Fan service
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Fan service (ファンサービス fan sābisu), fanservice, service cut (サービスカット sābisu katto),[citation needed] or simply service (サービス sābisu),[1] is a vaguely-defined term primarily used for anime and manga[citation needed] to refer to elements that are unnecessary to the storyline.[2][3] Fanservice explicitly refers to material that is designed to amuse or excite the audience with sexually-derived content.[4][5] When such content fits within the storyline, it would not usually be considered fan service, but excessive content is usually considered gratuitous regardless of its justification.[6]
Any gratuitous content included in some form of entertainment primarily to please a core group of fans is fan service.[3] The term has been used in a broader context than just anime, including Star Wars Prequels.[7]
[edit] Sexual
The typical, but not only, variety of fan service is racy or sexual content (usually female, but sometimes male[2]) used to titillate the viewer, such as nudity or other forms of eye candy.[4][5] Shower scenes[4] 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, in order to showcase the characters in bathing suits.[5] All aim to depict characters in states of relative undress when it would otherwise be out of place with the tone of a series. In anime, two common types of fan service are the panty shot and jiggling breasts.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ E.g: Evangelion ep.6, next episode trailer: in the original Japanese soundtrack, the character Misato can be heard promising viewers more service (サービス) next time.
- ^ a b "Fan service". Anime News Network. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/lexicon.php?id=54. Retrieved on June 15, 2009.[unreliable source?]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Harcoff, Pete (May 23, 2003). "Fan Service". Anime Glossary. The Anime Critic. http://www.animecritic.com/resources/glossary.html. Retrieved on June 15, 2009.[self-published source?]
- ^ a b c "Fan Service". Animetion's Glossary. Animetion. http://www.animetion.co.uk/glossary.htm. Retrieved on June 15, 2009.[self-published source?]
- ^ Nakayama, Whitney (December 21, 2004). "Fan Service". Anime Glossary. G4 Media. Archived from the original on May 19, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070519074010/http://www.g4tv.com/animeunleashed/features/50642/Anime_Glossary.html. Retrieved on June 15, 2009.
- ^ Juntilla, Judith (May 16, 2003). "The Matrix Reloads: Where's that damn spoon?". Businessworld (Yehey!). http://www.yehey.com/Entertainment/Movies/article.aspx?id=105149. Retrieved on June 15, 2009. "These are Star Wars fans all grown up; they've been betrayed by George Lucas who churned out prequels that were no more than fan service."
[edit] Further reading
- 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.
- Russell, Keith. "The Glimpse and Fan Service: New Media, New Aesthetics". The International Journal of the Humanities 6 (5): 105–110. ISSN 1447-9508. http://ijh.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.26/prod.1400. Retrieved on June 15, 2009.
- Lamarre, Thomas (2006). "Platonic Sex: Perversion and Shôjo Anime (Part One)". Animation 1 (1): 45–59. doi:.
