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The '''OS-tans''' (OSたん) are an Internet phenomenon on [[Futaba Channel]]; the '''OS-tan''' or simply '''OS Girls''' are the personification of several operating systems by various amateur Japanese artists. Although a pure fan creation, the appearance of each OS Girl is generally consistent across artists. The OS Girls are typically depicted as women, with the OS Girls representative of Microsoft Windows (and other operating systems as well) usually depicted as sisters of varying ages.
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The '''OS-tans''' are an Internet phenomenon on [[Futaba Channel]]; the '''OS-tan''' or simply '''OS Girls''' are the personification of several operating systems by various amateur Japanese artists. Although a pure fan creation, the appearance of each OS Girl is generally consistent across artists. The OS Girls are typically depicted as women, with the OS Girls representative of Microsoft Windows (and other operating systems as well) usually depicted as sisters of varying ages.




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The concept is reported to have begun as a personification of the common perception of [[Me-tan|Windows Me]] as unstable and prone to frequent crashes. Discussions on Futaba Channel likened this to the stereotype of a fickle, troublesome girl. This personification expanded, with the creation of Me-tan (dated to August 6 2003) followed by the other characters.
The concept is reported to have begun as a personification of the common perception of [[Me-tan|Windows Me]] as unstable and prone to frequent crashes. Discussions on Futaba Channel likened this to the stereotype of a fickle, troublesome girl. This personification expanded, with the creation of Me-tan (dated to August 6 2003) followed by the other characters.


!-- Previous versions of this article claimed one story or the other as fact, and also stated that Futaba Channel and [[2chan]] were independent sources each credited with the origin. Checking of facts and reference-gathering needs to be done, I'm just editing. I believe part of the futaba/2channel confusion comes from the fact that English speakers usually call [[Futaba Channel]] 2chan, because futaba's internet address is 2chan.net. It is however recognized to be separate from 2ch.net, which is what Japanese refer to as [[2channel]]. Therefore, someone talking about 2chan really means futaba chan and not 2channel --


A large collection of these images can be found [http://nijiura-os.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ here]. Some of the comics have been translated by readers on 4chan and idlechan. They have been archived at [http://www.otakubell.com/os-girls Trouble Windows Translations], along with the Japanese counterparts.
Futaba introduced a setting where a [[Toshiaki]] owns a PC. Then the author, all of a sudden included the personification of every operating system the owner had in a group of women, in which also the author didn't gave an explanation on how were they formed or did appeared in the setting. These group of women are the OS-tans. Those girls belong to the Windows family, which means this women are portrayed as sisters to each other. The mentioned setting on those stories became temporary at first, until Futaba artists accepted it and followed this setting popularly.


A large archive containing over a thousand OS-Tan images can be found [http://www.os-tan.com/ here]. Including wallpapers, stand alone color images, and the original black and white drawings.
The OS-tans obviously considers ''Toshiaki'' their master. They live on a house where their master stays. It is interpreted by some viewers that their master ''may'' not be only staying at one house, but it could be rather that he had several houses or even own an estate. Although those still remain as theories, since the author/s never gave an exact background of personality to the master as a whole.


There also exists a Macromedia Flash Animation showing a possible intro to an imaginary anime show, [http://ostan-collections.net/downloads.php?view=detailid=25 Troubled Windows]
Other than the Windows sisters, other operating system such as [[MacOS]], [[Linux]], and [http://ostan-collections.net/wiki/Lindows Linspire] were also given a personification and commonly appeared with the Windows girls at that time. Followed by the personification of [http://ostan-collections.net/wiki/OS9 MacOS9] along with the [http://ostan-collections.net/wiki/OSX MacOSX catgirls] and [http://ostan-collections.net/wiki/Vistan Vista] as well. Futaba artist also started to draw male counterparts at that time. They are known as the [[OS-kuns]]. Although some non-OS male characters exist for programs and hardware. [[Norton Antivirus]] is usually portrayed as a creepy looking, possibly lecherous old doctor.
(#12392;#12425;#12406;#12427;#12539;#12358;#12355;#12435;#12393;#12358;#12378; ''Toraburu Windouzu''). It features interactivity, where the viewer can click to cause different visuals in the animation.  A fansub of this has been created, and can be found [http://ostan-collections.net/downloads.php?view=detailid=76 here]. The fansub, however, is a video file, and is not interactive.  The music is ''Sakuranbo Kiss ~Bakuhatsu da mo~n~'' (#12373;#12367;#12425;#12435;#12412;#12461;#12483;#12473; #65374;#29190;#30330;#12384;#12418;#65374;#12435;#65374;; translates to Cherry Kiss ~it's an explosion mo~n~), by [[KOTOKO]], which was originally the opening theme from a visual novel known as ''Colorful Kiss'' (#12459;#12521;#12501;#12523;#12461;#12483;#12473; #65374;12#12467;#12398;#33016;#12461;#12517;#12531;!#65374;), released by GIGA. An ending theme called OS-Pittan also exists. The music is ''Futari no Xenopittan'' (#12405;#12383;#12426;#12398;#12380;#12398;#12404;#12387;#12383;#12435;), a remix version of ''Futari no Mojipittan'', a song from the PS2 word puzzle game [[Mojipittan]]. The song was made for a game based on Mojipittan called Xenopittan, which features characters and terminology from the [[PlayStation 2]] game [[Xenosaga]]. It is found on a fan disc for Xenosaga, known as [http://www.ncsx.com/2004/ncs060704/shs_486.htm Xenosaga Freaks].
 
