About
Renamon is a Digimon from the series Digimon which resembles an anthropomorphic fox. The character has become an icon of the furry fandom.
Origin
Renamon first appeared in the Digimon Tamers series of the Digimon franchise, which aired in Japan in April of 2001.[1] In the series, it became the companion of the character Rika Nonaka after being wished to.[2] Although originally cold and distant, their relationship grew over the course of the series. Although it is considered a rookie Digimon, therefore having other more powerful forms, Renamon is most commonly seen in its basic form.
Spread
Renamon has become very popular within the furry fandom and is one of the most notable Digimon and furry characters to date. Many Renamon works can be found on a variety of websites; DeviantArt alone hosts over 27,000 images tagged as Renamon.[3] The furry site FurAffinity hosts over 9,000 works tagged as Renamon, the earliest of which was uploaded in 2005.[4] The word Renamon appears over 40,000 times on FurAffinity as well. The furry booru e621 contains over 5,000 images tagged under Renamon, and the character is even mentioned on the site’s help page.[5][6] On both FurAffinity and e621, Renamon takes up the majority of Digimon fanart, with over half and two-thirds on respectively e621 and FurAffinity as of May 25th, 2015 (shown below).
An Urban Dictionary definition for Renamon was created in 2006 which describes it as “A sexy digimon from the TV show Digimon”; this definition has over 400 upvotes.[7] It has had an entry on WikiFur since 2008.[8] In 2010, a GMod video creator DasBoSchitt created and released an animation focusing on Renamon after receiving a complaint about the character’s portrayal in a previous video; this animation has been viewed over 800,000 times. In 2015, the ScrewAttack series One-Minute Melee released a video featuring a hypothetical fight between Renamon and the Pokémon Lucario, which garnered over 700,000 views in one month.
Example Images
