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The furry fandom is a subculture interested in fictional anthropomorphic animal characters with human personalities and characteristics. Examples of anthropomorphic attributes include exhibiting human intelligence and facial expressions, the ability to speak, walk on two legs, and wear clothes. Furry fandom is also used to refer to the community of people who gather on the Internet and at furry conventions. ==History== According to fandom historian Fred Patten, the concept of ''furry'' originated at a science fiction convention in 1980, when a character drawing from Steve Gallacci’s ''Albedo Anthropomorphics'' started a discussion of anthropomorphic characters in science fiction novels. This led to the formation of a discussion group that met at science fiction conventions and comics conventions. The specific term ''furry fandom'' was being used in fanzines as early as 1983, and had become the standard name for the genre by the mid-1990s, when it was defined as "the organized appreciation and dissemination of art and prose regarding 'Furries', or fictional mammalian anthropomorphic characters." However, fans consider the origins of furry fandom to be much earlier, with fictional works such as ''Kimba, The White Lion'' released in 1965, Richard Adams' novel ''Watership Down'', published in 1972 (and its 1978 film adaptation), as well as Disney's ''Robin Hood'' as oft-cited examples.〔 To distinguish these personae from seriously depicted animal characters, such as Lassie or Old Yeller, cartoon animals are referred to as ''funny animals''. During the 1980s, furry fans began to publish fanzines, developing a diverse social group that eventually began to schedule social gatherings. By 1989, there was sufficient interest to stage the first furry convention.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=WikiFur )〕 Throughout the next decade, the Internet became accessible to the general population and became the most popular means for furry fans to socialize. The newsgroup ''alt.fan.furry'' was created in November 1990, and virtual environments such as MUCKs also became popular places on the Internet for fans to meet and communicate. The furry fandom is male-dominated, with surveys reporting around 80% male respondents.〔〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Furry fandom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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