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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “otaku”

• Haruhi Movie Reaches #7 in Japanese Box Office

  
  Sankaku Complex — Authority: 609
  The recently released Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu movie attained the #7 spot in the Japanese nation-wide box office during its opening weekend, an exceedingly impressive figure for an otaku oriented anime film, although not nearly as high as last year’s incredible Evangelion 2.0’s debut at #1. What makes ...
  8 hours ago

• Michael Jackson Figma with Articulated Tippy-Toe Action!

  
  A Little Bit On The Awesome Side — Authority: 620
  This past weekend the Wonder Festival took place in Japan and bajillions of new collectible figures were shown off for droves of otaku to oggle over, but one of the standouts was this Micheal Jackson Figma from Good Smile Company . The figure features the King of Pop in his Thriller attire, and his tippy toes ...
  9 hours ago

• alafista.com - A Fusion of Japans Otaku and Popular Culture: Goodbye Samurai Sentai Shinkenger

  
  Anime Nano! — Authority: 175
  The final episode 49 of Samurai Sentai Shinkenger [侍戦隊シンケンジャー] was aired last weekend and it provided a splendid conclusion to the series. I must say that amongst the many super sentai series that I’ve watched, ...
  16 hours ago

• January and February Loot

  
  Saku's AFK Corner — Authority:
  2 greatest loots (arguably of course) arrive on January and February consecutively and both of them are probably my two most expensive loots of this year. Nanoha Takamachi Exceed Mode 1/7 by Alter I just picked up my Nanoha at the post office tonight and was quite shocked with the custom fee. I was charged ...
  20 hours ago

• Wanfesu 2010 Winter: GSC’s 100th Nendoroid is Mickey Mouse!

  
  alafista.com — Authority: 480
  Goodsmile Company announced their 100th Nendoroid, and no one would have expected that it would be Mickey Mouse! Image Source: Amiami Blog Anyway Nendoroid Mickey is scheduled to be release in the summer. However I shudder at the thought that they would release his friends Goofy, Pluto and Donald. LOL
  20 hours ago

• Mugi-Mania Grips Otaku

  
  Sankaku Complex — Authority: 609
  It seems some K-ON! otaku are irredeemably gripped by Tsumugi -mania – here one can be seen compulsively buying Mugi Takuan , with at least 100 packets visible and two boxes at the top of the frame. And yet this is but the latest in a long line of such afflictions… Mugi-CD: Boxes of “Mugicha” ...
  23 hours ago

• Wonder Festival Winter 2010 Mega-Digest

  
  Sankaku Complex — Authority: 609
  Wonder Festival, the unquestionably preeminent figure and garage kit event in Japan, held its Winter 2010 event yesterday on February 7. As always, the event provided a ravishing amount of otaku eye-candy, running the gamut from pre-painted PVC figures from companies such as Alter, Good Smile and Kotobukiya to as an ...
  1 day ago

• Gantz Live-Action Movie Magazine Scans

  
  alafista.com — Authority: 480
  Here’s a couple of scans from Shukan Young Jump Magazine 2010 No.10 with an article featuring the GANTZ live-action movie and actress Watanabe Natsuna 渡辺夏菜 who will be playing the role of Kei Kishimoto [岸本 恵]. Image Source: Kawaii Joyuu Its been confirmed that the movie will have the ...
  2 days ago

• Rei: “Come Visit the Onsen of Hakone!”

  
  Sankaku Complex — Authority: 609
  Ayanami Rei appears to have taken a break from piloting giant robots and gratuitously taking her top off in order to promote tourism to Hakone, a region of Shizuoka prefecture renowned for its hot springs. Just what Rei has to do with the 17 hot springs or the Great Boiling Valley is not clear, ...
  3 days ago

• Haruhi Movie Premieres, Draws Line of 500 Otaku

  
  Sankaku Complex — Authority: 609
  The much anticipated Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu (The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya) theatrical film debuted yesterday, hot on the heels of last week’s big anime movie release, Nanoha the 1st . Reviews for Shoushitsu  so far seem to be excellent, and ever reliable throngs of otaku (see above image) turned ...
  3 days ago

• 1/8 Mio Akiyama PVC [KyoAni Limited Ver.]

