In Japan, there are often "stamp rallies" at train stations or other places. These marketing campaigns encourage people to come to the location and collect stamps from certain spots. This means you have to visit several places, increasing foot traffic at malls, stations, and so on.
Usually they are innocuous promos for kids. But not always.
A stamp rally for the anime series Valkyrie Drive Mermaid has adopted a novel approach: you "stamp" your picture of a female anime character with breasts.
Remember, the Valkyrie Drive franchise is so popular it even became a sex doll ...
We've just discovered @toto_sh1, who is a "self-proclaimed photographer". Well, plenty of those about.
But he or she has created this awesome series of an otaku taking his blow-up lover on a date to Asakusa, and we can't resist sharing.
They first set off for their adventure by riding the subway together. The other passengers seem unperturbed.
They do all the usual tourist stuff like posing at the Kaminarimon gate and take a ricksha together.
They have someone draw their caricature and enjoy an ice cream.
But it all ends in tragedy in the ...
Japan's top sex dolls manufacturer Orient Industry, in another display of their constant inventiveness, has teamed up with make-up effects studio Jiro to create Rinka Kagurazaka Link a Doll.
Rinka Kagurazaka is, as fans will know, the oldest of the Kaguzarazaka sisters from the "Valkyrie Drive Bhikkhuni" video game series.
The Link A Doll has "wi-fi support" (to do what?) and can play Rinka's voice (though the mouth does not move), with a "Valkyrie body".
There are certain other features whose details are not listed on the website but are mentioned in the trailer below: ...
Evangelion and Rei Ayanami is one the pinnacles of otaku fantasy.
So anything involving lingerie maker Peach John and Evangelion is surely going to get some juices flowing, especially when the model is haafu Elaiza Ikeda.
Behold: the Peach John Evangelion Eva lingerie.
There are five colors available for the Peach John Evangelion Eva bra sets, plus three colors for the Lance of Longinus bra, and numerous other items like nighties and Pen-Pen pajamas.
The items can be reserved from October 5th. Like previous Sailor Moon Bandai-Peach John collaboration (memorably ...
Here are some nice shots of the booth babes (known as "companions" in Japanese -- if only they truly were) at the recent Tokyo Game Show.
Clearly these girls are hired for their considerable assets.
【TGS2015おっぱいコンパニオンさんシリーズNo.02】アンビションブースですが、ちょｗｗｗおっぱいメガネとか最高ってレベルじゃねぇぞｗｗｗｗｗ #TGS2015 pic.twitter.com/ekTAsvHs4n
— もえーしょんﾀﾝﾄｩｰ (@tantou_KAI) September 17, ...
Kotaku has shared a story about what may be the "longest hug pillow in the world".
The dakimakura in question features human-snake lady Miia from the anime and manga Monster Musume, which is an ultimate masochist fantasy.
Of course, the hug pillow cover matches Miia's long, slivery body with its length, which could strength down between floors! 7 meters (22.96 feet) of hug pillow glory!
It was popular with fans, selling out (it was only made in a single batch, surely?) when it went on display at the recent Comiket in Tokyo, priced ¥100,000 ...
We came across this story of a "super fan" and his love for schoolgirl Manaka Takane.
Of course, Manaka Takane is a character from the Love Plus virtual dating game by Konami.
And she and a special fan went on a trip for the summer.
They chose as their date destination Atami, the hot spring resort in Shizuoka that is one of the location of Love Plus -- and already a well-known spot for otaku to go in search of 2D girls come to life.
Twitter user Menokomakiri took Manaka with him to Atami -- or least a full-body suit of the 2D ...
You've heard of itasha cars in Japan.
What about a ita-train?
That's what they have in Taiwan, where they take moe to extremes on the subway.
The walls, windows and ceiling were decked out in anime characters. Hordes of men were spotted wildly photographing the characters.
There were also some maids there to celebrate the opening.
The characters are the K.R.T. Girls (Xiao Qiong and Emilia), known as Takame Shojo in Japanese, the specially created anime character mascots for the train service in Kaohsiung.
Taiwan has quite a moe fetish, it ...
Otaku fans of the anime series Love Live! are literally worshipping their favorite 2D characters.
A certain promo at a game arcade was recently snapped showing posters of the Love Live! girls lined up along a wall with tatami matting for fans to come and pay their respects.
This meant to get down on their knees and kowtow.
Not just prostrating in reverence. At least one fan made an offering! He gave a sweet cake to his animated goddess.
Several anonymous otaku seemed to follow suit and leave multiple offerings behind for Honoka Kosaka and the other girls of Otonokizaka ...
As we know, idol groups, most notoriously AKB48, will exploit fans who want to purchase ways to vote for members in "election" or for chances to shake their hand. They do this by selling these privileges as slips of paper included with CDs or other products.
The most recent campaign has been a tie-up with Kodansha's Young Magazine, an iconic weekly manga magazine.
Kodansha chose a number of idol candidates from various groups (AKB48, NMB48, SKE48, HKT48) and said fans could choose the idol who will appear in a sexy swimsuit photo shoot. (The ladies on the cover are actually from ...
