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2025-07-20

Hello #Fediverse, here’s today’s daily OS-tan!

This is Windows 3.1-tan, also known as Ōbaba-sama (大婆様), a personification of Windows 3.1! She’s a quiet and graceful character often depicted in a long, frilly violet gown with a 3.1 brooch on her collar.

Ōbaba has a unique connection to DOS Kitty, her inseparable companion who represents DOS. This relationship reflects Windows 3.x’s reliance on DOS. In some depictions, DOS Kitty is portrayed as a black cat, while in others, she’s a small catgirl nurse.

In the OS-tan family, Ōbaba is considered the younger sister of Oichi (Windows 1.0-tan) and the older sister of NT-Mama. She’s also often seen as Windows 95-tan's mother.

Originally, Ōbaba did not exist as a character and Windows 3.1 was portrayed as a box similar to what Windows 98 and 98SE-tan have but more recent depictions prefer the human design by EG33. Her manner of speaking is often ending sentences with "ja". Despite being retired, she’s depicted tending a family shrine or occasionally donning military uniforms, suggesting a proactive role in the "OS Wars."

Ōbaba’s design debuted in 2004.

#OStan #Gijinkas #Personification #OStans #Gijinka #Anime #OS娘 #OSたん #Windows #Microsoft #Windows31

A simple black and white drawing featuring a character with a square head and body, representing the Windows 3.1 operating system. The character has minimal facial features and '3.1' written on its body. The character is standing on a black block with the letters 'D', 'o', 'S', and 'V' arranged in a stylized mannerAn anime-style character named Ōbaba-sama (大婆様), who is a personification of Windows 3.1. The character has long, straight, silver hair adorned with a large purple bow. Ōbaba-sama is wearing a long, flowing lavender dress with lace details and a purple ribbon around the neck. She is holding a black cat with a collar around its neck. The character's eyes are red, and she is wearing brown bootsAn anime-style character named Ōbaba-sama (大婆様), a personification of Windows 3.1. She has long, flowing white hair and wears a white dress adorned with lace details. Ōbaba-sama is holding a black cat. The background is a solid blue color. The text 'Microsoft Windows Version 3.1' is displayed prominently in the center of the image, with a copyright notice at the bottom stating 'Copyright © Microsoft Corporation 1985-2004. All Rights Reserved.'
2025-06-09
3 Saba-tans?!
2025-04-08

Hello #Fediverse, here’s today’s daily OS-tan!

This one is of Odyssey-tan, a rare character representing the canceled Windows Odyssey. Though she’s not as widely drawn as other OS-tans she is seen in artworks alongside friends like Windows 97, Moseko, and Neptune.

Her first appearance remains unknown

#OStan #Gijinkas #Personification #OStans #Gijinka #Anime #OS娘 #OSたん #WindowsOdyssey #Windows #Microsoft

Artwork of Windows Odyssey-tan, an anthropomorphized representation of the Windows Odyssey operating system. The character is dressed in a futuristic outfit with a predominantly blue and white color scheme, featuring geometric patterns and technological motifs. The character wears a long coat with a high collar, an orange tie, and thigh-high boots with intricate designs and glassesA comic featuring two characters, Windows Odyssey-tan and Windows 2000-tan. Windows Odyssey-tan is depicted in color on the right side, wearing a blue and white outfit with red headband and a yellow disk. She has blue hair and glasses. Windows 2000-tan is shown in the comic panels on the left side, wearing a similar outfit and glasses. The comic panels show a conversation between the two characters. Windows Odyssey-tan praises Windows 2000-tan for her work, but Windows 2000-tan responds with a resigned expression, mentioning that she will soon be obsoleteA colorful illustration featuring five anime-style characters, each representing different versions of the Windows operating system. The background is divided into four colored sections: green, red, blue, and orange.