  
  Otaku-Complex — Authority: 126
  Kyoto Animation have started taking pre-orders for this simply amazing figure of Mio Akiyama. She is scheduled for release in Jul 2010, and will be retailing for 8,000 yen. She is available exclusively from the Kyoto Animation Online store , and each customer is only allowed a single preorder.
  3 days ago

• “Japan Has 3,600,000 Hikikomori”

  
  Sankaku Complex — Authority: 609
  Japan’s Minister of Internal Affairs has announced that the government finds there to be a total of 3,600,000 hikikomori in the country, and stressed the need to tackle the supposed problem. The precise methodology the ministry used to come to this figure, and what it defines a hikikomori as, are however not ...
  3 days ago

• Shoko Nakagawa’s Life Story Turns Manga

  
  Japundit - Published news — Authority: 498
  Shoko Nakagawa a.k.a Shoko-tan will be getting her life story in a manga. Yup, at 25 years old only. Asumi Hara will be drawing the biography for Nakagawa-san and the title is .Shoko Nakagawa monogatari
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• Haruhi Disappearance Debut Goods Do Not Disappoint

  
  Sankaku Complex — Authority: 609
  A bonanza of Haruhi limited-edition goods have been made available at cinemas screening the Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu movie, and one Kyoto theatre has given advance notice by way of a dazzlingly long sales page on its website… The practice of selling movie-related goods at Japanese theaters was briefly ...
  3 days ago

• ConSeq Ep 3

  
  Free/Roam/Soul — Authority: 132
  Episode 3 & we’re talking all things blogging, manga review & anime conventions w/ Otaku No Video’s Brent Newhall & Anime3000’s JD Banks . *We love to hear from our fans. Record a soundbit & send it in.* Send me your track [ConSeq Podcast] Spread The Word: ...
  3 days ago

• Figma Hirasawa Ui School Uniform Ver. Preview

  
  Kyouran Ky?dai — Authority: 120
  Figma’s Blog has finally updated some preview images of the upcoming “Figma Hirasawa Ui School Uniform Ver.” from K-ON! by Max Factory ^^ Lovely picture~ The figma will be available for sale during Wonder Festival 2010 Winter on Febuary 7th, 2010. Do note that during the event, only ...
  3 days ago

• Build Your Own Domo Nightlight

  
  A Little Bit On The Awesome Side — Authority: 620
  There’s a pretty awesome Instructable posted by Motadacruz showing how to make this rad Domo-kun nightlight for kids using some stuff he had around the house. Looks like a fun little project to take on during a lazy weekend, so I might give this a shot. [Via Walyou ]
  4 days ago

• “Are Women Who Date Otaku Worthless?”

  
  Sankaku Complex — Authority: 609
  A woman reporting how she was all but driven to tears upon learning that her lovely young boyfriend was actually an otaku asks whether otaku-dating women are indeed the same lower form life as their paramours. The woman, describing herself as extremely shy and about 30, relates that she recently began dating a ...
  4 days ago

• OTACOOL2 Worldwide Cosplayers – 24 Awesome Cosplayers Chosen!

  
  KOTOBUKIYA - KOTOBUKIYA — Authority: 411
  2/04/2010 Kotobukiya is very happy to announce the 24 wonderful Cosplayers that will be on the Cover of our second installment of CGM base publication “ OTACOOL２ WORLDWIDE COSPLAYERS ” These awesome cosplayers where chosen at the specially launched Official OTACOOL Site（ ...
  4 days ago

• 包帯[houtai]

  
  Japanese words of anime fans, by anime fans, for anime fans — Authority: 107
   When you step into the classroom in the morning, you see a classmate sitting by the window. She is looking out of the window…something is weird. Yes, because her left armband is wrapped in bandages. What happened to her? Did she have an accident? Or else…did she do…?  Have you ever had something like ...
  5 days ago

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