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Popotan
is a Japanese eroge, adult visual novel developed by Petit Ferret with character creation, character designs by Akio Watanabe under the alias Poyoyon Rock. It was originally released as a Personal computer game, PC game for CD-ROM on December 13, 2002, and subsequently re-released on DVD-ROM and for the PlayStation 2 with certain scenes removed. The title ''Popotan'' is a nonsensical word meant to reflect the prominence of dandelions, spelled in Japanese language, Japanese;In the Japanese language, nouns do not have a separate form in the plural. Petit Ferret also produced a fan disc shortly before the DVD-ROM re-release. ''Popotan'' has been adapted to other media, including a novel series (''Popotan～ Himitsu no Jumon～ Kōhen'') by Sassami Yachiruda; a manga series by Yūjiro Izumi; a twelve episode anime television series directed by Shinichiro Kimura, animated by Shaft (company), Shaft, and licensed in North America by Geneon Entertainment, Geneon USA and later, Sen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akio Watanabe
is a Japanese animator, illustrator, character designer, supervisor, director, dōjin artist and a member of the circle . His pseudonym is . He worked with Akiyuki Shinbo at Shaft. His representative works include key animation for ''Popotan'', and character design for '' Nurse Witch Komugi'', ''The SoulTaker'' and ''Monogatari''. Works Under the name Akio Watanabe Anime * '' Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko'' (character design) * ''The SoulTaker'' (character design) * '' Nurse Witch Komugi'' (character design) * '' Magical Canan'' (character design) * '' Hoshizora Kiseki'' (director, script, character design, storyboard, animation direction, color design) * ''Monogatari'' (chief animation director, character design) * ''The World God Only Knows'' (character design) * '' Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream'' (original character design) * '' Etotama'' (original character design) * '' Zaregoto'' (character design) * ''Fireworks'' (character design) * '' Higurashi When They Cry - Gou and Sot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsutoshi Kubota
is Japanese painter, color designer, producer, and the current president of Shaft. Career Kubota began his career in the anime industry as a cel painter for the 1981 film '' Furiten-kun'' as a sub-contractor with painting studio Shaft, which had been founded in 1975 by Hiroshi Wakao. The next year, he debuted as a color designer ''Hitotsuboshi-ke no Ultra Baasan'' (1982–1983). From then until 1995, Kubota mainly served as a cel painter, color specifier, clean-up inspector, and clean-up artist In 1995, Kubota moved up to production management, which began with Shaft's first original series: ''Juuni Senshi Bakuretsu Eto Ranger''. The year after, Kubota and Shaft were approached by Triangle Staff and Ryūtarō Nakamura to produce the second episode of their '' Legend of Crystania: The Chaos Ring'' OVA series, which the studio and Kubota accepted the offer to. In 2000, he started serving as a producer for Shaft's own series. In 2004, Shaft-founder Hiroshi Wakao retired as presid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaft (company)
Shaft (stylized as SHAFT; ja, 株式会社シャフト, Hepburn: ), also known as Shaft Animation Studio, is a Japanese animation studio headquartered in Suginami, Tokyo, and founded in 1975. Since 2004, the studio's productions have been broadly influenced by director Akiyuki Shinbo, whose visual style and avant-garde cinematography are featured in works including '' Hidamari Sketch'' (2007), '' Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei'' (2007), the '' Monogatari'' series (2009–2019), '' Puella Magi Madoka Magica'' (2011), ''Nisekoi'' (2014), and '' March Comes In Like a Lion'' (2016). History 1975–1984: Early sub-contracting work Shaft was founded as a yūgen-gaisha on September 1, 1975, by ex-Mushi Production employee Hiroshi Wakao. Much of the company's early work was sub-contracting work for larger animation studios, which includes credits to cel painting and color coordination work, such as with ''Brave Raideen'' (1975–76), and occasionally credits as an assistant production st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinichiro Kimura
is a Japanese anime storyboard artist and director from Hiroshima Prefecture. His nickname is , a shortened version of his name. Kimura graduated from Osaka University of Arts with a major in oil painting. He enrolled in a fine arts college to get a teaching certificate in art. While in school, he was a member of CAS, an animation research society, and was classmates with animation director Takao Kado. After graduating, he worked at Studio World. Formerly an animator, he first worked as a director on an adult work, and has been working as a director ever since. He began his career as a storyboard artist and director, and made his directorial debut in 1998 with ''Burn-Up Excess''. Some of his best-known works as a director include '' Hand Maid May'' (2000) and ''A Little Snow Fairy Sugar'' (2001). Filmography As Director *''Burn-Up Excess'' (1998) *'' Weiß Kreuz Verbrechen & Strafe'' (1999) *'' Hand Maid May'' (2000) *''A Little Snow Fairy Sugar'' (2001) *'' Cosplay Complex'' (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BS-TBS
is a Japanese satellite broadcasting station headquartered in Akasaka Gochome, Minato, Tokyo. Its channel name is BS-TBS (formerly, BS-i). It is a member television station of Japan News Network. Channels *Television: BS-TBS is assigned BS161ch - 163ch. *Radio: BS-i had been assigned 461ch, 462ch, and was closed on September 30, 2005. - TBS Radio & Communications had been produced. *Data: BS-TBS is assigned BS766ch, BS768ch, but BS768ch is not being used now. History *November, 1998 - founded. *June, 2000 - JDC was renamed . *December 1, 2000 - BS-i started broadcasting. *July, 2004 - BS-i moved its headquarters from ''TBS Hoso Kaikan'' to ''TBS Broadcast Center 15th fl.'' *September 30, 2005 - BS-i closed satellite radio broadcasting. *April 1, 2009 - BS-i, Incorporated was renamed to its current name BS-TBS, Incorporated. Programs *General programs **A number of programs which TBS broadcasts are also broadcast on BS-TBS. *Anime programs **Anime produced by BS-TBS are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jukki Hanada
