LINE

**LINE** is a messaging app made by Line Corporation that is hugely popular in Japan and other Asian countries, notable for the unique stickers sent through the app, which are purchasable via the **LINE STORE**. Fancy Island/ふぁんしーあいらんど sells several sticker sets used with the app. The first sticker set, called the "Cat Show" stickers, was released on June 17th, 2015. The 1st Volume of the Horror Sticker sets was released on July 24th, 2015, and the 2nd Volume of Horror Stickers was released on September 28th, 2015. Each set of stickers are sold for 0.99 USD apiece.

### Cat Show/ねこショー

**"Cat Show"** (known as **"ねこショー"** in Japanese) was the first sticker set to be released, along with the release of a (private) promotional YouTube video about three days later. The YouTube video showed Nekoshow promoting the set in his bedroom with faint appearances of Eris throughout the video. The stickers in this set show images of Nekoshow doing several actions, including greeting, blushing, lying down, posing, waving, cheering, and dressing up. The description of the sticker set in English is: This is a sticker of cat character called "Cat Show" made by Fancy Island. The description in Japanese is: ふぁんしーあいらんど管理人が公開しているフラッシュアニメ「ねこショー」に登場する、シュールでどこか哀愁ただよう猫のスタンプ。

Nekoshow greeting someone. This sticker is also the cover art for the set.A coffee mug with some coffee in it, which has Nekoshow's head shaped in it with coffee cream.Nekoshow jumping forwards while blushing and opening his mouth.Nekoshow laying down on the ground.Nekoshow posing.Nekoshow getting ready to go to bed.Nekoshow waving.Nekoshow petting a smaller Nekoshow.Nekoshow cheering.Nekoshow doing a handstand with confetti in the background.Nekoshow wearing a strawberry shortcake costume posing with confetti in the background.Nekoshow dancing with some musical notes in the background.Nekoshow running while looking behind him.Nekoshow dressed as a superhero with a toy dinosaur in the background.Nekoshow dressing up in a pink costume.Nekoshow jumping forwards.Nekoshow running forwards while sweating.Nekoshow licking a blue popsicle.Nekoshow attempting to do push-ups while sweating and breathing out.Nekoshow jumping into a cardboard box that reads "OK".Nekoshow jumping into a cardboard box that reads "NO".Nekoshow sitting down.Nekoshow rapidly moving back and forth.Nekoshow being amazed.Nekoshow walking in front of the viewer with a black outline of his body around him.Nekoshow laughing.Nekoshow nervously laughing while sweating and putting one of his hands behind his back.A muscular version of Nekoshow acting angry with a slight shadow effect over his head.Nekoshow laying down while crying.Nekoshow kicking a small rock while walking sideways.Nekoshow crouching on his hands and knees.Nekoshow acting surprised.Nekoshow blushing.Nekoshow lazily laying on a couch with a small amount of drool coming out of his mouth.Nekoshow resting his head on a desk with a red pencil and book in front of him.Nekoshow rolling around.Nekoshow peeking from behind a wall.Nekoshow about to eat a fish.Nekoshow taking a bath.
### Fancy Island horror sticker/恐怖のふぁんしーあいらんどスタンプ

**"Fancy Island horror sticker"** (known as "**恐怖のふぁんしーあいらんどスタンプ**" in Japanese) is the 1st Volume of the 2 part "Fancy Island Horror Sticker" sets. Similar to the "Cat Show" stickers, a (private) YouTube video was released alongside the stickers. The stickers in this set show several of the characters performing various actions or making faces, or doing nothing in some stickers. The description of the sticker set in English is: This sticker is the scary character sticker of the "fancy island" The description in Japanese is: 『幻想空間ふぁんしーあいらんど』のおばけ達がスタンプになりました！ホラー系のスタンプなので少し怖いかもしれません。

Elusive making a peace gesture.Mandoreiku as some sort of lantern.Mimi crying on a desk.Shinitai-onna with a surprised expression.Hokora ni sumu te holding out a note while inside of a wooden shrine.Mimi with a worried expression.Namakubi no Onna wearing a white hoodie and sweating while sticking her tongue out.Yukan no Shonen pointing his finger up, having an idea.Elizabeth laughing with no blood coming out of her eyes.Ookamuro with a full body looking behind her.Konnichiwa hanging from the top of the sticker greeting someone. This is also the cover art for the set.Pieyama Pie-Man waving forwards.Three Nihonningyous getting ready for bed wearing pink pajamas.Yukie in her usual pose wearing a white shirt.Mimi celebrating with confetti in the background.Borei reaching out her hands wearing a white t-shirtObii Kubi as a barista serving a cup of coffee or tea.Yomi's usual appearance with a heart symbol next to her.Psychedelic with a black shirt reaching out her hands.Ichimatsuko with a slightly changed expression.404'san in a more chibi-like style.Tomato Onna without blood on her face pointing.Two Guardi-eyes, one appearing in front and one walking off.A ghost version of Nekoshow floating around with some wisps around him.Kageboshi holding up a red sign that reads "OK".Sanrenme with a full body and a black kimono saying, "NO!"A single Meezu with her normal expression, with the text "NOW LOADING..." right below her face.Mimi with a sad expression holding her wallet down.Genjitsu Tohi rubbing his eyes.Pieyama MK-2 about to eat noodles with chopsticks.Pieyama God at a desk about to drink some beer.Yukan no Shonen singing with a microphone.Akai Sukato no Onnanoko with her hand down.Konkon-san breaking through some glass.Yamiuchi Ji running rapidly.Nyami's usual appearance with Japanese lettering around her.Kubishime Onna reaching out her hands in pure darkness.Security with a body peeking out from a wall pointing.Mitsumeru Onna staring forwards.The Visitor begging for someone to help them escape from the spike trap found in Shoko.html.
### Fancy Island horror sticker 2/恐怖のふぁんしーあいらんどスタンプ2

