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Just because you like dirty dojinshi doesn’t mean you can’t have a clean room.
Recently deceased writer/anime series creator wanted his funeral service to be a little different.
Just because her eyes are up there doesn’t mean he’s checking out her boobs, Twitter user postulates.
Ad for Tokyo auditions lets would-be anime stars know that they won’t be working in the booth if they’ve previously done work with their clothes off.
Weeaboos often get a bad rap for being out of touch with reality and over-idealising Japan. But what do ordinary Japanese people think of them?
Because why stop at wearing your love for you favorite character on your sleeve, when you can wear it on your whole body?
Could this be the iconic mermaid’s ultimate form? Either way, these Starbucks parody t-shirts are worth checking out!
For a single day in June, cosplay studio Haco Stadium will be welcoming dolls, instead of people, to partake in photo shoots at their Ikebukuro location.
It’s Cosplay time as the Nipponbashi Street Festival hits Osaka (and Twitter) again this year!
Have a few thousand dollars just lying around? Well then these giant anime figures are just the thing for you!
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