Everyone would imagine it would be safe to ride a train, after all it is littered with people. But that’s not the case for seiyuu Ayana Taketatsu, familiar to many as the voice of Azunyan of K-ON fame.

According to Ayana Taketatsu herself she she was being peeped at by an male “predator”, believed to be an otaku. This was occurring during the one of her usual train rides in Tokyo’s subway system. Feeling uncomfortable solely knowing that she was being looked at strangely, she eventually found out that the peeping tom also was filming her.

She shared this on her twitter:

“Hmmm, this is most suspect. I may have been the subject of a peeping tom on the Fuktoshin line. And using video…

He shouldn’t have got my pantsu or anything, he seemed to be just filming me sat down. What can you do about this?”

“I should have filmed him back!! Maybe that would have been good proof of what he was up to!! But that’s a crime as well… Sorry. I was hungry, I couldn’t think properly. Curse my appetite.”

“Damn it, this is annoying! I should have at least made a face at him!”

Under normal circumstances this would both be creepy and understandable, much due to her fame. But in the case of Japan, it is actually a crime to photograph anyone (especially a woman) without the proper consent. So it doesn’t come as a surprise that the the end result of this encounter resulted in a report to the authorities.

The online reaction is mixed as usual, some take it serious, other simply brush it off. Questions have also been raised whether it was an obsessive otaku which “stalked” her in the subway or just a perverted man taking interest in attractive pretty girls.

“Poor girl!”

“I can’t believe one of those peeping bastards would target Ayachi. Probably it was just a habitual offender shooting a cute girl.”

“She’s gradually turning into the next Hirano. Next she’ll be making stuff up about taxi drivers…”

“I think she’s just trolling for sympathy.”

“Upload your pics, guys.”

“So Ayanyan uses the Fukutoshin line…”

2011 was a great year for Anime fans, and when great diverse titles pop up during the year there will always be a rank list highlighting the best of the best, and this one is no different.

Anime fans has gathered once more to introduce to the world to what Anime from 2011 is worth investing and will have all watch over and over again.

1. Blue Exorcist

2. Kimi ni Todoke 2

3. Ano Hi

4. Puella Magi Madoka Magica

5. Usagi Drop

6. Nichijou

7. Baka to Test to Shokanju 2

8. Tiger & Bunny

9. Hanasaku Iroha

10. Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san

Comiket 81 excellency continues in a new batch of cosplay phenomenon, and this time around we also see a female Rilakkuma (Relax Bear) with real cleavage appeal. And those are not the only pair of breasts you will be able to spot.

Want to watch the earlier batch from day 1? Click here.

Golden cosplay fairies found nowhere else on earth except on Comiket continues its tradition with even more stunning display of passionated Cosplay at Comiket 81.

Comiket 81 began on December 29, 2011.

Due to Piracy an unknown number of losses made from the Anime industry, Bandai has decided enough is enough and retreated from further dealings with US market.

The reason seems to stem from the failure to generate great revenue even though having such as Cowboy Bebop, K-ON, Ghost in the Shell and Haruhi, in their library. Bandai has concluded that it must be the work of dirty foreign pirates.

Due to this, Bandai see’s it as no other way than to abandon the US market and let others be granted a “license” to continue distributing within US. However, it is still believed that they will still be distributing their own titles such as Gundam.

As a result, Japanese Anime otaku, who worships the media as religion, has lost their faith in their foreign counterparts even further after the move Bandai made. Categorizing every foreigner further into the pit of unclean filths.

“Cool Japan…”

“Cool, but not in that sense.”

“So the Yanks got tired of Japanime?”

“Just how much were they selling them for?”

“Weren’t they selling them at rip-off prices?”

“They were trying to sell them at prices similar to the Japanese ones. This is the result.”

“It’s obvious you’ll fail if you sell BDs at ¥7,000 overseas.”

“Who’d buy at that price? Not me.”

“I’ve bought a few of their US DVDs. They certainly weren’t as expensive as the Japanese releases. However, by American standards they were still expensive.”

“Bandai as a whole has not been producing many hits lately. They are too dependent on Gundam.”

