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First-ever marriage between man and videogame character in Japan: Nintendo DS "Love Plus"
Boing Boing contributing editor Lisa Katayama reports on the marriage in Japan between a man known as "Sal9000" and Nene Anegasaki, a character in ...
Otaku Marries Nintendo DS “Nene is My Wife!”
Otaku Marries Nintendo DS “Nene is My Wife!”
sankakucomplex.com — A man besotted with virtual maiden Nene of Love Plus, the hit schoolgirl relationship simulator for the... Nintendo DS , has married her at a Guam church. He apparently paid a visit to a church on the pacific island of Guam, pictured, where he ... (more) Otaku Marries Nintendo DS “Nene is My Wife!”
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The Video of Wedding an Anime Character…
Jap-On! Blog — UPDATE from Guy Marries Video Game, We Don’t Judge As promised, the wedding ceremony between a man named Sal9000 and Nene Anegasaki, a character from the Nintendo DS game Love Plus, was filmed and broadcast across the internet. It’s predictably sad. ...

A real guy marries a girl from some game...WHAT?
Anime Comments and Reviews — Oh humanity! What kinda retarded shit is this? And Japan was wondering why they are running out of kids now. Basically this dude goes by pseudo name of SAL 9000 marries this character from some game. The rest I leave it to the video to elaborate further. ...

Man Marries To Love Plus’s Nene Anegasaki, Literally!
NotCliche — “P-Please be gentle!” You know, there’s a fine line between obsession and fandom-ism. But it seems that this guy has literally brought his fandom-ism all the way to highest possible level. Enter the Japanese gamer who is known as “Sal9000″. Apparently, on the 21th of November (jolly Singaporeans at the AFA09), this guy had declared that he will be making Nene Anegasaki, from Love Plus as his official wife. Love Plus is actually a dating sim game for the Nintendo DS. Nene Anegasaki is just one out of three available girls that the player could try to ...

Otaku “Marries” “Love Plus” Character, Becomes Possible Anime Diet Radio Fodder
Anime Diet — Mike’s Take: All I have to say is: we talked about this before. And now it’s finally coming true beyond just petitions. Whether it’s really just “performance art”–I think it’s much better if it’s sincere!–or the fulfillment of all the hopes and dreams of lonely otaku everywhere, it’s hard to say. But Nico Nico says it best: wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww He has good taste in character designs, I must say. She is cute.

Guy Marries Video Game Character, Nene Anegasaki
zone otaku — Love Plus replaces woman, but apparently this guy is going as far as to replace his bride with Nene Anegasaki! The two were married when a man brought his DS along with a copy of Love Plus to a church in Guam. Following which, a reception was held in Japan for families, friends and on the internet. The media was also invited to attend the reception; slides were shown from the time they started dating up till marriage! O_O. And if you want to catch a bit of the wedding reception, here it is as reported by Lisa Katayama. So what is your say on this? Crazy? Or is he seeking for some media attention? Further ...

Random Digest – New Banners, etc
METANORN — So many randomness to discuss, so little time~ From awards, new banners, and more. AWARD STUFF: I’ve been tagged by Sapphire Pyro of Hyper Parfait on this award so thank you very much ^__^!!! *huggles the award*. It seems like I’ve been tagged and I gotta pass this to 15 other female bloggers. The Rules: 1) Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and her blog link. 2) Pass the award to 15 other female-handled blogs you’ve recently discovered. Remember to contact ...

Love Plus: Confessions
bluemist anime blog — Love Plus: Confessions December 10, 2009 – 12:54 am Love Plus: Impressions During my short hiatus, Love Plus has gained both popularity and notoriety around the internets, mostly because of this guy who supposedly married Nene Anegasaki… or at least… one game 'copy' of her. And so thousands other copies are still single I guess, including mine, which is quite neglected actually for a while. I was quite busy last month due to real-life stuff, and with it less DS or Love Plus gaming. I'm here though to provide a little bit more detail and realizations on the game which became apparent to me after quite some time playing. loveplus THE CUDDLING It is quite ...

Real Marriage, Virtual Girl Pt. II
Psychommu Gaijin — Too add to DVC's post, here's the video:

Vocaloid 2 Character Charm Collection Love Cat Rinko, Bunny Manaka, Tanuki Nene by Good Smile Company
Neko Magic: Anime & Figures — ——Description from Manufacturer—— Keep your girlfriend by your side all the time! From the popular dating simulation game ‘Love Plus’ comes character charms of all three of the main heroines, each wearing the various animal suits that appeared throughout the game. Nene Anegasaki is wearing a tanuki suit, Manaka Takane is in a bunny suit and Rinko Kobayakawa is of course wearing a cat suit – all just as adorable as they appeared in the game. You can attach them to your DS, your cellphone, or even just keep them with you at all times – you can be together with your ‘girlfriend’ even more often now!

Takane Manaka
dannychoo.com - Your portal to Japan — Love Plus means that no otaku needs to be ronery this Christmas. This photo posted by @hs_takepiko. The text at Twitpic says:- Taking photos of the cake with nobody around in the office. Now (we) can eat the cake. Who are you spending your 2009 Christmas with? There is a poll embedded in this article. There is a poll embedded in this article. If you answered Nene then you can give up on her as shes already married. ...

Love Plus Sells Merry ‘Plus’ Christmas Cakes
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Otaku formally marries Nene Anegasaki from Love Plus
japanator.com 11/18/2009 — Well ... I admit the whole phenomenon of marrying 2D characters gives me a chuckle. After all, I have an eternal thing for Kuroshitsuji 's Sebastian , but when I realize the height of intimacy I can have with him is humping a dakimakura of him, the fantasy kind of fizzles for me. On the other ...
Love Plus limited editions going for three grand (plus)
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      Time to Kiss the Bride: Here is some official video of Nico Nico user SAL9000 marrying Nene Anegasaki from Love Plus. Well, this isn't the official ceremony, but a re-enactment that was filmed online at the ...
Video Game MarriageZOMG Anime
On Sunday, a man named Sal9000 married the love of his life. Her name is Nene Anegasaki, and she lives inside of a Nintendo DS video game called Love Plus. The wedding took place during a Make: Japan meet-up held at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. In attendance were a live audience, an MC, ...
Guy Marries Video Game, We Don’t JudgeJap-On! Blog
Seems some gamers are WAY too addicted to Love Plus that now some gamer announces he is to wed Nene, one of the dating sim’s three virtual girlfriends. The otaku brought his DS and a copy of the game to a church in Guam, where he took Nene Anegasaki’s hand in marriage. The newlyweds ...
Otaku Marries Nintendo DS “Nene is My Wife!”Sankaku Complex
A man besotted with virtual maiden Nene of Love Plus, the hit schoolgirl relationship simulator for the Nintendo DS , has married her at a Guam church. He apparently paid a visit to a church on the pacific island of Guam, pictured, where he took Nene Anegasaki (above) as his wife.  ...