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Ringing in the New Year in Akihabara

January 6th, 2009 by James

A clip from an Asahi TV news report about how certain people spent New Year’s Eve:


The person in this clip is Gontada, a 33-year-old otaku who is attending a countdown party at Dear Stage in Akihabara. Akihabara is the one place where he can truly feel like himself, unlike his company, where he must hide the fact that he is an otaku. Gontada spends the night dancing and singing along with the songs of his idols, and it truly looks like he is in heaven.
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Comment by Swifty
2009-01-06 12:24:09

With this news report, I guess he doesn’t have to bother concealing the fact that he’s an otaku any more in his company.

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Comment by PO box
2009-01-06 17:29:40

I can’t believe he’s 33. He looks younger than me and I’m 17.

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Comment by anon
2009-01-07 04:27:11

Surprise surprise, japanese people look young.

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Comment by Bruce Smith
2009-01-07 06:14:30

BTW his name is Gotanda-san not Gonda-san.

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Comment by Catch the Chicken
2009-01-07 12:07:20

No Japanprobe article on the Shibuya New Years Eve events??? Looked like a lot of drunked westerners and a few locals in thier low-riders

Also, no post about the re-appearance of unauthorised disney characters in China (‘Disney ice festival’ footage on tokudane this morning)?

Come-on J-probe… you’re quality/speed is slipping.

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