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Title: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: Captain Southbird (EHOL Creator) on June 11, 2004, 12:33:25 am
It apparently is just known as "Troubled Windows".  This site has a short English description of it along with mini-bios on most of the characters:
http://elizar.com/showcase/ostan.htm

This site is full of art (some of it bordering on hentai, so viewer beware... why anyone would really make operating systems sexual is beyond me):
http://nijiura-os.hp.infoseek.co.jp/

This will specifically access the only six flash files I know of it that was custom made by various fans; two of which are an intro and an ending, respectively, if this were to be an actual anime series:
http://www.globetown.net/~ostanflash/index.html

A quick image depicting all the characters relevant to Windows OS maturation (C+P):
http://miao.us/images/10-windoujin-05.jpg

This depicts the apparent "favorite" character, ME -- "An incredibly naive individual, ME is unreliable due to the fact that she has a tendency to fail at everything; always with comedic results." -- in some little case instance (translated comic, C+P):
http://miao.us/images/10-windoujin-02.jpg

PC vs. Mac -- Classic.  (translated comics, C+P):
http://miao.us/images/10-windoujin-00.jpg
http://miao.us/images/10-windoujin-01.jpg


So, anyway, I find this series to be very amusing, from what little scraps I've seen.  Whaddya think?  My main question is, is this a doujinshi (i.e. professionally produced books and such), or limited only to internet fan art (copy of a copy of a fad as noted...?)  I'm thinking it's the latter, but I'm trying to get a better grasp of what this even IS.  :P
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: theravenisdead on June 11, 2004, 03:32:16 pm
Rob, I owe you one. ;D

Awesome stuff. NOW I have a mascot worthy of my |337 |>35|<70P  ^_^V

Naturally ME is a klutz ^_^ *burns a WinME CD*

Although every link to miao.us is unaccessible to me
(403: Forbidden)


N/M. Works now.
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: theravenisdead on June 11, 2004, 06:13:48 pm
(http://img19.photobucket.com/albums/v58/theravenisdead/computers/Desktop-110604.jpg)

|337  ^_^V
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: Captain Southbird (EHOL Creator) on June 11, 2004, 06:32:27 pm
Although you should technically have the "sexy XP"... oh well.  Awesome anyway.  ;D

I have become an instant fan simply by the context of this creation.  To help prove the point, I made the anigif to your left by PRINTSCREEN-ing the dancing flash file as it played.  :P
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: theravenisdead on June 11, 2004, 07:39:47 pm
While technically true, I think since my desktop is so tweaked out, It doesnt matter which I use as the mascot for WindowsSR  ^_^V 8) ^^;

I may customize that WP a bit later on. Untill then, |337!

btw, Nice Avatar. 5|<!//z !

On a small side note, the image showing the Windows Timeline (http://miao.us/images/10-windoujin-05.jpg) is incorrect. Saba represents Windows Server 2003, not NT 4.0 (NT3.51 represents both 3.51 and 4.0) slight error in that  ^^;
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: Saucer on June 11, 2004, 09:10:37 pm
Holy cow! This is the first I've heard of OS Tan. But I have to say, it's pure genius! l337 w4llp4p3r5 f0r m3! I love the way they depict Mac OS9 as a violent bomb-crazy psycho. I also like the way they depict Longhorn as a "sleeping princess" with ram horns like Kahm from Outlanders. So I wonder where we can get some more doujinshi or webcomics of this?

Speaking of computer-related fanboy spazzes... Apple's new suprise this week, the liquid-cooled dual 2.5GHz 64-bit G5 has me creaming mah jeans! http://www.apple.com/powermac/
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: Captain Southbird (EHOL Creator) on June 11, 2004, 09:17:34 pm
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So I wonder where we can get some more doujinshi or webcomics of this?


If anyone can find out, I'd be glad to know.  :P
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: theravenisdead on June 11, 2004, 10:28:37 pm
This sounds like a job for The Raven!  ^_^V

*tackles Google*
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: MrWhat on June 12, 2004, 08:05:38 pm
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It apparently is just known as "Troubled Windows".

I stumbled across some of the wallpapers and fan-arts on a message board, not too long ago.  I haven't found anything that isn't already in your list of links.

The Linux girl is a were-penguin?  Hee hee.  That's gotta be inconvenient.

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is this a doujinshi (i.e. professionally produced books and such), or limited only to internet fan art (copy of a copy of a fad as noted...?)  I'm thinking it's the latter, but I'm trying to get a better grasp of what this even IS.  :P

Yes, as far as I know, it's the latter.  

