Otaku Posting

Yello Everybody,

It occured to me that I hadn't done an otaku post for a while so today I thought I would post on a couple of very Iconic anime females here in Japan(who anime interested people surfing the internet and exploring stores may have seen, without actually realising who they are or what they come from).

This long green haired horned tiger skin bikini wearing character comes from the series Urusei Yatsura by the well known female manga artist Rumino Takashi, her other series include Ranma 1/2 and Inuyasha. Urusei Yatsura(also known as Those obnoxious aliens) was incredibly with 34 volumes of manga, 195 episodes of animation, 11 OVA episodes and 6 movies, however unlike most of her other series it's fame hasn't spread as well internationally. The original manga started in 1978 and the anime in 1981. The story is very convoluted as a totality however it centers around the antics of a school going boy named Ataru and his alien girlfriend/fiance/nemesis. The character in question if you haven't guessed by now is called Lum and another name for the series is Lum the invader girl. She is a very iconic character with models, posters and so on still quite common, she is also a popular cosplay choice.
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This short green haired robotic antennae'd sailor fuku(school sailor uniform) wearing character comes from the game and anime series ToHeart. The game a visual novel was released by Aquaplus/Leaf in 1997 for PC originally as a eroge(hentai or erotic game) however it was late modified and re-released as an all ages version with full voice acting in 1999 first on Playstation and then as a PC re-release. The anime series by Oriental Light and Magic released in 1999 was 13 episodes in length and spawned a 2nd series ToHeart remember my memories using the same characters a while later, and a follow up series and OVA's called ToHeart2 using different characters but the same school and world. The story is a basic slice of life school drama with a bit of a sci-fi twist. The character in question if you haven't guessed by now is called Multi also known as HMX series 12 and she is a android maid character designed to have real feelings and to learn things. She wasn't even the main character in the series, more of a major sub-character however she was the most iconic of them and is still everywhere in posters, on the internet, in models and as a cosplay choice.

I hope that this was of some interest, these 2 characters are very iconic in Japan and yet not all that well known outside of hardcore otaku circles elsewhere in the world.