**"Fancy Island horror sticker 2"** (known as **"恐怖のふぁんしーあいらんどスタンプ2"** in Japanese) is the third and final set, being the 2nd Volume of the 2 part "Fancy Island horror sticker" sets. Unlike the other sticker sets, no video came out to help promote this set, and little promotional material was created for the set. The sticker set features more advanced stickers, some including characters doing actions in full-fledged rooms. The description of the sticker set is: This is the Second edition. This sticker is the scary character sticker of the "Fancy Island" The description in Japanese is: 『幻想空間ふぁんしーあいらんど』に登場する、おばけ達のスタンプ第二弾。幽霊や妖怪、化け物等のオカルト系が好きな方にオススメな、ちょっと怖いホラー系スタンプ。

Pieyama God peeking behind a locked wooden door. This appears as the cover art for the set.Kubishime Onna, Yukie, and Elusive driving a black car with headlights resembling Aikokun.Konnichiwa blocking Kubishime Onna's way in her black car so she gets into a car crash.Kubishime Onna holding a white note that translates to "AAAAA" repeating.A realistic and possessed version of Mimi hiding her face.The realistic and possessed version of Mimi showing her face.Nihonningyou peeking out from behind a fusuma door.The fusuma door the Nihonningyou was peeking behind from but now closed.The phone found in the old version of Twinklegallery.html ringing.Obii Kubi with a body answering the phone.Tomato Onna at the other end of the phone call, wearing a red dress using a green phone.Kubi kushi waving from behind a door.Eris with a body reaching out her hands similar to Borei.Eris with a body sitting down at a desk with ice tea next to her.Yukan no Shonen with Akai Sukato no Onnanoko.3 images of Adogosu looking towards one direction, then looking slightly straight, then looking towards the same direction again.Futeki na Emi no Onna with a slightly different design wearing a black dress peeking from a wall.An Oshiroi wearing a white kimono.Elizabeth with black hair as a spirit laughing with tears coming out of her eyes.Konkon-san wearing a black jacket attempting to break through a door.A finger attempting to pop a green Puchipuchi.J-ker wearing a mask looking very stressed, she also wears a white school uniform.A miniature version of Eyedaddy.A Beam Eye shooting out a large beam with star effects.2 Babies spinning rapidly changing skin color.Pieyama God greeting someone with a black suit and black glasses.Crow with slightly shorter hair and bat wings.Betty with yellow hair laughing.A very different version of the Noh Mask laying sideways.The Noh Mask chasing the player through a blue hallway.The Gallery Master appearing through a porthole.A slightly different version of Nui Kuchi appearing through the same black porthole as the Gallery Master's sticker.Mitsumeru-me with hands reaching out of a red Windows XP box.Ima Socchi without the tumor in her mouth appearing in a TV.A shadow or sketch of Borei's face appearing on a wooden wall.The door found at the end of the Smpmoanzee1.html hallway with some shadow effects around it.Cursed Baby holding up a star.Elusive wearing a Halloween costume holding a pumpkin.An evil version of Santa's old appearance holding a gray present with tentacles coming out of it.Yukie with a white kimono finishing crafting the last of many Japanese voodoo dolls.
### Advertisements

While not a set, the stickers are promoted on several social sites such as Twitter, Pixiv, YouTube, and the developer's official website. On the website itself, several advertisements also appear, usually as an image linking to one of the sets.

The link to Volume 1 of the stickers.The link to Volume 2 of the stickers.The link to the Cat Show stickers.The full advertisement and link to the Cat Show stickers.An alternate version of the full Cat Show stickers advertisement.Another alternate version of the full Cat Show stickers advertisement, with the sticker of him dancing instead of the 3 stickers.A promotional poster of the Cat Show stickers found on Pixiv.A promotional poster of the stickers found in Volume 1 with a purple background and several of the characters in the stickers placed around the poster. This was only used on Pixiv.The smartphone version of the link to Volume 1 of the stickers.The smartphone version of the link to Volume 2 of the stickers.The smartphone version of the link to the Cat Show stickers.A full image of the stickers found in Volume 1, used to promote and sample the set.A full image of the stickers found in Volume 2, used to promote and sample the set.A full image of the Cat Show stickers, used to promote and sample the set.
## Trivia

* The game describes LINE as "The social network service "LINE" which is very used in Japan."
* According to the title of the 2nd promotional video and tweets from the creator, the stickers were a tribute to the Niconico Video and LINE user "mesasan." He was one of the first creators to make a gameplay video of Lomando.com and has created a LINE sticker set of his own.
* When Volume 1 of the Fancy Island Horror Stickers was released, it ranked in the Top 500 for the LINE sticker rankings.
* On the manager's website, the descriptions for the sets reveal a chart consisting of the application, review, and eventual approval to release each set of stickers.
	+ According to the charts, the 1st Volume for the Horror Stickers were reviewed on May 29th, 2015, but were released over two months later, with the Cat Show set releasing first.
	+ Additionally, the application for the Cat Show set was initially declined for unknown reasons, forcing the manager to retry the application.
* The creator confirmed on March 7th, 2023 via Twitter that there were no plans to create future sticker sets.

## References

1. ↑ Archive of Englishtop.html as of December 5th, 2023.
3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150926055751if\_/http://warotopi.shime-saba.com/150729.html
4. ↑ http://warotopi.shime-saba.com/lsticker.html
5. ↑ https://twitter.com/fancy\_island/status/1633139086558105600