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Teenage girl who was ritualistically buried alive during the Middle Ages says she can relate.
Once you see her you’ll never unsee her… which sucks if you need to find your way around the Tsukuba Space Center.
Gojyo Taxi is hoping that the ability to evolve pig-tailed magic girls in their cars will boost usage, and “hope” is a wonderful thing.
You really ought to check out the video, because screenshots don’t do justice to this visually impressive game for Android and iOS devices.
Are anime girls on aircraft and recruitment posters enough to moe-tivate you to join the Japanese Self Defence Forces?
This new “Moe Beer” could be Akashi Brewery’s most momentous addition in its 300-year brewing history.
A city in northern Japan unveils its new moe character whose three-pronged mission is “moe x rap x town revitalization.” Yep, rap is included.
Our reporter hops on a plane to Paris to check out Princess Crêpe, a Japanese-style creperie in the City of Lights!
If you’re a resident of Singapore, you’ll definitely want to check out what your neighborhood looks like in moe character form!
Chinese website bilibili recently took a reader poll to find the most “moe” characters of 2015. Not only was the competition fierce, but the “cute dudes” top 8 was extremely surprising.
Well, that’s one way to bring all the boys to your well-raked yard…
Despite being one of the few legal forms of gambling in Japan, boat racing (kyotei) is not enjoyed by most people. Many Japanese people have never been to a race and would struggle to give you directions to one of the large-scale venues across the country where they take place.
So Boat Race Biwako has taken the daring move of implementing a new promotional campaign of hardly even acknowledging the existence of boats and instead starting a fantasy sports system based on a quintet of doe-eyed moe girls…because it just wouldn’t be Japan if they hadn’t.
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