(Moé) Anthropomorphization and Hard Rock Park

So I recently came across this set of collectible pins with girls representing each of the “lands” of the new rock n’ roll theme park Hard Rock Park:

They are: “Cool Country,” the country-type music section of the park, “Born in the USA,” “Lost in the ’70s,” a wonderfully mod “British Invasion” girl, “Rock n’ Roll Heaven.”

(by the way…I am totally stoked about this park ^_^ because I LOVE ROCK and they also have a mod land.)

It really reminds me of moe anthropomorphization….

Moe anthropomorphization is the practice of drawing a “moe” (attractive and adorable) girl character to anthropomorphically represent a product, item, or concept. For example, the Fanta girls (the Fantanas). It is most commonly done in Japan among the anime nerd community (or officially with Chobits).  There’s a very very entertaining thread on the Lemmasoft forums where artists accept the challenge to “MAKE IT MOE!” and the results have encompassed everything from power drills to Mentos to a carrot.  There’s also the rare moe-hot-guy anthropomorph.

I suppose you could say a lot of my halloween costumes and little doodles of movie-me’s are sort of “girl versions” of stuff, it’s something somewhat related.