The character in the top left, Neptune-tan, has teal hair, wears a visor, and has a futuristic appearance. The character in the bottom left, Odyssey-tan, has blue hair, a halo, and a clerical outfit. The character in the bottom right, Moseko (Windows MCE), has blonde hair, cat ears, and glasses. The character in the top right, one of the XP-kun, has red hair and an angry expression. Next to XP-kun, Windows 97-tan is depicted with brown hair styled in two braids
2025-03-20

OpenBSD-tan

OpenBSD-tan ##ostan ##gijinkas ##personification ##ostans ##gijinka ##anime ##os娘 ##osたん #openbsd #bsd #osgijinka

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2025-03-15

Hello #Fediverse, here’s today’s daily OS-tan!

This one is of Neptune-tan, a OS-tan of Windows Neptune, the canceled Windows version. Neptune-tan is often depicted as a strong and fierce character, sometimes shown wielding large weapons and surrounded by friends like Windows 97, Odyssey, Moseko, and various designs of Longhorn.

She wears a black, sleeveless qipao with blue accents and red bracelets, a red talisman is on her collar and she has mechanical headpieces that give her a slightly futuristic vibe. Her long, green pigtails are usually accompanied by a red visor which has become one of her most recognisable features.

Several of her artworks were created by an artist known as イオンのバイド (Ion no Baido) on Pixiv such as the first image shown, though it’s believed they did not originate her concept due to differing art styles.

#OStan #Gijinkas #Personification #OStans #Gijinka #Anime #OS娘 #OSたん #WindowsNeptune #Windows #Microsoft #Neptune

An artistic depiction of Windows Neptune-tan, a personified version of the Windows Neptune operating system that never released. The character has long green hair styled into twin tails, cat-like ears, and is wearing a futuristic outfit with a black and blue color scheme, accented with red and yellow. She is reaching out to a large, ornate staff with a blue and gold design, standing in water with a cloudy sky in the backgroundA detailed character sketch of Neptune-tan, featuring annotations in Japanese that describe various parts of the character's design. Neptune-tan has long hair tied into two large pigtails and is wearing a long dress with a high collar. The sketch includes notes pointing to specific elements of the character's appearanceTwo color palette designs for Neptune-tan. Both designs feature her with long green hair, wearing a black dress with colored accents and accessories. The left design has yellow and blue accents, while the right design has blue, red and green accents. The character also has red wristbands, a belt with pouches, and grey shoesTen different color palette proposals for Neptune-tan. Each proposal is labeled with a number from 1 to 10. The character, Neptune-tan, has long hair and is dressed in a long gown with boots and gloves. The color of her hair, dress, and accessories varies in each proposal, showcasing combinations of colors such as purple, green, orange, blue, and black
2025-01-24

Me-tan by RaitoninqXaara

Me-tan by RaitoninqXaara ##ostan ##gijinkas ##personification ##ostans ##gijinka ##anime ##os娘 ##osたん ##os ##windows ##windowsme ##microsoft ##2000s ##japan ##japanese #osgijinka

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2025-01-20

Windows 95 OSR 2.x Sisters by C-Chan

Windows 95 OSR 2.x Sisters by C-Chan ##ostan ##gijinkas ##personification ##ostans ##gijinka ##anime ##os娘 ##osたん ##windows #windows95 #windows_95 ##microsoft #osgijinka

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2025-01-03

Hello #Fediverse, here's your "daily" OS-tan art and the first of my reworked daily OS-tan posts!

This one is of Windows Me-tan!

Also known as Emui, Me-tan is the original OS-tan from the Futaba Channel, depicting Windows Millennium Edition. With her green pigtails and clumsy demeanor, she has become one of the most beloved OS-tans.

Back in 2003, the anthropomorphic character craze was at its peak in Japan and the anonymous bulletin board community was heavily influenced by this trend. Me-tan was created in Futaba on August 6, 2003, though some believe she first appeared in July of the same year.

Portrayed as a clumsy yet cheerful maid, Me-tan is often depicted as a lovable “natural idiot” who humorously fails to defrag, puts fried noodles in the sink, and microwaves coke.

