KanColle anime character’s catchphrase “poi” is POIsed to take over the...
Remember that Swiss otaku with a penchant for Yuudachi Kai Ni, the upgraded version of a character from the Kantai Collection (KanColle) anime/video game franchise who’s been made famous by her...
View ArticleKanColle? More like ManColle as real Japanese men parody anime opening 【Video】
If the Internet isn’t about showing off your own original skills and talent, then it’s for parodying what’s already well-known and liked. The constant stream of anime and games from Japan is a gold...
View ArticleWorst vacation ever? DMM to offer a week of hikikomori life free to one lucky...
While some may find the idea of locking themselves in their room for months or even years at a time horrifying, for some that’s just their daily life. And if you’re one of those people who much prefer...
View ArticleKankolle booth displays moe battleship girls at TGS 2015【Photos】
We’ve written many times before about the phenomenon that is Kantai Collection, or Kancolle. The free-to-play online game featuring battleships anthropomorphized as cute girls has spawned an anime,...
View ArticleAmazing anime-themed flatbed truck is the biggest itasha we’ve ever seen...
Many fans choose to wear T-shirts plastered with pictures of their favorite anime or video game characters, therein letting them broadcast their love for the fictional figures to everyone they pass...
View ArticleTaiwanese president-elect’s resemblance to anime character reportedly...
Taiwanese otaku recently greeted Tsai Ing-wen with shouts of “Kirishima!”, which is causing problems for some dojinshi artists. “It’s the economy, stupid,” is an oft-repeated maxim of what politicians...
View ArticleGamer goes to play naval-themed anime game at Japanese arcade, finds real...
Looks like KanColle is a big hit in one of Japan’s oldest navy towns. There are two key factors to the popularity of multi-media franchise Kantai Collection, or KanColle, as fans call it. One is the...
View ArticleThe 23 most wonderful women cosplays at Summer Wonder Festival 2016【Photos】
We trekked out in the height of summer to get the hype on this summer’s popular cosplay. RocketNews24 is no stranger to Wonder Festival, the semi-annual convention that, in recent years, has been...
View ArticleKanColle girls trade turrets for sweaters in autumn fan art for...
Cardigans may not match armor plating in protective capabilities, but they’re definitely the warmer, cuter option. The hook of video game and anime franchise Kantai Collection, more commonly referred...
View ArticleSit back with a “relaxing” cup of tea
As the weather starts to cool down, there’s nothing better than cozying up with a nice hot cup of tea. But sometimes that plain old tea cup and bag isn’t enough to lift your spirits on a particularly...
View ArticleSporty nerds gather in Nagano to show off their anime and manga-inspired...
Snowboarding is fairly popular in Japan and there’s no doubt that anime and manga are deeply ingrained in the psyche of many people across the nation. So we suppose this ita-board, or “painfully nerdy...
View ArticleWelcome to the cosplay scene at Comiket…wait, what’s going on there??
It’s that time of the year again! Comiket, the world’s largest dōjinshi fair that’s held twice per year, is currently in full swing again at Tokyo Big Sight on Odaiba, the artificial island located in...
View Article【Follow-up】Now infamous panty shot scene at Comiket recreated in Lego form
On Monday, we brought you a rather disturbing photo of a group of photographers taking photos up a Shimakaze cosplayer’s skirt at this summer’s Comiket. Both Japanese and English online opinion about...
View ArticleWhen cosplay meets computer graphics, all we can do is gawk in awe【Photos】
Kantai Collection (艦隊これくしょん) is a Japanese online card game that gained explosive popularity with its one-of-a-kind characters: personified battleships. Kantai (艦隊) means “fleet” in Japanese, and the...
View ArticleAnime con aboard aircraft carrier attracts moe warships of all kinds, from...
This month Kantai Con, ‘the anime convention on an aircraft carrier’, was held aboard the USS Yorktown in South Carolina, and attracted some fabulous cosplayers dressed up as the hottest warships in...
View ArticleThe Wonderful Cosplayers of Winter Wonder Festival 2015 【Photos】
Last weekend it was time for Wonder Festival, the garage kit and model extravaganza held in Chiba Prefecture’s Makuhari Messe. But while the plastic and resin replicas of anime and video game icons...
View ArticleY-shaped naked anime girl pillow cover features spreadable legs【Pics】
An unabashed recognition that buyers probably aren’t going to stop at just hugging. Look, let’s be honest here. The target market for huggy pillows with half-naked, or fully naked, anime girls on them...
View ArticleNew Chinese KanColle clone gains popularity in Japan, riles up some patriotic...
They’re claiming in-game transactions are being siphoned into funding China’s military. Web browser battleship game Kantai Collection, known as KanColle, has gained immense popularity since its...
View ArticleOtaku finds a cleverly pervy way to add breasts to clear file anime characters
”Clear files” aren’t really clear, which is what makes this optical alteration possible. The Japanese language has never been shy about taking English vocabulary and repurposing it for its own needs,...
View ArticleGenius-level otaku figures out a way to take a bath with his favorite anime...
KanCole superfan upgrades his regular bathtub to an ita-bathtub. In many ways, Kantai Collection, also known as KanColle to fans, is a perfect example of a modern anime hit. Based on a popular video...
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