メカ娘 メカ少女 兵器擬人化 艦船擬人化 オリジナル艦娘 MS少女 機娘 机娘 機甲娘 メカバニー
The anthropomorphization of hardware of all kinds (mecha) as cute girls (musume). Popular for military hardware, but also cars, trains, videogame consoles etc. Closely related to the [[OS-tan]] phenomenon.

For [[Shimada Fumikane]]'s "Mecha Musume in the narrower sense", use [[Konami Mecha Musume]] tag. (See also "its Japanese Wikipedia page":[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%AB%E5%A8%98].)

h4. Mecha musume series and brands

* [[Alice Gear Aegis]]
* [[Busou Shinki]]
* [[Frame Arms Girl]]
* [[Infinite Stratos]]
* [[Kantai Collection]]
* [[Strike Witches]]

h4. See also

* [[Mecha danshi]] (male counterpart)
* [[Exoskeleton]]
* [[Power armor]]
* [[Mechanization]]
* [[Personification]]


h4. External links

* "Wikipedia: Mecha Musume":[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecha_Musume]
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