The popularity of the character later led to other Mario enemies being given moe interpretations, the most prominent of which was Boosette (based on the King Boo character). The fan-created Bowsette, a gender-swapped and moe anthropomorphized version of the Mario antagonist Bowser that gives him the appearance of Princess Peach via the "Super Crown" powerup, became one of the most popular Internet memes of 2018. Rarely, the monster girls are relatively unchanged from their original form and personality, such as mermaids and centaurides. It was further popularized by such manga as Monster Musume and A Centaur's Life, and has grown into its own genre.
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An early example of this is with the independent video game/ doujin soft series Touhou Project beginning in 1997 which depicts yōkai and other mythical beings as beautiful girls and women who summon spell cards to unleash a barrage of abstract projectile patterns called " danmaku". Their bestial traits may be fully retained, de-emphasized into mere personality tics or removed altogether. When moe appearances are given to various creatures from folklore, mythology or fantasy, they are usually called monster girls (or sometimes boys). Mimiketto is a doujinshi convention dedicated to kemonomimi works. Another notable series is Uma Musume Pretty Derby which focuses on girls as famous Japanese racehorses. A notable franchise featuring moe anthropomorphism and kemonomimi is Kemono Friends, which is focused on a myriad of anthropomorphized animals in the form of girls and young women, ranging from real animals to cryptids and legendary creatures. In Hiroki Azuma's theory of otaku database consumption, animal ears are one type of " moe element," which is combined with other elements in a character in order to create an affective response in fans. Kemonomimi characters typically appear human except for added animal-like qualities. Catgirls and catboys are the most prolific and common in this category, although bunnygirls, foxgirls, doggirls, and wolfgirls are also common. Kemonomimi is often used in moe anthropomorphism, to depict animal characters in human form. Kemonomimi ( 獣耳), literally meaning "animal ears", is the concept of depicting human and human-like characters with animal ears, and by extension, other features such as tails. The trend spread out of dōjin circles as commercial anime and manga also prominently feature characters who are personifications of inanimate objects.Ī nekomimi, a type of kemonomimi with the ears of a cat. Many anthropomorphizations were the results of discussions on Japanese Internet forums such as 2channel or Futaba Channel.
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An early form of moe anthropomorphism is the Gundam MS Girl created by Mika Akitaka in 1982. With the exception of kemonomimi (which are human-like characters that have animal features), many moe anthropomorphizations started as dōjin efforts. This form of anthropomorphism is very common in otaku subcultures. Part of the humor of this personification comes from the personality ascribed to the character (often satirical) and the sheer arbitrariness of characterizing a variety of machines, objects, and even physical places as cute. The characters here, usually in a kind of cosplay, are drawn to represent an inanimate object or popular consumer product.
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In addition to moe features, moe anthropomorphs are also characterized by their accessories, which serve to emphasize their original forms before anthropomorphosis.
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Moe anthropomorphism ( Japanese: 萌え擬人化, Hepburn: moe gijinka) is a form of anthropomorphism in anime and manga where moe qualities are given to non-human beings (such as animals, plants, supernatural entities and fantastical creatures), objects, concepts, or phenomena. Wikipe-tan, a combination of the Japanese word for Wikipedia and the friendly suffix for children, -tan, is a moe anthropomorph of Wikipedia.