It can be heard at the end of the medley found [http://www.namco-ch.net/xenofreaks/xenopittan/shicho.html here]. The song was sung by voice actresses [[Ai Maeda (seiyu)|Ai Maeda]] (who voiced Shion Uzuki in Xenosaga), [[Suzuki Mariko]] (who voiced KOS-MOS in the same game), and [[Shishido Rumi]] (who voiced MOMO in the same game). Both flash files can be viewed [http://blog.daum.net/_blog/ArticleCateList.do?BLOGID=03MXkCATEGORYID=149002 here]. Also, as a satire, Bill Gates was mentioned in the credits of this hypothetical anime (after about 50 seconds). There also exists a Photoshop-modified picture, mimicking news of a new animation release in a Japanese magazine.
Since popular in Futaba, OS-tans were also seen in other japanese imageboards as well. Such as +Nijiura+ (''not to be confused with the nijiura board on Futaba'') in which they are more focused on being an OS-tan imageboard. +Nijiura+ mostly makes CG illustrations and wallpapers than 4komas.
 
Its exposure came to increase more when someone (or either some group of people) anonymously made and posted [http://ostan-collections.net/downloads.php?view=detailid=25 Troubled Windows]
(#12392;#12425;#12406;#12427;#12539;#12358;#12355;#12435;#12393;#12358;#12378; ''Toraburu Windouzu'') in the internet.  It is somehow showing a possible intro to an imaginary anime show (in which there also exists a Photoshop-modified picture, mimicking news of a new animation release in a Japanese magazine.). It features interactivity, where the viewer can click to cause different visuals in the animation.  A fansub of this has been created, and can be found [http://ostan-collections.net/downloads.php?view=detailid=76 here]. The fansub, however, is a video file, and is not interactive.  The music is ''Sakuranbo Kiss ~Bakuhatsu da mo~n~'' (#12373;#12367;#12425;#12435;#12412;#12461;#12483;#12473; #65374;#29190;#30330;#12384;#12418;#65374;#12435;#65374;; translates to Cherry Kiss ~it's an explosion mo~n~), by [[KOTOKO]], which was originally the opening theme from a visual novel known as ''Colorful Kiss'' (#12459;#12521;#12501;#12523;#12461;#12483;#12473; #65374;12#12467;#12398;#33016;#12461;#12517;#12531;!#65374;), released by GIGA. An ending theme called OS-Pittan also exists. The music is ''Futari no Xenopittan'' (#12405;#12383;#12426;#12398;#12380;#12398;#12404;#12387;#12383;#12435;), a remix version of ''Futari no Mojipittan'', a song from the PS2 word puzzle game [[Mojipittan]]. The song was made for a game based on Mojipittan called Xenopittan, which features characters and terminology from the [[PlayStation 2]] game [[Xenosaga]]. It is found on a fan disc for Xenosaga, known as [http://www.ncsx.com/2004/ncs060704/shs_486.htm Xenosaga Freaks].
It can be heard at the end of the medley found [http://www.namco-ch.net/xenofreaks/xenopittan/shicho.html here]. The song was sung by voice actresses [[Ai Maeda (seiyu)|Ai Maeda]] (who voiced Shion Uzuki in Xenosaga), [[Suzuki Mariko]] (who voiced KOS-MOS in the same game), and [[Shishido Rumi]] (who voiced MOMO in the same game). Both flash files can be viewed [http://blog.daum.net/_blog/ArticleCateList.do?BLOGID=03MXkCATEGORYID=149002 here]. Also, as a satire, Bill Gates was mentioned in the credits of this hypothetical anime (after about 50 seconds).
 
There are still artworks, drawings, flash animations, videos etc. which continues being posted in the internet. In which it gave more exposure to the viewers outside Japan, and because of that, contributions about OS-tans coming from English-speaking imageboards and websites came to grow. Most notable example is [http://www.jkhp.it/OS-tan/ Juzo-kun's renditions of Linux distros wallpapers].
 
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|[http://ostan-collections.net OS-Tan Collections] is an English speaking themed website that deals with OS-tans which is open for all OS-tan viewers around the Internet. Artists from OS-Tan Collections not only includes Futaba's OS-tan current line-up, but also other operating system they could name of and be given personification as well.
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Mac OS X, Linux, and Linspire girls have also shown up on the Internet, although some non-OS male characters exist for programs and hardware. [[Norton Antivirus]] is usually portrayed as a creepy looking, possibly lecherous old doctor.




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