“They are making some CG anime of Tekken… seems a total waste of money.”

“They say the tastes of US fans have changed, but really they are the same. The problem is all the anime made in Japan is now for the creepy otaku demographic and doesn’t interest them.”

“They just illegally upload as much as they want and have no intention of paying a dime for anime. It’s incredibly cheap compared to Japan, yet still they pirate. Rather than sell titles cheaply on Amazon.com and have Japanese buy them there, they might well make more by withdrawing.”

“With the BD releases of Akira and Freedom, they were simultaneous in the US and Japan, but the price in the US was far cheaper.

Obviously all the Japanese ordered from Amazon.com and sales were great, but it turned out most were just Japanese buying it overseas. So they revised the pricing on Gundam UC so it’s just as expensive everywhere.”

“With all the Japanese using those sites to order, they either have to sell at prices too high for foreigners or withdraw.”

“This is a conundrum. You can’t sell overseas at those prices, but at lower prices the Japanese start buying them instead. How will the Japanese contents business cope in the age of the Internet?”

“I felt no satisfaction buying those overseas editions. They are fine just to watch, but they have no specials or anything, you can’t collect them.

And how come the original was in stereo but the US versions end up in 5.1?”

“The biggest problem is illegal downloads. Self-proclaimed right-wing patriots are always whining about how horrible China is to Japan, but really Americans are just as horrible to us.”

“What they were actually selling:

5 Centimeters Per Second
Freedom
Ghost Slayers Ayashi
The Girl Who Leapt Through Space
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Gurren Lagann
Hayate the Combat Butler
K-ON!
Kurokami
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Mobile Suit Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam 00
Mobile Suit Gundam UC
Tekken: Blood Vengeance

Was it really that hard to sell all these popular titles in the US?

If you look at Amazon.com’s anime best seller ranking, they are all anime which didn’t really take off in Japan. Interesting.”

“They won’t buy even at those low prices!”

“The market was small to begin with. You cannot just increase sales by reducing the price like that, there simply isn’t a large audience to begin with.”

“Isn’t it just because only a few ever got shown on TV? If the only way they see the first episodes is by having to go to the trouble of downloading it, your audience is not going to increase.”

“All this despite increasing numbers attending their events…”

“Yankee otaku don’t care about video or audio quality so they just watch on YouTube.”

“It’s just because overseas a culture of piracy has taken root.”

“There is no way this is solely the fault of illegal downloads.”

“Bandai has already failed to expand into Europe and America numerous times. I guess they’ll just have to keep trying.”

“What do you expect from a company which didn’t even bother including the Japanese language audio track on its Kurokami BD release? All the NA fans think they are total retards.”

“That is just moronic. Even the most basic market research will reveal that the majority of the fans there don’t care about dubs and listen in Japanese with subtitles. It’s obvious Bandai is not cut out for this kind of business.”

As 2011 is coming towards an unavoidable end fans have united as one, Anime fans have gathered a top 25th ranking of what promises to be the best of the best squeezed out of 2011.

1. Puella Magi Madoka Magica

2. Ano Hi Mita Hana

3. Working!!

4. Dog Days

5. Hanasaku Iroha

6. Nichijou

7. Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai

8. Baka to Test II

9. Ro-Kyu-Bu!

10. YuruYuri

11. Tamayura -hitotose-

12. Ika Musume

13. Natsume’s Book of Friends

14. Infinite Stratos

15. Hidan no Aria

16. GOSICK

17. Blue Exorcist

18. Ben-to [tied]

19. Ikoku Meiro no Croisée

20. Chihayafuru

21. Mashiroiro Symphony

22. Mayochiki!

23. The World Only God Knows

24. Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko

25. Heaven’s Memo Pad

The otaku netizens from 2ch usually gather photographies of their usual “Christmas” celebration in their ronery quarters. This year is no different, and as expected, even Christmas Eve – the most important day some would say, is just as ronery as ever. Well, that is if only 2D wifes doesn’t count.

But even with all that, the crowd over at 2ch never cease to surprise with their extravagant display of collectors items, dedication and not to mention cooking skills.

