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Japan is one of the few countries in the world with TV channels spending a big cut of their broadcasting budget on a wide range of variety shows, providing tons of entertainment even way after midnight.

The magic ends for Cinderella when the clock strikes 12, but that is when the magic starts on Japanese TV, with broadcasting companies forsaking their wholesome image and dishing out entertainment for mature audiences, often featuring topics and themes bordering on risqué and pushing the limits of censorship laws. Sexy girls prancing around in skimpy outfits is the least you can expect!

Note: Pictures after the jump are most definitely not safe for work, and should definitely be kept out of sight of children!


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For starters, the title of the program, Idol no Ana (literally, An Idol’s Hole), is enough to trigger off the WTF sensors in some of us. Though that may sound like the title of some dubious adult video, the program is part of the annual Nittelegenic project run by the Nippon Television Network Corporation to select image girls for the company. That said, it doesn’t make the show any less raunchy than its title suggests.

In its fifth run, the program featured gravure idols in a survival pageant that lasted from July through September this year. Instead of just standing around looking cute, the girls were put through several… um, creative tests, and out of the 99 contestants, these six ladies outshone the rest to be crowned as image girls of the year.
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Carefully treading on the edges of the broadcasting rules, the show meticulously captions up-skirt shots with a note that the girls are wearing swimsuits, even though the suggestive white bottoms closely resemble undergarments.

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▼ No-hands Obstacle Race Part 1: “Swim” the backstroke without using hands!

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▼ No-hands Obstacle Race Part 2: Remove a mannequin’s stocking without using hands!a5131cfc

▼ No-hands Obstacle Race Part 3: Lick cream off a glass without using hands!
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In the “Guess what’s in your mouth!” segment, the girls had to put transparent tubes in their mouths, from which mystery food would be served. They would then have to guess what they were tasting.

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▼ Bikinis galore! Time for water games!50ee507a

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▼ Hide and seek segment.
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▼ Cosplay game segment in which contestants had to change into different costumes, but freeze and pose when the signal was given.9c17c148

Although the program’s kinky theme probably had its producers walking on thin ice, this is one of the rare cases in which applying mosaic to censor the visual images would have made things worse.

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The pageant received mixed responses from Japanese netizens, some enjoying the suggestive entertainment while others calling it degrading and obscene. We admit, we secretly enjoy watching people doing silly stunts and making slanderous comments on TV, but girls putting tubes in their mouths and eating bugs? Not quite our cup of tea.

Source: Zhaizhai News
Images: AKB Matome Plus, NTV