Comments on: The History of Neko http://virtualneko.com/2008/09/14/the-history-of-neko/ The Art of Being Neko in Second Life Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:50:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Stacia Villota / Virtual Neko http://virtualneko.com/2008/09/14/the-history-of-neko/#comment-5461 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:51:28 +0000 http://virtualneko.wordpress.com/?p=1034#comment-5461 Motoko, thanks very much for your kind comment! I think the origin you cite is definitely a common bond among many of us. Hope to see you around here often! ^_^

]]> By: Motoko Henusaki http://virtualneko.com/2008/09/14/the-history-of-neko/#comment-5456 Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:49:51 +0000 http://virtualneko.wordpress.com/?p=1034#comment-5456 I stumbled across this page after being forwarded a link to the site by a contact. It makes fascinating reading, and it’s nice to learn some of the history behind neko in Second Life. Incidentally, my origin is similar to the one you mentioned above — gained the parts, inner felinity emerged, and now I’d feel lost if I ever had to revert, so that’s another one you can add to the multitude of similar stories. =^..^<

]]> By: Virtual Neko http://virtualneko.com/2008/09/14/the-history-of-neko/#comment-1509 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:05:40 +0000 http://virtualneko.wordpress.com/?p=1034#comment-1509 Oh most definitely Dave… so far, as best my readers can tell, it looks like the earliest anime depicting the “transformation of human into cat” (though it was a complete transformation, versus the more recent depiction of Neko as human + cat) was in the late 1950s.
I would love it if we could track down more references (and maybe even some youtubes) of those first catgirl animes… that could make for an entire blog story in and of itself!
Thanks so much for stopping by, hope we’ll see more of you!

]]> By: Dave Bell http://virtualneko.com/2008/09/14/the-history-of-neko/#comment-1507 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:42:52 +0000 http://virtualneko.wordpress.com/?p=1034#comment-1507 The catgirl meme certainly hails back to Japanese animation, and catpeople in Japanese art generally. As an example, the original Dominion: Tank Police had the characters Anipuma and Unipuma, around the mid-Eighties. Which is about the same time as the Cats musical appeared. Affordable domestic video recorders may be significant too.

My guess is that SL enabled quite a few things to come together, which had been down in the background noise of the Internet. You can do some of the same stuff in text-only environments, but SL allows user creativity in pictures as well as words.

]]> By: Virtual Neko http://virtualneko.com/2008/09/14/the-history-of-neko/#comment-960 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:06:32 +0000 http://virtualneko.wordpress.com/?p=1034#comment-960 No sadness allowed… I’ve updated the slurl for SG / Sweetest Goodbye to its new location. SL stores move ALL the time… and most forget to tell me, so I appreciate you letting me know! ^_^

]]> By: LadyMacbrat http://virtualneko.com/2008/09/14/the-history-of-neko/#comment-959 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:22:15 +0000 http://virtualneko.wordpress.com/?p=1034#comment-959 so sad. Is the | Outfit | SG / Sweetest Goodbye: School Girl outfit in indigo + red no longer available??? Or did it just move???

]]> By: Featured Blog: Virtual Neko : slFIX http://virtualneko.com/2008/09/14/the-history-of-neko/#comment-945 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:01:17 +0000 http://virtualneko.wordpress.com/?p=1034#comment-945 [...] legion of fans. If this is all very weird and mysterious to you, then go to her wonderful page on The History of Neko. (Of course, for the point-counterpoint view, you need go no further than Shauna’s Pet Peeve [...]

]]> By: Happy Birthday Virtual Neko! (plus handy Neko FAQs) « Virtual Neko in Second Life http://virtualneko.com/2008/09/14/the-history-of-neko/#comment-906 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:37:01 +0000 http://virtualneko.wordpress.com/?p=1034#comment-906 [...] In the early 1990s, all sorts of manga (comic books) and anime (animated movies) began featuring little girls sprouting ears and a tail, inspiring cosplayers all across Japan (and eventually the rest of the world) to begin [...]

]]> By: Virtual Neko http://virtualneko.com/2008/09/14/the-history-of-neko/#comment-854 Thu, 28 May 2009 00:55:38 +0000 http://virtualneko.wordpress.com/?p=1034#comment-854 hehe… yeah, I thought about taking this back to Bastet… there certainly are cat goddesses and tribal lore in just about every culture… but didn’t wanna be accused of taking any and all possible cat associations and claiming them as our own! :P

]]> By: arcady.yue http://virtualneko.com/2008/09/14/the-history-of-neko/#comment-853 Thu, 28 May 2009 00:37:46 +0000 http://virtualneko.wordpress.com/?p=1034#comment-853 How did I miss your nod to catwoman?

/forheadsmack. ;p

Deep roots? try this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastet_(mythology)
- A little more furry than us, but they almost had it right. :)

]]> By: Virtual Neko http://virtualneko.com/2008/09/14/the-history-of-neko/#comment-852 Thu, 28 May 2009 00:15:59 +0000 http://virtualneko.wordpress.com/?p=1034#comment-852 Hi Arcady! If you mean the item on my right thigh, yup, that’s available in-world… see the links under the “Appropriate Attire” section above… it’s CatniP’s “Ridin Nerdy” thigh strap.

Fascinating bit about the serial story…! So it seems the further we explore, the deeper our little Neko roots go, eh? Thanks so much for sharing that!!!

Yup, Catwoman is mentioned above… those were the only old Batman episodes I ever wanted to watch… heh.

]]> By: arcady.yue http://virtualneko.com/2008/09/14/the-history-of-neko/#comment-848 Wed, 27 May 2009 18:41:35 +0000 http://virtualneko.wordpress.com/?p=1034#comment-848 OMG, I love the Nintendo remote in the title picture. Is that available anywhere? The image looks like it -could- be an SL screenshot, or some other 3D art.

Ps: Alt.cyberpunk.chatsubo (or something like that) had a neko/erotica serial-story up around 89 or 90 / 91 or so. One of the ‘Chromebooks’ to the Cyberpunk RPG that came out in the late 80s also had a cyber-neko altered body kit. Both of these concepts where themselves inspired by earlier works in the Cyberpunk genre, and in anime. And of course, we can trace some inspiration for a lot of this to Catwoman and Tigra of DC and Marvel comics. :)

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