousand dollars just lying around? Well then these giant anime figures are just the thing for you!

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• Anime & Manga, Japan
• (anime • Attack on Titan • Evangelion • lifesize figure • Lupin the Third • otaku)

Anime girl huggy pillows that talk and gasp when you stroke them now available to purchase【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 16, 2016

New frontier in otaku tech smashes crowdfunding goal, set to ship soon.

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• Anime & Manga, Games & Tech, Japan
• (anime • dakimakura • huggy pillows • otaku • pillows • technology • video • weird)

Female anime fans swarm Tokyo convention site in massive numbers 【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 15, 2016

Hardcore fans brave the elements and the crowds by lining up hours before start of dojinshi comic event.

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• Anime & Manga, Japan
• (anime • crazy • dojinshi • fujoshi • manga • otaku • Tokyo Big Sight)

Say I do with Hatsune Miku! Virtual idol now gracing Japanese marriage certificates

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 10, 2016

Two designs to help you and your beloved begin your real-world wedded bliss.

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• Anime & Manga, Japan
• (anime • Hatsune Miku • J-Pop • marriage • marriage certificates • otaku • romance • virtual idol • Vocaloid)

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)

In the mood to draw some panties? New anime illustration reference book will teach you how

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 1, 2016

Currently ranked number one on Amazon Japan’s design bestsellers list.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • books • illustration • manga • otaku)

These two Tokyo boarding houses are just for anime fans, and they’re looking for new tenants

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 27, 2016

If you love anime and you’re looking for affordable housing in Tokyo, your search may be over.

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• Japan
• (anime • apartments • boarding houses • Housing • otaku • Tokyo)

The ultimate pajamas for lazy otaku girls are now on sale in Japan 【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 25, 2016

Single-piece garment features openable flaps for your twintails and poo.

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• Japan
• (crazy • fashion • funny • otaku • pajamas • twintails • weird)

Little sister anime star grows up, becomes spokesmodel for Japan’s teen voter education campaign

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 11, 2016

My little sister can’t possibly be this politically active, can she?

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• Japan
• (anime • elections • My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute • Oreimo • otaku • politics • voting • youth)

Awkward, hand-painted “itasha” car lives up to its name, but the internet loves it

• Meg Murphy
  Feb 9, 2016

Because nothing makes an itasha more painful to behold than painting it yourself…

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• Japan
• (anime • funny • itasha • otaku • twitter)

Toyota shifts otaku marketing into high gear with Vocaloid song, cosplay of car part girls 【Vids】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 4, 2016

The 40 anthropomorphized parts of the Prius hybrid are back in a virtual idol-backed video with a unique method of writing lyrics.

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• Japan
• (anime • cars • cosplay • cute • music • otaku • Prius • TOYOTA • video • Vocaloid)

AKB48 and Nogizaka46 songs to be played as subway train departure melodies in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Jan 21, 2016

You can probably tell which stations they’ll be played at, but can you guess which songs have been chosen?

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• Japan
• (AKB48 • Akihabara • Idols • J-Pop • Nogizaka46 • otaku • subways • trains • travel)

Political commentator says Donald Trump supporters whack off to anime 【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 21, 2016

MSNBC discussion takes a suddenly dirty/creamy turn.

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• USA
• (anime • Donald Trump • MSNBC • otaku • politics • presidential election • Rick Wilson • video)

Pop quiz, anime lovers! Do you know what the name of this iconic hairstyle is?

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 21, 2016

If you’re stumped, ask a gearhead for help.

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• Japan
• (anime • hairstyles • illustration • intake hair • manga • otaku • video games)

Anime huggy pillows make mainstream inroads with appearance in Cartoon Network series

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 14, 2016

The American broadcaster’s We Bare Bears features a panda, a grizzly, and a polar bear…and in its most recent episode, also an anime schoolgirl pillowcase.

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• USA
• (anime • cartoon network • cartoons • dakimakura • huggy pillow • otaku • We Bare Bears)

From the Grape Picker to the Alchemist: anime-decorated “ita bags” now come in six categories

• Oona McGee
  Jan 11, 2016

Designing your own ita bag is a growing trend amongst anime fans and now the painfully geeky accessory can be classified into six specific categories.

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• Japan
• (anime • bags • cute • fashion • funny • ita • otaku • trends)

Japanese discount store’s line of Love Live! anime merch all costs less than five bucks

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 8, 2016

Even the thriftiest otaku can spare 300 yen for his best girl, right?

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• Japan
• (100 yen shops • 3 Coins • anime • Idols • love live • otaku)

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)

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