Tanasinn

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is an Internet meme that originated on the 2channel BBS. What tanasinn is, exactly, cannot be explained very clearly, but it is frequently accompanied by a surrealistic atmosphere. Often characters called tanasinn are expressed by (and thus associated with) Shift_JIS art of a deteriorated Doraemon. It is said that it does not have a meaning; rather, it is not something to think AbOUT, but something to be felt. It is often used as kopipe on 2channel.

Around January 2004, on a news board, one person anonymously posted bizarre Shift_JIS art of Doraemon called “tanasinn”, so with that surrealism, the ambiguous art became known; the obscure meaning being unknown, these surreal posts generally came to be called like “feeling [the] tanasinn”.

What tanasinn may be

It has been said that tanasinn is or is composed of the following kinds of things:

  • A locationless, degenerating atmosphere that makes people feel anxious.
  • Symbols of the fundamental fear and awe of mankind’s senses facing the erosion.
  • There is another world and another spirit in the Internet, and it is changing the whole world’s form. We can always see tanasinn. tanasinn is never scared.
  • It is merely surrealistic things. However, surrealistic things that are not turned tanasinn as art on 2channel are not called tanasinn.
  • In a similar way to the Samejima incident, the real substance of it cannot be said for certain. (see MacGuffin)
  • “Don't think. Feel and you'll be tanasinn.”

Etymology of tanasinn

The meaning of the term “tanasinn” has yet to be proven; the producers themselves also do not attach any specific meaning to the name, and the surrealisticness brought about means that this is, perhaps the original intention. Also, it isn’t even known if is the correct reading. The following are speculation as to what the derivation might be.

  • The mathematical expression tan Asin N.
  • An abbreviation of .
  • An abbreviation of .
  • An abbreviation of (which doesn’t exist).
  • An abbreviation of (which doesn’t exist)
  • A mistype of fusianasan.
  • A mistype of .
  • A corruption of Japanese for .
  • A corruption of Japanese for .
  • The Tanashi area in the Tokyo metropolitan area (now actually Nishitōkyō).
  • An allusion to , a real-life electronics manufacturer.
  • The Japanized form of Greek mythology’s god of death, suffixed with .

Shift_JIS art

This Shift_JIS art of a deteriorated Doraemon was posted in a PC game board in a thread about Steam in 2003. It is sometimes called for this reason.

      ____ 
     /∵∴∵∴\ 
    /∵∴/∴∵\\ 
   /∵∴●∴∴.● |    
   |∵∵∵/ ●\∵|    tanasinn 
   |∵∵ /三 | 三| |   
   |∵∵ |\_|_/| |  
    \∵ | \__ノ .|/  
   / \|___/\ 

Currently, other various types of Shift_JIS art captioned “tanasinn” are posted. They do not just stay at deteriorated Doraemon; they also infect, encroach on, and deteriorate other various pieces of Shift_JIS art and give it the distinctive look of tanasinn.

