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This is neither here nor there but the character isn't a cat. It's in the name, Anubis, who is an Egyptian deity typically depicted as a jackal or generic canin

by ksymph 1y ago

This is neither here nor there but the character isn't a cat. It's in the name, Anubis, who is an Egyptian deity typically depicted as a jackal or generic canine, and the gatekeeper of the afterlife who weighs the souls of the dead (hence the tagline). So more of a dog-girl, or jackal-girl if you want to be technical.

pak9rabid 1y ago
Well, thank you for that. That's a great weight off me mind.
JdeBP 1y ago
... but entirely lacking the primary visual feature that Anubis had.
esperent 1y ago
Every representation I've ever seen of Anubis - including remarkably well preserved statues from antiquity - are either a male human body with a canine head, or fully canine. This anime girl is not Anubis. It's a modern cartoon characters that simply borrows the name because it sounds cool, without caring anything about the history or meaning behind it. Anime culture does this all the time, drawing on inspiration from all cultures but nearly always only paying the barest lip service to the original meaning. I don't have an issue with that, personally. All cultures and religions should be fair game as inspiration for any kind of art. But I do have an issue with claiming that the newly inspired creation is equivalent in any way to the original source just because they share a name and some other very superficial characteristics.
- qwery 1y ago
  I think you're taking it a bit too seriously. In turn, I am, of course, also taking it too seriously. > I do have an issue with claiming that the newly inspired creation is equivalent in any way to the original source Nobody is claiming that the drawing is Anubis or even a depiction of Anubis, like the statues etc. you are interested in. It's a mascot. "Mascot design by CELPHASE" -- it says, in the screenshot. Generally speaking -- I can't say that this is what happened with this project -- you would commission someone to draw or otherwise create a mascot character for something after the primary ideation phase of the something. This Anubis-inspired mascot is, presumably, Anubis-inspired because the project is called Anubis, which is a name with fairly obvious connections to and an understanding of "the original source". > Anime culture does this all the time, ... I don't know what bone you're picking here. This seems like a weird thing to say. I mean, what anime culture? It's a drawing on a website. Yes, I can see the manga/anime influence -- it's a very popular, mainstream artform around the world.
  - esperent 1y ago
    I like to talk seriously about art, representation, and culture. What's wrong with that? It's at least as interesting as discussing databases or web frameworks. In case you feel it needs linking to the purpose of this forum, the art in question here is being forcefully shown to people in a situation that makes them do a massive context switch. I want to look at the linux or ffmpeg source code but my browser failed a security check and now I'm staring at a random anime girl instead. What's the meaning here, what's the purpose behind this? I feel that there's none, except for the library author's preference, and therefore this context switch wasted my time and energy. Maybe I'm being unfair and the code author is so wrapped up in liking anime girls that they think it would be soothing to people who end up on that page. In which case, massive failure of understanding the target audience. Maybe they could allow changing the art or turning it off? > Anime culture does this all the time >> I don't know what bone you're picking here I'm not picking any bone there. I love anime, and I love the way it feels so free in borrowing from other cultures. That said, the anime I tend to like is more Miyazaki or Satoshi Kon and less kawaii girls.
    - qwery 1y ago
      What does all of this have to do with (depictions of, references to, etc.) Anubis though? You responded to a comment about the mascot surely being a "jackalgirl" as opposed to a "catgirl" because of the Anubis name and other references. It seemed like you had an issue with the artwork, that it wasn't Anubisy enough, or something. Why would the drawing being more like the statues improve the situation? Now you seem to be saying that anything that isn't what you wanted to find on the website is the problem. This makes sense, it just has nothing to do with what is shown on that page. But you're effectively getting frustrated at not getting to the page you wanted to and then directing your frustration toward the presentation of the "error message". That does not make sense. > I like to talk seriously about art, representation, and culture. What's wrong with that? It's at least as interesting as discussing databases or web frameworks. I don't have a problem with talking about art, you'll note that I responded in kind. When I said "I think you're taking it too seriously" I wasn't expecting that to be extrapolated to all subjects, just the one that was being discussed in the local context.
- account42 1y ago
  It's also that the anime style already makes all heads shaped vaguely like felines. Add upwards pointing furry ears and it's not wrong to call it a cat girl.
- ksymph 1y ago
  > they share a name and some other very superficial characteristics. I wasn't implying anything more than that, although now I see the confusing wording in my original comment. All I meant to say was that between the name and appearance it's clear the mascot is canid rather than feline. Not that the anime girl with dog ears is an accurate representation of the Egyptian deity haha.
- SnuffBox 1y ago
  It's refreshing to see a reply as thought out as this in today's day and and age of "move fast and post garbage".
- Sincere6066 1y ago
  irrelevant. still a doggirl.
ChrisRR 1y ago
I'm assuming the aversion is more about why young anime girls are popping up, not about what animal it is
- armada651 1y ago
  Why is there an aversion though? Is it about the image itself or because of the subculture people are associating with the image?
  - octo888 1y ago
    It's an aversion to the sexualised depiction of girls barely the age of puberty or under the age of consent. I'd ask why you /don't/ have an aversion to that? (yes, "not all anime" etc...)
    - windward 1y ago
      I don't know why OP said 'young' at all. It has no characteristics pointing to age, and secondary gender characteristics. So I'd ask why that makes you think of sexual consent.
      - deleted 1y ago
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    - armada651 1y ago
      What part of that image is sexualized?
    - thrance 1y ago
      You know, there are enough real pedophiles in the world, like POTUS for instance. No need to go after made up ones.
      - lagniappe 1y ago
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by ksymph 1y ago

pak9rabid 1y ago

Well, thank you for that. That's a great weight off me mind.

