★Saori Press Vol.47★A special article “Personification” anime!

What if “that” could speak?  A special article for the “Personification” anime!

 

 

(*´∀｀) “Hello everyone!  If I could speak to someone / something, I would speak to dogs!  It’s Saori from Otaku Republic!”

 

 

(  'ω') “Hello everyone.  If I could speak to someone / something, I would speak to my lovely lovely adorable daughter, ‘Love’.  I’m a Boss of Otaku Republic.”

 

 

www.gin-maigofuda.jp

 

 

Σ(｀Д｀;≡;゜Д゜)!! “Wow, you want to speak to a dog too, Boss?”

 

 

(  'ω') “Not a dog! My lovely adorable daughter!”

 

 

 

 

( ﾟДﾟ) “This looks like a dog to me.”

 

 

(  'ω') “She doesn’t usually speak, but I understand her.  She is saying, ‘Give me more food♥’ in this pose.”

 

 

ヽ(`д´；)/ “I know she is your adorable daughter, but Love chan is ‘a dog’, isn’t she?!!”

 

 

(  'ω') “Hmm... if we have only two options: a dog or a human, I would say a dog.  But I’m giving her as deep a love as I’m giving to humans.”

 

 

 

 

(｀･ω･´) “What if that loved Love chan could speak...?”

 

 

(  'ω') “That’s awesome!  I want to know what she’s thinking more!”

 

 

(σゝ∀・)σ “Okay then.  Today, I’ll show you some of the anime or games, which might be able to make your desire come true!”

 

 

★What if “that” could speak?  A special article for the “Personification” anime!★

 

 

(・∀・) “By the way, what is definition of ‘Personification’?”

 

 

‘Personification’ or ‘personification anthropomorphism’ (‘Gijin-ka / 擬人化’ in Japanese) is a metaphoric word used as a way of giving human’s nature or characteristics to the creatures or objects that are not human. 

 

 

(・∀・) “In short, something that is not a human and has added a human’s figure or element to it, is called a personified thing?  For instance...”

 

 

www.meg-snow.com

 

 

(・∀・) “Here’s what actually happened.  A Japanese beverage manufacturer looked for the personified illustration for its product above (sweet café au lait) as a project.....”

 

prtimes.jp

 

 

(o'ω`σ)σ “Thanks to our proud Japanese illustrators!  That café au lait changed to such cute characters!”

 

 

twinavi.jp

 

 

(  'ω') “Sure.  It became cute characters, following its original product’s colors.”

 

 

(・∀・) “During this campaign, I bought this café au lait, just because I just loved the package!”

 

 

(  'ω') “’Personification’ has a fantasy-like element, so it is frequently used for the titles or materials of anime and manga in Japan.”

 

 

(σゝ∀・)σ “So now!  We’re showing you what kind of personification anime we’ve had so far!”

 

 

 

●Hetalia　The thing that is personified.→ countries

blog.goo.ne.jp

 

 

 

●Kantai Collection - Kan Colle –　 The thing that is personified.→ ships, battle ships

gameover30.seesaa.net

 

 

 

●Touken Ranbu　The thing that is personified.→ Nihon-tou (Japanese swords)

tourabu.blog.jp

 

 

●SEAMAN　The thing that is personified.→ fish...?

doope.jp

 

 

 

●Chou Jigen Game Neptune　The thing that is personified.→ game machines

blog.goo.ne.jp

 

 

 

●Upotte!!  The thing that is personified.→ guns

www.presepe.jp

 

 

 

(  'ω') “Mmmm, excuse me?  Isn’t there the one that is so creepy in there?”

 

 

(´・д・｀*　= *´・д・｀) “Oh really?  I have noooo idea what you’re talking about.”

 

 

(  'ω') “That was clearly totally different from others, you know?  Different anime, different genre, and even different direction...  It was a half-fish.”

 

 

(・∀・)っ “Oh, you want to see this one too? Yeah!”

www.famitsu.com

 

 

(  'ω') “I’m telling you.  It’s creepy!!  I know it’s been a long time since we saw this series last but...  It’s just creepy!!!”

 

 

※SEAMAN

SEAMAN is a raising type of simulation game, released by Dreamcast and Play Station 2.  The biggest charm of the game is the “sound recognition system”, which was said to be the latest technology at that time.  The player can have a conversation with this fish-like creature.  I (Saori) have played it once but I felt it was a scary game, since it was so creepy at the beginning then I unexpectedly started getting attached to that, seeing that unexpected cute creature growing.

 

 

(  'ω') “By the way, is that all that we can show to everybody this time?  I thought there were more.”

 

 

(*‘ω‘ *) “Maybe it’s Saori’s lack of information?  But I learned so many things from this “Hetaria”, when I read its manga at my high school days!  This even helped me with a history test too!”

d.hatena.ne.jp

 

 

(  'ω') “Right.  Histories or events of each country are drawn in manga-style, so I bet you enjoyed studying it as a material.

yuruyurulife.blog.fc2.com

 

 

(*‘ω‘ *) “By the way, is there anybody who is wondering what the Touken Ranbu is...?  There is the special content where it’s written by my adorable junior, Ayami, so please check it out!”

 

 

☆Ayami Times Vol.01☆Nihon-tou is hot ! What’s the Touken Ranbu?

 

 

(*゜∀゜*) “By the way, what kind of personified thing in anime do you want to watch, Boss?

 

 

(  'ω') “Well... I would want to see personified dishes.”

www.miyakohotels.ne.jp

 

 

(´･ω･`) “Kiddng right...  You wouldn’t want to eat them anymore if you could hear them speaking to you right before you eat them though...”

 

 

(  'ω') “That’s why I want to see them.  I’ve never heard of that kind of anime, have you?”

 

 

.+(´^ω^`)+. “Oh?  We do have one, actually! It’s ‘BAR Kiraware Yasai’!” (BAR Vegetables which are hated by people)

kiraware-yasai.com

 

 

(  'ω') “For real?”

 

 

“Nutritious veggies that tend to be avoided just because how they look or how they taste, complain about their everyday lives in the bar.” Conversation-typed drama.  (Picture shown above: From left. Celery, parsley, tomato, eggplant, momordica charantia ( a bitter melon)... Why don’t you listen to their worries and boast tonight?

 

 

(´･ω･`) “For who doesn’t like vegetables...  You’ll see how they are thinking about you.  Let’s check it out!”

 

 

(  'ω') “By the way, when was this anime released?”

 

 

(・∀・)っ “It’s one of the spring anime, 2015, and it’s being televised right now!”

 

 

(  'ω') “For real?”

 

 

 

 

(*゜∀゜*) “Well, this is all for today!  We’ll see you next Wednesday, and don’t forget to check out Friday’s Ayami Times too!”

 

 

Byeeee!

:*:･｡,☆ﾟ'･:*:･｡,ヽ(・∀・)人(・∀・)ﾉ ,｡･:*:･ﾟ'☆,｡･:*:

 

 

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