Bootleg anime merchandise is still most definitely a thing, and while access to the real deal is extremely convenient now, that hasn’t stopped some folks from attempting to make a quick buck. That was the case with a 37-year-old office worker in Japan, who recently …Read more »
The latest development has surfaced for the tax evasion case involving Demon Slayer anime studio ufotable. Following founder Hikaru Kondo’s admission back in September, prosecutors are now pursuing a 20-month prison sentence, with a verdict scheduled to be delivered on December 10. According to the …Read more »
The anime Dropkick on My Devil! was all set to have an event called “Thank You Dropkick! in Sapporo” on November 7. The anime’s cast was supposed to be there, along with Yuki Miku, a mascot for Hokkaido who’s based on Hatsune Miku. However, those …Read more »
A man from Dublin, Georgia is in hot water with federal prosecutors for the way he spent his COVID-19 emergency funds. According to feds, Vinath Oudomsine claimed to be running a business, and successfully applied for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) to recoup losses …Read more »
Ken Wakui’s Tokyo Revengers manga follows the life-or-death time traveling exploits of high school delinquents, but even they haven’t been depicted stealing manga to the best of our knowledge. Unfortunately, one 48-year-old man in Japan allegedly took it upon himself to do just that, and …Read more »
A 66-year-old Japanese man might be in hot water for selling mask covers with images of characters from Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen. A police officer stumbled across the case while doing cyber patrol, and then looked further into the situation. Police believe that the …Read more »
Shoko Nakagawa, who goes by Shokotan, is open about the fact that she experienced bullying at school and it really affected her. Unfortunately, she’s still being bullied, and this time it’s much worse. The new form of bullying comes not from kids mocking her, but …Read more »
What can’t a Game Boy do? Well, technically, it can’t help thieves steal cars, but that didn’t stop a gang of British car thieves from using the shell of a Game Boy to disguise an expensive device designed for that very purpose. The culprits were …Read more »
Sometimes break ups are clean, sometimes they’re an absolute trainwreck, and sometimes they involve one ex-partner breaking into the other’s home to steal their Nintendo Switch. That’s what a 34-year-old man who lives in Japan’s Chitose, Hokkaido Prefecture chose to do after his relationship ended, …Read more »
Purchasing Pokémon cards continues to be a dangerous proposition, as evidenced by the latest incident that took place in Hiroshima, Japan. A 22-year-old man bought a box of cards for a midnight release earlier in the night on September 24, and later that morning he …Read more »
Back in July, we posted about anime studio ufotable and founder Hikaru Kondo being indicted for tax-related crimes, which included allegations of avoiding to pay corporate and consumption taxes. Now, in a preliminary hearing by the Tokyo District Court that was held this week, Kondo …Read more »
If the headline sounds like something that would happen in a movie by Beat Takeshi, you’re not far off. It actually happened to the famed director/actor/comedian—also known as Takeshi Kitano—in real life, as he found himself ambushed by a man wielding a pickax, who is …Read more »
If you’re watching an old anime like Ranma 1/2, the idea of a panty thief is a running gag. In real life, however, it’s pretty disgusting, and one Japanese panty thief recently succeeded in pulling off a major haul before finally being busted. The thief …Read more »
Early Thursday morning, someone broke into Otaku Detroit, an otaku-themed store in Madison Heights, Michigan, and stole $7,000 worth of figurines and whatever was in the cash register. The suspect still remains at large. The figurines taken were rare, implying this is someone with knowledge …Read more »
Crane games and other prize-fetching arcade cabinets are supposed to be fair, or at least they’re supposed to appear to be fair, even if you can never quite grab exactly what you want. It seems as if one of SEGA’s games was neither, because it …Read more »
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