Talk:Kemonomimi

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[edit] Interwiki Linking (mainly concerning about Chinese)

Currently this article links to the Chinese Wikipedia page of "KemoLoli"(ja:ケモロリ/zh:獸人蘿莉-lit. beast man loli(ta)), or young kemono girls. However another page with the title of "Nekomimi"(ja/zh:猫耳,lit. cat ears) also exists in zh-Wikipedia. To make things more confusing, both pages link to Kemonomimi in the English version! Which page should be linked from this article? --Kakurady 15:04, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps the nekomimi one should link to catgirl and vice-versa? --Squilibob 04:15, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

And being an article on Japanese culture, I'm surprised to find that this article does not link to a Japanese version of it.--Kakurady 15:04, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

I find some writers direct certain pages concerning Furry/Kemono-and-Loli/Shota to equivalent pages of other languages mistakenly... Meanwhile I am doing the re-organization in the Chinese side, and I guess some work may also be needed around the European language circle.
Here is a simple list of what I think the "exact" equivalence would be to different languages. Please consider and correct it if needed. Thank you. ~ Polobird 09:16, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Catgirl/Nekomimi should be an element within Kemonomimi but they are not equal nor do they oppose each other.
Catgirl/Nekomimi does not necessarily equal to Kemololi because of the age that "Loli" defines and "Cat" is an element within Kemono/Animal.
Kemololi and Kemoshota are supposed to be under Kemono and Loli/Shota issues at the same time.

[edit] The list

List examples by character please. To see a list by series visit Category:Kemonomimi. The See also section is not a place to inter-wiki link these series again when the category does the job just fine. --Squilibob 10:53, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Isn't Ran kind of a bad example

Since she has a crazy hat over her ears?

Yeah, but she was the best free use representation of kemonomimi I can find. _dk 09:24, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
organized a new example pic with various original characters --Yamavu (talk) 13:04, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] human/animal cross

Is this about human-animal crosses, or humans dressed up as animals? Becuase the lists of characters contains humans characters with costumes that exhibit animalistic qualities (like novelty cat-ears). 70.55.85.97 18:56, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Kemonomimi refers to any characters that feature minor animal characteristics, like catgirls. As mentioned in the article, it's not important if the characters have their ears and tails attached naturally or as a costume. --Yamavu 17:02, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bagi is a furry?

Slirmhead stated that Bagi is a furry character, not a kemonomimi. I reverted his changes for now, but I must say, that Bagi definitely is on the crossroad between furry (in this case: Kemono) and Kemonomimi. I kinda disagree that Bagi is a plain and simple furry character, because Tezuka Osamu is known for his talking animals (like in The Amazing 3 or Unico). He has not created his characters as a tribute to the furry fandom. As for the character design of Bagi herself, the character is less a catgirl because she has many more visible animal features than the average catgirl (which has feline ears, tail, paws and behavior pattern). But I wouldn't describe Bagi as an furry character either, because the animal features are less prevalent than in most furry artwork and the roots of the character definitely lie in Anime.

Personally I was content with mentioning this character as disputed in the character list. But since here on Wikipedia we should search for a consensus, I have to ask What's your opinion on this theme? --Yamavu (talk) 15:58, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

I can't really name a commercially successful furry character "created as a tribute to the furry fandom" - they were all created for other reasons. In my opinion Bagi is a kemono, an animal, rather than a kemonomimi, a human with animal ears -- not only because she's much less physically antropomorphic, but also because her character and actions are purposefully non-human. --Cubbi (talk) 14:00, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Right, well, she certainly isn't kemonomimi, so I'd go with kemono. Slirmhead (talk) 03:02, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dragonball's Saiyans

Should they be considered Kemonomimi? In my opinion, early Dragonball Goku should be the only one, since the Saiyans weren't known of at the time, and Goku loses his tail later on... Not to mention that he's the only truly notable possessor of the Saiyan tail. --Juunannio 08:39, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Son Goku is the best known example of the Saiyan Race. But he loses and regains (I think) his tail. In Dragonball GT he even gets fur. This shifting might cause a little confusion for an encyclopedia. I think that was the reason for the choice of words here. --Yamavu (talk) 22:33, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] List of Kemonomimi

I think it would be more encyclopedic to seperate the list of examples from the Kemonomimi article. There is no good summary on what Kemonomimi, and I think we really should work on that.--Yamavu (talk) 09:30, 16 April 2008 (UTC)