Anime

WATCH: This Teenager Girl Is A Real Living Doll

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Weird UK, Venus Angelic, Weird Japan, Video, Anime, Living Doll, Anatomical Wonders, Japanese, Weird Photos & Videos, Weird London, Bizarre Makeup, Rightthisminute, Weird News News

A lot of girls enjoy dressing up their dolls, but a 15-year-old London teenager gets her kicks dressing up like her dolls. She's Venus Angelic and ...

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Messed Up Manga Meets The Armory

Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Haruka Makita, Suzukazu Suzuki, Ob, Manga, Hiroaki Sato, Anime, ARt Exhibition, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Mahomi Kunikata, Armory Show, Jnthed, Japanese Art, Slidepollajax, Hiruki, Arts News

Kaikai Kiki Gallery's exhibit at the Armory Show 2012 gives a colorful glimpse of Japanese contemporary art, including some pretty mangled manga. ...

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PHOTOS: The Wild Costumes of Katsucon 18

The Huffington Post | Megan Arellano | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Gaylord Convention Center, Video, Katsucon, Costume Play, Anime, Convention, Cosplay, Katsucon 18, National Harbor, D.C., Maryland, DC News

OXON HILL, Md. -- In the now-glamorous world of comic-cons, anime conventions like Katsucon are perhaps the neglected younger sibling. But every y...

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Takashi Murakami's Ego Is Larger Than Life

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Murakami Art, Video, Otaku, Anime, Takashi Murakami, Al Riwaq Exhibition Hall, Ego, Japan, Qatar, Japanese Art, Arts News

Who would have thought otaku culture would make it to the Middle East? Takashi Murakami's latest exhibition, aptly titled "Ego," opens today in Do...

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PHOTOS: 'Community' Stars Go Anime

Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Cartoons, Dan Harmon, Anime, Community Nbc, Community Anime, Community, Joel Mchale, Joel McHale Anime, Donald Glover, Entertainment News

Last season, "Community" experimented with stop motion animation. This season, they're branching out into anime. The cult hit NBC sitcom has become...

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PHOTOS: 'Community' Stars Go Anime

Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Cartoons, Dan Harmon, Community Nbc, Community Anime, Anime, Community, Joel Mchale, Joel McHale Anime, Donald Glover, Entertainment News

Last season, "Community" experimented with stop motion animation. This season, they're branching out into anime. The cult hit NBC sitcom has become...

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Google+ Provides Latest Web Platform for Re-Creating Desperate Awkwardness of Junior High

James Napoli | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Star Wars, Google Plus, Anime, Social Networking, Google+, Twitter, Hangout, Youtube, Facebook, Comedy News

Google has generously provided yet another web-based delivery system for the duplication of the unhealthy, clique-centered dynamic of a junior high school popularity contest.

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Get Your Doctorate In Manga?

AP | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Kyoto Seika University Manga, Manga Doctorate, Kyoto Seika University, Manga Dr, Manga, Anime, College News

TOKYO — To earn this Ph.D., you need to hit the books – specifically, Japanese comic books. Japan's Kyoto Seika University said Tuesday i...

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Tokyo Maid Cafes: Where Cute Japanese Girls Slap & Spoon-Feed Customers (PHOTOS)

La Carmina | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Lacarmina, Manga, Kawaii, Maid Cafe, International Destinations, Asia Travel, Cosplay, La Carmina, Destinations, Slidefullscreen, Girls, Theme Restaurants, Anime, Tokyo Travel, Maids, Cute Girls, Tokyo-Japan, Slidepollajax, Maid Café, Japanese, Japan, Japan Travel, Travel Blogs, Cute, Travel News

At a Japanese maid cafe, customers pay good money to be pampered by cute, young girls in frilly costumes. The role-play goes pretty far. Waitresse...

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Contemporary Art In Versailles: Addressing The Controversy

Takashi Murakami | Posted 05.25.2011

As my French counterparts explained to me many times over the frenetic week of press conferences, parties, and interviews that marked the opening of m...

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Israeli Scientists Warn: Arabic Is "Hard for the Brain"

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bbc, British Broadcasting Corporation, Alphabet, Scientist, Hebrew, Science, Media, Kanji, Language, Anime, Brain, Health, Arabic, Japanese, Katakana, Japan, Israel, International, Hiragana, World News

BBC News Online's Health division decided this week to cover an obscure article in an obscure academic journal which covers the important subject of the Arabic versus Hebrew language.

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The Internet is Awwwwww!

