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Vocaloid’s fandom evolves beyond the music and becomes the face of young...
Last month, we posted an article capturing the changes in anime art style over time. These adjustments in overall style can come on so slowly, but when laid out side-by-side, they become so blatantly...
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Mom hangs son’s “dirty towels” out to dry
Moms are the best, right? No matter how old you get, your mom will still be there to cook you a heartwarming meal and get your clothes clean like no one else can. But sometimes, your mom tries to...
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Why do otaku walk so fast? “They are bound for the future!”
The Japanese stereotype for otaku is far from pretty. Hardcore fans of anime and video games are largely regarded as social outcasts and are characterized as unkempt men in button-up plaid shirts,...
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Japan now has Evangelion-themed electric car chargers, and they are awesome
As waste gasses from fossil fuels continue to choke our planet and money-grubbing businessmen propose plans to frack (and that’s not some coy euphemism) the very ground we walk on to get at even more...
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“You’re an otaku!” Defining Japan’s nerdiest word
What would you say if someone were to call you an otaku? These days, people’s responses would likely fall into one of two extremes: “Hell, yeah! I’m a huge [insert hobby here] otaku!” or “Screw you! I...
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Miyazaki in the sky with Gundam: Japan’s astronomical otaku have been naming...
When a new asteroid is discovered and its orbit is established, the right to name that floating chunk of matter is given to the astronomer who found it. And, somewhat unsurprisingly, a lot of the...
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New manga magazine for virgins guarantees your continued virginity
In a turn of events that isn’t doing any favors for those refuting the “Sexless Japan” media blitz of late, a recent survey by the National Institute of Population concluded that a frighteningly large...
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Taiwanese online game’s Christmas campaign comes with real girls!
It’s the time of the year when shops and online retailers switch to full battle mode, rolling out Christmas promotions and year-end sales to attract customers, showering shoppers with free gifts and...
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Train enthusiasts gone wild! Are Japan’s train photographers losing their...
Back in the day you might have called them “train otaku” but they would have preferred “tetsudo fan” a Japanese translation of the British “railfan” label for those who enjoy riding, viewing, and...
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Survey reveals that more than 70 percent of otaku would choose their hobby...
Over the years, the term “otaku” has, as well as being accepted into the English language, come to mean not just computer or anime fanatics locked away in their bedrooms, but any person who shows...
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Are you otaku? Roughly 40 percent of Japanese college students say, “Yes!”
There seems to be a bit of a debate these days centered around whether or not being an otaku, the term used in Japan to describe people who obsess over a variety of hobbies, is a socially healthy one....
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Take a glimpse into the natural habitats of female Japanese otaku 【Photos】
While we here at RocketNews24 have no shortage of stories on geeky men in Japan, it should be noted that there are plenty of women that fulfill the otaku stereotype of being obsessed with anime, manga...
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Pizza Hut’s ita-campaign has people lining up around the block
The above picture was the scene outside a Pizza Hut shop in Chiyoda, Tokyo at 11:00 am on 24 February. The line stretches well around the block on the morning of a weekday with people looking to buy...
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The new product for all Japanese men who wish they were little girls
Are you a guy wanting to try out makeup for the first time? Well Japan, the land where anything goes, has just the thing for you. Allow us to introduce the ‘my first makeup set’ especially for...
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Five reasons nerds make great boyfriends: Japan’s geeky otaku list their pros
As cultural attitudes continue to evolve in Japan, some groups that have spent decades being socially ostracized are finally seeing the tides turn in their favor. For example, while the covers of most...
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Otaku pro wrestler Tomoyuki Oka makes no apologies for blurring the nerd/jock...
Tomoyuki Oka, Japanese pro-wrestler and all around tough guy, has already captured the hearts of an unlikely otaku audience by being very open about the fact that, despite appearances, he’s actually...
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Purchase these bizarre capsule toys because… reasons
Capsule toys are basically just useless collector’s items that you can buy in Akihabara and other areas of Japan where nerds hang out. They almost always cost one single coin; That is, deceptively,...
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What kind of otaku are you?
Fed up with the overly broad usage of the word ‘otaku’, one Japanese Twitterer decided to divide otaku up into six different categories with varying levels and types of obsession. From the humble fan...
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Man arrested for hunting the nerdiest game: Akihabara otaku
The 1993 action film Hard Target is notable for three reasons. First, it was Hong Kong action director John Woo’s American debut. Second, it starred Jean-Claude Van Damme as perhaps cinema’s most...
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Toy maker offers new toy storage and safekeeping service so you can buy more...
Bandai is giving otaku (especially of the fourth category) all over Japan yet another reason to be grateful. The mother of all toy, video game and anime distributors is introducing their new figure...
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