Art is by creator who goes under as ME-aki :P

#OStan #Gijinkas #Personification #OStans #Gijinka #Anime #OS娘 #OSたん #OS #Windows #WindowsME #Microsoft #2000s #Anime #Japan #Japanese

An illustration of Me-tan, a personified character representing the Windows Me operating system. Me-tan has green hair styled in a braid with a curl on top and is wearing a blue and white maid outfit with a large red bow on the back. She is depicted with a cheerful expression, eyes closed, and holding the sides of the dress
2024-12-13

Did you know that the concept of "OS-tan" has existed way before even ME-tan was made?

Take OS Idol Win-chan as an example. Win-chan's earliest appearance in media seems to be from a promotional CD by Enterbrain, which dates back as early as October 1998. This would mean that Win-chan predates Me-tan by almost 5 years. It's not specified what Windows version she represents.

Another example can be Magical Toko-chan who is from around 1999. She seems to represent BSD, has a theme song called "Rainbow Holy☆Trident" and has a sister that represents Solaris.

There is also also another "Wintel Miku" although there’s little art of her. She seems to represent WindowsNT4.0/95/98 and was created as the creator was inspired by Mgaical Toko.

Besides Win-Chan, Magical Toko, Solaris-Chan and Wintel Miku all have sites dedicared to them!

Toko: tokochan.haun.org/

Solaris-Chan: pony.tail.net/toko/sol.html

Wintel Miku: web.archive.org/web/2000022606

Also fun fact, Win-chan was made by the creator of Sgt.Frog and the concept designer for Kemono Friends, Yoshizaki Mine! This can be seen on his profile for his site here: mnet.nicomi.com/MINEprofile/YO

#OStan #Gijinkas #Personification #OStans #Gijinka #Anime #OS娘 #OSたん #WindowsNT #Windows98 #Windows95 #BSD #Solaris #90s

An anime-style character named OSIDOL Win-chan. Win-chan has blue hair and is wearing a blue and white outfit with a green, blue, yellow skirt. She is winking and pointing up with her right hand which is resting on her face. The background is colorful with various abstract patterns in shades of green, blue, yellow, and red. The text "OS-IDOL Win-chan" is prominently displayed, along with the copyright notice "1998.1999 Mine Yoshizaki All Rights Reserved."An illustration of Magical Toko-chan. The character is dressed in a colorful outfit with a red top, yellow skirt, and lilac hair. Magical Toko-chan is holding a staff adorned with colorful orbs and has a tail with a pointy tip. There is BSD mascot hovering near the character's head. The background features a rainbow, and the words "Magical" and "TOKO." are prominently displayed in stylized textArt of Solaris-Chan with orange hair in two braids, a white shirt with the SUN logo on it, red eyes and round glassesArt of Wintel Miku with large, expressive eyes and glasses. She has light brown hair tied with red hair accessories and is wearing a white and blue dress with puffed sleeves and a collar. She is holding a long, pink staff with a red and yellow ornament at the end with wings on it
2024-12-07

Bleh. I might start reposting my old daily OS-tan posts so they're in order and have alt text by deleting the old ones.

I hope this doesn't bother people, but I think it is easier this way...

When I first did the posts they weren't in any real order so I want to fix that by going in order :p

#OStan #Gijinkas #Personification #OStans #Gijinka #Anime #OS娘 #OSたん

2024-11-19

Hello #Fediverse, here’s today’s daily OS-tan!

This one is of Mutsumi Madobe, a lesser-known member of the Madobe family and a personification of Windows Vista! Mutsumi is portrayed as the older sister of Nanami Madobe who represents Windows 7, though her origins could be seen as quite unique compared to other OS-tans.

Mutsumi first appeared through tweets made from Nanami’s Twitter account beginning on October 3, 2009. While she was never officially used for promotional campaigns, she did show up in some Madobe Family Trees included with official merchandise. On special occasions like April Fool’s Day 2010, she “took over” tweeting duties, using the hashtag #6me.