 
                ___ 
                 /∵∴∵:\ 
              /∵∴∵∴∵:ヽ 
              i∵∴∵∴∵∴ | 
              |∵(・)∴∴(・)∵| 
            /i、∵ / ○ ヽ.∵ /\ 
           /∵ ヘ,:〈.三|三 〉:/∴:ヽ 
           _/∵∴. \ヽ.― / /∵∴:l 
           |/∵∴/ ̄ ̄~~~~ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄| 
         /∵∴/              | 
         l∵∴l                | 
         |∵∴|                   l 
         l∵∴l              / 
     .=-―‐‐l∵∴|-,,,_  ‐-,,,_      / 
   _,,;-‐=ニ二_i;;;;;;;;;;i_二ニ=-‐'''~ 
   ~'''‐-   ~"'''―-----―''' 
                              tanasinn 
         _._._._              __ 
        | | | | |.             |.|| 
       ) .  vヽ.          丿 ソ 
        ヽ   ノ__.       _/___/ 
       ノ____ノ∵∴∵ヽ     /:∴/ 
      /∴∵/:(・)∴.(・)ヽ   /∵:/ 
      /∵∴/∵/ ○\:l  ./:∴/ 
     /∴/:/:./三 | 三|:| /∵:/   tanasinn 
     /∵/:/∴| __|__ |:| /:∴/ 
    /∴/:/ヽ.:|  === .|ノ:∵:/ 
    /∵/:く∴:ヽ\__/∵∴/ 
           ━(〒)━ 
      ,. -─ '' "⌒'' ー- 、            __,,. -──- 、. 
    ./ ,r' ´  ̄ ̄ `'' ‐-r--、     r=ニフ´  ̄ ̄ ~`` ‐、 \ 
   /      ,r--‐''‐ 、.._,,二フ-、  ,. -‐゙ー-‐ ''、'ー--''-_、     \ 
 /       /     , '´    ,.イVヽ__     }ノ´二 -‐ヽ._    \ 
        {       i     >∴∴∴L    ,'ー 'ー ''´ ̄} 
         ト、     !.     〈∴∴∴/ }    /      ,.イ 
         ヽ、___ヽ、  ./\∴ /    ̄レ'   _, ‐' 
  、             " `,二ヽ!  /∴ .|      r''二  ̄ 
    ` ‐- 、..__,. -‐─┴─'  /∴∴|       ゙─‐'--''─- 、..___ ,.   
                  /∴∴ \ 
                 /∵∴∵∴\ 
                 /∵∴∵∴∵∴\ 
                /∵∴(・)∴∴.(・) | 
                |∵∵∵/ ○\∵| 
                |∵∵ /三 | 三| |   
                |∵∵ | __|__ | |   tanasinn 
                 \∵ |  === .|/ 
                  \|___/   
∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴ヽ 
∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴/ ̄∵∴∵∴∵∴∴∴∵ヽ 
∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴| ● |∴∵∴∵∴∵∵∵∴ヽ 
∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴ _/ ∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴ヽ 
∵∴∵/ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄   ,-‐-、 ∴ / ̄∴∵∵∴∵) 
∵∴/  \     /   ヽ∴| ● |∴∵∵∴ノ 
∵/   \ \    l    |   _/∴∵∴ ノ    
/   \ \     ゝ___,.ノ  |∴∵∴∵∴∵丿 
      \     /      |∴∵∴∵∴∵ノ 
           /       |∴∵∴∵∴丿 
     \   /     \   |∴∵∴∵∴ノ 
      \/     \ \ |∴∵∴∵ノ 
     \ \    \ \  |∴∵∴ノ 
     \\ \    \  /∴∵ノ 
                  // 
            ∴∵∴∵∴
              ∴∵∴∵∴∵
           ∴∵∴∵∴∵∵∴∵∴∵
       .∵∴∵:(・)∴∵∴∵∴∵
         ∴∵rミ ,○、:(・)∴∵∴∵
        ∴∵/  / ミ 〉∴∵∵
     ∴∵∴∵|  ̄\ /∴∵∴∵
      ∴∴∵∴.、`  /∴∵∴∵∴∵
    ri  ∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴
 __,! ヽ,∴∵∴∴tanasinn∵∴
三三  _{{∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵
  ̄ ~~∴∵∵∴∵∴∵∴==ュ
      ∴∵∴∵∴∵/,  !
       ∴∵∴∵  `^|.|.|jj
     ∴∵        .l.|.|
          ____ 
        /_ノ  ヽ、_\ 
 ミ ミ ミ  o゚((●)) ((●))゚o      ミ ミ ミ   tanasinn.......... 
/⌒)⌒)⌒. ::::::⌒(__人__)⌒:::\   /⌒)⌒)⌒) 
| / / /     |r┬-|    | (⌒)/ / / //  だっておwwwwwwwww 
| :::::::::::(⌒)    | |  |   /  ゝ  :::::::::::/ 
|     ノ     | |  |   \  /  )  / 
ヽ    /     `ー'´      ヽ /    /     バ 
 |    |   l||l 从人 l||l      l||l 从人 l||l  バ   ン 
 ヽ    -一''''''"~~``'ー--、   -一'''''''ー-、    ン 
  ヽ ____(⌒)(⌒)⌒) )  (⌒_(⌒)⌒)⌒)) 
          ____. . . . . . . . . . . . . 
       /_ノ  ヽ、_∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴ : : : . . 
 ミ ミ ミ  o゚((●)∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵(・)∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∵∴∵∴ . . 
/⌒)⌒)⌒. ::::::⌒(__∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵: : : ‥ 
.     | ∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴‥        ‥∵∴ : : . 
| / / / ∴∵∴∵∴∵(・)∵∴ :    ○ 三 
| :::::::∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵‥  三  \___   ∴(・)∴∵∴ : : .     tanasinn.......... 
ヽ   ∵/∴∵∴∵(・)∴∵∴∵∴ : .     ̄=== ‥∴∵∴ : : ‥ 
 |  ∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴∵∴ : ‥ 
    |
    |
    |
    |  ('A`)
   / ̄ノ( ヘヘ ̄ ̄ ̄
    |            ・  . ・
    |         三    三
    |            ̄ ̄
    |  ('A`)
   / ̄ノ( ヘヘ ̄ ̄ ̄
    |
    |          (・)   (・)
    |              ○
    |            三 | 三
    |            __|__
    |            ===
    |
    |  (   ')
   / ̄ノ( ヘヘ ̄ ̄ ̄
    |
    |        ∴∵∵∵∵∴
    |       ∴∵(・)∴∴(・)∵
    |       ∵∵ / ○\∵∵
    |      ∵∵∵/三 | 三|∵∵
    |       ∵∵∵| __|__ |∵∵ tanasinn
    |      ∵∵∵|  === .|∵∵
    |       .∴∵ \__/∴∵
    |  (   ゚)     ━(〒)━
   / ̄ノ( ヘヘ ̄ ̄ ̄

Things with a tanasinn-like worldview

  • http://www.oculart.com/
  • http://www.namaiki.com/
  • EarthBound – The environment of Moonside and Magicant.
  • Mother 3 – The feeling of the Tanehineri Island hallucination.
  • Metal Gear Solid 2 – The speech and conduct of the captain in the second half of the game.
  • Boku no Natsuyasumi – On August 32 in the game, (accessible through a glitch).
  • Tai Sui – In this branch of Chinese folklore, there is a lump of flesh with many eyes.
  • Tanishige Motonobu – On account of his family name's being pronounced similarly, there are also Shift_JIS art of "deteriorated Tanishige" posted together with tanasinn.
  • Yumenikki
  • Tool

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