A promotional image for Anna Miller's, featuring the trademark uniform.

Anna Miller's is a chain of restaurants in Hawaii and Japan. The first branch opened in 1973 in Hawaii; most of their expansion since has been in Japan. Their fare is roughly analogous to the American Marie Callender's or Denny's chain; the chain is known for their breakfast selection and even more known for their desserts such as pie and cheesecake. Image File history File links Annamillersart. ... Image File history File links Annamillersart. ... Toms Restaurant, a restaurant in New York made familiar by Suzanne Vega and the television sitcom Seinfeld For other uses, see Restaurant (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Marie Callenders is a chain of about 160 restaurants located in the western United States. ... Dennys is the largest upscale full-service family restaurant chain in the United States. ... Breakfast is a meal, preceding lunch or dinner and usually eaten in the morning. ... A selection of desserts Dessert is a course that typically comes at the end of a dinner, usually consisting of sweet food but sometimes of a strongly-flavored one, such as some cheeses. ... This article is about the baked good, for other uses see Pie (disambiguation). ... Polish Cheesecake A cheesecake is a sweet, cheese-based dessert. ...

The chain is also famous in Japan for their waitress uniforms, which are "as recognizable to Japanese as the Playboy Bunny is to Americans". These consist of a white blouse; an orange or pink miniskirted jumper-style dress, with the waistline cut underneath the breasts; a matching apron; and a heart-shaped name tag. A waiter is a person who waits on tables, often at a restaurant. ... A uniform is a set of standard clothing worn by members of an organisation whilst participating in that organisations activity. ... Bunny Girl costume A model wears the Bunny Girl costume A Playboy Bunny was a female server at the Playboy Clubs (open 1960–1988). ... A miniskirt The miniskirt is a skirt with a hemline well above the knees (generally 2cm below the ass level). ... An example of a girls jumper A jumper dress or simply jumper (British English: pinafore dress, pinafore, pinny), is a sleeveless, collarless dress intended to be worn over a blouse or sweater. ...

There is a segment of Japanese male otaku who are particularly enthusiastic about the Anna Miller's waitresses as they find the uniforms cute. They often use the abbreviation "anmira" affectionately. Because of the enthusiasm of this particular young male demographic it has been suggested that many patronize the restaurant for the waitresses, rather than the food. Overweight, unkempt, bespectacled and fantasizing about an anime heroine--a popular otaku stereotype. ... Example of several Japan Post mascot characters on official postage stamps. ... A demographic or demographic profile is a term used in marketing and broadcasting, to describe a demographic grouping or a market segment. ...

The girls themselves are usually in the range of 18 to 25 years old. This has lead some to draw comparisons between Anna Miller's and Hooters. The recognizable icon of the Anna Miller's waitress is of such popularity among those in Japanese fandom that they have become a popular subject of cosplay. Hooters Calendar Girl Melissa Poe in traditional orange and white uniform Hooters is the trade name of two privately held American restaurant chains: Hooters of America, Inc based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Hooters, Inc. ... Fandom (from the noun fan and the affix -dom, as in kingdom, dukedom, etc. ... Cosplayers Cosplay ), a contraction (or portmanteau) of the English words costume and play, is a Japanese subculture centered on dressing as characters from manga, anime, tokusatsu, and video games, and, less commonly, Japanese live action television shows, fantasy movies, or Japanese pop music bands. ...

Some characters from the video game series Variable Geo (and its anime spinoff) wear waitress uniforms from Anna Miller's during battle, where the restaurant is called "Hanna Miller's". Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a cultural phenomenon. ... Variable Geo is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System two dimensional fighting game similar to Street Fighter with a cast of females in various uniforms, a catgirl, bunnygirl, maid and others. ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Speigel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) Anime ) (IPA pronunciation: in Japanese, but typically or in English) is an abbreviation of the word animation. Outside Japan, the term most popularly refers to animation... A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ...

The character Nanasawa Kimiko from the webcomic Megatokyo works as a waitress at an Anna Miller's restaurant in Tokyo, Japan. For other uses, see Megatokyo (disambiguation). ...

In the anime series Excel Saga, Excel and Hyatt work in a cafe wearing Anna Miller's waitress uniforms. Excel Saga is a manga series by Rikudou Koushi and a comedy anime based on it and directed by Shinichi Watanabe. ...

External links

• Anna Miller's The official Japanese home page in Japanese.
• Anna Miller's Internet Shopping Official Anna Miller's online internet shop in Japanese.
• A visit to Anna Miller's An English-language account of a foreigner's visit to an Anna Miller's restaurant.