Unlike Nanami she has no official artwork but on April 20, 2010 the artist Sappappa designed an unofficial interpretation of her based on her tweets. This fan-made depiction gained enough popularity to inspire derivative artwork.

Mutsumi’s design and character reflect her connection to Vista. She’s a little taller than Nanami and is often noted for her larger bust, perhaps showing Vista’s higher memory demands compared to Windows 7 (the same case with XP Pro-tan). She loves eating gyudon and prefers to skip outdated software in favor of new releases: a subtle nod to the compatibility struggles that Vista faced during its time.

There was even a joke site made for her you can find here: t1500.com/april/2014/

#OStan #Gijinkas #Personification #OStans #Gijinka #Anime #OS娘 #OSたん #Windows #Microsoft #WindowsVista #OStan #Madobe

An anime-style character named Mutsumi Madobe. She is wearing a school uniform with a black vest, white shirt, and a plaid skirt with colorful accents at the hem. She has long black hair tied in a ponytail with a bow that has the colors of the Windows logo. The background is a gradient of green and blue, with her name 'Mutsumi Madobe' written vertically on the right side. The date '2014/4/1 April Fools' Day' is written at the bottom left, indicating that this image was likely created for an April Fools' Day event.Mutsumi Madobe, an anime-style character, lying on the floor with a kotatsu (a low table covered by a futon or heavy blanket) in the background. She has long black hair with a large colorful bow resembling the Windows logo. Mutsumi is eating a mandarin orange, holding it in her mouth. A bowl of oranges sits on top of the kotatsu, and a small gray cat is sleeping underneath it. The text above her reads 'こたむつみ' (Kotamutsumi), and there are three tweets from the Nanami’s Twitter account, 'windows7_nanami’illustration of Mutsumi Madobe, a character with long dark blue hair tied in a high ponytail with a light blue ribbon. Mutsumi Madobe has blue eyes and is wearing a white collared shirt with a black vest and a blue tie adorned with a round gem with the windows logo in it. Mutsumi Madobe's expression is calm, with a slight smile, and her right hand is raised to her chin in a thoughtful pose. The background features a light blue and white checkered pattern
2024-10-26

Hello #Fediverse, here’s your “daily” OS-tan!

In honor of Windows 8’s 12th anniversary which I missed (and not doing one of those posts for a long time), I'm doing one for Yū Madobe and Ai Madobe, the official mascots and OS-tans for Windows 8/8.1 who were created for special bundles by Windows Navi+ that came with some copies of Windows 8 during its launch in Japan, known as the Windows 8 Pro DSP Release Commemorative Packs.

Yū is the quieter older sister with a love for gadgets, a hidden Otaku at heart, and someone who thrives on the latest digital trends and has the shorter hair. Her younger sister, Ai, is cheerful and loves exploring what’s new and popular among junior high trends, especially anything tech-related and is the one with longer hair. Both share a birthdate of November 18, 1996, connecting them to the Windows lineage as distant relatives of Nanami Madobe! Fun fact: The sisters nearly tied in the 2012 Akihabara Moe Character Contest!

Many believe that one character was meant to represent Windows 8 and the other Windows 8.1 although both debuted well before anyone anticipated the release of 8.1. Another theory suggests one represents Windows 8, while the other stands for RT; however, both were actually featured in the promotion of Windows 8 Pro in the Commemorative Packs. Since they were also used to promote Windows 8.1 later on, it’s more accurate to view them as representing Windows 8 and 8.1 collectively.