is a Japanese anime screenwriter and light novelist. His grandfather is essayist and literary critic Kiyoteru Hanada, who also gave him his first name. Screenwriting * series head writer denoted in bold Television series *''Jankenman'' (1992) *''Yoyo no Neko Tsumami'' (1992) * ''Tanoshii Willow Town'' (1994) * ''Slayers'' (1995) * ''Slayers Next'' (1996) *''Chobits'' (2002) * ''Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi'' (2002) *'' Mahoromatic: Something More Beautiful'' (2002) *''Petite Princess Yucie'' (2002-2003) * '' The Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok'' (2003) *''Popotan'' (2003) *'' Hanaukyo Maid Team: La Verite'' (2004) *'' Rozen Maiden'' (2004) * '' Burn-Up Scramble'' (2004) * '' Diamond Daydreams'' (2004) * ''Kannazuki no Miko'' (2004) * ''Gakuen Alice'' (2004-2005) * ''Ah! My Goddess'' (2005) * ''He Is My Master'' (2005) * ' (2005) * '' Elemental Gelade'' (2005) * ''Strawberry Marshmallow'' (2005) * '' Happy Seven'' (2005) *'' Rozen Maiden Träumend'' (2005-2006) * ''Fate/sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magazine Z
was a Japanese seinen mixed-media magazine published by Kodansha, aimed at adult males, but particularly at hardcore anime and manga fans, featuring articles as well as manga tied into popular franchises. Original manga were also featured in the magazine. It was announced in September 2008 that ''Magazine Z'' would be discontinued. The last issue shipped on January 26, 2009. Manga artists and series serialized in ''Magazine Z'' ;Hideaki Nishikawa * ''Apocrypha Getter Robot Dash'' (2008 to 2009) ;Yuu Watase * ''Sakura Taisen'' (2005 to 2009) (manga commissioned by Sega Enterprises) ;Kia Asamiya * '' Batman: Child of Dreams'' (2000 to 2001) (manga commissioned by DC Comics) ; Hoshi Itsuki * '' Kurau Phantom Memory'' (2005) * '' Skies of Arcadia'' (2000 to 2002) ;Baku Yumemakura/ Sei Itoh * '' Kouya ni Kemono Doukokusu'' (2004 to ???) ; Momotarō Miyano/ Masamune Shirow * '' RD Sennou Chousashitsu'' (2008 to 2009) ; Takuya Fujima * '' Deus Vitae'' (1999 to 2002) * '' Free Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fan Disc
A fan disc (sometimes called fandisk or simply abbreviated as FD) is a package of additional content, usually released by a game company after the successful launch of one of its titles. The contents of fan discs varies, but often includes new images, music, minigames and miscellaneous information related to the original game. Eroge visual novels, such as ''Popotan'', frequently receive fan discs. Since most visual novels depict standalone stories, rarely warranting sequels, this particular genre notoriously employs fan discs as a medium to explore pre-established settings and profit from the original game's popularity. Sometimes, a fan disc is made as a compilation of the two separate, but similar games, aiming to serve as a link between them (the ''Come See Me Tonight'' series being an example). ''Tsukihime''s PLUS-disc translation by mirror moon, MangaGamer's first official English translation of the ''Edelweiss'' fan disc, ''Edelweiss Eiden Fantasia'', and Jutsuki Sen & Co.' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Language
is spoken natively by about 128 million people, primarily by Japanese people and primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language. Japanese belongs to the Japonic or Japanese- Ryukyuan language family. There have been many attempts to group the Japonic languages with other families such as the Ainu, Austroasiatic, Koreanic, and the now-discredited Altaic, but none of these proposals has gained widespread acceptance. Little is known of the language's prehistory, or when it first appeared in Japan. Chinese documents from the 3rd century AD recorded a few Japanese words, but substantial Old Japanese texts did not appear until the 8th century. From the Heian period (794–1185), there was a massive influx of Sino-Japanese vocabulary into the language, affecting the phonology of Early Middle Japanese. Late Middle Japanese (1185–1600) saw extensive grammatical changes and the first appearance of European loanwords. The basis of the standard dial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visual Novel
A , often abbreviated as VN, is a form of digital semi-interactive fiction. Visual novels are often associated with and used in the medium of video games, but are not always labeled as such themselves. They combine a textual narrative with static or animated illustrations and a varying degree of interactivity. The format is more rarely referred to as novel game, a retranscription of the '' wasei-eigo'' term , which is more often used in Japanese. Visual novels originated in and are especially prevalent in Japan, where they made up nearly 70% of the PC game titles released in 2006. In Japanese, a distinction is often made between visual novels (NVL, from "novel"), which consist primarily of narration and have very few interactive elements, and adventure games (AVG or ADV, from "adventure"), which incorporate problem-solving and other types of gameplay. This distinction is normally lost outside Japan, as both visual novels and adventure games are commonly referred to as "visua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself from the la, novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning "new". Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term "romance" to describe their novels. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, in Chivalric romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, especially the histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga
Manga ( Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is used in Japan to refer to both comics and cartooning. Outside of Japan, the word is typically used to refer to comics originally published in the country. In Japan, people of all ages and walks of life read manga. The medium includes works in a broad range of genres: action, adventure, business and commerce, comedy, detective, drama, historical, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction and fantasy, erotica ('' hentai'' and '' ecchi''), sports and games, and suspense, among others. Many manga are translated into other languages. Since the 1950s, manga has become an increasingly major part of the Japanese publishing industry. By 1995, the manga market in Japan was valued at (), with annual sales of 1.9billion manga books a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
