Citations:toonophilia

Noun: "sexual and/or romantic attraction to fictional characters from animated media"

 * 1998, Kevin S. Sandler, Reading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation, page 251:
 * The term "animatophilia" resonates with the terms “furryphilia” and “toonophilia” which fans use, though their usage includes the connotation of sexual attraction to the characters as well.
 * 2014, Lhendup G. Bhutia, "Strip Tease", OPEN Magazine, 11 August 2014, page 57:
 * According to some psychologists, there are people who are attracted to cartoon characters, and that this type of fetish is called 'schediaphilia' (also referred to as 'toonophilia').
 * 2015, Blythe Woolston, MARTians, unnumbered page:
 * I'm not an Otakusexual — although I respect toonophilia as a sexually responsible choice.
 * 2017, Morag A. Yule, Lori A. Brotto, & Boris B. Gorzalka, "Sexual Fantasy and Masturbation Among Asexual Individuals: An In-Depth Exploration", Archives of Sexual Behavior, Volume 46 (2017), page 323:
 * We did not ask specifically about schediaphilia (also known as toonophilia; Griffiths, 2012), or sexual attraction to animated cartoon or anime characters.
 * 2020, Ana Matilde Sousa, "She's Not Your Waifu; She's an Eldritch Abomination: Saya no uta and Queer Antisociality in Japanese Visual Novels", Mechademia: Second Arc, Volume 13, Number 1, Fall 2020:
 * This inhumanity is most evident in the case of pornographic visual novels (or eroge, or bishōjo games), whose toonophilia
 * 2021, Patrick W. Galbraith, The Ethics of Affect: Lines and Life in a Tokyo Neighborhood, page 13:
 * And then, if the cartooning is “realistic” or “cartoony,” if attraction to that image reflects “virtual pedophilia” or “toonophilia,” and so on.
 * 2017, Morag A. Yule, Lori A. Brotto, & Boris B. Gorzalka, "Sexual Fantasy and Masturbation Among Asexual Individuals: An In-Depth Exploration", Archives of Sexual Behavior, Volume 46 (2017), page 323:
 * We did not ask specifically about schediaphilia (also known as toonophilia; Griffiths, 2012), or sexual attraction to animated cartoon or anime characters.
 * 2020, Ana Matilde Sousa, "She's Not Your Waifu; She's an Eldritch Abomination: Saya no uta and Queer Antisociality in Japanese Visual Novels", Mechademia: Second Arc, Volume 13, Number 1, Fall 2020:
 * This inhumanity is most evident in the case of pornographic visual novels (or eroge, or bishōjo games), whose toonophilia
 * 2021, Patrick W. Galbraith, The Ethics of Affect: Lines and Life in a Tokyo Neighborhood, page 13:
 * And then, if the cartooning is “realistic” or “cartoony,” if attraction to that image reflects “virtual pedophilia” or “toonophilia,” and so on.