These photos capture the late-night action that spells the end of an era for Electric Town.
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This long-running children’s series may not be doing it on purpose, but is making significant strides in LGBT acceptance in Japan.
Missed your chance to eat at the limited-time Pokémon restaurants? The new eatery will be ready for you whenever you come to town.
Not ready to convert your own car into a shrine for your favorite anime characters? No problem, this rental car company will loan you one!
Suds, brooms, tanks, and dancing. What more could you want?
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Tokyo-based employer’s limited-time offer helps anime fans better enjoy life with their 2-D spouse.
Nobuhiro Watsuki tells police “I liked girls between the ages of upper elementary school students to about the second year of junior high.”
While Anpanman was the undisputed hero of his own anime, Hiromi Tsuru’s superbly voiced Dokin-chan was the rest of us.
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