This year’s Comiket Opening Dash otaku herds seem abnormally sluggish, sparse, and disoriented…and there’s a matador now.
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Sure, planning what to buy at Summer Comiket is important, but so is planning what/how to wash ahead of time.
Fans across Japan voted in the Anime Grand Prix 2019 to vindicate their very favorite voice actors. Let’s see who they picked!
It’s been several years since one of modern anime’s greatest betrayals, but otaku heartache lingers, and must be treated with merciless road rash.
This superfan will never be short of reading material.
Event organizers say government organization told them foreigners wouldn’t need special visas, arresting officers disagree.
Marvel-loving artist has harsh words for otaku, thinks other people should be saying them too.
For when you’ve got too much sexy anime art to carry yourself, but don’t want the moving company to know what they’re carrying for you.
Doll otaku community asks anyone with information to help reunite Sakura-chan with her owner, who’s loved her for more than 20 years.
There’s a method to their madness, though, with different themes for different rooms, and one anime-safe space remaining.
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