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As those stories being passed, learned, taught, and used for amusement, etc. It is commonly adapted in cartoons especially in anime and manga where most characters are personified in the human form just like the [[List of OS-tans | OS-Tans]], in which they have the following traits of the operating system they respectively represent. | As those stories being passed, learned, taught, and used for amusement, etc. It is commonly adapted in cartoons especially in anime and manga where most characters are personified in the human form just like the [[List of OS-tans | OS-Tans]], in which they have the following traits of the operating system they respectively represent. | ||
In Japan, personification is not a thing to the extent that is alike especially in creative culture as a whole and can be called unique. It is to believe that the first personification related to computers is the OS-idol Win-chan | In Japan, personification is not a thing to the extent that is alike especially in creative culture as a whole and can be called unique. It is to believe that the first personification related to computers is the [[:Image:Osidolwin.jpg|OS-idol Win-chan]] ([[:Image:Osidolwinchanpr5.jpg|second version goes here]]) which is also a mascot of [http://www.enterbrain.co.jp/techwin/ TECHWIN Magazine]. There is also a personification used to promote BSD distributions in the net which is known as [[:Image:Tokochan.jpg|Princess of BSD; Magical Toko-chan]], portrayed as an outrider, and to go back even to the time of 8-bit computer models in the 1980s. Even so, the iMacs were also personified by an artist named Satoshi Igarashi which is popularly known as Toy. He created the [http://www.toyboxarts.com/gallery/extra/mbabes-iCandy1/mbabes.html Toy's iMac Girl], the feature of a series of wallpapers first appearing between August 1998 and March 1999. | ||
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A large archive containing over a thousand OS-Tan images can be found [http://www.os-tan.com/ here]. Including wallpapers, stand alone color images, and the original black and white drawings. | A large archive containing over a thousand OS-Tan images can be found [http://www.os-tan.com/ here]. Including wallpapers, stand alone color images, and the original black and white drawings. | ||
There also exists a Macromedia Flash Animation showing a possible intro to an imaginary anime show, [http:// | There also exists a Macromedia Flash Animation showing a possible intro to an imaginary anime show, [http://ostan-collections.net/downloads.php?view=detailid=25 Troubled Windows] | ||
(#12392;#12425;#12406;#12427;#12539;#12358;#12355;#12435;#12393;#12358;#12378; ''Toraburu Windouzu''). It features interactivity, where the viewer can click to cause different visuals in the animation. A fansub of this has been created, and can be found [http:// | (#12392;#12425;#12406;#12427;#12539;#12358;#12355;#12435;#12393;#12358;#12378; ''Toraburu Windouzu''). It features interactivity, where the viewer can click to cause different visuals in the animation. A fansub of this has been created, and can be found [http://ostan-collections.net/downloads.php?view=detailid=76 here]. The fansub, however, is a video file, and is not interactive. The music is ''Sakuranbo Kiss ~Bakuhatsu da mo~n~'' (#12373;#12367;#12425;#12435;#12412;#12461;#12483;#12473; #65374;#29190;#30330;#12384;#12418;#65374;#12435;#65374;; translates to Cherry Kiss ~it's an explosion mo~n~), by [[KOTOKO]], which was originally the opening theme from a visual novel known as ''Colorful Kiss'' (#12459;#12521;#12501;#12523;#12461;#12483;#12473; #65374;12#12467;#12398;#33016;#12461;#12517;#12531;!#65374;), released by GIGA. An ending theme called OS-Pittan also exists. The music is ''Futari no Xenopittan'' (#12405;#12383;#12426;#12398;#12380;#12398;#12404;#12387;#12383;#12435;), a remix version of ''Futari no Mojipittan'', a song from the PS2 word puzzle game [[Mojipittan]]. The song was made for a game based on Mojipittan called Xenopittan, which features characters and terminology from the [[PlayStation 2]] game [[Xenosaga]]. It is found on a fan disc for Xenosaga, known as [http://www.ncsx.com/2004/ncs060704/shs_486.htm Xenosaga Freaks]. | ||
It can be heard at the end of the medley found [http://www.namco-ch.net/xenofreaks/xenopittan/shicho.html here]. The song was sung by voice actresses [[Ai Maeda (seiyu)|Ai Maeda]] (who voiced Shion Uzuki in Xenosaga), [[Suzuki Mariko]] (who voiced KOS-MOS in the same game), and [[Shishido Rumi]] (who voiced MOMO in the same game). Both flash files can be viewed [http://blog.daum.net/_blog/ArticleCateList.do?BLOGID=03MXkCATEGORYID=149002 here]. Also, as a satire, Bill Gates was mentioned in the credits of this hypothetical anime (after about 50 seconds). There also exists a Photoshop-modified picture, mimicking news of a new animation release in a Japanese magazine. | It can be heard at the end of the medley found [http://www.namco-ch.net/xenofreaks/xenopittan/shicho.html here]. The song was sung by voice actresses [[Ai Maeda (seiyu)|Ai Maeda]] (who voiced Shion Uzuki in Xenosaga), [[Suzuki Mariko]] (who voiced KOS-MOS in the same game), and [[Shishido Rumi]] (who voiced MOMO in the same game). Both flash files can be viewed [http://blog.daum.net/_blog/ArticleCateList.do?BLOGID=03MXkCATEGORYID=149002 here]. Also, as a satire, Bill Gates was mentioned in the credits of this hypothetical anime (after about 50 seconds). There also exists a Photoshop-modified picture, mimicking news of a new animation release in a Japanese magazine. | ||
Mac OS X, Linux, and Linspire girls have also shown up on the Internet, although some non-OS male characters exist for programs and hardware. [[Norton Antivirus]] is usually portrayed as a creepy looking, possibly lecherous old doctor | Mac OS X, Linux, and Linspire girls have also shown up on the Internet, although some non-OS male characters exist for programs and hardware. [[Norton Antivirus]] is usually portrayed as a creepy looking, possibly lecherous old doctor. | ||
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== See also== | == See also== | ||
*[[List of OS-tans]] | *[[List of OS-tans]] | ||
*[[OS-tan_Links|Links to OS-Tan websites]] | |||
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