Off-topic, but your 'three girls dancing' avatar reminded me of this recent find:
Please think of the cat girls. (http://www.comnet.ca/~foxtrot/graphics/godkills.gif)
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: Saucer on June 13, 2004, 06:40:21 pm
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Off-topic, but your 'three girls dancing' avatar reminded me of this recent find:
Please think of the cat girls. (http://www.comnet.ca/~foxtrot/graphics/godkills.gif)

LOL! That's awesome. UFO Princess Valkyrie rules!! It's the ultimate series for fans of neko-shoujo.
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: rowan_a._seven on June 16, 2004, 08:58:54 pm
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Off-topic, but your 'three girls dancing' avatar reminded me of this recent find:
Please think of the cat girls.


Gah!  They're so...overwhelmingly cute!  Must resist...must resist...

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LOL! That's awesome. UFO Princess Valkyrie rules!!


...Gosh darn it!  *succumbs to the cuteness of the cat-girls*  Looks like another series has been added to my list of shows to check out.   ^^;

By the way, "UFO Princess Valkyrie"?  ???  Those are three words I normally don't associate with each other.  Are they mostly just a catchy title or do they actually relate to the story somehow?
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: dooky on June 18, 2004, 08:25:44 am
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By the way, "UFO Princess Valkyrie"? Those are three words I normally don't associate with each other.  Are they mostly just a catchy title or do they actually relate to the story somehow?


I suspect it's the same as "Kiddy Grade"... a collection of arbitrary words that sound good together.

And I too am curious about this catgirl series of which you speak...

dooky
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: Saucer on June 19, 2004, 10:14:47 pm
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By the way, "UFO Princess Valkyrie"?  ???  Those are three words I normally don't associate with each other.  Are they mostly just a catchy title or do they actually relate to the story somehow?

Well, yes both actually! If you like catgirls, and good anime in general, you'll love this series. I believe you can still get it off www.animesuki.com Two 12-episode seasons plus a TV special. It's a cute and fun series with a compelling plot, lots of great chara and laughs.
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: anubimon on June 21, 2004, 06:34:23 pm
Ah yes, the OS girls. I've known about them for a while-- 95 is my favorite.
They were just created by crazy Japanese people with no life, so no, there is no actual doujinshi to my knowledge.


What will the Japanese roll out with next?



There was a similar thing for those who are interested-- Gundam girls.
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: Captain Southbird (EHOL Creator) on June 21, 2004, 07:19:25 pm
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There was a similar thing for those who are interested-- Gundam girls.


Actually, opposite gender versions of existing characters is a very common practice.  There are also male versions of the OS-tans.  :P

Anyway, yeah.  I've gained the idea that these are merely fancomics for every bit of their existence.  HOWEVER, there's supposed to be a whole bunch of comic strips (4 panels?) that have been written over the cource of the existence of OS-tan.  (You don't think they just made up character descriptions for fun arbitrarily, right?)  I have a few linked here, but there's supposed to be a bunch on some site somewhere... and a bunch of which got translated to English!  But I've only read this and have had no direction in which to look.  ;_;
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: Captain Southbird (EHOL Creator) on June 27, 2004, 12:24:17 am
Heheh, I've discovered the stash at last:
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/twtranslations/

Found via:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS-tan

... which talks about the current storage on 5chan
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: Saucer on June 27, 2004, 09:57:14 pm
Good find, Bob! I like how 2K is the dependable one, while XP is sort of the "middle sister" and ME is a clutz. Why does 95 carry a katana around? That's like weird and awesome at the same time. What a paradox.
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: Lord God Jinnai on June 28, 2004, 03:46:44 am
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Why does 95 carry a katana around? That's like weird and awesome at the same time. What a paradox.


I think she's supposed to be the old "grizzled" veteran of the group. She fought in the Mac/PC Wars of the early 90's, and has flashbacks every once and a while.
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: Captain Southbird (EHOL Creator) on June 28, 2004, 08:18:47 am
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I think she's supposed to be the old "grizzled" veteran of the group. She fought in the Mac/PC Wars of the early 90's, and has flashbacks every once and a while.


Wow, awesome.  I wasn't sure how to answer, but that's gotta be dead on.  :P
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: Saucer on June 28, 2004, 08:43:14 pm
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I think she's supposed to be the old "grizzled" veteran of the group. She fought in the Mac/PC Wars of the early 90's, and has flashbacks every once and a while.

