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Be My Valentine: Dakimakura!

Nobody has to be alone this Valentine's Day. Not when there are plenty of waifus to go around! You're looking at a picture of (a very sunburnt) me with Yoko, the lady who never lets me down. How many people are there in your life that are always up for a cuddle?   more

Be My Valentine: Dakimakura! photo

Ready to make some chocolate, girls?

Valentine's Day for a Western woman means sitting back and waiting for the candy, flowers, and overstuffed teddy bears to roll in. However, if you've been watching Mitsudomoe, you know that women in Japan don't have it so eas...   more

Ready to make some chocolate, girls? photo

Katawa Shoujo: How an eroge changed my mind

Would anyone believe me if I said I was playing an eroge for research?I found out about Katawa Shoujo, aka Disability Girls, last spring. This coincided with a reporting project I was working on in graduate school about disab...   more

Katawa Shoujo: How an eroge changed my mind photo

Japanator Kind of Recommends: Super Gals!

There are only a few reasons that a person might be compelled to watch Super Gals!Perhaps your first taste of anime came from Toonami, where Sailor Moon was the shoujo series to watch. Because Gals!, also a show aired in 2000...   more

Japanator Kind of Recommends: Super Gals! photo


Japanator Kind of Recommends: Super Gals! photo
Japanator Kind of Recommends: Super Gals! photo
Japanator Kind of Recommends: Super Gals! photo
Japanator Kind of Recommends: Super Gals! photo
Japanator Kind of Recommends: Super Gals! photo
Japanator Kind of Recommends: Super Gals! photo



Japanator Recommends: Summer Wars

When tradition meets tomorrow, the best possible result is Summer Wars.Mamoru Hosoda’s new classic takes its inspiration from Japan’s rich past as well as our wildest dreams of the future. He takes samurai and virtual reality, hackers and hanafuda, and blends it all seamlessly together.   more

Japanator Recommends: Summer Wars photo


Japanator Recommends: Summer Wars photo
Japanator Recommends: Summer Wars photo
Japanator Recommends: Summer Wars photo
Japanator Recommends: Summer Wars photo
Japanator Recommends: Summer Wars photo
Japanator Recommends: Summer Wars photo



Final Impressions: Princess Jellyfish

Beauty is a disguise. A boy can become a princess by donning a flouncy wig and wearing the stylish clothes his absent mother left behind.Beauty is a tool. No matter how ugly a businesswoman is on the inside, her outer appeara...   more

Final Impressions: Princess Jellyfish  photo


Final Impressions: Princess Jellyfish  photo
Final Impressions: Princess Jellyfish  photo
Final Impressions: Princess Jellyfish  photo
Final Impressions: Princess Jellyfish  photo
Final Impressions: Princess Jellyfish  photo
Final Impressions: Princess Jellyfish  photo



Final Impressions: Squid Girl

The novelist John Gardner once said that every story comes out of one of just two basic plots. The first is when somebody leaves home and goes on a journey. The second is when a stranger comes to town and changes the lives of the inhabitants forever. Squid Girl is exactly that, even if we don’t realize it until the end.   more

Final Impressions: Squid Girl photo

Harems, magical girls, little sisters come to Crunchyroll

Like magical girls? Like little sisters? Like harems? In that case... sounds like you're an anime fan.But ALSO if you like these things, you're going to be happy about Crunchyroll's three newest releases, even though they are...   more

Harems, magical girls, little sisters come to Crunchyroll photo

Wake up to Squid Girl!

Her adopted sister, Eiko's, daily pain can be your daily pleasure!If you install the Ika Musume (aka Squid Girl) iPhone app, you can hear Ika Musume's energetic voice telling you the time every hour! Ika's silly expressions w...   more

Wake up to Squid Girl! photo

Hatsune Miku's next concert scheduled for 2011 in Tokyo

Who wants to see Hatsune Miku live?Better yet, who wants to see a packed concert hall full of slobbering fanboys and fangirls all drooling for a holographic image? (In that case, you've got two options. You could also get tic...   more

Hatsune Miku's next concert scheduled for 2011 in Tokyo photo

FUNimation announces cast for Sacred Blacksmith

It looks like a shonen anime with a female hero. Knight Guard Cecily has spirit and attitude but, as we quickly see, none of the skill to back it up. Not until she meets a blacksmith capable of welding incredible weapons. Wan...   more

FUNimation announces cast for Sacred Blacksmith photo

Catherine and I have different sexual values

I guess you could say I'm on the prudish side. Stripping in public is just not my idea of a good time. Now Catherine, on the other hand... well, you can see the art above.Let me be candid for a moment. By exploiting a cartoon...   more

Catherine and I have different sexual values photo