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NieA 7
, also known as ''NieA under 7'', is a doujinshi manga series created by graphic designer Yoshitoshi ABe and later published by Kadokawa Shoten on their monthly ''Shōnen'' magazine ''Monthly Ace Next'' from October 1999 to January 2001. The manga revolves around a poor, introverted student named Mayuko Chigasaki, who lives above a Japanese bathhouse, and a freeloading and freewheeling outcast alien named NieA, who lives in Mayuko's closet. The manga is adapted into a 13-episode anime series by Triangle Staff and aired on WOWOW from April 16 to July 19, 2000. Much of the anime's staff also worked on ''Serial Experiments Lain'', as producer Yasuyuki Ueda suggested the team work on a lighter anime as relief from the dark, heavily psychological ''Lain''. The character Chiaki, a UFO fanatic, shares a name with Chiaki J. Konaka, the script writer for ''Lain''. Plot Set in a retro-future setting, the series revolves around Mayuko Chigasaki, a high school graduate who goes to cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triangle Staff
was a Japanese animation studio established in 1987 from former Madhouse staff, producing series such as ''Macross Plus'', ''Serial Experiments Lain'', and ''NieA_7''. The studio ceased operations in 2000, when they were set to do the animation production on '' WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3''. History Triangle Staff was established in 1987 from Yoshimi Asari (Japanese: 浅利義美) in Ogikubo, Tokyo. The company initially produced OVA, and later began producing anime television series in collaboration with TV Tokyo. In 1998, the company released Serial Experiments Lain, receiving the Excellent Award from the animation division of the Japan Media Arts Festival (Japanese: 文化庁メディア芸術祭アニメーション部門). In March 1999, Katsumi Yamaguchi (Japanese: 山口克巳), an animator from the company, established his own animation studio PALM (Japanese: パルム). Later in December 2000, the animators Masajiro Yasube (Japanese: 安部正次郎) and Takeshi Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |