The not-so-limited limited edition should be much easier to find, though a meager stock and marked-up prices on Amazon Japan suggest they won’t be around for much longer. ITmedia reports that the Akihabara edition sold out by the end of the weekend but the Nihonbashi edition can still be found at some stores. Special regional editions, exclusive to Tokyo’s Akihabara district and Osaka’s Nihonbashi district, are also being sold in even more limited quantities and come with special gold (for Akihabara) or leopard print (for Nihonbashi) packaging, as well as a few bonus goodies featuring Yu and Ai. The bundles are being sold in limited quantities at select electronics stores in major cities across Japan and cost 18,000 yen. The last name Madobe means “by the window,” and the names Yuu and Ai are a play on the English “you” and “I.” The girls are sisters, with Ai (on the left) the eldest and Yuu (on the right) the youngest.īoth versions include custom theme pack wallpaper, sounds using the respective character’s “voice,” and a Microsoft Wedge touch mouse. Rather than adding new features to the operating system, DSP, short for Japanese Delivery Service Partner, edition is a Japan-exclusive Windows 8 Pro 64bit launch bundle that comes in two different character versions: Yuu Madobe and Ai Madobe. On the other hand, I wonder if the Edge browser will get a new mascot or if Inori will remain the new browser's face.Īnyway, because of the positive reaction from fans, it appears Microsoft will be continuing this trend.On Oct 29, Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said that since its release last Friday, Windows 8 has been selling at a higher rate than Windows 7, the best-selling version of Windows to date.ĭespite confusion over alleged magic touch screen-imbuing capabilities, Windows 8 seems to be doing well in Japan as well - so well, in fact, that limited-quantity DSP editions of the operating system, which feature two unofficial Windows 8-themed “moe” mascots, are already beginning to sell out, proving once again that the Japanese will buy anything with a cute anime girl on it (not that there was a lack evidence). I'm not sure if there are others but those are what I'm aware of right now. Shimeji es una aplicación desarrollada por Digital Cosmos. Inori also has an official video which you can watch here:Īll of the above are official artwork. Microsoft Taiwan also created their own mascot for Silverlight named Hikaru Aizawa later followed by her elder sisters, Yu, Aoi and Lei:įinally comes Inori Aizawa, the mascot of IE from Microsoft Singapore: Here's a video ad for Azure with Claudia and an unidentified character (whom I assume to be named Azu, sadly I don't have much info about her): ![]() ![]() Then came the twins Ai and Yuu Madobe for Windows 8: Here's a commercial with her roughly teaching how to build a PC with Windows 7 and showing off some of its features - it has English subtitles, by the way:Īnd some lesser known ones with no last names were released as themes that were rewarded as presents for users of Bing during a promotion a few months after the release of Windows 7:įrom the left and clockwise: Nanako, Nanae, Nanao, Nanami, Nana. It started with Windows 7 and her name is Nanami Madobe: Here's a list of the past mascots for those who are curious. It is a typically Japan-only (or Asian-only) thing so most people outside the region would have never heard of their mascots.
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