#OStan #Gijinkas #Personification #OStans #Gijinka #Anime #OS娘 #OSたん #Windows #Microsoft #Windows8 #OStan #OSMascots #Mascot

Yū and Ai Madobe dressed in matching blue and white outfits with colorful ties and hair accessories. They are standing in front of a store promoting Windows 8, with one character holding a tablet displaying the Windows 8 interface. The background shows a busy street scene with silhouettes of people and various signs advertising Windows 8. Confetti is scattered throughout the scene, adding a festive atmosphereYū and Ai Madobe, standing side by side against a teal background. They wear matching blue and white outfits with colorful ribbons and ties. They're holding hands and smiling. To the left of the characters is the Windows 8 logo and the text “Windows 8” in white.Two characters in blue and white outfits, adorned with colorful bows. They're on large, colorful blocks resembling the tiles in Windows 8, each with different icons and text. One block is green, another is red, and another is blue with a sun icon. The background is deep blue, featuring more icons and text, including “Anonymous” and Japanese text for "Start". One character holds a tablet, while the other reaches out
2024-07-13
2024-07-12

Ever since I noticed that kbin went down, I looked for an alternative to it and found mbin, recreating the older kbin magazine for OS-tans on mbin.

That mbin magazine (fedia.io/m/osgijinka) is now the official mbin magazine thread for OS gijinkas and similar tech gijinkas on the fediverse.

Since I’m the same person who owned the old kbin magazine and the r/OStan subreddit I’ll most likely just cross post older posts from the subreddit there for now until I think of something original. I want to have this as the official fediverse alternative to the OS-tan subreddit at least ^^;;

#OStan #Gijinkas #Personification #OStans #Gijinka #Anime #OS娘 #OSたん #OSkun #OSkuns #kbin #mbin

2024-06-25

Hello #Fediverse, here's your "daily" OS-kun!

This one is of the Windows XP-kun!

Sometimes in an overly dramatic way, XP-kun is portrayed as a strong man in his late teens or early 20s. Like XP-tan, he too has long black hair and blue or dark grey eyes, but his hair is tied in a low ponytail, frequently braided, with a red bow. His chest bears a prominent scar in the shape of a "XP". Though most artworks show him shirtless, wearing only a collar, cuffs, and a long loincloth.

XP is a bold yet kind man who is generally a pleasant, laid-back individual who simply occasionally lacks clarity. Despite his might, he shows kindness for children and animals and appears to accept individuals for their true selves. He could be boisterous, but he's just happy.

#OStan #Gijinkas #Personification #OStans #Gijinka #Anime #OS娘 #OSたん #Windows #Microsoft #WindowsXP #OSkun #OSkuns

2024-06-25

Hello #Fediverse, here's your "daily" OS-kun!

This one is of the Windows 2K-kun!

He is the older brother of 2K-tan, XP-tan, XP-kun, Homeko, and Homeo, and the younger brother of Inu-T. He is Me-kun's pal as well. He appears to be a man in his late 20s or early 30s with metallic cat ears, spectacles, and a circular blue hairdo. His eyes are blue-grey. The buttons on his light blue suit are the same hue as his tie.

He is quite proficient in both office and combat work, and he exudes a cool, collected, and professional manner. The majority of the individuals he spends time with are characters from the Nijiura and Futaba series, including his closest friend Eigyouseki and his romantic interest Daiginjou.

2K-kun enjoys spending time with his family, despite his busy schedule at the office. He is often seen in the company of Me-kun and XP-kun

#OStan #Gijinkas #Personification #OStans #Gijinka #Anime #OS娘 #OSたん #Windows #Microsoft #Windows2000 #OSkun #OSkuns

2024-06-25

Hello #Fediverse, here's your "daily" OS-kun!

This one is of the Windows Me-kun!

Me-kun is identical to his sister Me-tan in appearance and screwed-up side, but he is wiser and more helpful; he may occasionally be seen reading Windows Help files to others.

Me-kun is extremely protective of his sister, even to the point of interfering in their relationship or attempting to rescue her from the problems she brought about. Apart from that, he is frequently pictured getting along with Homeo, XP-kun, and 2K-kun, the former of whom serves as Me-kun's guardian.

#OStan #Gijinkas #Personification #OStans #Gijinka #Anime #OS娘 #OSたん #Windows #Microsoft #WindowsME #OSkun #OSkuns

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