Imagine being alone in a small room all day and all night with only brief periods of time designated for outside exercise, basking in the sun and breathing the crisp air of freedom. This shouldn't prove difficult for the cloistered Otaku dedicated to spending every waking moment in the company of anime. Not surprisingly, these imaginings also stir the souls of convicted felons. In a further exploration of this parallel, Akadot set to discover the..

10: Hentai.

9: Gratuitous violence.

8: They can't look tough in front of their fellow inmates crying at Oprah ... which, apparently, is the only other thing on at 3 p.m.

7: If they only had a psy-blade, those cops would have never cornered them. Damn.

6: Cute little girls with short skirts and bows on their panties.

5: They have long hours alone in solitary confinement to contemplate the profound Japanese endings.

4: Anime spurs wonderful philosophical debates during shower times. Like, who of your fellow prisoners would make the best Ranma?

3: They use it as reference for the construction of a powerful mecha, fashioned from spoons and the foil lining in cigarette packs, that will break them out of prison ... shhh.

2: The catch phrase, "Baka!" comes in handy.

1: Hentai.

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