Singapore Furs

2009-11-26T11:20:22Z

210.24.206.254: Updated information on the cosplayers section

Although [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore Singapore] is an island country of just 710.2 sq km (274.2 sq mi), Singapore hosts a small and growing community furs, a community that also keeps in touch with our regional neighbors as a branch of [[AnthroAsia]].

==Species Census==

The community here consists of a variety of fursonas including: Dragons, wolves, foxes, white tigers, bears, an Espeon, a horse, a fox/wolf hybrid, a dog, a mouse and a housecat.

==Fursuits==

There are currently 3 fursuiters present in Singapore. Namely, they are an orange fox, a Renamon cosplayer (from the Digimon anime series), and a white lion (who is currently working on a Warhammer 40000 space marine costume project).

==Furmeets==

Furmeets are held on occasion and can be organized ad hoc due to the close proximity of the country. On average, there is a furmeet every month with about a dozen or so present per meet. A trademark of local meets is plenty of walking between venues, as there is little need for private transportation.

We are also a community that loves to host visiting furs from overseas by bringing them around the country, and have hosted furs from USA, UK, Canada and other ASEAN countries. Do drop by [http://www.anthroasia.com AnthroAsia Forums] if you're stopping by!

==Birthdays==

The local furry community celebrates the birthday of every local and visiting fur with a party, which often ends in the end with a friendly pie splat, with a variety of pies and pie toppings varying from birthday to birthday.

This tradition was started in 2008 by an espeon and has persisted to the current day.

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Kemono

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[[Image:Kemono warthog.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Kemono-styled warthog]]
'''Kemono''' ([[Wikipedia:Japanese language|Japanese]] 獣, ケモノ, or けもの "beast") is a genre of [[Wikipedia:Japan|Japanese]] art and character design that prominently features animal-like fictional characters in human-like settings and situations. It is used widely in drawing, painting, [[manga]], [[anime]], and video game designs, many of which are popular in the rest of the world.

Human-like animal characters in the kemono genre are frequently called '''Jūjin''' ([[Wikipedia:Japanese language|Japanese]] 獣人 or じゅうじん "[[Therianthropy|therianthrope]]"; alternatively, these characters are also sometimes read as ''kemonobito'' "beast-human").

Their unique design differs from artist to artist, but in general they combine popular character design with animal traits deemed cute and endearing. However, most kemono character designs retain a fundamentally human character and personality, seldom acting like the real animals after which they are designed.

As such, kemono are usually shown living the way normal humans live in the same setting: speaking normal language, wearing normal clothes, eating normal food, living in normal homes, in ways that blur their distinction from ordinary humans.

== Kemono and furry ==

Though based on very different cultural ideals, kemono and [[furry fandom]] on the Internet can occasionally overlap, both geographically and in influence. Some kemono artists appeal to both at the same time.

Due to similarity in subject matter, people interested in kemono art are also frequently interested in [[furry art]] (and vice versa.)

== See also ==

* [[FANG (online community)]]
* [[Funny animal]]

== External links ==
[[Image:Censor NC17.png|right]]
''(This is a brief list of well-distinguished kemono websites on the Internet. These websites are all [[wikipedia:hyperlink|link]]-free or have been irrevocably permitted to be linked to by their webmasters. Most of the sites are written only in Japanese, and some may contain themes perceived as mildly adult in nature.)''

==== Communities ====

* [http://www.fang.or.jp/ 獣コミュニティ・FANG] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http%3A//www.fang.or.jp/ en] - FANG kemono community

==== Artists ====

* [http://exz.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ EXZ] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http%3A//exz.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ en] - ''RAVE CAVE'', [[EXZ]] official web page
* [http://wolf.fang.or.jp/kazuma/ 一馬 Kazuma] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http%3A//wolf.fang.or.jp/kazuma/ en] - ''BEAST SIDE BULL & BEAR'', [[Kazuma]]'s official web page
* [http://ww81.tiki.ne.jp/~kurotani/ 玄谷狂屈 Kyōkutsu Kurotani] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http%3A//ww81.tiki.ne.jp/%7Ekurotani/ en] - [[Kyōkutsu Kurotani]]'s official web page
* [http://www6.big.or.jp/~matsu/ SATORU] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http%3A//www6.big.or.jp/%7Ematsu/ en] - ''Dragon's flagon'', [[Satoru]]'s official web page
* [http://www.geocities.jp/seki6718/forest/ Jinroh] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http%3A//www.geocities.jp/seki6718/forest/ en] [Dead link]
* [http://www17.cds.ne.jp/~rankasu/ 杉野大雅 Taiga Sugino] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http%3A//www17.cds.ne.jp/%7Erankasu/ en] [Dead link]
* [http://yanusi.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ 大地千尾 Seno Daichi] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http%3A//yanusi.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ en]
* [http://chad-f.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ Chad Falseface] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http%3A//chad-f.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ en]
* [http://toraiwa.cside21.com/ 虎岩もとい Motoi Toraiwa] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http%3A//toraiwa.cside21.com/ en] [Error: shows "Forbidden" message]
* [http://www.interq.or.jp/dog/kazao/nk.html 二木　かざお Kazao Niki] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http%3A//www.interq.or.jp/dog/kazao/nk.html en] [404 error not found]
* [http://lieferant.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ North] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http%3A//lieferant.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ en] [403 Forbidden access]
* [http://www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/~pnd-h/ ぱんだ林屋 Panda Hayashiya] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http%3A//www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/%7Epnd-h/ en]
* [[Dr. Comet]] [http://www.kurumi.sakura.ne.jp/~kemono/html/menu.htm site]

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