The Hestia boom has been growing this year and it just got better.
The busty character from DanMachi (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?) was the star of the light novel and subsequent anime adaptation, and has now become a cult character in her own right.
Twitter went wild with a mini meme in the spring, where many people copied Hestia's signature blue ribbon costume and uploaded pics to the social network.
Then we had a Taiwanese cosplayer who showed us that busty ladies go very nicely indeed with Hestia costumes.
Hestia is now the inspiration for the DanMachi ...
These days every fetish has a name. Kemonomimi ("animal ears") is a type of moe anthropomorphism where girl and boy characters in manga and anime have animal-like accessories.
Catgirls are probably the most famous but there are lots of others, since almost anything or anyone can become any kind of "animal" -- from dogs to wolves, rabbits and more.
All this moe inspires its fair share of adult toys.
Kemonomimi onaholes
You may think that masturbator sleeves had nowhere else further to go, but then you'd be wrong.
This is the Dekoboko Moo Moo Catgirl Onahole, a fairly typical ...
Some ladies on Twitter have amused us by trying to copy an anime character.
Well, there's absolutely nothing new about that. But this is cosplay with a particular focus on one body part -- one of our favorites.
The girls attempted to copy Hestia from DanMachi (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?) and her trademark costume: revealing white shirt and blue ribbon, which runs tantalizingly under her boobs and around her arms.
The TV anime adaptation of the light novel was shown on TV for the first time recently and it got some lovely ladies thinking.... Could I do what ...
"Natsu no Himegoto" is an anime that pushes the boundaries of what would be legal in other countries.
Only in Japan would you get an adult doujin anime like this with two sisters who look so young.
There's no official English translation that we know of -- bootlegs exist, of course -- but it often goes by the name "The Secret in Summer". As the name suggests, it's set in an old Japanese house during the dog days, the sound of the cicadas buzzing while you enjoy the delights of two youthful Japanese girls.
Needless to say, it's been a big hit locally, with 35,000 downloads in ...
The BBC has weighed in on the whole "Is-manga-child-porn?" argument with an online article and radio show with the balanced headline: "Why hasn't Japan banned child-porn comics?"?
James Fletcher reports from Tokyo on this now slightly tired issue.
Posters of elfin-faced, doe-eyed cartoon heroines, many of them scantily clad and impossibly proportioned, turn the cavernous space into a riot of colour.
We stop at one table where the covers on display feature two topless girls. To my eyes they look to be in their early or pre-teens, and the stories show them engaged in explicit ...
They say that otaku are weak. They say they wouldn't last long in a fight.
But not this otaku.
He wears otaku armor!
@umigame2D designed and made this unique suit of Love Live! anime character merchandise, adding more and more layers until you see the results before you.
The "armor", as some are calling it, is made of badges, bags and other "figure goods".
By the pictures he has also apparently been wearing it outside, so don't be shocked if you see this figure lurking ...
Under Japan's current laws, it is illegal to produce and distribute child pornography. However, politicians are looking to toughen this up by making it illegal also top possess child porn. Japan is one of the few major industrialized nations not to have a law against this.
However, the new law will not include comic book depictions.
The proposed revision to the law would exclude manga, anime and computer graphics, but would make possession of other forms of child porn punishable by up to a year in prison and a fine of 1 million yen (nearly $10,000).
The bill was debated by a ...
The new "child porn" proposal put forward by the ruling LDP, the Komeito and Japan Restoration Party immediately stoked controversy in the manga and anime worlds, with insiders suggesting it would destroy the industries.
Now there is a suggestion that under the rules of the new law, even scenes from the famed and beloved kids' anime Doraemon wouldn't be safe from the censor's scissors.
Essentially it allows any depiction of under eighteen year-old people to be defined as child porn, and being caught with such filth can get you a year in jail or a hefty fine.
As part of the ...
We took a trip to the Tokyo International Anime Fair 2012 recently.
There were plenty of moe girls!
Nico Nico Douga had its own Shinto shrine (and shrine maidens).
Random monsters...
Plus moe-decorated cars!
And chocolate bread... in a can, ...
What will sex be like in the future? What will masturbation be like?
We can already hook up masturbators to computers via USB and simulate screwing porn stars. Hell, we can even have sex with onaholes designed to feel like a famous girl's pussy.
Trust the Japanese to come up with this one, though, which combines technology, anime and a futuristic outlook. 3D Custom Girl USB Onacon is an adult computer game where you can personalize your own anime girl with thousands of different parts.
Then comes the really fun bit! Add the onahole vagina to simulate having sex with your new ...
