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Irodori Comics will be reporting on topics we believe to be interesting for our audience. We will be reporting on a lot of “manga/ anime industry” news and updates, as well as some interesting topics that aren’t covered by other news sites.

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Gaming Penis!?

Japanese Bluesky users are having a field day, putting chaotic prompts into AI image generators. On October 24, 2022, a new Bluesky trend broke out...
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Jiro Kimura, LDP Politicitian, Fires a Secretary for Being an Ex-Sex Worker

Jiro Kimura was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary for Defense Affairs in the cabinet reshuffle which happened in August 2022.  However, things have not been...
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Cosplay at Comiket 100

Cosplayers Assemble! Comiket 100 took place on August 13~14th at Tokyo Big Sight. It was the 100th Comiket since the event started 47 years ago! While...
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Voice Actor Pay in the US and in Japan

Crunchyroll has been in hot water over voice actor pay, but how does the US Voice Acting (VA) industry compare to the Japanese VA...
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Pixiv Anti-Piracy Tactics: Japanese Artists Adding Tiananmen Square Into Their Images and Profiles to...

When Japanese artists who use Pixiv found out that their art galleries were extracted and stolen on a website called vpixiv, certain anti-piracy tactics...
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Doujin is Not Just Porn

Doujin is much more than just porn The word 同人 (doujin) in the West is commonly associated as adult-themed fan fiction of existing Intellectual Properties....
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Kadokawa Chairman Arrested for Olympic Bribes

Kadokawa Corporation is in huge trouble as its Chairman gets arrested for involvement in Tokyo Olympics 2020 bribery case.   On September 14, Kyodo News reported...
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Anime Studios: Almost 40% Of Them Are in the Red in Japan

On August 12, 2022, one of Japan’s national newspapers, The Nikkei, which focuses on economic news, reported some concerning data about anime studios in...
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OnlyFans bribed Facebook to put models on a terror watchlist!?

The Craziest OnlyFans Story Yet...? I’m sure you're thinking, “Wait, What!?”  Well, folks, OnlyFans is facing multiple class action lawsuits which claim that OnlyFans paid Meta...
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Hentai Mangaka Yumeki Banana Gets “Railed”

Yumeki Banana is a hentai mangaka who publishes her works at Irodori Comics. She recently got the Japanese internet’s attention because of a particular...

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