Fanservice

Quick meaning: Fanservice is a noun meaning (fandom slang, idol fandom) Special interactions from idols to their fans.

Meaning

(fandom slang, idol fandom) Special interactions from idols to their fans.

More Meanings

1. (fandom slang) Elements added to a television program or similar entertainment that appeal to avid fans but are of little interest to outsiders.
2. (fandom slang, chiefly ACG, often derogatory) The inclusion in a work of fiction of material, especially of a racy or sexual nature, which may or may not have relevance to the storyline and is designed merely to excite the viewer.

Example Sentences

And because of that soy sauce, girls can get one of the few fanservice shots made for women in the entire history of the Ranma 1/2 series.

Fanservice is when group members interact with fans by taking their phones, accept gifts thrown on stage and acknowledge the people in the crowd.

For as much as the game is about Grady, it's also about tying up loose ends from the other games. If you're a veteran, prepare to be in hog heaven with the fanservice present.

The key to success for Minecraft or other films based on video games, says the veteran studio executive, is “fan service”—paying attention to the details that attracted the audience in the first place and resisting the temptation to force it into the conventions of a traditional movie.

Word Forms

• fan service

Synonyms for fanservice

Depending on context, synonyms include fanwank.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fanwank, fanstuff, fakefan, fanspeak, mediafan, fanon.

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