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[[File:Wikipe tan wearing a bikini by Kasuga39.png|thumb|right|A bathing suit is typical "fan service".]]
 
[[File:Kogaru1.jpg|thumb|[[Panchira]] is a common fan service in [[manga]].]]
 
 
In Japanese [[manga]] and [[anime]], {{Nihongo|'''Fan service'''|ファンサービス|fan sābisu}}, '''fanservice''', or {{Nihongo|'''service cut'''|サービスカット|sābisu katto}},<ref name="honey-servicecut">Example: {{Anchor|encyclopediach|CITEREF吉田陽一1999}}{{cite book |title={{Nihongo|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}} |editor={{Nihongo2|吉田陽一}} |location=[[Nakano, Tokyo]] |publisher=Keibunsha |date=June 25, 1999 |isbn=978-4-7669-3236-2 |page=028}} A frame (numbered "25") from the English opening sequence of ''[[New Cutie Honey]]'', in which character Danbei Hayami fires a [[Mazinger Z (robot)#Weapons and Attacks|Rocket Punch]] as main character Honey Kisaragi lies topless and [[Prone position|prone]] in the background, is shown and captioned "{{Nihongo2|サービスカット! 団兵衛がジャマ......}}"</ref><ref name=barrett2006p112>{{cite book |first=Grant |last=Barrett |authorlink=Grant Barrett |chapter=fan service |chapterurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=Fn-Sh1nv7pQC&pg=PA112 |title=The official dictionary of unofficial English: a crunk omnibus for thrillionaires and bampots for the Ecozoic Age |publisher=[[McGraw-Hill]] |location=[[New York City]] |year=2006 |page=112 |isbn=978-0-07-145804-7 |oclc=62172930 |accessdate=June 15, 2009}}</ref> 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.<ref name="animecritic">{{cite web |first=Pete |last=Harcoff |url=http://www.animecritic.com/resources/glossary.html |title=Fan Service |work=Anime Glossary |accessdate=June 15, 2009 |date=May 23, 2003 |publisher=The Anime Critic}}{{Self-published inline|date=June 2009}}</ref><ref name="animetion">{{cite web |url=http://www.animetion.co.uk/glossary.htm |title=Fan Service |work=Animetion's Glossary |accessdate=June 15, 2009 |publisher=Animetion}}{{Self-published inline|date=June 2009}}</ref> Excessive content is 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/>
 
In Japanese [[manga]] and [[anime]], {{Nihongo|'''Fan service'''|ファンサービス|fan sābisu}}, '''fanservice''', or {{Nihongo|'''service cut'''|サービスカット|sābisu katto}},<ref name="honey-servicecut">Example: {{Anchor|encyclopediach|CITEREF吉田陽一1999}}{{cite book |title={{Nihongo|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}} |editor={{Nihongo2|吉田陽一}} |location=[[Nakano, Tokyo]] |publisher=Keibunsha |date=June 25, 1999 |isbn=978-4-7669-3236-2 |page=028}} A frame (numbered "25") from the English opening sequence of ''[[New Cutie Honey]]'', in which character Danbei Hayami fires a [[Mazinger Z (robot)#Weapons and Attacks|Rocket Punch]] as main character Honey Kisaragi lies topless and [[Prone position|prone]] in the background, is shown and captioned "{{Nihongo2|サービスカット! 団兵衛がジャマ......}}"</ref><ref name=barrett2006p112>{{cite book |first=Grant |last=Barrett |authorlink=Grant Barrett |chapter=fan service |chapterurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=Fn-Sh1nv7pQC&pg=PA112 |title=The official dictionary of unofficial English: a crunk omnibus for thrillionaires and bampots for the Ecozoic Age |publisher=[[McGraw-Hill]] |location=[[New York City]] |year=2006 |page=112 |isbn=978-0-07-145804-7 |oclc=62172930 |accessdate=June 15, 2009}}</ref> 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.<ref name="animecritic">{{cite web |first=Pete |last=Harcoff |url=http://www.animecritic.com/resources/glossary.html |title=Fan Service |work=Anime Glossary |accessdate=June 15, 2009 |date=May 23, 2003 |publisher=The Anime Critic}}{{Self-published inline|date=June 2009}}</ref><ref name="animetion">{{cite web |url=http://www.animetion.co.uk/glossary.htm |title=Fan Service |work=Animetion's Glossary |accessdate=June 15, 2009 |publisher=Animetion}}{{Self-published inline|date=June 2009}}</ref> Excessive content is 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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Not to be confused with Fan labor.

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] Excessive content is usually considered gratuitous regardless of its justification in relation to the narrative in which it takes place.[5][2]

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.[4] 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]

References

  1. ^ 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......"
  2. ^ 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. Retrieved June 15, 2009. 
  3. ^ a b c Harcoff, Pete (May 23, 2003). "Fan Service". Anime Glossary. The Anime Critic. Retrieved June 15, 2009. [self-published source?]
  4. ^ a b c "Fan Service". Animetion's Glossary. Animetion. Retrieved June 15, 2009. [self-published source?]
  5. ^ Nakayama, Whitney (December 21, 2004). "Fan Service". Anime Glossary. G4 Media. Archived from the original on May 19, 2007. Retrieved June 15, 2009. 
  6. ^ Thompson, Jason (July 31, 2006) Boku no Shonen Ai (or "Jason overanalyzes something and takes all the fun out of it") livejournal.com

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