Barnes and Noble Apparently Sells Idolmaster Figures Now
CEDAR PARK, TX — Reports have come in from anime fan Pedro Serrano that bookseller Barnes and Noble now apparently sells iDOLM@STER figures. “I came into Barnes and Noble to flip through some light...
View ArticleSmogon Bans Pikachu from Pokemon Anime
Today Smogon University announced they were banning Pikachu from the Pokemon anime metagame in a 74% majority vote of qualified users. Following this vote, Pikachu will no longer be allowed to appear...
View ArticleFormer Computer Club President Exposed on Past Sexual Assault Allegations
A major Tokyo-based technology firm came under fire this week when photos emerged of its CEO committing apparent acts of sexual abuse. Konuma Yasashi, current CEO of Takai Systems and president of the...
View ArticleNew Anime About High School Girls Paying Attention in Class Green-Lit
According to industry sources, Class-Time, a new original anime from Silver Link, has been green-lit. The anime will focus on the daily lives of four girls who attend high school. Instead of focusing...
View ArticlePopularity of Wake Up, Girls! Explodes After Changing Name to “Wake Up,...
The popularity of the voice acting idol unit Wake Up, Girls! has exploded overnight after the group changed its name to “Wake Up, Blockchain!”, according to a survey conducted by Mantan Web earlier...
View ArticleArea Man Resolves to Watch ‘Legend of the Galactic Heroes’ in 2018
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL — With only a few days left in 2017, Cody Palmer, 21, told friends and family that he will resolve to watch Legend of the Galactic Heroes in 2018. Palmer previously resolved to...
View ArticleSomali Pirates Hijack Blu-Ray Shipments, Release Fansubs
For many years, pirate activity off the coast of Somalia has rendered the region dangerous for commercial vessels. As security measures have increased, the capture and ransoming of ships has become a...
View ArticleScientists Discover Anime That is Better Than the Original Manga
A research team at the University of Cambridge announced earlier this week that they have discovered an anime that is of higher quality than the manga source material from which it came. The existence...
View ArticleAmazon Discontinues Anime Strike, Focuses on Global Domination Instead
Amazon announced this week the discontinuation of their Anime Strike video service, the company’s $5 monthly subscription service that allowed users to stream great anime series such as Himouto!...
View ArticleLocal Man Watches Anime at 1.5x Speed
LOS ANGELES, CA – With the winter anime season already in full swing, countless fans find themselves watching yet another host of new anime. Inevitably, many struggle to keep up with the multitude of...
View ArticleMan Suddenly Remembers ‘The Great Passage’ Exists
OMAHA, NE — Anime fan Greg Parker was scrolling through Amazon Prime after rewatching Made in Abyss to see what other anime they had when he was puzzled to find a mysterious anime called The Great...
View Article‘Citrus’ Fans Upset New Show is Decent and Watchable
With the release of the first few episodes of the anime, fans of the controversial manga Citrus have expressed their outrage over studio Passione’s adaptation of the work claiming it’s “actually...
View ArticleGas Station Attendant’s Dream of Owning Drift Car Ends with Legalization of...
COLTON, OR – A local man’s dream of one day owning a drift car was crushed this month with the legalization of self-service gas stations in Oregon. The new law, which allows motorists in rural...
View ArticleNew “Otaku Cannon” Project Allows Fans to Shoot Money Directly at Anime Creators
Tokyo Otaku Mode announced the launch of a new project earlier today that will allow fans to directly support the production of anime. The project, called Otaku Cannon, will allow anime fans to...
View ArticleAnime Industry Accidentally Releases All Decent Cute Shows in One Season
Producers in the anime industry are scrambling after the realization that they had accidentally released all of the actually good “cute” shows all in one season. While the anime industry typically...
View ArticleNew Trump Tweet Encourages People to Check Out His Character In Granblue Fantasy
Over the past year, President Donald Trump has tweeted over 2,000 times, using the social media platform to attack political opponents, deride the negative media coverage he receives, and go on other...
View ArticlePre-orders Open for Life-Sized Replica of Zero Two’s Tongue
Today’s guest post is brought to you by Pringle. You can follow him on Twitter @CoolSpaceCadet. Figurex, in collaboration with Studio Trigger, announced this week that a life-sized model of Zero Two’s...
View Article‘Boruto’ Production Staff Outsources Animation to Fiverr
Studio Pierrot, the production studio behind popular anime series Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, turned a few heads this week with the announcement that the studio would begin to hire freelance...
View ArticleMan Claims to be Watching ‘Ryuuou no Oshigoto’ for the Shogi
OSAKA, Japan — For the past several weeks, local postal worker Kazuhiro Yoshimura, 46, has been diligently watching this season’s Ryuuou no Oshigoto, an anime about a teenage shogi master who takes on...
View ArticleMan’s Anime Marathon Interrupted by Loud Cheering From Adjacent Room
NEWTON, MA – A man’s anime viewing session was interrupted this evening with the sound of cheering from the next room over. Jeremy Meier, 28, stated that he had been looking forward to a long Sunday...
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