Windows 7 Gets Official Nana Mizuki & OS-tan Theme
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Sep 27, 2009 06:36 JST
- Tags: Idol, Marketing, Microsoft, Moe, Nana Mizuki, OS-tan, Seiyuu, Technology
Users of Windows 7 in Japan will receive a new theme that is voiced by popular seiyuu idol, Mizuki Nana, along with an officially sanctioned OS-tan, Nanami Madobe.
The theme, only available by preordering Microsoft’s latest operating system, is said to be the only localised original theme to date, proving even Microsoft is acknowledging the selling power of moe in Japan.
The recruitment of Nana Mizuki is not surprising considering her chart topping popularity throughout 2009, and also considering she shares the same name as the operating system (nana = 7).
It is still not clear whether the newly introduced image character for Windows 7 that comes with the theme, 窓辺ななみ / Nanami Madobe (whose name is a series of dire puns), will be adapted as the official Windows 7 “OS-tan“, who were formerly fan-created…
Via Akiba-PC









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OS-tan wins...
Looks like she has a Twitter:
http://twitter.com/windows7_nanami
Also, the first person to upload the theme after Windows 7 comes out is the hero of the Internet.
she looks cute...I would want to check out this theme.
I don't like Windows 7. They got these messages like "Are you sure?" over and over again.
I really won't mind if it goes "Ii desuka? oniichan~" everytime that UAC windows pops up...
hehe, that would be nice indeed!
MOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
ok, i've analysed several stores that has this 'offer'. here's the catch, this offer is valid for:
1. DSP (OEM) version only. so it must be bundled with at least single piece of hardware. varies store-to-store, most bundles it with cheapo internal FDD drive.
2. Limited stock pre-order. Huge stores has seemingly limitless stock, though...
3. Win 7 ULTIMATE only. WTF!?
Verdict : No, thanks. I'll stick with the $30 student-only version and wait for someone to upload this tokuten 'offer'.
What? PAY for winblows?! Dude you're doin it wrong!
only in japan? :(
I'm getting Windows 7 and I'm sure somebody will find a way to make this theme usable for non-japan Windows systems! ^^
Kinda want, but i'll stick with Windows XP.
Windows 7 has an XP mode. Want to reconsider?
It seems it's a very slow XP mode not supporting games...
Use VMware instead of Microsoft's XP Mode
http://labs.v3.co.uk/2009/07/our-recent-top.html
Seems to me 7 is a fixed & slimmed down version of vista.
Anyway it all depends on your PC hardware as what is for XP might not be compatable for 7 as like Vista.
I stick with what I have, don't want to take chances.
Agreed~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
=O I want buy that version of windows
if only this would happen in the US
Window 7 & Madobe Nanami seems to be interesting...
Soon or later I'll try out Window 7, to know if Madobe Nanami will be my favourite OS-tan. LoL XD
I saw this on 4chan some time ago and didnt thought its official. It seems it its.
Microsoft is putting lot of money into marketing worldwide. And Japan is not an exception it seems.
Also from what I heard, theme will be on separate DVD and taking into account "theme" system in Win 7 is pretty simple and easy, making use only of background wallpapers, transparency color, sounds and screensaver, it will be probably only few walls, sounds and screensaver or two. And it will be ripped and shared on net few hours after it comes out. Thats good for us..
What thing interests me is if they give her some kind of personality. It would be cool if they give some kind of short comic or something else to give her at least bit of personality. And knowing it is marketing thing, personality will be pretty much perfect trying to reflect advertised product. But I would like her to have her "quirks", but I can only hope for this..
Also fanart where???!!!
Get a petition for an international release NOW. We'll all sign it and send it to Microsoft.
Meh, I'll wait for the Ubuntu ripoff of this, no way am I paying for Windows.
Actually I wouldn't even use it if thew would pay me for using it.
I meant Windows of course.
>paying for Windows.
The hell are you talking about? Who the hell pays for their windows?
Ubunchu!
I'm wondering how this will work. Will she pop up and say something's broken instead of using an error message?
just one more tiny chip to add to the ever-growing pile of reasons i should be living in japan and not freaking florida.
They need to release this theme here too, damn it.
i demand a localization of this localized product
I am pretty sure this theme will be taken over to USA via a download somewhere. It will happen I am sure :)
LOL I HOPE THAT IT IS RELEASED IN A YAOI VERSION, JUST FOR NYX-
eh?
It's up for download already, ('fixed' for use with the english version of windows 7!)Hell, I'm using it on my vista machine atm! (Had to do some tweaking, but still awesome.)
Where?! I want it liek nao!
Windows constanlty fails at making things easy. The fact is: to make a computer more user-frindly, you have to make more complex hardware and OS that can automate all the stuff, and that's where it fails, it just cant handle all the useless stuff Microsoft putting in there - at least one service or driver always gets an error.
Computers dosnt need to be user-friendly. They doesnt need to be easy at all. All the stuff should be done manually like in good ol' unix systems.
Bottom line is: Study computers, or GTFO and never use them. You dont deserve to use them if you doesnt know a shit about them. It makes you stupid. And it allows OS's like Windows, and all the commercial bullshit with it to exist.
Want to get that theme T_T
Blue outfit? Cute.
Matches the Screen o' Death nicely xD
http://wakarimasenlol.com/2009/09/28/madobe-nanami-windows-7-os-tan/3399
More colours
I WANT MY NANA xD
OH GOD
WANT
WINDOWS7
SO BAD NOW
This just makes me jealous of Japan's exclusive stuff.
Where's Server 2008 R2-tan?
At least somebody can voice her
I'm sorry, but Nana Mizuki voicing an OS tan? That's just... fucking epic.
PreCure Fresh hairclip XD
Nana Mizuki as Cure Windows
wonder who gets to voice Cure Mac, Cure Nix and Cure DOS?
No need to buy Win7 jap edition, just use Win7 ULTIMATE and install japanese language pack and you're done. Ultimate is universal on-the-fly.
Is there any screenshot or video of what will it looks like?
do want...
That's pretty cool... hope I'll be able to import it to an Western version