Mutsumi Madobe (窓辺むつみ)

Mutsumi Madobe
Name
Mutsumi Madobe
Original Name
窓辺むつみ
Universe/Origin
Debut
2009-10-3
Mascot of
Windows Vista
Designer

Hair Color
Eye Color

Characters, Mascots, Retired, Madobe Universe, 2009 Debut, From Japan

Mutsumi Madobe is a moe personification of Windows Vista and Nanami's older sister.

History

She seems to have been first mentioned in a Tweet from October 3, 2009 from the Nanami's account, and appears to have solely been characterized by her Tweets.

Mutsumi was never directly used for promotional purposes, though she was still mentioned in some Madobe Family Trees that have been distributed with some official merchandise. On April Fool's Day 2010, and sometimes later, Mutsumi was the one Tweeting instead of Nanami, with the #6me hashtag. Mutsumi appearing on April Fools Day became a running gag with her unexpected posts on April 1, 2012, 2013, and 2017.

There was initially no official artwork of her. Artist Sappappa made an unofficial interpretation of Mutsumi, inspired by the Tweets on April 20, 2010, which spawned some derivative artworks from a few other artists. The design gained enough traction to be featured in an Akiba PC Tweet mentioning a picture of a DVD cover titled Simple everyday life for you and Nanami. (あなたとななみに、シンプルな毎日を。) using it, though it is documented nowhere else and is certainly just a custom product.

The unofficial interpretation was then acknowledged with the only official artwork of her, a profile picture for her appearance in April 1, 2017, based on Sappappa's design.

Nanami and Mutsumi by Sappappa

Sappappa's Artwork.

Profile

The older sister of Nanami. Mutsumi is a little taller than her little sister and has larger breasts, possibly referring to the optimizations that reduced Windows 7's memory usage.

She likes eating gyudon.

Mutsumi prefers to not bother with old software and directly buy newer ones, possibly referring to Vista's compatibility issues at the time.

Quotes

おはようございます、むつみです。
Good morning, this is Mutsumi.
こんばんは、むつみです。
Good evening, this is Mutsumi.

— Mutsumi's recurring introduction when she Tweets instead of Nanami.

Trivia

Sources/References