Josh A. Stevens is a guest writer for Crunchyroll, a freelance PR with anime industry experience, and a writer at Anime UK News.
The pair were later succeeded by mascots for other Microsoft products and services, such as Touko for Windows 10.
The varied cast of Monster Musume also includes other examples of non-conventional moe anthropomorphism, like the spider-bodied Rachnera and cute dullahan Lala.