On September 6, 2006, at 8:27 a.m. (Japan Standard Time), Princess Kiko gave birth to a son. The birth provides the first male heir to be born in the imperial family for 40 years...

Otaku! Everywhere! Bow down and show your love and respect for your new prince. He is the inheritor of the nations proud tradition of anime, manga and video games. May the new prince grow up to be strong and wise to lead the empire's hikkikomori to salvation, and champion the cause of "mo-e"! BANZAII!!!

Never!

We otaku will never relent in our loyality to princesses Mako and Kako, and will gladly march to our deaths when the time comes to overthrow the usurper!

Stupid thread.

West Tokyo born and raised...

>>2
If you were truly loyal to the princesses, you would be campaigning for reform of the succession laws!

If the prince grew up to be otaku himself, imagine the luxury. He can have:

• Every volume of manga ever made. Stocked at a grand library, where there's a Lazy boy at the end of every rack. If there's a great new manga and the creator is being a bit behind schedule releasing new chapters, he can "insist" on having a early copy.

• Every console and every game made for it. He could have 5, no, 10 PS3's! All running on giant widescreen WEGA's.

• Every piece of animation ever made in Japan. TV shows, movies, rare cells. His screening room is a 400 seat theater. Of course, all the 399 seats are vacant. Except when he gets a GF.

• 20 Sony VAIO's. Half running message boards, the other half, moe-games. Of course, every moe-game is stored on the custom 500 tetrabyte HD. All installed.

Ohh, some more:

• Every servant of his castle must be a cute female. All must be seen wearing maid outfits in his presence.

• Toyota gives him a '86 Trueno. Mitsubishi and Honda can join forces to make him an actual working Gundam. Or Eva. Or Both.

• Every comiket gets a one day extension for his exclusive shopping. NO lines, NO wait. Every doujin signed.

It's good to be the prince....

>>6-7
if the prince so much as looks near animu, they will beat the otaku out of him, cause we can't have the head of state be like that, now can we?

The Chrysanthemum Throne is just a figurehead. It has no real power.

An anime otaku ruler of Japan would be interesting

The prince has been named Hisahito. Literally "long-lasting" (Hisa), "Virtuous" (Hito). As far as I know, it's not a reference to any anime or manga. Damn! Why deny the child his kingdom's riches? Why I ask you!?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5337374.stm

They are not rulers. People think it is a constitutional monarchy, but it isn't. The Emperor has basically no power at all. He does literally nothing.

>>12
He visited my school once, ate at my cafeteria. I wouldn't say that he does nothing.