Interest - February 2016
- Tokyo Theater to Screen Girls und Panzer Film with 'Extreme' 4DX (01:45)
- Have a Magical Stay in the Mahō Tsukai Precure! Hotel Suite (19:45)
- Mr. Osomatsu's Todomatsu, Ichimatsu Bishōnen Hug Pillow Designs Revealed (17:45)
- New How to Draw Panties Manga Drawing Book Teaches Exactly That (15:45)
- New Vegeta Figure Literally Trembles with Fear (13:45)
- Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2016's Current Fan Vote Tallies (03:45)
- Business School for Japanese Pop Culture to Open in Akihabara (15:45)
- Relive Dramatic Scenes from One Piece, Dragon Ball Z with Figures (13:45)
- Fist of the North Star Statue to Welcome Hokkaido Bullet Train (23:45)
- Bus Tour of Live-Action Patlabor Filming Locations Planned (17:45)
- Japanese Fans Pick Their Favorite Anime Narcissists (19:45)
- US Marines Prove Tanks Can Drift — in Snow (17:45)
- Japanese National Baseball Team Gets Windfall from Mr. Osomatsu Collaboration (15:45)
- Gantz Creator Draws Seiko Ōmori's New CD Jacket Art (21:45)
- Mr. Osomatsu's Jūshimatsu Bishōnen Hug Pillow Design Revealed (13:45)
- Animate Celebrates Leap Day With TeniPuri Character Birthday (21:45)
- Splatoon Shares Image to Mark Squid Girl Manga's End (17:45)
- Drew Barrymore's Pokémon Party is Gonna Be the Very Best (13:45)
- Let This Cuddly US$450 Snorlax Pillow Block Your Path (15:45)
- Outer Guardians Get New Gashapon for Sailor Moon Crystal: Season III (19:45)
- Usagi Tsukino Shows Support for Yomiuri Giants Baseball Team (21:15)
- Comedy Skit Show Mega64 Creates Retro-Style Infomerical for Disgaea PC (19:15)
- Pokémon Pop-Up Boutique Returns to L.A. for Pokémon Day (17:15)
- Mr. Osomatsu's Choromatsu Bishōnen Hug Pillow Design Revealed (15:15)
- Crunchyroll Store: Hikari & Angewomon GEM Figure Cancelled in West by Rights Holder; Not 'Child-Friendly' (13:15)
- Graphs, Charts Chronicle Hunter x Hunter Manga's Many Hiatuses (23:15)
- Pokémon Photo Booth App Adds Trainer Style to Pics (21:15)
- MMA Fighter Ronda Rousey Wants to Star in Live-Action Metroid Film (19:15)
- Mr. Osomatsu's Osomatsu Bishōnen Hug Pillow Design Revealed (17:15)
- One Piece Pirates Promote Razors in Original Anime Video (15:15)
- Divine Gate Smartphone Game Collaborates with Shakugan no Shana (22:45)
- KanColle Arcade's Rare Haruna Card Gets 84,000-yen Bid (20:45)
- Queer Japan Kickstarter Documentary to Feature Manga Artists (18:45)
- Akiba Station Puts Love Live! School Idol Festival Game on Giant Touchscreens (16:45)
- Mr. Osomatsu's Karamatsu Gets Bishōnen Hug Pillow, Bearbrick (14:45)
- Sailor Moon Crystal Characters Team Up with JiNS Eyewear (23:45)
- Man Strips Down to Sailor Moon Costume at Trump Rally (20:45)
- 'Bath Time Boyfriend' Products are Ready to Pamper You (18:45)
- Shaft's Madogatari Exhibition Sees 40,000 Attendees, Adds Nagoya Location (16:45)
- TV Bros. Magazine Collabs With Matsuno Bros For 6 Variant Covers (14:45)
- One-Punch Man's Yuusuke Murata Draws Cover Illustration for Street Fighter Novel (15:45)
- Japanese Theater Shorts Introduce "Clamployees" (13:45)
- Yowamushi Pedal Gets Official Road Race Cycling Team (17:45)
- Naoki Urasawa Manga Documentary Series is Back for Second Season (19:45)
- Cardboard Manufacturer Makes Lamborghini Out of Cardboard (21:45)
- Mr. Osomatsu Baseball Art, Merch Revealed (17:45)
- Fukuoka Man Claimed to be Lupin III in Prank Calls to Police (13:45)
- Mitsubishi Unveils Device for Projecting Mid-Air Displays (23:45)