Claire Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, David After Dentist, Twitter, Manga, Viral Video, Anime, Keyboard Cat, Sailor Moon, Skype, Viral, Moe, Facebook, Memes, Cute, Roflcom, Technology News

Before the Internet, "cute" and "viral" rarely shared the same sentence. Now, adorable is an epidemic.

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HuffPost Review: Tales From Earthsea

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cheech Marin, Timothy Dalton, Hayao Miyazaki, Anime, Goro Miyazaki, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Willem Dafoe, Tales From Earthsea Movie Review, Entertainment News

I'm sure that Tales from Earthsea, taken from the science-fiction writing of Ursula LeGuin, will entertain undiscriminating young viewers and will probably thrill anime lovers. It left me bored and impatient.

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Movie Review: The Last Airbender

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Last Airbender in 3D Movie Review, 3d, M.Night Shymalan, Anime, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Entertainment News

There were cheers at the end of The Last Airbender from parts of the all-media audience with which I saw it, though I wasn't sure why.

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Nick Levasseur Apology: 'Anime Is A Prime Example Of Why Two Nukes Just Wasn't Enough,' State Rep Said (VIDEO)

Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nick Levasseur Japan, Nick Levasseur Nukes, Anime, Nick Levasseur Anime, Nick Levasseur, Video, Politics News

New Hampshire State Rep. Nick Levasseur has apologized for saying, "Anime is a prime example of why two nukes just wasn't enough," on Facebook.. Th...

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ReelzChannel: Top 10 "Wow, You've Really Let Yourself Go" Movies

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

In the brand new Shrek Forever After, an ill-advised pact with a conniving Rumpelstiltskin (Walt Dohrn) turns reality upside-down for everyone's favor...

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Hayao Miyazaki's "Ponyo on the Cliff:" A Huffington Post Review

Eric Lurio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hayao Miyazaki, Children's Cinema, Disney, Anime, Animation, Cult of Cute, Ponyo, Entertainment News

Much has been written about the Japanese "cult of the cute". The great animation director Hayao Miyazaki has used this cult to create one of the more disturbing monsters in cinematic history.

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Japan: 2-D Romances With Comic Book Characters A Thriving Subculture Phenomenon

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Comic Books, Computer Games, Anime, Comics, 2-D Romance, Foreign Affairs, Comic Book Characters, Japan Anime, Japan, Advocacy, Nemutan, World News

The New York Times magazine has an interesting story this week by Lisa Katayama on what is described as a "thriving subculture" whereby comic book fan...

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Japan Looks To Comic Books To Rescue Economy

Guardian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Japan Comic Book, Comic Books, Japan Economic Stimulus, Anime, Japan Manga Comics, Manga Comics, Foreign Affairs, Japan Economy, Japan Anime, Comic Book, Japan Economy Shrinks, Japan, Advocacy, World News

While other countries bail out banks, slash interest rates and prop up struggling industries, Japan is pinning its hopes for economic recovery on a le...

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Wanna have some fun? - Organize a Furry Disco!

www.mochiads.com | MochiAds | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Games, Adventure, Kawai, Balls, Children, Lines, Fun, Disco, Flash Game, Girls, Furry, Anime, Online Games, Mach 3, Kids, Puzzle, Dj, Dance, Game, Fluffy, Cute, Video, Comedy News

In the game world there are nice furry balls, or simply the Furries. They are very emotional by nature and colorful by appearance. The Furries can't stand loneliness and adore big companies, but they are too shy to make friends and get together. And the Furry whose name is Dancus helps them in that. He travels around the Furryland and organizes discos so that the colorful buddies could make friends and have a good time together. Play matchmaker and help the furries find new friends in this cute puzzle game with a great sound track!

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Asian Women: Rape And Hate Crimes

Jaemin Kim | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Gawker Media, Ethnicity, Chinese, White People, Michael Phelps, Gawker.com, Videogames, Anime, Sexism, Dating, Defamer, Racism, Racial Stereotypes, African Americans, Korean, Rape, Rachel Getting Married, Gawker, Asian Americans, Washington State, Los Angeles, Sexuality, Black People, Stereotypes, Spokane, Asians, Japanese, Nerds, Hate Crimes, Violence Against Women, Prejudice, Legal, Prosecution, Justice, Bigotry, Interracial Dating, Sexual Violence, Interracial Relationships, Fetish, Sexual Assault, Laws, Asian Women, Bias Crime, Living News, Women, Asian Fetish, Caucasians, Sex Crimes, Salon.com, Media Responsibility, Media Bias, Healthy Living News

Reducing Asian women into a sexual object is not funny, it is not flattering. It is perilous. We can see this when Asian women are subject to race-targeted sexual violence.

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