It’s no surprise that hacking communities along with the otaku have found another way to mess with the big dogs. This time they’ve looped their way into the Nintendo 3DS and it’s augmented reality features. As a little review, this feature on the 3DS is processed through a scan, using its camera, in a certain card. By doing this a image is created that is positioned similarly to the card and is what generates the 3D picture illusion. The picture has the capability to “change the environment around it, or interact with it, such as a dragon that pops out of your desk.” More »

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From Ningin: Have you seen an anime movie 99 times in local theaters and then watched it for the hundredth time in another country? No one can be credited with his “accomplishment” except for one Japanese otaku who saw The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya movie 99 times in Japan and the 100th time in the USA. More »

From Ningin: KT Systems has announced that it will be opening what it says will be Japan’s first ever boys-love bar in the Tokyo Akihabara otaku shopping district. KT Systems has emphasized that MiracleJumP, as it will be called, will not be a gay bar. More »

About a year ago Kirsten Dunst, of such Hollywood fame as Spider-man, was seen running around Japan with pink hair and a Sailor Moon style outfit. Well it turns out that she wasn’t just insane, but was doing some “art” with Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. More »

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From Ningin: There are many different types of otaku (obsessive fan) out there. There’s anime otaku, video game otaku, idol otaku- the list goes on. Even trains have otaku. A recent incident involved a group of train otaku who wanted to photograph a rare locomotive which caused delays for 13,000 commuters. More »