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INTEREST: Madoka Magica's Homura Gets Hugging Pillow Cover


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Anymouse



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 9:47 pm Reply with quote
Some guys really have a good sense of taste.

These guys might not.

But, it's basically a generic hug pillow.
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EmbraceMe



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 9:50 pm Reply with quote
There's a voice in my head telling me to buy this. Do I listen or fight it? Tune in next episode of EmbraceMe's Mind tomorrow at the time he wake up.
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Animerican14



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:31 pm Reply with quote
Totally the product-related announcement I wanted to hear after Aniplex USA's localization of Madoka Rolling Eyes. Guess it's too soon to expect a follow-up announcement on the home video release, though...
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lunaitc



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:38 pm Reply with quote
Most of the time, we just have these things come out. Thank God we got an official announcement of this one, so that everyone can publicly declare where they stand on the issue of "hugging pillows" with 14 year old girls in bikinis.

For the record, it is creepy and horrible.
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TheAncientOne



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:47 pm Reply with quote
lunaitc wrote:

For the record, it is creepy and horrible.

Considering this one doesn't even qualify as ecchi, I have to wonder if you could find the adjectives to describe some dakimakura.

Frankly, I find the front side image more disturbing than the bikini.
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domino



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:48 pm Reply with quote
Wow, $148 and you don't even get the pillow that goes inside-- just the pillow cover.

I've always been amazed with what people in Japan will pay for silly things like this.
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Anymouse



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 12:10 am Reply with quote
You don't know what it's like to sleep alone at night.

With a hug pillow Laughing
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Joe Mello



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 12:20 am Reply with quote
The watch is a missed opportunity. You could've had the ears point to the minutes and seconds while the watch face waits for you to cave and finally put in the battery so the circuit can make a contact.
/人◕ ‿‿ ◕人\
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lunaitc



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 1:16 am Reply with quote
TheAncientOne wrote:
lunaitc wrote:

For the record, it is creepy and horrible.

Considering this one doesn't even qualify as ecchi, I have to wonder if you could find the adjectives to describe some dakimakura.

Frankly, I find the front side image more disturbing than the bikini.


I was actually referring to the very existence of hug-pillows in general. I am aware that this is a very restrained example of the product type, and I am tragically aware of the less restrained versions of these [expletive] things. Pun intended.
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Saturn



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 2:14 am Reply with quote
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Zic



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 5:39 am Reply with quote
So, why exactly is this news worthy? Plenty of things get dakimakuras. I love Madoka, but I don't think these product announcments are really worth of being on the front page.
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The King of Harts



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 5:50 am Reply with quote
NO! BAD JAPAN!
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jojothepunisher



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 6:53 am Reply with quote
Zic wrote:
So, why exactly is this news worthy? Plenty of things get dakimakuras. I love Madoka, but I don't think these product announcments are really worth of being on the front page.


Madoka is a ridiculously popular show that just finished airing only recently and it has a little bit of moe with it, thats why.
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Funkatronic



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:26 am Reply with quote
I'm disgusted, Japan!!!

...at least make a Mami one!!!
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egoist



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:58 am Reply with quote
That's gonna fly off the shelves. Because none of us were sexually interested, of course.
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