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Japan’s new energy drink feels like getting slapped in the face by an anime girl

A slap in the face to Steins;Gate otaku, but in the best possible way.

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Otaku tech company creates Digital Figure Box for anime figures with no physical form【Video】

Gatebox continues to blur the boundary between digital and physical worlds.

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The best cosplayers from Chibicon, Indonesia’s summertime anime convention【Photos】

Our Indonesian otaku makes the trip to Surabaya for the otaku culture celebration.

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OxiClean officially sends detergent supply to Tokyo card shop struggling with sweaty, smelly otaku

Even players who don’t go home with a tournament prize will go home with some OxiClean.

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Large majority of otaku in Japan want to keep being otaku after having kids, survey says

Having kids might affect their otaku lifestyles though, they understand.

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Which anime child character do you wish was your kid? Survey asks Japanese fans

Survey respondents show their love for characters cute, kind, and alchemic.

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Whack-an-otaku event held by idol singer unit in Tokyo【Video】

Good time apparently had by all involved.

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Pregnant anime voice actress photo standees: A new frontier in otaku merch

Fans cheer as actress announces birth of first child, and now they can buy her “maternity goods” bundle too.

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Gigantic new anime store opening soon in Tokyo, and here’s a sneak-peek【Photos】

The Animate Ikebukuro Flagship Store isn’t open just yet, but we’ve been inside.

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Is spending 248,380 yen (US$1,840) on an anime boy doll a wise choice? Our fangirl finds out!

A big love for Touken Ranbu leads to a big expenditure, but is it money well spent?

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The best cosplayers from the Isshoni Tanoshimimashou otaku event in Indonesia【Photos】

College campus turns into a space for cosplayers, anime enthusiasts, and Japanese food fans.

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Former otaku regrets wasting so much money as a kid, Dad tells him why it was money well spent

Spending money and wasting it are two different things.

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KFC releases an Otaku Burger…in Spain?!?

Spreading the Japanese custom of eating KFC at Christmas to other parts of the world.

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Tsundere beer now on sale in Japan, but it’s not like she brewed it for you or anything, baka!

A beer with two sides to its flavor for the anime archetype with two sides to her personality.

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We take a look inside a “special bag” from an Akihabara adult chainstore

Does Lammtarra really know how to give us a good time?

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Tokyo’s huge new anime entertainment complex reveals opening date, floor guide

There’ll be more to do than just shopping at the new Animate flagship location.

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We got a massage and talked games at Tokyo clinic made for and run by otaku

Japan truly is the place to live your best otaku life.

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Our reporter illustrates their first experience attending a fan photo event with an oshi

Taking a photo with a big celebrity crush results in high anxiety but also boosts something else unexpectedly for our writer. 

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Japanese manga hotel rooms strictly prohibit reality, want guests to drown in works all night

A place for otaku to nurture their “manga brain”.

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Otaku gather in the Akihabara night as Toranoana dojinshi shop permanently closes【Photos】

Goodbyes both heartfelt and snarky mark the end of an era in Tokyo’s otaku district.

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