Microsoft’s “Silverlight-tan” Hikaru
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Sep 29, 2010 16:36 JST
- Tags: Anthropomorphisation, Marketing, Microsoft, Moe, PC Software, Taiwan
After introducing adorable Windows 7 mascot Madobe Nanami, Microsoft has followed up with an official mascot for Silverlight, Hikaru. She is being hailed as even more charming than Madobe…
Hikaru (meaning “Light”) is Microsoft’s official mascot for its Flash clone Silverlight. Most notably, she is not intended for the Japanese market but for Taiwan.
Her vital statistics:
Blood type: B
Birthday: September 27
Horoscope: Libra
Height: 158 cm
Weight: 42kg
Hobby: Singing, dancing and listening to music
One of 4 children
Likes dessert, barbecue, new year red bean soup
Hates spicy food and natto
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But wait, we're talking about Silverlight, here. Microsoft's response to Adobe Flash that can only be played on a Microsoft operating system?
. . . Why not just use Flash? It's better.
Huh? I even have silverlight in my Nokia vS60 phone.
There's an official open source implementation called Moonlight. Silverlight works for Windows and Mac, but Moonlight is mostly aimed for Linux.
http://www.go-mono.com/moonlight/
Nice. I find it odd that she has a Japanese name, but oh well: she's adorable. Well played, MS.
As for Silverlight, I don't use it and I haven't checked for a Linux version like Mono and the open source versions of .NET, but if it's less memory- and processor-intensive than Flash, I'll support it.
That's what we call "playing it the smart way" right? Kudos for Microsoft, haha ^^
CAPITALISM HO!
Will microsoft consider tsunderes for their future mascots?
wow, everybody is turning to anime for product promotions these days
I wonder what's next, IE9-tan? at least looks nice we need some wallpapers of her
HOLY SHIT HIKARU'S BIRTHDAY IS THE SAME AS MINE
please let there be a windows 7 theme for this...
(also i thought "hikaRI" was "light" and "hikaRU" was "to shine"?)
A theme would be awesome.
And yeah, at least to my knowledge hikaru is the verb "to shine", while hikari is the noun "light".
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And now I'm thinking of the song Hikari by Utada Hikaru. >_>
how epic would it be if they got hikki to voice a theme like nana mizuki did for win7?
alot more moe than windows 7 that's for sure, but for silverlight? really microsoft? will I be expecting more for office, IE, outlook and directx?
Hate to say it, but she IS a ton cuter than Nanami!
Some doujin of this would be nice.
Besides I am a linux user, I had to agree that Microsoft is playing their cards nice.
The 7-tan and now the Silverlight-tan calls even my attention.
Woooo, cute! :O
She looks like a vocaloid...I'd so buy her if she'd become figmatised. ;P
She needs a figurine~
>Hates spicy food
The fuck?
*fap fap fap
I always wondered what a mix of Mina and Miku would look like dipped in blue... Cute, as expected
Next up: WMP, Office 2010, Xbox 360? =3
pity... i love extremely spicy foods
She's awesome >w<
Microsoft gimmick is successful. It just made me go take a look at silverlight.
This doesn't like any sense. Likes barbeque but hates spicy food? Real barbeque is always spicy.
@Darkrockslizer So true. Well now I get the gist of it thanks so some knowledgeable anons.
That headline made me think of Tatsunoko vs Capcom.
soo moe, finally something microsoft is actually good at, advertising.
I want my computer to have a cute mascot... :C
It's actually quite common for Chinese to use the word 小 (xiao) before given nickname (or name in this case) to make it seem more friendlier, thus it's called 小光. This is a common Taiwanese way of making names seem more friendlier, like how people would say 小明 (my friend's nickname) etc, especially if to seem cuter.
Thus, it's not surprising.
AMAZING @_@ Me want! I wan't some themes for Seven with her :D
do they think we are dumb to just take the bait set by them?
huh? huh? derrpppppppppppppp
oh wait, we have already took the bait.
oh fuck, stop pullinggggggg.
fucckkkkkk
Rule 34 on her, NAO!
Why would you even-
Okay seriously, you heard 'em, RULE 34 NAO
4th child?
so where are the other ones? like office-tan, hotmail-tan or internetexplorer-onisan?
"Blood type: B"
lol, I read Blood type: Blue :)
Moe -> way to go Microsoft
Now we have a new marketing strategy: If a product sucks - make it moe :)
The desert might not be the best location for a barbecue.
Illustrator is shinia , Taiwanese.
blog: http://shinia.web.fc2.com/
Microsoft, I approve.
Damn, I love those bare shoulders..
I want next time a moe-mascot with delicious eyebrows :)
why lolicon again???? doesnt make sense, they really gotta go with something differnt
..because Animal and Furry mascots are outdated.
ps: You misused the word "lolicon".
Ohdear.
I upgraded to 7 for Nanami, and now I'll download Silverlight for Hikaru.
Moe marketing is terribly powerful.
Hmm you actually made me wonder if they'll ever make a theme set around Hikaru... they soo need one...
ooo silverlight background http://www.microsoft.com/taiwan/silverlight/collection.htm
I have Silverlight on my computer... and get I still have no freaking clue what it does...
the Silverlight is just same as Flash. just a framework
If you watch Netflix then you are using it. I think it is more of a decryption DRM of flash.
@DeliriousB same here, lol!!! :D
it's meant to be for people already familiar with .NET to port their code for web applications as opposed to having to learn Flash coding especially if the software is to be integrated with more software relying on .NET
Word. Redundant software too me.