As you may already know, quite a few OS-Tans are based off of popular anime/manga characters. I have taken the time to compile a list of the ones I suspect were inspired off of certain characters:
ME-TAN:
She bears an uncanny resemblance to Canal Volphied from Lost Universe:
(http://anime_perspective.tripod.com/LU/Pics/LU8.jpg)
95-TAN:
Her habit of wielding a katana at impromptu times and randomly attacking people are characteristic of Motoko Aoyama from Love Hina:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6f/Motoko.jpg)
VISTA-CHAN
Here we go again! One of the hundreds of designs is based off of Suiseiseki from Rozen Maiden:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/88/Suiseiseki_from_Rozen_Maiden.JPG)
Homeko
Her character is mainly comprised of about 50% huge breasts, 50% yaoi complex. She is exactly like Shikijou Saori from Mahoromatic:
(http://www.mahorosan.net/common/images/chars/shikijou.jpg)
Does anyone have anything else?
98-tan looks alot like Shinobu Maehara from Love Hina
That seems like an implicit nod to the Rozen Maiden Vista as the offical one. ^___^
Don't mind really, since she does have the lead as far as drawings go. ^.^
Might be in over my head with this, but I can tell you which characters inspired my own -tans.... ^v^
Amiga: Didn't start with anyone in mind, but used "Miyu Yamazaki" from 'SuperGals' as my base, and unconsciously made her head look like Sakura Kinomoto from 'Card Captor Sakura' (by the time I realized it, she was too cute to change... ^.^)
PalmOS: Mint and Vanilla from "Galaxy Angel"
ZX Spectrum: Hikari from 'Haibane Renmei'
C64: Skuld from "Ah! My Goddess"
PET: Rika from 'Card Captor Sakura'
OS/2: Unknown manga character (from my... "unique" brand of hentai, so won't post... ^^')
RISC: Wendy Earhart from "ROD the TV" [series]
Apple Lisa: Tiara from "Shamanic Princess"
Windows 1.0: Princess Tutu from, er, "Princess Tutu" (prior to using Aurora's and the unknown artist's designs). ^^
Windows 2.0: Angelica from "Gunslinger Girl"
PTS-DOS and Apple II, however, have no template. Those two (plus Amiga, sort of) were created entirely from the ground up.... -v-
QuoteThat seems like an implicit nod to the Rozen Maiden Vista as the offical one. ^___^
Not exactly. I just wanted to bring the inspirations for all the OS-Tans and put them in one place.
Quote98-tan looks alot like Shinobu Maehara from Love Hina
I never really noticed that. But now that you mention it:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c9/Shinobu.jpg)
see? i told ya! ^_^
QuoteNot exactly. I just wanted to bring the inspirations for all the OS-Tans and put them in one place.
Precisely! Since you picked that one over of all the others, you've just immortalized Vista in this thread.... -v-
*clap clap clap*
Congratulations, NewYinzer! ^v^
The design is now locked and ITS - ALL - THANKS - TO - YOU!! ^.^
I'll go telephone Niijura now... Ã,¬.Ã,¬
Quote98-tan looks alot like Shinobu Maehara from Love Hina
That and lots of other generic adolescent anime girls.... ^__^'
But in the interest of time, yeah I vouch for Shinobu. -v-'
All we need now is to test if she's a Futa too.... Ã,¬vÃ,¬'
QuoteAll we need now is to test if she's a Futa too.... Ã,¬vÃ,¬'
Oh dear gawd no...
*seizure*
I'm okay! I sometimes get a seizure if I think about futanari's.
Yeah, I've noticed many of the -tans have a familiar look to them. But that's just ok. There are so many anime characters out there that are cute or good-looking, it's cool to create similar looking OS-tans. ;010
yep! everybody loves hot anime jail-bait ;010