In 2014 we loved how the selfie (known as jigadori locally) phenomenon took the Japanese porn star world by storm. Here is a selection of the some of the best pictures, from see-through cosplay uniforms to cat girls, fresh-from-the-bath nudes, and more. Rika Hoshimi Mion Hazuki Yu Namiki Mio Mikuru Yu Kawakami Yui Ayase Yuka…

Here are some more cute cosplayer highlights from last month’s Comiket 87, which was held at Tokyo Big Sight from December 28th-30th. Also check out our “companion” booth babe round-up. Images via: KAI-YOU and KAI-YOU. Related Posts Comiket cosplayer gets nasty, unique sunburn from sexy stockings Comiket 87: Companion booth babes photos! Comiket 86 Photo…

Be careful. With some prudent cropping, it’s easy to be deceived. We’ve all be in one of those sketchy clubs and thought that girl in the corner looked hot, only to be disappointed when our hands went for a fondle in the taxi on the way to a hotel. We’ve all been there, right? Anyway,…

What happens when otaku ask the gods for good fortune for the year ahead? Ita-ema, that’s what. These are the ema plaques, usually hung on boards at Shinto shrines in Japan to ask for fortune in work, love or study, but here with a very moe twist. It is common to decorate a plaque with…

Baymax protects the young male protagonist in Disney’s Big Hero 6 but these are some heroes we’d like to protect ourselves. And they certainly live up to the “inflatable” bounce of the big-screen animated character. Tenga, currently in a frenzy of publicity for its tenth anniversary celebrations, went a big cheeky and decided to decorate…

The BBC has weighed in on the whole “Is-manga-child-porn?” argument with an online article and radio show with the balanced headline: “Why hasn’t Japan banned child-porn comics?”? James Fletcher reports from Tokyo on this now slightly tired issue. Posters of elfin-faced, doe-eyed cartoon heroines, many of them scantily clad and impossibly proportioned, turn the cavernous…

This Monday it’s Coming-of-Age Day in Japan. On top of being a national holiday for everyone, if you are turning 20 you get to dress up in a kimono and attend a ceremony where you become a legal adult. Asagaya Loft A has its own take on the rite of passage, though. While officially the…

A 55-year-old adjunct professor at Taisho University, a private college in the Sugamo area of north Tokyo, has resigned for stripping off on campus. The university announced that one of its faculty staff has performed an act that was “counter to public morals” at around 3pm on January 8th. The unnamed lecturer was swiftly taken…

We’re a bit late with this but we love it. Live2D Euclid is a system created by Live2D to animate characters in a rich 3D environment. Reported by the reliable chaps at DigInfo, the technology allows you to interact with 2D illustrations in a 3D space. Of course, the demo is an anime girl character!…

Over the weekend we reported on the bizarre case of the 55-year-old lecturer found completely naked on the campus of Taisho University, where he worked. It was at 3pm that students stumbled across the man in a corridor without any clothes on. Then there were few details so we could only speculate… Now the truth…