Moezilla

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Firefox-ko figure included with Netrunner magazine.
Firefox-ko figure included with Netrunner magazine.

Moezilla refers to a family of personification characters of several Internet-related applications, which mostly relates to Mozilla. In Japanese, the word "Moe" is used to refer to cute girls.

Moezilla are similar to OS-tans, but they do not originate from the Futaba Channel.

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[edit] Moezilla-gumi

Moezilla-gumi (もえじら組 moejira-gumi?) is a Japanese production project that was founded with the aim of personifying Mozilla related applications. The project page was opened on 2005-08-04.

The project name, announced on 2005-08-17, is a play on Mozilla-gumi (もじら組 mojira-gumi?), which is a Mozilla community in Japan.

Currently the major project members include SHIMODA "Piro" Hiroshi (Piro), Tomo, inugamix, Alimika Satomi.

[edit] Publications

  • Don't touch the red panda!: It is Moezilla-gumi's first title, debuted in Comic Market 69 in Japan in 2005. It includes works from Piro and other artists. The title "Don't touch the red panda!" was a play on a book about Firefox titled "Don't Click on the Blue E!"
  • Conquering methods for the foxy girl! -Why don't you master hot extensions?-: It is the project's 2nd title. Unlike previous issue, the only artist involved was Piro. It was sold between Comic Market 70 and 72.
  • Moezilla Sweet!: It is the 3rd book printed with offset printing. It includes Piro's section published in Don't touch the red panda! and other Piro's publications under Moezilla-gumi.

[edit] Characters

[edit] Firefox-ko

Firefox-ko is a personification of the browser Mozilla Firefox, who is usually portrayed as a Japanese fox spirit in miko attire by most fan-artists, although the official Mozilla Brand FAQ [1] notes that "Firefox" is also known as the common name for the red panda. Her color set and design resemble that of the Firefox logo.

There are many variations of her design, usually with slight variations in her hair colour and her outfit. Her ears somewhat change from design to design as well, but essentially, she is pictured a fox-girl with long red/orange hair, with fox ears and a bushy tail.

A character named Hana from an Ukagaka type desktop mascot program is often mistaken for Firefox-ko when pictures appear on English-language imageboard sites, but she is not associated with the OS-tans. Hana is usually distinguishable by her preferred outfit, a navy-blue sailor fuku.

[edit] Thunderbird-ko

Thunderbird-ko is a personification of the mail and news client Mozilla Thunderbird. She is the best friend of Firefox-ko. She dresses like a telephone operator, carries a keyboard/monitor, and sometimes holds a letter in her hands. Similar to Firefox-ko, her color set and design resemble that of the Thunderbird logo.

[edit] SeaMonkey-tan

SeaMonkey-ko is the personification of SeaMonkey.

[edit] Nvu nee-san

Nvu nee-san is the personification of Nvu. The "nee-san" part of her name means "big sister."

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • Netrunner Chronicle, 2005-9 edition, SoftBank Creative, ISBN 978-4797329582
  • "Netrunner trading figure", Netrunner 2005-9 edition.

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