About

Ai Tenogoal (Japanese: アイ・テノゴール, Ai Tenogōru) is a moe gijinka character for an American Toy Battle Dome (バトルドーム). In similar vein to Hakata-san, this character is the mascot of the MAD video fad for the toy in the Japanese video sharing service Nico Nico Douga (NND).

Origin

In the end of 2008, the 90's Japanese TVCMs for Battle Dome became to a popular visual resource for MAD videos on NND, and Nico Nico Pedia's article for the toy was made in November of that year.^[1] The gijinka character for the toy was suddenly born in the comment board for the article which has Oekaki^[2] applet. The first illustration was posted to there by an anonymous user on May 3rd, 2009.^[3]

Spread

Under the influence of the catch copy uttered in the Japanese TVCMs for the toy "Ultra Excitin'!" (超! エキサイティン!!), this blond-haired American girl with no name became to be often characterize as an almost-naked girl. Then, the summer issue of quarterly battle dome MAD video ranking video asked the fan community for her official name in July of that year^[4], and Ai Tenogoal, a pun for “Aite no Goal” (lit. "Opponent’s Goal"), was chosen from the nominations and announced in the autumn issue published on October 1st.^[5] Since then, her likeness has spawn fan-art on the art-sharing sites pixiv^[6], Nico Nico Seiga^[7] and the Oekaki board^[8] in her Nico Nico Pedia's article^[9], and has also been promptly featured in many MAD videos.^[10]

Various Examples

Videos

Illustrations

Search Interest

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