- Sumire Uesaka Reveals Sadistic Side at Witch Exhibit (15:45)
- Toei, Frontier Works' Mahō × Shōnen × Days Project Gets 3rd Drama CD, Novel (16:45)
- Chitoge is Ready for Adventure in Super Mario Maker (14:45)
- Fate/Grand Order Smartphone Game Crosses Over With Garden of Sinners in Anime Ad (12:35)
- Hatsune Miku Goes Classical for NHK Orchestra Performance (20:45)
- Capcom UK Shows How to Make a Killer Resident Evil Burrito (18:45)
- Anna Sui Sailor Moon Collaboration Expands With Purses, Jeweled Accessories (22:15)
- New Pokémikke Goods Combine Pokémon & Sweet Treats (20:15)
- Group Recreates Mr. Osomatsu Opening Sequence in Live-Action (18:15)
- Blood Blockade Battlefront Boys Get Hugging Pillows (16:15)
- Katsucon 2016 Cosplay Video Shows Valkyrie Eevee-lutions, Super Heroes Galore (14:15)
- Lupin the 3rd Lottery Includes Blue Jacket Lupin Figure (20:15)
- Russian Cosplayer Heads to the Slopes in Sailor Moon Bikini (18:15)
- Babymetal Idol Group Set to Appear on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (16:15)
- Wakayama's Late Cat Stationmaster Inducted Into Hall of Fame (14:15)
- Mecha Robot Gromit in Bristol (06:32)
- Idolish 7 Characters Get First Figures by Tamashii Nations (21:45)
- Miyavi, Yoshiki Turn Out for KISS x Ukiyo-e Project Debut in West Hollywood (19:45)
- 1 In 10 Emotional Viewers "Cried" At Pokémon Super Bowl 50 Advert (17:45)
- Mikasa Voice Actress Plays More of Koei Tecmo's Attack on Titan Game (13:45)
- Prince of Tennis Valentine's Chocolates Flood Konomi's Office (15:45)
- Love Live! Girls Get Minty Fresh in Newly Animated Chewing Gum Ad (09:40)
- Titans Aim to Take Over Shinjuku Station With Giant Scratch-Off Poster (20:15)
- The Boy and The Beast Promotes Shibuya Tourism With Location Map (18:15)
- New Manga Anthology Mixes Boys-Love and Zombies (16:15)
- Space Brothers Creator Introduces 3D Printer Studio, Workplace in French TV Program (14:15)
- Young Black Jack's Yūichirō Umehara Tours Tezuka Museum (13:45)
- Enjoy Craft Beer and Burly Men at Macho Bar in Tokyo (17:45)
- Valentine's Day Greetings — Anime Style 2016 (15:45)
- Oreimo's Kirino Drums Up Voters for Japan Election (19:45)
- Auditions Open to Be GACKT's Leading Lady in Upcoming Film (15:45)
- Ultraman's Mom Ends Stint as Fashion Model (17:45)
- Persona 3's Protagonist Sports Sony Audio Products in Anime Promo Ad (22:15)
- Smartphone Game Dekamusu Pits Hero Against Giant Girls (13:45)
- Mamoru Miyano Learned to Drive Thanks to Initial D (19:45)
- Saint Seiya Fan in Peru Gets Guinness World Record For Largest Collection (18:45)
- Sailor Moon's Cosmic Heart Compact Joins Proplica Toy Line (16:45)
- Mr. Osomatsu Inspires Live-Action Gay Porn Parody (14:45)
- Amazon Opens Dragon Quest Online Store (22:45)
- Japanese Anime Fans Pick Their Ideal Marriage Partner (20:45)
- Horror Fan Recreates Junji Ito Characters Using Make-Up With Creepy Results (21:45)
- Columbia Records Reveals Dragon Ball 30th Anniversary CD Set's Track Listing (19:45)
- Ghost in the Shell Realize Project Sets Sights on Half-Size Tachikoma (15:45)
- Hideo Kojima Counts Down the Top 10 Films of 2015 (13:45)
- Register Your Marriage With The Merry Pirates of One Piece (17:45)
- Studio Seeks US$10,000 for Fatal Fury Live-Action Fan Film (22:45)
- Japanese Artists Play 'Picture Telephone' for PiTaPa Ad (20:45)
- Hideo Kojima Will Launch YouTube Channel 'Hideo Tube' (16:45)
- Mikasa Voice Actress Plays Koei Tecmo's Attack on Titan Game (18:45)