JdeBP 1y ago

... but entirely lacking the primary visual feature that Anubis had.

esperent 1y ago

Every representation I've ever seen of Anubis - including remarkably well preserved statues from antiquity - are either a male human body with a canine head, or fully canine. This anime girl is not Anubis. It's a modern cartoon characters that simply borrows the name because it sounds cool, without caring anything about the history or meaning behind it. Anime culture does this all the time, drawing on inspiration from all cultures but nearly always only paying the barest lip service to the original meaning. I don't have an issue with that, personally. All cultures and religions should be fair game as inspiration for any kind of art. But I do have an issue with claiming that the newly inspired creation is equivalent in any way to the original source just because they share a name and some other very superficial characteristics.

qwery 1y ago
I think you're taking it a bit too seriously. In turn, I am, of course, also taking it too seriously. > I do have an issue with claiming that the newly inspired creation is equivalent in any way to the original source Nobody is claiming that the drawing is Anubis or even a depiction of Anubis, like the statues etc. you are interested in. It's a mascot. "Mascot design by CELPHASE" -- it says, in the screenshot. Generally speaking -- I can't say that this is what happened with this project -- you would commission someone to draw or otherwise create a mascot character for something after the primary ideation phase of the something. This Anubis-inspired mascot is, presumably, Anubis-inspired because the project is called Anubis, which is a name with fairly obvious connections to and an understanding of "the original source". > Anime culture does this all the time, ... I don't know what bone you're picking here. This seems like a weird thing to say. I mean, what anime culture? It's a drawing on a website. Yes, I can see the manga/anime influence -- it's a very popular, mainstream artform around the world.
- esperent 1y ago
  I like to talk seriously about art, representation, and culture. What's wrong with that? It's at least as interesting as discussing databases or web frameworks. In case you feel it needs linking to the purpose of this forum, the art in question here is being forcefully shown to people in a situation that makes them do a massive context switch. I want to look at the linux or ffmpeg source code but my browser failed a security check and now I'm staring at a random anime girl instead. What's the meaning here, what's the purpose behind this? I feel that there's none, except for the library author's preference, and therefore this context switch wasted my time and energy. Maybe I'm being unfair and the code author is so wrapped up in liking anime girls that they think it would be soothing to people who end up on that page. In which case, massive failure of understanding the target audience. Maybe they could allow changing the art or turning it off? > Anime culture does this all the time >> I don't know what bone you're picking here I'm not picking any bone there. I love anime, and I love the way it feels so free in borrowing from other cultures. That said, the anime I tend to like is more Miyazaki or Satoshi Kon and less kawaii girls.
  - qwery 1y ago
    What does all of this have to do with (depictions of, references to, etc.) Anubis though? You responded to a comment about the mascot surely being a "jackalgirl" as opposed to a "catgirl" because of the Anubis name and other references. It seemed like you had an issue with the artwork, that it wasn't Anubisy enough, or something. Why would the drawing being more like the statues improve the situation? Now you seem to be saying that anything that isn't what you wanted to find on the website is the problem. This makes sense, it just has nothing to do with what is shown on that page. But you're effectively getting frustrated at not getting to the page you wanted to and then directing your frustration toward the presentation of the "error message". That does not make sense. > I like to talk seriously about art, representation, and culture. What's wrong with that? It's at least as interesting as discussing databases or web frameworks. I don't have a problem with talking about art, you'll note that I responded in kind. When I said "I think you're taking it too seriously" I wasn't expecting that to be extrapolated to all subjects, just the one that was being discussed in the local context.
account42 1y ago
It's also that the anime style already makes all heads shaped vaguely like felines. Add upwards pointing furry ears and it's not wrong to call it a cat girl.
ksymph 1y ago
> they share a name and some other very superficial characteristics. I wasn't implying anything more than that, although now I see the confusing wording in my original comment. All I meant to say was that between the name and appearance it's clear the mascot is canid rather than feline. Not that the anime girl with dog ears is an accurate representation of the Egyptian deity haha.
SnuffBox 1y ago
It's refreshing to see a reply as thought out as this in today's day and and age of "move fast and post garbage".
Sincere6066 1y ago
irrelevant. still a doggirl.

ChrisRR 1y ago

I'm assuming the aversion is more about why young anime girls are popping up, not about what animal it is

armada651 1y ago
Why is there an aversion though? Is it about the image itself or because of the subculture people are associating with the image?
- octo888 1y ago
  It's an aversion to the sexualised depiction of girls barely the age of puberty or under the age of consent. I'd ask why you /don't/ have an aversion to that? (yes, "not all anime" etc...)
  - windward 1y ago
    I don't know why OP said 'young' at all. It has no characteristics pointing to age, and secondary gender characteristics. So I'd ask why that makes you think of sexual consent.
    - deleted 1y ago
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  - armada651 1y ago
    What part of that image is sexualized?
  - thrance 1y ago
    You know, there are enough real pedophiles in the world, like POTUS for instance. No need to go after made up ones.
    - lagniappe 1y ago
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