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roseofbattle	1 POSTED: 16 Dec 2013 14:05
	Unity Game Engine Obtains Anime Mascot Named Unity-chan Unity-chan has an official website and will have 3D assets for use in games. Unity, the cross-platform game engine used for games from consoles to mobile devices to social games, now has an anime mascot. Unity Technologies Japan revealed Unity-chan in a website for the official mascot along with screenshots of the colorful character. Designed by ntny, Unity-chan appears to be more wild than demure. Various screenshots show her in high-energy poses, from happy smiles to a kick. Unity is far from the first company to use the popular anime style to breathe life into a mascot character. Earlier this year, Internet Explorer obtained an anime mascot named Inori Aizawa. Unity Technologies Japan will provide 3D assets of Unity-chan for game developers using Unity to download and use in games. The assets will be released in spring 2014. The company will also display the mascot at its exhibit at the Comic Market 85 event in Tokyo from Dec. 29-31. Unity Technologies Japan will distribute themed goods, and the character's voice actress will also be present. On sale will be official art of Unity-chan. A blog for Unity-chan will be available soon on the character's official website. Unity is already a popular choice as a game engine. Interactive story adventure game Gone Home, puzzle game The Room, and 3D revisit of a classic realMYST have all used the Unity engine. Its inclusion of an anime mascot is unlikely to have significant changes, but the popularity of anime mascots within Japan is unsurprising. Source: Unity-chan.com, Unity 3D (Japanese) Permalink

Pixelspeech	2 POSTED: 16 Dec 2013 14:23
	I won't be impressed with anything less than a full-blown anime series. If they do that, then I swear I'll buy a license for Unity and produce something resembling a game.

Halyah	3 POSTED: 16 Dec 2013 14:23
	Is this starting to become a thing or something? I'm not sure what to think of this stuff. Though now I wonder who'll be next...

Hazy992	4 POSTED: 16 Dec 2013 14:27
	The timing for this is perfect, it's less than a week after Critical Miss took the piss out of it. Hodgkin-Chan seems more likely everyday.

Bindal	5 POSTED: 16 Dec 2013 14:46
	Halyah: Is this starting to become a thing or something? I'm not sure what to think of this stuff. Though now I wonder who'll be next... Valve? Now that they got an OS and a Controller... they only need a mascot.

Therumancer	6 POSTED: 16 Dec 2013 14:50
	Halyah: Is this starting to become a thing or something? I'm not sure what to think of this stuff. Though now I wonder who'll be next... Shrugs To me it seems like corporations missing the bandwagon yet again. Anime peaked a few years ago in terms of it's international (especially American) interest and has been gradually falling behind. Like most things it will probably come around again into the same kind of global prominence again, but for the most part this doesn't seem to have much potential for the wide-scale appeal they are going for. It seems more like something that would work when applied to the Japanese market specifically. Wikipedia pretty much did this, with mixed results, a few years ago, which lead to sites like Encyclopedia Dramatica coming up with their own version as a parody, and it was internet cool for it's 15 minutes. When looking at this it just feels like "huh, what, didn't this already happen?". Don't get me wrong, I wish them luck with their mascots, it's just hard to really feel much for it at all. Truthfully Critical Miss' joke on the subject was probably the most enduring thing that will come out of it (I really laughed at that one, and truthfully it does make me surprised we haven't seen more Tsundere mascots). :)

Aerosteam	7 POSTED: 16 Dec 2013 14:52
	Is The Escapist going to get an anime mascot anytime soon?

wombat_of_war	8 POSTED: 16 Dec 2013 14:53
	you can already see that turning up in creepy fan fiction and creations

Smooth Operator	9 POSTED: 16 Dec 2013 15:05
	Well let's just hope not too many tentacle monsters are made by the fans... I would prefer a game engine to sell on it's technical prowess but I guess this is another approach to use.

blackrave	10 POSTED: 16 Dec 2013 15:21
	Aerosteam: Is The Escapist going to get an anime mascot anytime soon? There is already one He is called Yahtzee

Angelous Wang	11 POSTED: 16 Dec 2013 15:25
	Is it that the guy that made her ironically sucks with the Unity engine or is it that she has hoof's rather than feet? Because those things do not look like feet.

iniudan	12 POSTED: 16 Dec 2013 15:37
	Angelous Wang: Is it that the guy that made her ironically sucks with the Unity engine or is it that she has hoof's rather than feet? Because those things do not look like feet. She wearing high heels.

