User:ShyAndroid/sandbox/iCharaCall - Revision history

ShyAndroid at 23:39, 30 December 2025

2025-12-30T23:39:45Z

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	'''''iCharaCall''''' ('''iキャラコール''') was a collaboration between Takara and KLab released in early 2004 ~~for Japanese feature phones~~, its release coinciding with the release of the FOMA 900i series of phones by Docomo. It was a site which offered chara-den, characters that would stand in for the user in a way that emulated a voice call, with different ~~expressions~~ that could be toggled using the numpad. Optimus Prime and Megatron were both available.		'''''iCharaCall''''' ('''iキャラコール''') was a collaboration between Takara and KLab released in early 2004, its release coinciding with the release of the FOMA 900i series of phones by Docomo. It was a site which offered chara-den, characters that would stand in for the user in a way that emulated a voice call, with different emotions that could be toggled using the numpad. Some chara-den also came with special actions like dances. There were 20 characters available at the site's launch, with more being made available later on. Several Takara properties got their own chara-den, including [[Licca Kayama\|Licca-chan]], [[Choro-Q]], and of course, ''Transformers''.<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=\|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20060105145318/http://www.klab.org/press/2004/pdf/040409_j.pdf\|name=KLab\|site=\|title=
	<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=\|link=https://www.itmedia.co.jp/mobile/articles/0401/23/news065.html\|name=後藤祥子\|site=ITMedia Mobile\|title=「動きの滑らかさを見てください」～タカラ＋Kラボの“キャラ電”\|year=2004\|month=1\|day=23\|(defunct=)}}</ref>		TV電話でキャラが動いて気持ちを伝えるキャラ電の専門サイト「キャラコール」にチョロQが登場\|year=2004\|month=4\|day=9\|(defunct=)}}</ref> Optimus Prime and Megatron were both available within the site's initial selection of chara-den.<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=\|link=https://www.itmedia.co.jp/mobile/articles/0401/23/news065.html\|name=後藤祥子\|site=ITMedia Mobile\|title=「動きの滑らかさを見てください」～タカラ＋Kラボの“キャラ電”\|year=2004\|month=1\|day=23\|(defunct=)}}</ref>



	The service had a monthly fee of 315 yen. https://k-tai.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/18439.html		The service had a monthly fee of 315 yen. https://k-tai.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/18439.html

ShyAndroid at 23:18, 30 December 2025

2025-12-30T23:18:48Z

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	~~NOTE~~: ~~NAME PENDING A REVIEW FROM SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY SPEAKS JAPANESE, JUST A PLACEHOLDER FOR NOW BASED ON WHAT GOOGLE TRANSLATE SPITS OUT. Original name is iキャラコール.~~		note to self: get someone who understands japanese to proofread after

	iCharaCall (iキャラコール) was a collaboration between Takara and KLab released in 2004 for Japanese feature phones ~~(note exact model availability here)~~ It offered chara-den, characters that would stand in for the user in a way that emulated a voice call.		'''''iCharaCall''''' ('''iキャラコール''') was a collaboration between Takara and KLab released in early 2004 for Japanese feature phones, its release coinciding with the release of the FOMA 900i series of phones by Docomo. It was a site which offered chara-den, characters that would stand in for the user in a way that emulated a voice call, with different expressions that could be toggled using the numpad. Optimus Prime and Megatron were both available.
			<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=\|link=https://www.itmedia.co.jp/mobile/articles/0401/23/news065.html\|name=後藤祥子\|site=ITMedia Mobile\|title=「動きの滑らかさを見てください」～タカラ＋Kラボの“キャラ電”\|year=2004\|month=1\|day=23\|(defunct=)}}</ref>

	~~Optimus Prime and Megatron were both available~~.		The service had a monthly fee of 315 yen. https://k-tai.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/18439.html

			==References==

	~~The service had a monthly fee of 315 yen. https://k-tai.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/18439.html~~		{{Reflist}}

	==Sources==		==Sources==

ShyAndroid: ok there's enough here for at least a short article i reckon. it's drafting time!

2025-12-30T22:34:32Z

ok there's enough here for at least a short article i reckon. it's drafting time!

New page

NOTE: NAME PENDING A REVIEW FROM SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY SPEAKS JAPANESE, JUST A PLACEHOLDER FOR NOW BASED ON WHAT GOOGLE TRANSLATE SPITS OUT. Original name is iキャラコール.

iCharaCall (iキャラコール) was a collaboration between Takara and KLab released in 2004 for Japanese feature phones (note exact model availability here) It offered chara-den, characters that would stand in for the user in a way that emulated a voice call.

Optimus Prime and Megatron were both available.

The service had a monthly fee of 315 yen. https://k-tai.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/18439.html

==Sources==

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sswinoaZMcg
https://www.itmedia.co.jp/mobile/articles/0401/23/news065.html
https://k-tai.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/16936.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20060204050751/http://www.klab.org/press/2004/040206.html (note: link pdf versions for klab articles maybe, since they don't suffer from broken images)
https://web.archive.org/web/20050308223445/http://www.klab.org/press/2003/031218.html