Characters are often characterized as a waifu or husbando, where fans develop serious attractions and relationships with fictional animated characters.
The concept of repurposed, often sexually suggestive animated characters stems from fandom culture, where fans of popular anime and manga stories fantasize and dramatize their favorite characters into fan fiction stories.
Now a Chinese automaker wants to take it to the next level, offering holographic anime character personal assistants in the new Bestune T77 crossover.
Automakers have struggled with infotainment systems for years, only recently landing on systems that are straightforward and intuitive.