Discover Furries [english Subtitles] - Comment ça va bien ! - French emission released on January 29

Dora, we have to know, is a big fan of subcultures who might be major trends of tomorrow. She hunts on the Internet, she explains us here, it makes often debate, it sometimes borders on bad taste she tries in any case to make us share So Dora, who are your daily friends ? Well, I'm coming, here I am, Dora the Saint Bernard. - It was you ! Yes, it was me. I don't know when you used to be kids, you probably watched Disney movies with Winnie the Pooh, Robin Hood, etc... And you may have dreamed to attend these animals, talking, walking, anyway. These animals have a kind of human soul, for some, it becomes a reality, there is exactly a community who are fans of these animals who are near from a human character, this is "Furries", so do you already heard about... - "Furries" ? It comes from fur ? - Yes, exactly, it comes from fur. - The "Furry to live" as we say Stephane. - Definitely. - Well Edouard, I'm a so speechless. - Listen, I give it to you. - Please, don't. - I give it to you. Those furry people are fan of anthropomorphic animals, - Which means those are animals having a... - They carry a soul. - Yes, a human form. We're giving to animals a human soul. So they create a "fursona", it is... - A what ? - We call it a fursona, a disguise... - (untranslatable). A fursona could be an alter ego made with fur that we invent, we invent a name... - An entity. - An entity, exactly. - The fat unicorn is not a little creepy ? - It is called schizophrenia. No, not at all, it's not schizophrenia... Hold on. They have created an avatar, meaning another same, - Exactly, another same. - Who is an animal with a fur. - It's scary ! - Yes, it's an animal anthropomorphic Creating a character, it invents a name, it Designs it... - Wait Dora, who are those people ? - But it's mostly friends hanging out together... These are generally young people who just want to dress like this. I have figures: 84% are men and only 16% are women. - So it's a game of boy. - Yes, a game of boy on the whole. And so, 67% from this community comes from the United States against 15% in Europe - and 10% in Canada. - It's pretty well. It's a community very huge, there is also a site called "FurAffinity" bringing 750 000 users, meaning 750 000 furries. Often, you have a background in these subcultures that you present us. You have already tested it ? - Yes, I already been into... - What were you in a previous life ? - During a party I was a panda. - A panda ? Yes, a little panda, me I loved to be a panda in ballet skirt... - So it's... - I'll give her a ballet skirt... Exactly so, there is furry gatherings like this happening in different places in... Dora, is it... So we give a name, we baptize ourselves... I don't know, Dingo, Pluto, we give a weird name - like in cartoons ? - It depends. - Do we remove its desguise to chat with... - Of course ! - It means that... We're doing a furry convention, - It's weird ! - Yes. - What is it ? Breakfast to 8 am till... - Are we dancing, too ? - Until 7 pm, that's it ! - Talking about what ? - I've got a video to show you right now ! She shows us the video because we'd like to understand, before mocking. - Dora's friends ! - Exa... No(Laugh). - They're dancing ! - It's choreo time at 9 am. Yes, they all have a universe, they all have a character, they give a name, In the United States there is the "AnthroCon" Gathering 3 000 Furries each years doing the party like this so this is madness, I think this is funny - The suits are gorgeous. - Yes, there is beautiful suits. - I have to tell it, the suits are magnificent. Stephane says the same sentence everywhere, out of the opera he says "suits are gorgeous !" That time with psycho dressed dogs he says "the suits are gorgeous !" But look at them... I wouldn't dream of it but I find it quite nice anyway. it still exists since 66's, there was this animated cartoon named "Leo the King" who is a TV series of Japanese animation which is released in Japan. From that moment, people began to identify with this King Leo and it's from here with all Disney movies that people have been... - King Leo looks similar to the Lion King. - Yes, there's been much debate on that. Anyway, Disney could have plagiarized, but it's not the debate and the Furries are really inspired for example from Disney's Robin Hood, a huge reference.. So their inspiration could come from the cartoon's characters. We also find it in fashion Stephane, but it's not going to the mask. It's true, it's true. But they don't hurt anyone, honestly, this is the side a bit surprising of conventions. What's interesting is that in the 90's on internet, they could meet on forums and this is where this community began to grow up, and create born conventions. And then we don't have to judge because Dora, you tell us what's happening here, an universe which escapes us, underground, who is here, near to us.. - She just said she was a panda ! - Maybe your office colleague, if it is, desguises himself in the skin of an animal. - you know nothing. - And take part of those furries. We don't now. - Maybe you, maybe you... - She used to be a panda... C'mon crap ! I confess. Okay. I... I was taken in photo, Okay, I said it. Very well, thank you Dora, bravo, in any case it's debated.