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NEWS: 'Kill Me Baby' Actress/Idol Ai Takabe Arrested for Alleged Drug Possession


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ZetaZaku



Joined: 18 Mar 2014
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 2:28 am Reply with quote
Guess it's time for her to say "Kill me Baby" because the situation sucks.
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harminia



Joined: 24 Aug 2015
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 2:31 am Reply with quote
Foxaika wrote:
Her plight is unfortunate, but I can't help but laugh at the fact that she was Agiri in Kill Me Baby.

You really can't make this up Laughing


Yeah, when I consider the memes regarding Agiri...


But I feel bad for her. I'm hoping this is overblown. I really liked her as SP in Sacred Seven.
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gustave154



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 3:08 am Reply with quote
She's cuteeee. Hope it isn't so bad...
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Banken



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 3:23 am Reply with quote
FlareKnight wrote:
In the end, sad to see someone ruin their life like this.


Horseshit. It's sad to see her life ruined for something like this.

Japan's drug laws are draconian. You don't even have to be caught possessing drugs; just having them in your system is enough to convict.

What I want to know is why her possessions were searched in the first place.
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AnimeAddict2014



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 3:44 am Reply with quote
humans using drugs.. it's an everyday occurance.

at least this woman didn't drive her car into a crowd of people.

women are just as dangerous as men.. Evil or Very Mad
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John Hayabusa



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 4:36 am Reply with quote
After seeing some fans making jokes about Agiri sounding so high for many years, I am very saddened by this news. I hope this woman will find a way to recover herself.
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aereus



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 4:51 am Reply with quote
I have to admit it's highly ironic that she voiced Agiri then, whom the running gag is that she must be high on drugs all the time. That meme picture of her smoking weed, etc.
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Running Wild





PostPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 5:31 am Reply with quote
And that's why you don't do drugs kiddies.
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Mr. Oshawott



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 8:10 am Reply with quote
How totally unfortunate. Sad Ms. Takabe is going to have a very hard time finding work the instant this is all over.
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wmderemer
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 8:12 am Reply with quote
It's a shame when anyone turns to use of illegal drugs, and I agree with others that yes, she is pretty cute...

That said, especially because of Japan's very strict views on the use of drugs, her very small voice acting career, along with her live acting career and her idol days, are all toast.

It will take many years before she can get the stink of this off her, if at all, so to be a social outcast at the young age of 27...I hope she can land on her feet when she gets out of jail and find some one who will give her a job despite this, even if it's working at a conbini, as she'll likely never get into Japan's entertainment industry again.
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Wandering Samurai



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 8:30 am Reply with quote
From the looks of it she was a has been, and whatever she had left to salvage is pretty much in the cleaners. I actually wish that Hollywood would apply the same standards to the celebrities in the US, that way we would have less Miley "virus" Cyrus, Chris Brown, the Kartrashians and so forth. Hope she has a backup plan when she is done doing her time.
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48 Rices



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 8:36 am Reply with quote
Oh boy, too bad she was caught.

If only, though... but why the heck they cancelled her contract just for this? Its too harsh! Evil or Very Mad
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Lemonchest



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 9:06 am Reply with quote
Well I guess if you want to hang out, you've gotta take her out, cocaine.

*conspiracy time* Maybe she's a victim of Japan's give us a sacrificial lamb now & then, & we'll leave you alone approach to law enforcement.
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AbZeroNow



Joined: 14 Jan 2013
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 10:23 am Reply with quote
Fans decided to support her by buying the Kill Me Baby BD-Box enough for it to sell out(and be one of the better selling anime releases)

https://twitter.com/Yuyucow/status/658992001820590080

Just wow.

EDIT: Apparently the Sentai Filmworks Bluray is also temporarily out of stock at Amazon as well.


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mrsatan



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 10:59 am Reply with quote
Looks like she had three TV guest spots and a three month TV series during the year of 2015. I wouldn't exactly call that washed up.
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