Yozozo	13 POSTED: 16 Dec 2013 15:39
	Because the Unity engine needed THIS more than fixes to the engine -.- Maybe I'll just go back to using AIR.

bafrali	14 POSTED: 16 Dec 2013 15:41
	Bindal: Halyah: Is this starting to become a thing or something? I'm not sure what to think of this stuff. Though now I wonder who'll be next... Valve? Now that they got an OS and a Controller... they only need a mascot. Steam-chan. Think of the possiblities! I also find this relevant http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/10804-The-Adventures-of-Hodgkin-Chan But seriously. Does everything need a wide eyed, didtzy girl to make it more appealing? One or two cases is innocent enough but such frequency only serves to irrigate the field of conspiracies.

neoontime	15 POSTED: 16 Dec 2013 15:56
	iniudan: Angelous Wang: Is it that the guy that made her ironically sucks with the Unity engine or is it that she has hoof's rather than feet? Because those things do not look like feet. She wearing high heels. Still kinda weird though. Don't want to sound impolite to this none-existent anime mascot but it looks like she got her toes amputated. Ot: I wonder if this fad will catch on in other companies. Kind of hope not because I tend to get easily annoyed by the moe-craze.

Eric the Orange	16 POSTED: 16 Dec 2013 16:01
	iniudan: Angelous Wang: Is it that the guy that made her ironically sucks with the Unity engine or is it that she has hoof's rather than feet? Because those things do not look like feet. She wearing high heels. heels that shes wearing those stoking like things over. oh anime, you so silly.

Halyah	17 POSTED: 16 Dec 2013 16:50
	Bindal: Valve? Now that they got an OS and a Controller... they only need a mascot. Huh that one would be interesting to see. Can't quite picture what it'd look like granted. Therumancer: -Snip- You learn something new each day it seems. Didn't know something like this had been tried before. I suppose only time will tell where it goes, but if it brings in some hilarious results then I'm pretty much for it.

J Tyran	18 POSTED: 16 Dec 2013 16:53
	I don't think it has large enough breasts or enough upskirt shots for anime fans, I wonder who they are targeting with this mascot.

The Plunk	19 POSTED: 16 Dec 2013 17:20
	I give it 24 hours before a porn animation is made. bafrali: Steam-chan. Think of the possiblities! Gabe Newell is already my waifu.

Aerosteam	20 POSTED: 16 Dec 2013 17:36
	blackrave: Aerosteam: Is The Escapist going to get an anime mascot anytime soon? There is already one He is called Yahtzee Ah, yes. I forgot about Yahtzee-chan. Spoiler: Click to View

balladbird	21 POSTED: 16 Dec 2013 17:42
	Bindal: Halyah: Is this starting to become a thing or something? I'm not sure what to think of this stuff. Though now I wonder who'll be next... Valve? Now that they got an OS and a Controller... they only need a mascot. I admit, if Valve-chan turns out to be a steampunk moeblob, that may just convince me to take up PC gaming. XD

AldUK	22 POSTED: 16 Dec 2013 18:02
	Not sure how to feel about this. I have watched a lot of anime in my time, but this whole young girl mascot thing is a little bit too weird for me. It just makes me wonder who they are trying to appeal to and then I feel a bit insulted.

Kaimax	23 POSTED: 16 Dec 2013 18:17
	The Plunk: I give it 24 hours before a porn animation is made. I bet on half a day. Halyah: Bindal: Valve? Now that they got an OS and a Controller... they only need a mascot. Huh that one would be interesting to see. Can't quite picture what it'd look like granted. Therumancer: -Snip- You learn something new each day it seems. Didn't know something like this had been tried before. I suppose only time will tell where it goes, but if it brings in some hilarious results then I'm pretty much for it. There was a "boom" of mascots back when "OS-tan" was introduced in Japan's 2Ch, it died on with time though. http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/os-tan

Drejer43	24 POSTED: 17 Dec 2013 10:13
	Whats up with companies and them getting their own anime styled mascot. not that I mind

sageoftruth	25 POSTED: 17 Dec 2013 13:18
	Well, I guess it worked. If not for this article, I still wouldn't know what Unity is.

sageoftruth	26 POSTED: 17 Dec 2013 13:21
	The Plunk: I give it 24 hours before a porn animation is made. bafrali: Steam-chan. Think of the possiblities! Gabe Newell is already my waifu. Nothing against Gabe, but I don't think I could possibly sleep at night with that staring at me.

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