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Otaku dances like a Japanese idol in front of J-Pop idol at live event in Tokyo【Video】
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Nov 12, 2019 - Tweet
When you love the idol life so much you become the idol.
- Japan
- (dancing • idol Wotaku • Idols • Japanese idols • Japanese pop idols • otaku • pop idols • Tokyo • video • wota • wotagei)
Should Akihabara be walled off from the rest of Tokyo? Twitter user proposes bold rezoning plan
- Casey Baseel
Nov 3, 2019
Admission fees, age requirements, and unrestricted public posting of erotic anime art would all be part of “Akihabara Gate City.”
“Otaku” YouTuber confronts Tokyo tough-guy litterers, who’ve got no idea who they’re dealing with
- Casey Baseel
Oct 31, 2019
Litterbug smokers aren’t so eager to brawl once they find out they’re picking a fight with a guy who beats people up for a living.
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • funny • hidden camera • Kabukicho • litter • martial arts • mixed martial arts • otaku • shinjuku • smoking • Tokyo • trash • video)
The reason why otaku don’t like Studio Ghibli anime heroines
- SoraNews24
Oct 30, 2019
Japanese VTuber throws shade at the otaku community.
- Japan
- (anime • anime heroine • characters • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • otaku • Studio Ghibli • twitter)
Five reasons not to live in Japan (as chosen by Switzerland’s perviest otaku)
- Casey Baseel
Oct 29, 2019
Overseas otaku says he learned some things while traveling in Japan, but many say they shouldn’t have been surprises.
- Japan
- (COK • Living in Japan • otaku • society)
Keep your 2-D crush with you always with their special, AI-generated fragrance
- Dale Roll
Sep 12, 2019
A die-hard otaku’s best friend!
- Japan
- (anime • COK • fragrances • otaku • perfume • Scenery Scent)
Taste-testing Domino’s Pizza’s Tsundere Pizza with SoraNews24’s biggest otaku
- Casey Baseel
Sep 7, 2019
Every bite is like an episode of a tsundere romance anime series.
- Japan
- (anme • dominos pizza • food • funny • otaku • pizza • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • tsundere)
Domino’s Pizza now sells Tsundere Pizzas in Japan, wants to both hurt and please you
- Casey Baseel
Sep 5, 2019
”Ba-…baka! It’s not like Domino’s bakes these specifically for anime fans or anything!” …oh, wait, they do.
Anime girl virtual YouTubers are running their own bar in Tokyo now【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 25, 2019
Virtual Snack provides real drinks and real conversation from charismatic bartenders who don’t really exist.
- Japan
- (alcohol.technology • anime • bars • COK • cool • otaku • virtual YouTubers • weird)
Fallen otaku being carried away by paramedics at Comiket gives otaku-est command to friend【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 13, 2019
Even as he’s being put in the back of an ambulance, this hard-core otaku doesn’t forget what he came for.
- Japan
- (ambulance • Comiket • crazy • dojinshi • funny • otaku • Summer Comiket • summer comiket 2019 • video)
Climate change may be affecting otaku migration patterns, attracting matadors
- Master Blaster
Aug 9, 2019
This year’s Comiket Opening Dash otaku herds seem abnormally sluggish, sparse, and disoriented…and there’s a matador now.
- Japan
- (climate change • Comiket • Comiket 96 • Comiket Opening Dash • global warming • matador • otaku • summer)
Take notes: Beautiful cosplayer teaches seven ways to go from being smelly otaku to just otaku
- Casey Baseel
Jul 27, 2019
Sure, planning what to buy at Summer Comiket is important, but so is planning what/how to wash ahead of time.
- Japan
- (beautiful women • Comiket • cosplay • cosplayers • grooming • hygene • otaku • smell • Summer Comiket)
Anime fans rank the top 10 voice actors who get female fans fired up: Is your fave on the list?
- Katy Kelly
Jul 22, 2019
Fans across Japan voted in the Anime Grand Prix 2019 to vindicate their very favorite voice actors. Let’s see who they picked!
- Japan
- (anime • COK • fujoshi • Hypnosis Mic • otaku • seiyuu • top 10 • voice acting • voice actors)
Otaku lie down in the streets of Tokyo to be comforted by beautiful anime mom【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 16, 2019
Foreign bystanders startled as otaku bypass waifus for mama.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • crazy • Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? • funny • otaku • weird)
Bitter otaku takes sweet vengeance by dragging hated anime villain behind his car
- Casey Baseel
Jul 13, 2019
It’s been several years since one of modern anime’s greatest betrayals, but otaku heartache lingers, and must be treated with merciless road rash.
- Japan
- (anime • cars • funny • itasha • Kyubey • Madoka Magica • otaku • plushies • Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
Here’s what happens if an otaku holds on to 30 years of issues of Japan’s biggest manga magazine
- Casey Baseel
Jul 12, 2019
This superfan will never be short of reading material.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • crazy • manga • otaku • Shonen Jump • Weekly Shonen Jump)
Japanese cosplayer breaks Guinness record for largest collection of Cardcaptor Sakura merchandise
- Master Blaster
Jul 8, 2019
Meet Guinness re-Cordcaptor Natsumi.
- Japan
- (anime • Cardcaptor Sakura • collecting • cosplay • Guinness World Record • manga • Natsumi Shirahoshi • otaku)
Immigration officials raid cosplay event in Malaysia, arrest four foreign cosplayers
- Casey Baseel
Jul 3, 2019
Event organizers say government organization told them foreigners wouldn’t need special visas, arresting officers disagree.
- Japan, SE Asia
- (anime • anime conventions • cosplay • cosplayers • crime • immigration • Malaysia • otaku • work visas)
Young boy shows how to be a good otaku after asking dad for three copies of Pokémon Uniqlo shirt
- Casey Baseel
Jun 28, 2019
Exeggutor fan remembers that he’s not the only one who loves Pokémon.
- Japan
- (anime • cute • Exeggutor • fashion • kids • moving • otaku • Pikachu • Pokemon • t-shirts • touching • Uniqlo • video games)
Seven reasons why an otaku should date another otaku (and one reason maybe not to)
- Casey Baseel
Jun 21, 2019
Anime fan’s list has one big demerit, but maybe there’s a way to turn it around.
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Continuing cyberattacks hit Japanese arcade hard [Photos]
Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
Princess Mononoke was going to look totally different, new Studio Ghibli artbook shows
Starbucks Japan reveals this year’s lucky bag, but you’ll have to act fast to get one
First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
Japan’s free stock image site of muscular men doing whimsical and mundane things reveals rankings
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- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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Life-size Monster Hunter dragon statues to be built at Japanese shopping mall
Modern exosuits are opening up ancient Japanese castle climbs to everyone
Evangelion announces collaboration with Hard Rock Cafe
Studio Ghibli homeware brand’s faux oil lamp brings light, smiles, and Kiki’s Jiji to your home
Cold Stone is closing its final branch in all of east Japan, but it’s going down singing
Starbucks Japan unveils new Christmas goods for 2026, with exclusive holiday surprises
Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
Monthly
Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
- Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
- Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
What’s it like to stay in a Japanese container hotel?- Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
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Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
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Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa
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