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Beginning in the 1970s with ''[[Cutey Honey]]'', and continuing later with other [[magical girl]] shows, fan service became more ''risqué''. By the 1980s full frontal nudity and shower scenes became standard content for fan service.<ref name="animetion"/><ref name="Otaku 69-70">{{cite book | title=[[The Otaku Encyclopedia: An Insider's Guide to the subsculture of Cool Japan]] |author=Galbraith, Patrick W. | year=2009 | publisher=[[Kodansha]] |location=United States | pages=69-70 | isbn=978-4-7700-3101-3}}</ref> Because of this, [[Anno Hideaki]] who had promised ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' would give "every episode...something for the fans to drool over" later began removing the fan service imagery in later episodes; in addition those later episodes that did contain fan service elements juxtaposed them with imagery of the character in some kind of emotional trauma. Since then, fan service rarely contains full nudity.<ref name="Otaku 69-70"/> Excessive content is now usually considered gratuitous regardless of its justification in relation to the narrative in which it takes place.<ref>{{cite web|first=Whitney |last=Nakayama |date=December 21, 2004|title=Fan Service |work=Anime Glossary|url=http://www.g4tv.com/animeunleashed/features/50642/Anime_Glossary.html|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070519074010/http://www.g4tv.com/animeunleashed/features/50642/Anime_Glossary.html|archivedate=May 19, 2007 |accessdate=June 15, 2009|publisher=[[G4 Media]]}}</ref><ref name=barrett2006p112/> |
Beginning in the 1970s with ''[[Cutey Honey]]'', and continuing later with other [[magical girl]] shows, fan service became more ''risqué''. By the 1980s full frontal nudity and shower scenes became standard content for fan service.<ref name="animetion"/><ref name="Otaku 69-70">{{cite book | title=[[The Otaku Encyclopedia: An Insider's Guide to the subsculture of Cool Japan]] |author=Galbraith, Patrick W. | year=2009 | publisher=[[Kodansha]] |location=United States | pages=69-70 | isbn=978-4-7700-3101-3}}</ref> Because of this, [[Anno Hideaki]] who had promised ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' would give "every episode...something for the fans to drool over" later began removing the fan service imagery in later episodes; in addition those later episodes that did contain fan service elements juxtaposed them with imagery of the character in some kind of emotional trauma. Since then, fan service rarely contains full nudity.<ref name="Otaku 69-70"/> Excessive content is now usually considered gratuitous regardless of its justification in relation to the narrative in which it takes place.<ref>{{cite web|first=Whitney |last=Nakayama |date=December 21, 2004|title=Fan Service |work=Anime Glossary|url=http://www.g4tv.com/animeunleashed/features/50642/Anime_Glossary.html|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070519074010/http://www.g4tv.com/animeunleashed/features/50642/Anime_Glossary.html|archivedate=May 19, 2007 |accessdate=June 15, 2009|publisher=[[G4 Media]]}}</ref><ref name=barrett2006p112/> |
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In Japanese manga and anime, Fan service (ファンサービス, fan sābisu), fanservice, or service cut (サービスカット, sābisu katto),[1][2] is material that is designed to amuse or excite the audience with especially derived content. Long full shots of robots in mecha shows, sexual elements, long fight scenes or violence, all can be considered fanservice as they are specifically aimed to please the fans of any given show.[3][4] The typical, but not only, variety of fan service is racy or sexual content, such as nudity or other forms of eye candy.[3][4] Shower scenes[3] are very common in movies, and in anime of the 1980s and 1990s, while many more recent TV series use trips to onsen (Japanese hot springs) or trips to tropical locales (or in some cases a swimming pool), in order to showcase the characters in bathing suits. Shoujo manga also includes fanservice, such as showing male characters "half-naked and in enticing poses". Robin Brenner notes that in the US comics culture, fanservice aimed at females is rare.[5] Male homoeroticism, such as accidental kisses, is a common feature of fan service for females, and has been described as "easier to get away with" in terms of censorship than fanservice for males.[6] Brenner notes that fanservice can be offputting to teen readers, as in a male reading shoujo manga or a female reading shonen manga, and cites Tenjo Tenge as an example of a fanservice-laden series.[5]
History
Beginning in the 1970s with Cutey Honey, and continuing later with other magical girl shows, fan service became more risqué. By the 1980s full frontal nudity and shower scenes became standard content for fan service.[4][7] Because of this, Anno Hideaki who had promised Neon Genesis Evangelion would give "every episode...something for the fans to drool over" later began removing the fan service imagery in later episodes; in addition those later episodes that did contain fan service elements juxtaposed them with imagery of the character in some kind of emotional trauma. Since then, fan service rarely contains full nudity.[7] Excessive content is now usually considered gratuitous regardless of its justification in relation to the narrative in which it takes place.[8][2]
References
- ^ Example: 吉田陽一, ed. (June 25, 1999). Encyclopedia Cutie Honey: Go Nagai World (エンサイクロペディアキューティーハニー : 永井豪ワールド). Nakano, Tokyo: Keibunsha. p. 028. ISBN 978-4-7669-3236-2. A frame (numbered "25") from the English opening sequence of New Cutie Honey, in which character Danbei Hayami fires a Rocket Punch as main character Honey Kisaragi lies topless and prone in the background, is shown and captioned "サービスカット! 団兵衛がジャマ......"
- ^ a b Barrett, Grant (2006). "fan service". The official dictionary of unofficial English: a crunk omnibus for thrillionaires and bampots for the Ecozoic Age. New York City: McGraw-Hill. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-07-145804-7. OCLC 62172930.
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- ^ a b c "Fan Service". Animetion's Glossary. Animetion. Retrieved June 15, 2009.[self-published source?]
- ^ a b Brenner, Robin E. (2007). "Fan Service". Understanding Manga and Anime. Westport, Connecticut: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 88–92. ISBN 978-1-59158-332-5. OCLC 85898238.
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- ^ a b Galbraith, Patrick W. (2009). The Otaku Encyclopedia: An Insider's Guide to the subsculture of Cool Japan. United States: Kodansha. pp. 69–70. ISBN 978-4-7700-3101-3.
- ^ Nakayama, Whitney (December 21, 2004). "Fan Service". Anime Glossary. G4 Media. Archived from the original on May 19, 2007. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
Further reading
- Russell, Keith. "The Glimpse and Fan Service: New Media, New Aesthetics". The International Journal of the Humanities. 6 (5): 105–110. ISSN 1447-9508. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
- Lamarre, Thomas (2006). "Platonic Sex: Perversion and Shôjo Anime (Part One)". Animation. 1 (1): 45–59. doi:10.1177/1746847706065841.