This must be the cutest Christmas yet.

Scandal diva queen Aya Hirano has once again changed her looks, but former fans cannot help but to think of her new change being tasteless and out of fashion so much so her looks portray her as “old”, and not young and attractive as her previous silky black hair look once did.

The guru’s over at the infamous otaku board 2ch has gone through some hardship by attempting to compile this top ten list of the best female Manga character. But all that was clearly worth it as the end results is something to truly behold, and surprisingly involves less ero girls and more of the “pure” ones.

1. Momo Velia Deviluke (To Love-Ru)

2. Alluka Zoldyck (Hunter x Hunter)

3. Kotegawa Yui (To Love-Ru)

4. Sairenji Haruna (To Love-Ru)

5. Tsurara Oikawa (Nurarihyon no Mago)

6. Nami (One Piece)

7. Inoue Orihime (Bleach)

8. Kagura (Gintama)

9. Galatea (Claymore)

10. Kuchiki Rukia (Bleach)

Japanese Idol and Seiyuu worshipers are suggesting a motion to ban their angels from having any involvements with individuals of the opposite sex in order to keep their virginity in check.

Idols and Seiyuu have a huge following from fans who discover them. Seiyuu are mostly known for their voice appearance in an well known Anime series, whilst Idols market themselves as the product in order to sell anything they promote, and fans are more than willing to lose themselves in both of their lovely innocent appearance.
So to keep their purity in check without the opposite gender ruining anything for as long as possible it has sprung up a need for safety precaution with a law binding prohibition which doesn’t leave any room for Seiyuu nor Idols to involve themselves in any kind of relationship, whether it may be through dating or marriage.

This movement of course ignited after the reveal of Aya Hirano’s secret harem, and Ayana Taketatsu’s love life was supposedly brought out in the open.

The proposition to keep their 2.5D Idols more holy is this:

Female seiyuu are 2.5D, they are angels.

So naturally they must be virgins, and it is out of the question for them to have anything to do with men.

It’s a given that female seiyuu be virgins.

Female seiyuu have to be treated as holy ground.

They mustn’t date or marry.

Ones like that must quit being seiyuu!

The law ought to ban female seiyuu from marriage or dating.

[...]

We need a licensing system for seiyuu.

Of course, being a virgin would be a requirement.

Compulsory virginity inspections of all female seiyuu should be mandated by law. Only those with virginity certificates can be allowed to be voice actresses.

Those who wish to date or marry ought to submit notice of their intent, be stripped of their license and then allowed to.

Those who date or marry men without permission need to be punished by the law.

Countermeasures like this are a given.

[...]

Elizabeth I said she was married to her kingdom and subjects, and resolved to live as an absolute monarch and organ of the state.

Female seiyuu must also resolve that “I am married to my fans,” and so devote their entire lives to all their fans as their idol.

If you cannot undertake this, you cannot become a seiyuu.

[...]

I think most of you will agree with my proposal.

Some agree whilst others thinks it is a private matter all together, however the idea of having to have fooled their most loyal fans is definitely a no no.

Responses:

“I agree completely. As a fan, the purity of my dear 2D characters is preserved, so there’s no excuse for a seiyuu to be engaging in romance however she pleases.”

“I agree. Idol seiyuu ought not to engage in romance until I tire of them.”

“Don’t forget to ban male seiyuu from dating as well.”

“If you want to play around with men you shouldn’t become an idol in the first place.”

“It’s not like they are doing it on the job. Who cares?”

“Whether on the job or in private, the mere fact they are playing around with men is what disqualifies them from being seiyuu.”

“If they are talented voice actors who cares what they do with their male friends in private? You lot just decide they are your girlfriends and then accuse them of betraying you, honestly…”

“What they do in private is their business. But they ought to try to hide it as far as possible from their customers.

If they can’t, they ought to quit. This is what the Taketatsu fuss is about.”

“If they want to date or be a slut it’s their choice. But trying to trick their fans and maintain a customer base through deceit is no better than some shady cult or Amway.”