When a student’s love of anime pops up during school time, some teachers would be mad, but this one decided to be awesome instead.
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Clever superfan shows how you too can easily replicate the most famous scene from the most famous magical girl anime.
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Light the candles on the cake, because three decades ago this week, Japan’ most ironically named video game franchise was born.
Do you want money? Fame? For these developers, it’s all about the erotic fan art (although fame and money probably wouldn’t hurt).
It turns out the schoolgirl-inspired two-piece looks just as good on anime girls as it does on real women.
Intricate process creates characters that look as cool now as they did in the 8-bit and 16-bit eras.
If Nintendo ever wants to “reboot” the franchise to be grittier, we hope it looks like this.
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