fan service
n.— «I think the movie was made for fan service and/or to investigate the potential market for bigger project.» —“Re: Silent Mobius” by tkim@sdcc6.ucsd.edu (Tonghyun Kim) Usenet: rec.arts.anime Nov. 15, 1991. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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