Gawd, what a cantankerous old bitch.
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: MrWhat on August 18, 2004, 10:28:17 pm
An OS-Tan (and SMJ) cameo in Strange Candy (http://www.strangecandy.net/):

THE CUTE CROQUET CRUSHINATORS...  of DOOM! (http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20040817.html)

There's some more new-to-me OS-Tan stuff on the Idlechan (http://www.iichan.net/index2.html) anime board (http://www.iichan.net/a/wakaba.html), as I type this.
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: Captain Southbird (EHOL Creator) on August 19, 2004, 08:44:44 am
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An OS-Tan (and SMJ) cameo in Strange Candy (http://www.strangecandy.net/):

THE CUTE CROQUET CRUSHINATORS...  of DOOM! (http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20040817.html)


How peculiar.  I wonder where that's going.


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There's some more new-to-me OS-Tan stuff on the Idlechan (http://www.iichan.net/index2.html) anime board (http://www.iichan.net/a/wakaba.html), as I type this.


Yeah, you just have to sift through tons of other stuff before you can find it...
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Somethinghttp://www.s
Post by: MrWhat on August 25, 2004, 12:31:13 am
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How peculiar.  I wonder where that's going.

I see where, in the next episode (http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20040819.html), their skill level was adjusted up to DOOM!.  I wish I had a dial setting like that.

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Yeah, you just have to sift through tons of other stuff before you can find it...

You say that as if it was a bad thing.  Why, if it wasn't for Idlechan's audio board, I might not have found an MP3 of MikoMikoNURSE!! MikoMikoNURSE!! namamuginamagomeMikoMikoNURSE!!
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: Captain Southbird (EHOL Creator) on August 25, 2004, 01:37:25 pm
I like the CTRL+ALT+DEL sword.  :P
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: Fujisawa4654 on August 25, 2004, 11:59:59 pm
Why is the highest setting set to "DOOM!"??? It's right after Ludicrous! Why not call it
"[size=50]HOLY SH*T!!![/size] or something..

(bleeped due to the huge font size.. THat's right folks I normally don't bleep things)
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: Saucer on October 22, 2004, 07:18:20 pm
Sighted on Bit Torrent, OS-tan Media Pack:

http://66.90.75.92/suprnova//torrents/2849/[Gaav]OS-tan%20Media%2001.torrent

You'll have to copy/paste that full URL (YaBB no baka!). Not sure what the content is, if it's stuff we haven't yet seen, etc.... But it's 544MB, so it must be something? ^^;
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: smkviper on October 23, 2004, 01:55:57 pm
The only thing I'm worried about is if it's half a gig of OS-Tan hentai... =,]  *downloads file* ;D
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: MrWhat on December 07, 2004, 02:00:38 am
OS-Tan angst (http://unholywastes.defenestrate.net/randomcrap/sad.jpg)  :'(
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: Lord God Jinnai on December 07, 2004, 02:15:45 am
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OS-Tan angst (http://unholywastes.defenestrate.net/randomcrap/sad.jpg)  :'(


........ ............ ...........

Guilt Level Index up by 66%

*sniff* Poor ME... I... I never thought of you like this before... I was always so mad... and you always *sniffle* tried your best.

Oh no! What have I done?! *weep* *SOB* Forgive me, ME! *boo hoo hoo*

*wipes eyes* I'm sorry, ME... I hope that wherever you are, you are happy. You weren't all bad... not really. *sniff* Let me remember the good times we had together....
















...







..... WAIT A MINUTE! We never had any "GOOD" times! You were always crashing, EVERYDAY! You always ALWAYS corrupted my files! You let EVERY freakin' computer virus in through whatever firewalls I put up! You useless USELESS USELESS Operating System!

Guilt Level Index back to Normal Levels of -42%

BURN IN HELL BITCH! BURN IN HELL AND DIE!!!

*spits on ME install disc before stepping on it repeatedly*



Somewhere in Heaven, a Microsoft Operating System is crying*
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: smkviper on December 07, 2004, 12:26:16 pm
Lol, that was great LGJ ^_^V

Personally I think I like Windows ME much better as the anime character then the OS (Bleh, almost the worst OS ever...)
Title: Re: Troubled Windows - Anime Something
Post by: js_morris on December 07, 2004, 02:12:20 pm
You know, I might almost have felt guilty about upgrading ME for XP on my previous machine after seeing that...except the damn thing always bluescreened me when I tried to shut down. That goes a long way toward assauging guilt.

JSM