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Wikipe-tan, a personification of Wikipedia, depicted in a swimsuit, an example of typical "fan service". Fan service (ファンサービス, fan sābisu), fanservice or service cut (サービスカット, sābisu katto) [1] [2] is material in a work of fiction or in a fictional series that is intentionally added to please the audience, [3] often sexual in nature, such as nudity.
Wikia then began to assimilate independent fan wikis, such as Memory Alpha (a Star Trek fan wiki) and Wowpedia (a World of Warcraft fan wiki). [7] In the late 2010s—after Fandom and Gamepedia were acquired and consolidated by the private equity firm TPG Inc.—several wikis began to leave the service, including the RuneScape, Zelda, and ...
Some fans also call themselves "Olives" or "Rodrighoes". [292] Olly Murs: Murs Army Musician [293] [294] Once Upon a Time: Oncers TV show [134] One Chicago: ChiHards TV show coined by fans and used by the official account/its stars [295] One Direction: Directioners Music group [1] Otep: Shadow Soldiers Music group Chosen by poll on the band's ...
List of anime releases made concurrently in the United States and Japan; List of anime series by episode count; List of anime theatrically released in the United States; Lists of anime and manga characters; List of bisexual characters in anime; List of gay characters in anime; List of highest-grossing anime films; List of lesbian characters in ...
Before anime began to be licensed in the U.S., fans who wanted to get a hold of anime would leak copies of anime movies and subtitle them, thus marking the start of fansubs. By 1994, anime had become more common in the U.S., and had begun being translated into English and shown on television, most commonly shōnen series such as Pokémon and ...
This is a list of anime films released theatrically in the United States. ... Nippon Herald Movies X [14] — March 1, ... Yo-kai Watch: The Movie: Shigeharu ...
[14] Due to the idol fan culture being connected to anime fan culture, [15] [16] [17] around this time, media properties starring fictional idols also became popular, the earliest ones being The Idolmaster, Love Live!, and Uta no Prince-sama. [18] Some may prefer fictional idols due to them never disbanding, leaving groups, or getting into ...
According to a 2024 survey conducted on anime fans by Polygon, 65% of the surveyed anime fans said that they find anime more emotionally compelling than other forms of media and more than 3 in 4 of Millennial and Gen-Z fans use the medium as a form of escapism. Almost two-thirds of the anime-watching Gen Z audience said they emotionally connect ...