Habanero-tan
Encyclopedia
Habanero-tan is the unofficial mascot of Bōkun Habanero
, the habanero
pepper-flavored snacks
produced by Tohato
. Habanero-tan and her companions with names like "Jalapeño-san" are spice
s designed to look like cute young girls
. They were created by several Japanese amateur artists, and of them, Shigatake, the creator of the character Habanero-tan, drew a series of yonkoma
manga
featuring the lives of these girls. Shigatake later became the graphics designer for the Vanillaware
games Odin Sphere
and GrimGrimoire
.
Habanero-tan's popularity has led to various renditions (some of them risque) by other Japanese artists, and even appearances on the OVA Netrun-mon
. There is also a dojin game called Habanero-tan House which incorporates many of the things seen in Shigatake's comics. The game's creator, Ashinaga Oji-san, later worked with Shigatake and Vanillaware to develop a similar game called Kumatanchi
for the Nintendo DS
.
Bokun Habanero
Bōkun Habanero is a Japanese snack food. The name means "Tyrant Habanero", where habanero is the name of one of the world's hottest chili peppers...
, the habanero
Habanero chile
The habanero chili is one of the more intensely piquant species of chili peppers of the Capsicum genus. When used in English, it is sometimes spelled habañero—the diacritical mark being added as a hyperforeignism. Unripe habaneros are green, and they color as they mature. Common colors are orange...
pepper-flavored snacks
Snack food
A snack is a portion of food oftentimes smaller than that of a regular meal, that is generally eaten between meals. Snacks come in a variety of forms including packaged and processed foods and items made from fresh ingredients at home....
produced by Tohato
Tohato
is a Japanese food company specialising in snack food.-Products:*All Raisin*Beano*Bōkun Habanero*Caramel corn*ふわ丸 Ninja snack*Harvest*Poteco*Chokobi -Advertisement campaign:...
. Habanero-tan and her companions with names like "Jalapeño-san" are spice
Spice
A spice is a dried seed, fruit, root, bark, or vegetative substance used in nutritionally insignificant quantities as a food additive for flavor, color, or as a preservative that kills harmful bacteria or prevents their growth. It may be used to flavour a dish or to hide other flavours...
s designed to look like cute young girls
Moé anthropomorphism
is a form of anthropomorphism where moe qualities are given to non-human beings, objects, concepts, or phenomena. In addition to moe features, moe anthropomorphisms are also characterized by their accessories, which serve to emphasize their original forms before anthropomorphosis...
. They were created by several Japanese amateur artists, and of them, Shigatake, the creator of the character Habanero-tan, drew a series of yonkoma
Yonkoma
thumb|right|150px|Traditional Yonkoma layout, a comic-strip format, generally consists of gag comic strips within four panels of equal size ordered from top to bottom...
manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
featuring the lives of these girls. Shigatake later became the graphics designer for the Vanillaware
Vanillaware
is a Japanese video game company development studio. Previously, they were known as Puraguru from 2002 until 2004, when they renamed as Vanillaware. The studio's past projects have specialized in 2D, or sprite-based, game design. They have garnered positive attention from fans and game media alike...
games Odin Sphere
Odin Sphere
is a 2D fantasy action RPG video game. Developed by Vanillaware and localized and published by Atlus for the PlayStation 2 in 2007, it tells the interlocking stories of five different protagonists. Odin Sphere is considered a spiritual successor to an Atlus game titled Princess Crown and takes some...
and GrimGrimoire
GrimGrimoire
is a real-time strategy video game from Vanillaware and Nippon Ichi for the PlayStation 2.-Plot:Lillet Blan is a young magician admitted to a prestigious magic school, the Tower of Silver Star. Though she attends normal classes for the first four days and meets the various professors and students,...
.
Habanero-tan's popularity has led to various renditions (some of them risque) by other Japanese artists, and even appearances on the OVA Netrun-mon
Netrun-mon
is a single-episode Japanese original video animation which was created to celebrate the fifth anniversary of NetRunner magazine. NetRunner is a controversial publication since some articles promote hacking. Characters that are used to promote the magazine and are sold as merchandise have been...
. There is also a dojin game called Habanero-tan House which incorporates many of the things seen in Shigatake's comics. The game's creator, Ashinaga Oji-san, later worked with Shigatake and Vanillaware to develop a similar game called Kumatanchi
Kumatanchi
is a life simulation video game for the Nintendo DS co-developed by Vanillaware and dōjin game studio Ashinaga Oji-san and published by Dimple Entertainment...
for the Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
.
Characters
- An energetic young girl with a red dress and red hair, and a stem on her head. Created by Shigatake.
- Habanero's friend and older sister figure. Created by Shima Humikane.
- Habanero's friend and milk supply. Has large breasts and wears skimpy clothes. Created by Salad Oil.
External links
- Official Tohato Habanero page
- Shigatake's homepage – includes collected translations of the comics into Korean, English and Polish.
- Long-legged Uncle (Ashinaga Oji-san) – creator of "Habanero-tan House"