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Using computer graphics had the advantage over traditional paper dolls in allowing multiple layers to move in unison, including visually separate pieces, giving an illusion of depth not possible with physical paper. The initial viewer software was designed for NEC PC-9800 series using a palette of 16 colours to display the doll. [4]
Paper doll with clothes. Book publishing companies that followed in the production of paper dolls or cut-outs were Lowe, Whitman, Saalfield and Merrill among others. Movie stars and celebrities became the focus in the early days of paper dolls in the USA. Paper dolls are still produced and Whitman and Golden Co. still publish paper dolls.
My Dress-Up Darling (Japanese: その 着せ替え人形 （ ビスク・ドール ） は恋をする, Hepburn: Sono Bisuku Dōru wa Koi o Suru, transl. "That Bisque Doll Falls in Love") [ a ] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinichi Fukuda.
The Little Island (1958), by Richard Williams, a combination of both traditional animation and paper cut-out elements [citation needed] Famous Studios' Modern Madcaps episode Bouncing Benny (1960) used paper cutout characters by animators Place and Feuer to create shadow effects [10] How Death Came to Earth (1971), by Ishu Patel [citation needed]
Kewpie is a brand of dolls and figurines that were conceived as comic strip characters by American cartoonist Rose O'Neill.The illustrated cartoons, appearing as baby cupid characters, began to gain popularity after the publication of O'Neill's comic strips in 1909, and O'Neill began to illustrate and sell paper doll versions of the Kewpies.
Licca-chan (リカちゃん, Rika-chan) is a Japanese fashion doll launched on July 4, 1967 by Takara, [1] [2] and created by former shōjo manga artist Miyako Maki.Enjoying the same kind of popularity in Japan as the Barbie series does in the United States, [3] Takara had sold over 48 million Licca-chan dolls as of 2002, [1] and over 53 million as of 2007.
Figures based on anime, manga and bishōjo game characters are often sold as dolls in Japan. Collecting them is a popular hobby amongst Otakus . The term moe is otaku slang for the love of characters in video games, anime, or manga, whereas zoku is a post-World War II term for tribe, clan or family.
Kamisama Dolls (Japanese: 神様ドォルズ, Hepburn: Kamisama Dooruzu, "God Dolls") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Yamamura. It was serialized in Shogakukan 's seinen manga magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-X from December 2006 to February 2013, with its chapters collected in twelve tankōbon volumes.