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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.

GANTZ Creator Oku Hiroya buys a model gun. Cops show up.

Oku Hiroya, the manga artist who is known for his iconic manga series such as GANTZ and Inuyashiki, tweeted on September 2, that the cops called him to inform him that they were going...
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Gaming Penis!?

Japanese Twitter users are having a field day, putting chaotic prompts into AI image generators. On October 24, 2022, a new Twitter trend broke out in Japan.  What was the trending topic? The phrase ゲーミングちんぽ. It...
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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 (formerly known as Facebook) to blacklist the social media accounts...
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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. You've probably seen many doujins of your favorite anime characters...
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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 industry? In the past few months, the Voice Acting industry has...
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Starbucks Japan Slapping Dicks and Laying Eggs

TW: Trypophobia         The new Starbucks menu is causing a stir in Japan. Even with an enticing name like “Blueberry and Cocoa Cream Pie”, its peculiar looks are terrifying. (Source: Starbucks Japan) According to the product description, it...
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Twitter Had Plans to Launch Its Own OnlyFans-Like Service

The Verge reported that Twitter had plans to roll out an OnlyFan-like service on its platform earlier this year. However, the plan was trashed by May 2022. As we all know, OnlyFans has blown up...
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What’s that Weird Eyeball Monster Japanese Artists are Drawing?

What's that Weird Eyeball Monster Japanese Artists are Drawing? You might have seen a wide range of fanarts of a particular multiple-eyed blue monster on Japanese Twitter. There are cute ones like these: https://twitter.com/cherry_arai/status/1550670282398273536 https://twitter.com/rikak/status/1549529517219352576 A fantasy monster...
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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 post she tweeted. On December 15th, 2022, Yumeki Banana tweeted an...
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Right Stuf absorbed by Crunchyroll (SONY)

In August 2021, SONY Pictures, which already owned Funimation, completed its acquisition of Crunchyroll from AT&T, consolidating its power in the anime industry. Just a few days shy of the anniversary of the Crunchyroll acquisition,...

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