#NANIMONO

[gimmie-medicine]

we are yellow...♡

Yoshimoto Tama Newbie Ivy

Kitsune Kon NeverDolls

Fukumaru Usa iLiFE!

Hayase Noel FRUITS ZIPPER

Suda Aki Cho Tokimeki♡Sendenbu

RON Cinderella Sengen!

Hoshimaru Nitto metarium

Negishi Purin NANIMONO

[utaitemusic]

NANIMONO『INTERNET MAGICAL GIRL』Music Video

[ladybabbi]

everything is blue . . .

Seren Hoshimi (misolade-edison)

Moa Kikuchi / Moametal (BABYMETAL)

Mai Hanase (iLiFE!)

Nano Suzume (iLiFE!)

Rinne Neru (NANIMONO)

Touma Mifuyu (NANIMONO)

Mizuki Kirihara (CANDY TUNE)

Rino Fukuyama (CANDY TUNE)

[ihugmomo]

Do you have any recs for jpop idol bands that are cutesy ?

hai!! and yes i have some suggestions :3

ilife! ,, chichamed {sub unit of mad medicine} ,, lyrical lily {not really a band but they're from the rhythm game d4dj!!} ,, nanimono ,, cinderella sengen! are my faves :3

and to answer your other asks about my likes, i love all those things you asked about very much <33

[atom-age]

眠岸ぷりん NANIMONO 甘夏ゆず バンドじゃないもん！MAXX NAKAYOSHI

[hazeldub]

https://x.com/nanimono_purin/status/1748322668825411593?s=46

[homicidols]

The Homicidols April Fools Day Round-Up 2024

Idol April Fools Day (aka Fox Day) is one of the biggest holidays on the idol calendar, up there with Idol Halloween and Idol X-Mas.  The amount of time, energy, and commitment that idols devote their April Fools day pranks each year is always impressive. However, it can be difficult at times to tell an April Fools Day prank from normal, everyday, Japanese idol insanity. For example, it may seem…

[alen09blog]

我們變得要在沒有人知道的地方，才能下定決心。正因為隨手就能發送一些瑣碎的小事，所以真正重要的事不斷地隱沒其中，被掩藏了起來。

朝井遼《何者》（頁153，張智淵譯）

[pokedoll-haruka]

I AM SO EXCITED FOR NANIMONO'S NEW SINGLE AAAAAAAAA THE CONCEPT IS SO GOOD IT'S EVERYTHING I DREAMDE OF AND EVEN MORE!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!

[gimmie-medicine]

i see pink...♡

Momoko Okazaki BABYMETAL

Alice Ria MAD MEDiCiNE

Miu Sato miumio

Shina Nanashi NANIMONO

Hinata Ena iLiFE!

Matsumoto Karen FRUITS ZIPPER

RICO Cinderella Sengen!

Takaki Yumi LinQ

[ladybabbi]

it was orange . .

Hibi Nicori (iLiFE!)

Aoba Hinari (FES☆TIVE)

Yumesaki Akari (Fairy-Tales!, graduating April 28th)

Chinzei Suzuka (FRUITS ZIPPER)

Minami Natsu (CANDY TUNE)

Hinata Kotori (Tenshimeshi໒꒱)

Shiono Kaho (Newbie Ivy)

Hinata Yuma (NANIMONO)

[aspeccharactersoftheday]

Amiru from Last Gender: When We Are Nameless is aromantic!

[kpopmultifan]

[J-Pop] King & Prince (now a duo) has released the jacket cover images for their upcoming 13th single “Nanimono” which is scheduled to be released on June 21st.

[hazeldub]

[digi-lov]

Digimon & Tamagotchi

Bandai V-Pet Crossovers Part 1 (Part 2)

In 1996 Bandai and WiZ inc. released the original Tamagotchi. To their surprise, the toy proved to be popular among boys as well, despite it being mostly marketed for girls. And in 1997, as a more targeted approach to this demographic, Digital Monsters was born!

A huge virtual pet boom followed and not only did Bandai and Wiz release new versions of Tamagotchi and Digital Monsters, and try multiple v-pets with a variety of styles within the next couple of years, but other companies also tried to bandwagon on the success of these virtual pets!

(Such as Nintendo in 1998 with the Pocket Pikachu-)

While the Tamagotchi was shaped like an egg (jap. tamago) with a crack in its shell where the screen is, the Digital Monster was shaped like a brick cage with bust-open bars! It also featured the ability to connect and battle! Otherwise they both use the same three button layout and similar menu icons. On the Tamagotchi, the toilet icon is portrayed by a duck themed potty, which is also used as the look for the Portable Potty items in many Digimon games.

Now with how closely these two franchises were developed, there's bound to be more that connects the two, right?

One such thing is Tamagotchimoji and Digimoji/DigiCode!

You can see that the two scripts are basically identical, just stylized differently. While Tamagotchimoji got used sparsely until they stopped using it in 2004 (But had a surprising comeback in one social media post on April 10, 2023?!), Digimoji has been used, and still is being used everywhere in the Digimon franchise! There is also a separate set of characters for the Latin Alphabet.

[Tamagotchimoji on the left, Digimoji on the right, respective Hiragana above the character]

Just like we know it from the Digimon Franchise, the Tamagotchi also grow through evolutionary stages along a branching path, depending on how well you take care of them! The original line of Tamagotchi as well as Digimon owe their designs to Kenji Watanabe! Generally all Tamagotchi's names end in "-tchi" or "-chi", similar to how Digimon names end in "-mon".

In these evolution charts, the Tamagotchi and Digimon are arranged by how well they've been taken care of / how good they are, with the top line being the best, and the bottom being the worst.

But that Tamagotchi chart is actually just the international version, which had "Bill" (aka Gaijintchi/Ketotchi) as secret character past the adult stage. Instead the Japanese version featured "Oyajitchi" (jap. oyaji means "old man").

But wait, doesn't that face look familiar...?

According to the Digimon Reference Book, Nanimon's true identity is unknown and it in fact came from another dimension, where it was known under the title OYAJI. In order to survive in the new environment of the Digital World, Nanimon had to go through a lot of training and battling.

Nanimon's name is also a play on its bizarre nature. In Japanese, "nanimon" is a casual abbreviation of "nanimono" which means "what (thing)". So, with intonation indicating a question, "nanimonda" can mean both "What are you?" or "I am Nanimon".

This joke is even included directly in Digimon World when the player encounters Nanimon.

「ん？なにもんだ？！」 "N? Nanimon da?!" “Huh? What are you?!” 「ナニモンだァ！」 "Nanimon da!" “I’m Nanimon!”

Nanimon's nature as an alien to this World is also reflected in his trait in the Card Game being "Invader".

Nanimon BT6-058 by Kenji Watanabe from BT-06 Booster Double Diamond

So yeah, Nanimon is supposed to be Oyajitchi who came from the Tamagotchi World to the Digital World.

Stay tuned for next friday when we talk about another World connected to the Digital World!

Special thanks to: tamagotchi wiki, gotchi-garden and tamatalk for being great resources!

If you're interested in more Tamagotchi stuff, go check out @tamapalace !