Bincho-tan (also Binchō-tan) is a mascot character, created by Japanese manga artist Takahito Ekusa and produced by game goods company Alchemist.
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The name is a play on words: binchōtan is a kind of charcoal, which is mainly used for cooking. However, -tan is a suffix created by the mispronunciation by young children of -san, that led to the suffix -chan. Relating to this dajare, the main cast is the moe anthropomorphic representations of different types of charcoal.
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An anime began airing in February 2006 that was produced by Studio Deen.