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General Anime and Manga / Re: What anime are ya watching...

Last post by VonDaab - Today at 05:12:52 AM

I guess it counts as anime? but started rewatching the Pokemon series from the beginning, in the original Japanese voice acting.
It's so silly to realise that Jessie's JP VA is Megumi Hayashibara.

#2

Forum Games and Role-Playing / Re: Forum Games: World City Co...

Last post by Hālian - Today at 03:00:56 AM

Southampton, England, UK

#3

Forum Games and Role-Playing / Re: Forum Games: Break a Wish

Last post by Hālian - Today at 03:00:33 AM

Granted, but you have nothing to clean or organize.

I wish my knees worked.

#4

General Anime and Manga / Re: What anime are ya watching...

Last post by Hālian - Today at 02:57:33 AM

Watching Apothecary Diaries thanks to one of the co-owners of my LGS.

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OS-tan Fan-Fics, Comics and Fan-Stuff / Re: teku-a-fool's collection

Last post by Hālian - Today at 02:54:45 AM

The BSDs and Mints give me life <3

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OS-tan Fan-Fics, Comics and Fan-Stuff / Re: teku-a-fool's collection

Last post by Bella - October 08, 2026, 04:26:51 PM

Fantastic work on the Mints, Teku! I admire how different you made them, while giving them a cohesive visual identity.

Ulyssa and Lisa are my favorites, love me some long twin tails and swirly eyes :3

#7

General Chat / Re: Member Introduction Thread

Last post by tomahawk114514 - October 08, 2026, 07:50:44 AM

Is Obaba-sama (3.1-tan) popular there, and do they make merchandise of their own? I looked on Xianyu and didn't find much OS-tan stuff but I may not be looking in the right places

Hello, oobabasama! First of all, I'm very sorry to tell you that 3.1-tan is almost unknown in China, even within our community. She only appears in some niche articles and videos, let alone her merchandise.

After all, China began to widely popularize PCs from Windows XP, and it was also during this period that the Chinese otaku culture grew rapidly,so the millennial otakus knew XP-tan (Saseko) quite a lot(early Gen Z also know,like me), and they created many mangas like this one, but they have now gotten married and no longer indulge in anime,our current community is all composed of the Gen Z.

Additionally, many Chinese have no idea about Futaba Channel (people confuse it with 2ch). Therefore, ME-tan, 3.1-tan and other Futaba characters are also unknown. But the good news recently is that maidcore music has gained some popularity in China,Some Gen Z otakus have learned about Nijiura maids, as they are also characters originated from the Futaba channel,I am currently working hard to promote OS-tans to them，

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General Chat / Re: Member Introduction Thread

Last post by oobabasama - October 05, 2026, 10:32:37 PM

Hello everyone, I'm Tomahawk. I'm an Os-Tan fan from China. My English is not good, so I used machine translation. If there are any unclear expressions, please forgive me. Also to avoid censorship, I often use the VPN, so please don't treat me as a bot.

I just registered an account recently, but I have been lurking on this forum for some time. I'm a hardcore otaku and found the Os-tan accidentally in middle school. At that time, XP-Tan was very famous in China because Windows XP dominated the entire country from the late 2000s to the early 2010s, although most of them used pirated versions. Chinese otakus even created Greendam-Tan (a software developed by the Chinese government for censorship) inspired by Os-Tan. My favorite Os-Tan is also XP-Tan, but I also love the old characters like Me-Tan and 2K-Tan. However, the one that is popular in China now is Madobe Ichika created by Karv, but I don't like this character because she is too young (I'm against pedophilia).

Finally, there is an Os-Tan community in China, and I'm a core member of it. The leader is a fan of Me-Tan and loves  building the old PC. If you are interested in this, you can ask me any questions (except for political content).

Is Obaba-sama (3.1-tan) popular there, and do they make merchandise of their own? I looked on Xianyu and didn't find much OS-tan stuff but I may not be looking in the right places

#9

OS-tan Fan-Fics, Comics and Fan-Stuff / Re: teku-a-fool's collection

Last post by tekuafool - October 02, 2026, 11:11:01 AM

Hello, all your works look great. I like that you've drawn almost all of the os-tans instead of just a few popular characters.

By the way, I recently found the nice original 10-tan character，and I hope you can also draw a poster for her.

https://gallery.ostan-collections.net/posts/2405

https://gallery.ostan-collections.net/posts/2398

Thank you ^^.
And sure, I'll add this 10-tan to my list of OS-tans to draw.

#10

General Chat / Re: Member Introduction Thread

Last post by Bella - September 30, 2026, 07:23:36 PM

Nice meeting you Tomahawk! I think we've had members from China before but I'm not sure they've spoken about the OS-tan fan community in China, so these are interesting insights!

Besides Greendam-tan, are there many fan-made OS-tans in China? Also, what sort of old PCs does the leader of the OS-tan community build? I'm always interested to learn about the retro computing scenes in different nations.