OS tan
As OS-tan ( jap. OSたん ) are usually female Moe - anthropomorphism ( 萌え擬人化 , moe gijinka ) various known operating systems as figures in the style of manga and anime called. The characters created by various amateur artists originated in the Japanese Futaba Channel and became an internet phenomenon .
Emergence
As with many Internet phenomena, the exact reason why it occurred is not known. Nevertheless, the Windows Me operating system is repeatedly cited as the cause, which is said to have caused displeasure due to its unstable operation. As a result, a personification emerged in the Japanese Futaba Channel in 2003 , which, due to its capricious and annoying nature, should correspond to this system. Based on this basic idea, characters have also developed for other operating systems, which are said to have certain character traits. One of the early works in which the OS-tan showed up was a flash animation , under the title Trouble Windows became known and as the opening credits of anime television series was. Finally, the characters found each other in various forums and also reached a western audience. Over time, personifications of well-known programs developed around these "operating systems", which were adapted as supporting characters in the fantasies.
Naming
The front part of the name "OS" is derived from the abbreviation of the English term for an operating system . The suffix “ -tan ” ( た ん ) is a deliberately incorrectly pronounced “chan” ( ち ゃ ん ), which is added to the name of the person addressed in non-formal salutations in Japanese. Such a mispronunciation is often found in children ( baby talk ) and is considered an additional belittling ( kawaii ). This ending is often found in the names of mascots .
Known personifications
- ME-tan
- As the personification of the Windows Me operating system , it is characterized by a strong analogy to a dojikko . So she never really succeeds in what she wants to achieve in the representations and she falls down to the confusion of her siblings at every opportunity. This is especially intended to characterize the likelihood of Windows ME crashing . If it is not "frozen" or out of control, it shows little reason and understanding of the world. So things like warming up soft drinks in the microwave are nothing special. She defends herself against possible attacks with a leek , which is an allusion to the firewall NEGiES , whose name in Japanese is similar to the pronunciation of leek ( negi ). Its design changed only slightly over time due to the influence of various artists. She has green hair that is braided into two long pigtails and an upright strand of hair ( ア ホ 毛 , ahoge , aho = "fool, fool", ge = "hair"). She usually wears a blue and white maiden costume with a button on her red scarf, which is designed as an allusion to the yellow error symbol on Windows.
- 2K-tan
- Usually this representation of Windows 2000 is described as intelligent, clarified and reserved. Visually she appears as Meganekko with blue, pinned up hair reminiscent of cat ears, in the middle of which a white flounce rises. As clothing, she mostly wears a blue swimsuit with a long coat. It should act as a symbol for the fact that Windows 2000 is the most stable of the operating systems from the Windows family and is often used as ME-tan's guardian angel according to the action.
Commercial products
The Japanese publisher Ohzora Shuppan published Trouble Windows OS-tan FanBook ( と ら ぶ る ・ う ぃ ん ど う ず OS た ん フ ァ ン ブ ッ ク , ISBN 4-7767-9188-9 ), a book that contained illustrations by more than 25 different artists. Figures from 95-tan, ME-tan and XP-tan were also included as an extra.
The artist MALINO from DejaVuArtWorks built the comic trilogy Me Document and Shared Folder! that was offered online.
The Japanese version of the Windows 7 Ultimate Edition sold by DSP was sold together with the official mascot named Nanami Madobe ( 窓 辺 な な み , Madobe Nanami , madobe = "at the window", nana = "7"), which is also stored as a theme set for the operating system was.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nathalie: The OS Tan Phenomenon . In: FUNime . No. 42 , June 2005, p. 23 .
- ↑ と ら ぶ る ・ う ぃ ん ど う ず OS た ん フ ァ ン ブ ッ ク . Ohzora Shuppan, accessed July 29, 2010 (Japanese).
- ↑ 共有フォルDA! . DejaVuArtWorks, accessed July 29, 2010 .
- ↑ WIndows7 パ ー ツ バ ン ド ル 予 約 限定 プ レ ミ ア ム セ ッ ト キ ャ ン ペ ー ン . (No longer available online.) Windows 7 mania, archived from the original on April 24, 2011 ; Retrieved July 29, 2010 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The OS war is won! Windows 7 gets officially endorsed OS-tan. Japanator, September 25, 2009, accessed July 29, 2010 .
Web links
- Article "The OS-Tan-Phenomenon" at Anime no Tomodachi