ISIS-chan

ISIS-chan on a white background.

ISIS-chan (ISIS ちゃん, or アイシスちゃん)(aishisuchiyăn)^[1][2][3][4] is a fictional manga character which 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 ISIL. 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 (aka ISIL).^[5][6][7][8] The character is a moe anthropomorphism of ISIL 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 (Google bomb).^[1][2][9] If things go well, they hoped that an Internet search for ISIS will come up with the moe character instead of militant propaganda sites.^[5] The campaign has become a part of the social media war that the US and the UK have already launched against ISIS.^[5]

Characteristics

In various examples, ISIS-Chan is shown with a cut muskmelon and a paring knife in her hand.

• Is nineteen years old.^[1][6]
• Has green eyes.^[1][4][6][7]
• Has green hair.^[4]
• Clad in black jihadi outfit.^[1][4][6][7]
• Fond of muskmelons;^[6][7] in some cases she is armed with a melon.^[1]
• Someties she carries a knife used to cut melons.^[1][6][7]
• The knife could be a combat knife, but she uses only it to cut melons.^[4] The creators explain that she is supposed to teach "these confused ISIS people" what knives should actually be used for.^[4]
• She has a mission to stop ISIS and to gather as many melons as she can.^[10]

See also

• Hinomoto Oniko

References

1. Bel Trew Cairo (2015-09-07). "Manga girl takes on Isis with a slice of melon". The Times. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
2. Jose Pagliery (2015-07-23). "Anime nerds trying to Google bomb ISIS". CNNMoney. CNN. 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. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
4. "Melons instead of tanks: Meet "ISIS-chan" - the anime that fights 'Islamic State'". Deutsche Welle. September 7, 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
5. Alexandra Di Stefano Pironti (2015-07-24). "Isis chops melons instead of heads". Rudaw Media Network. 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. 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. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
8. "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. BIGLOBE. 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. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
10. "Japanese ‘ISIS-chan’ is probably the cutest thing to happen in the fight against Daesh". Al Bawaba. 2015-07-29. Retrieved 2015-10-06.

External links

• isis chan-Pinterest