- Momoiro Clover Z & KISS Collaboration Get Ukiyo-e Art Prints (14:45)
- Sailor Moon Gets 4th Round of Candy Compacts (20:15)
- Get a Closer Look at Yukai Engineering's Singing, Dancing Hatsune Miku Nendoroid (18:15)
- Cardcaptor Sakura's 3rd Ending Theme Inspires SD Figures (16:15)
- BPO Publishes Viewer Complaint About Man Catching Brother Masturbating in Anime (14:15)
- Kana Hanazawa Sings 'Prius! Impossible Girls' Song (22:15)
- Goku Cosplayer Takes His Flying Nimbus to Taipei (19:45)
- Mr. Osomatsu x Margaret Magazine Collaboration Announced (13:45)
- Get the Skinny on GSC, Fate Series Figures from WonderFest (15:45)
- Puzzle & Dragons Collaborating With BLEACH Soon (17:45)
- Mr. Osomatsu's 'Fapping in Progress' Sign Recreated as a Tissue Box Cover (21:45)
- Chihayafuru, Love Live!, Macross Delta Among Sculptures at 2016 Sapporo Snow Festival (15:45)
- Original Pokémon Soundtrack Issued on Limited Edition Pokéball Vinyl (21:45)
- Nestlé Reminds Candy Fans That Sake KitKats Are Not for Kids (19:45)
- Pack of Cute Guys Puts the "Gum" into "Shinsengumi" (13:45)
- English-Language Naruto Yaoi Fanfiction Reworked into Japanese Drama CD (17:45)
- Take a Closer Look at Pokémon's 20th Anniversary Nendoroids (13:45)
- New Chinyūki Theater Ad Warns Patrons Against Using Cell Phones (21:45)
- Learn How to Draw Character Designs with Kill la Kill's Syūichi Iseki (17:45)
- Aichi Prefecture to Build Major Convention Center at Nagoya Airport (15:45)
- Japanese Anime Fans Pick Which Characters They Want to Get Valentines From (19:45)
- Columbia Records Marks Dragon Ball's 30th Anniversary with CD Set (22:45)
- New PreCure Illustration Collection Chronicles Heroines From Original to Latest (20:45)
- Cerevo Inc's Psycho-Pass Dominator Gets Release Date (18:45)
- Japanese University Tests Aspiring Students Using JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (16:45)
- ERASED, Durarara!!, Dagashikashi Top Ranked for Winter 2016 (14:45)
- Kobe Women's University Produces Time-Travel Anime Short (21:45)
- Final Fantasy Artist Yoshitaka Amano's 'Candy Girl' Character Gets High-End Merch (19:45)
- New Halloween Eli Ayase Figure is Spooky & Sweet (17:45)
- Lord Krishna in Shin Megami Tensei IV: Final Gets Negative Reception from Hindu Statesman (15:45)
- Meat-Loving Zeushi-kun Gets Brand New Animated Short (13:45)
- Arina Tanemura Draws Idolish 7 Project's 'GOOD NIGHT AWESOME' Album Jacket (20:45)
- Future GPX Cyber Formula Celebrates Bleed Kaga's 20th Birthday With Wine (18:45)
- New Shiseido Ad Shows Make-Up's Versatility by Transforming 1 Woman into 8 Looks (16:45)
- 'Prius! Impossible Girls' Car Parts-as-Girls Project Adds Vocaloid Song in Latest Promo (14:45)
- Hatsune Miku iDoll Nendoroid Will Dance Her Way Into Your Heart (20:45)
- Pokémon, One Piece, Eva, Rose of Versailles Prepare for Valentine's Day (18:45)
- Nintendo Planning Attractions at Universal Studios Japan Theme Park (14:45)
- Anime, Manga Stars Come Out to Pay Respects to Late Shigeru Mizuki (16:45)
- Comiket Questionnaire Implies Possible Move Westward in 2020 (15:45)
- Takashi Miike Gives Interview on Upcoming Terraformars Live-Action Film (17:45)
- Wazamonogatari Novel Promoted with 2nd 8-Bit Game Video (23:45)
- Dragon's Dogma Online Arms Characters With Potato Chip Bag Shields (21:45)
- Sanrio Characters Fantasy Theater Casts Kirimi-chan as Mermaid, White Rabbit, Mercury (19:45)
- Crying Politician Ryūtarō Nonomura is Back (13:45)
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