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Enako, one of Japan’s most popular and beautiful cosplayers, is ready for her close-ups dressed in an alternate costume of a beloved anime heroine.

Japan
(anime • Asuna • beautiful women • Comiket • cosplay • cosplayers • crazy • Enako • summer Comiket 2018 • Sword Art Online)

Aichi’s governor shows up for work cosplaying as star of anime Sword Art Online【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Aug 3, 2018

When you’ve got a meeting with cosplayers from around the world on your schedule, a suit and tie just won’t due.

Japan
(Aichi • anime • cool • cosplay • Hideaki Omura • Nagoya • politicians • Sword Art Online • World Cosplay Summit)

Anime artist pros draw Wonder Woman to celebrate film’s Japanese opening【Art】

Casey Baseel
Jul 11, 2017

The Western comic icon gets a warm reception from the character designers responsible for some of anime’s biggest hits.

Japan
(Akemi Takada • anime • art • illustrations • movies • Sword Art Online • Wonder Woman)

Cat videos with Sword Art Online dialogue are action-packed, romantic, and official【Videos】

Casey Baseel
Oct 21, 2016

Doesn’t Asuna look beautiful?

Japan
(anime • cats • cute • funny • Sword Art Online • video • video games)

Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization Game’s 3rd TV Ad Streamed

Anime News Network
Oct 11, 2016

Game ships in Japan on October 27; N. America, Europe on November 8

Canada, Japan, USA
(Anime News Network • playstation • Playstation 4 • PS4 • Sword Art Online)

Astounding cosplayer is so talented we think she may actually be a Sword Art Online character

Casey Baseel
Oct 7, 2016

After seeing her amazingly recreate so many different looks of the same character, that’s starting to feel like the most logical explanation.

Taiwan
(anime • cosplay • Sword Art Online)

Fantasy sci-fi anime Sword Art Online to become a live-action, U.S.-produced TV series

Casey Baseel
Aug 3, 2016

Kirito and his fellow virtual reality adventurers to be portrayed by real-world actors.

Japan, USA
(anime • books • Live action • lught novels • manga • Sword Art Online • video games)

IBM’s Sword Art Online virtual reality MMO project teased in screenshots, videos

Anime News Network
Mar 18, 2016

Videos show players playing demo that includes bazaar environment, combat.

Anime & Manga, Games & Tech, Japan
(anime • Sword Art Online • Test • video games • virtual reality)

IBM Japan recruiting alpha-testers for actual VR Sword Art Online game 【Video】

Master Blaster
Feb 24, 2016

IBM Japan wants 208 people to be scanned into 3-D avatars and put into a virtual world designed after the one depicted in anime Sword Art Online (and hopefully return).

Games & Tech, Japan
(anime • IBM • light novels • manga • Sword Art Online • video • video games)

Amazing Taiwanese cosplayer has Internet singing the praises of her anime musician outfits

Casey Baseel
Jan 22, 2016

Throw on your favorite soundtrack and check out the amazing craftsmanship of Ely.

Internet, Japan, Taiwan
(anime • cosplay • Evangelion • KanColle • love live • Sword Art Online • video games)

New Sword Art Online glasses cut blue light from screens, include awesome extras

Oona McGee
Dec 14, 2015

A new series of glasses that cut blue light emitted by computer screens features six beautiful Sword Art Online character designs, plus some gorgeous accessories.

Japan
(anime • blue light • glasses • manga • SAO • Sword Art Online)

Need a date for Christmas Eve? VR headset lets you share cake with an anime voice actress

Casey Baseel
Nov 4, 2015

Last week we took a look at a new brand of instant curry on sale in Japan that includes a DVD of a sexy model who pretends to be your girlfriend as you eat it. Now, who’s ready for some dessert?

In Japan, it’s not a proper Christmas Eve without a romantic date and some cake, so unattached anime fans will be thrilled to know that one of the industry’s most popular voice actresses is available for a dessert date this year. The only catch?

The date takes place in virtual reality.

Japan
(anime • cake • otaku • sweets • Sword Art Online • virtual reality)

Sword Art Online anime movie announced, will feature all-new storyline from creator Reki Kawahara

Oona McGee
Oct 5, 2015

Japanese fans of the Sword Art Online light novel series know all about the importance of attending the seasonal Dengeki Bunko festivals in Tokyo. This is the main stage on which Japanese publisher ASCII Media Works and its Dengeki Bunko imprint make all their big announcements regarding the series, and it was no different at the Dengeki Bunko Autumn Festival held in Akihabara on Sunday, where it was revealed that Sword Art Online will be made into a new anime movie, with an all-new storyline from its creator Reki Kawahara.

Japan
(anime • Dengeki • manga • movies • Reki Kawahara • SAO • Sword Art Online)

Anime figure with straw-holding cleavage is the perfect way to enjoy a nice glass of milk

Casey Baseel
Sep 17, 2015

Even among animation aficionados, it can sometimes be hard to justify spending the equivalent of a hundred dollars or more on an anime character figure. No matter how high the quality of the product is, that’s a lot of cash to shell out for something that’s going to just sit there gathering dust on your shelf, even if it looks pretty doing it.

But perhaps it’ll be easier for shoppers to pull the trigger on this particular figure. True, the subject being a busty and bikini-clad anime heroine isn’t anything we haven’t seen before, but what makes this figure special is that it’s designed to let otaku cram a straw between its breasts to suck on as they enjoy a refreshing glass of milk.

Japan
(anime • crazy • figures • otaku • Sword Art Online)

Tokyo realtor will give you hundreds of dollars of anime decorations for your new apartment

Casey Baseel
Sep 1, 2015

There’s a huge variety of fees that need to be paid when renting a new apartment in Japan. In addition to an advance payment of your first month’s rent, there’s insurance, the security deposit, the realtor’s fee, and the dreaded “key money,” basically a sign-up cost that you pay to the landlord for the privilege of being allowed to start giving him money on a monthly basis.

Add it all up, and you’ll probably find yourself out several months’ worth of rent before spending the first night in your new home. But there’s a nice upside if you chose to go through one unique realtor, because while you’ll still have some fees to pay, you’ll also get a nice housewarming present in the form of several hundred dollars’ worth of anime merchandise.