ISIS-chan explained

[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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bel Trew Cairo . 2015-09-07 . Manga girl takes on Isis with a slice of melon . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20151023081418/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/asia/article4549102.ece . 2015-10-23 . 2015-10-05 . . English.
  2. Web site: Jose Pagliery . 2015-07-23 . Anime nerds trying to Google bomb ISIS . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150818171455/http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/23/technology/isis-chan/ . 2015-08-18 . 2015-10-05 . . . English.
  3. Web site: 2015-09-22. Feds drop plan for Facebook to report "terrorist activity". フォーチュン. Jeff John Roberts. 2015-10-07. English. https://web.archive.org/web/20150925030324/http://fortune.com/2015/09/22/facebook-wyden-terrorism/. 2015-09-25. live.
  4. Web site: September 7, 2015 . Melons instead of tanks: Meet "ISIS-chan" - the anime that fights 'Islamic State' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20151013024339/http://www.dw.com/en/melons-instead-of-tanks-meet-isis-chan-the-anime-that-fights-islamic-state/a-18698611 . October 13, 2015 . 2015-10-07 . . English.
  5. Web site: Alexandra Di Stefano Pironti . 2015-07-24 . Isis chops melons instead of heads . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150910035747/http://rudaw.net/english/lifestyle/24072015 . 2015-09-10 . 2015-10-07 . . English.
  6. Web site: 2015-07-24. アニメおたくが「ISISちゃん」で過激派と戦う. CNNMoney. CNN. 2015-10-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20151006101513/http://www.cnn.co.jp/tech/35067864.html. 2015-10-06. live.
  7. Web site: 2015-08-10. 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. 2015-10-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20150912091853/http://www.zakzak.co.jp/society/foreign/news/20150810/frn1508101203006-n1.htm. 2015-09-12. live.
  8. Web site: 2015-07-22. 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. 2015-10-05. https://archive.today/20150722130130/http://news.biglobe.ne.jp/international/0722/blnews_150722_9158453173.html. 2015-07-22. live.
  9. Web site: 2015-07-24. アニメおたくが「ISISちゃん」で過激派と戦う. CNNMoney. CNN. 2015-10-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20151006103758/http://www.cnn.co.jp/tech/35067864-2.html. 2015-10-06. live.
  10. Web site: ISIS-chan - UTAU Wiki 2.0. utau.wiki. 2019-05-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20190513200907/http://utau.wiki/utau:isis-chan. 2019-05-13. live.