ISIS-chan on a white background

ISIS-chan (ISIS（アイシス）ちゃん, aishisuchan)[1][2][3][4] is a fictional manga character that originated on the Japanese internet textboard 2channel and was created in 2015 after a series of incidents in which Japanese nationals were kidnapped and beheaded by ISIS. The character is portrayed as a moe-style girl.

Overview

ISIS-chan was originally conceived by users of 2channel as a response to the propaganda of the Islamic terrorism group ISIS.[5][6][7][8] The character is a moe anthropomorphism of ISIS and soon became a meme across some Japanese social media.[8]

Their intentions were to flood the web with ISIS-chan's images to make the character rank highly in Google's search engine results,[1][2][9] the goal being that an internet search for ISIS would come up with the moe character instead of militant propaganda sites. The campaign has become a part of the social media war that the US and the UK have already launched against ISIS.[5]

ISIS-chan received an UTAU voicebank in December 2015.[10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Bel Trew Cairo (2015-09-07). "Manga girl takes on Isis with a slice of melon". The Times. Archived from the original on 2015-10-23. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  2. 1 2 Jose Pagliery (2015-07-23). "Anime nerds trying to Google bomb ISIS". CNNMoney. CNN. Archived from the original on 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  3. ↑ Jeff John Roberts (2015-09-22). "Feds drop plan for Facebook to report "terrorist activity"". フォーチュン. Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
  4. ↑ "Melons instead of tanks: Meet "ISIS-chan" - the anime that fights 'Islamic State'". Deutsche Welle. September 7, 2015. Archived from the original on October 13, 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
  5. 1 2 Alexandra Di Stefano Pironti (2015-07-24). "Isis chops melons instead of heads". Rudaw Media Network. Archived from the original on 2015-09-10. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
  6. ↑ "アニメおたくが「ＩＳＩＳちゃん」で過激派と戦う". CNNMoney. CNN. 2015-07-24. Archived from the original on 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  7. ↑ "対「イスラム国」ネット展開 アニメキャラで宣伝戦". Kyodo News. Sankei Shimbun. 2015-08-10. Archived from the original on 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  8. 1 2 "匿名ハッカー集団「アノニマス」が「ISISちゃん」の画像を大量送信してイスラム国の広報活動を妨害か". BIGLOBE. 2015-07-22. Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  9. ↑ "アニメおたくが「ＩＳＩＳちゃん」で過激派と戦う". CNNMoney. CNN. 2015-07-24. Archived from the original on 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  10. ↑ "ISIS-chan - UTAU Wiki 2.0". utau.wiki. Archived from the original on 2019-05-13. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
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