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Popotan
is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Petit Ferret with character designs by Akio Watanabe under the alias Poyoyon Rock. It was originally released as a 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;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, and licensed in North America by Geneon USA and later, Sentai Filmworks; a radio drama (''Poporaji''); and several art and reference books. Gameplay in ''Popotan'' ... [...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''. Filmography Under the name Akio Watanabe Anime * '' Etotama'' (original character design) * ''Fireworks'' (character design) * '' Grisaia: Phantom Trigger the Animation'' (character designer, chief animation director) * '' Higurashi When They Cry - Gou and Sotsu'' (character design) * '' Hoshizora Kiseki'' (director, script, character design, storyboard, animation direction, color design) * '' Magical Kanan'' (character design) * ''Monogatari is a Literary genre, literary form in traditional Japanese literature – an extended prose narrative tale comparable to epic (genre), epic literature. ''Monogatari'' is closely tied to aspects of the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaft (company)
Shaft Inc. (stylized as SHAFT; , Hepburn romanization, 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 and staff 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), Monogatari'' series (2009–present), ''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 a ... [...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 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.'s pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BS-TBS
is a Japanese satellite broadcasting station headquartered in Akasaka, Tokyo, Akasaka Gochome, Minato, Tokyo, Minato, Tokyo. Its channel name is BS-TBS (formerly, BS-i). 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. TVM 461ch has launched *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, 2003: 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 Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, TBS broadcasts are also broadcast on BS-TBS. * Anime prog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jukki Hanada
is a Japanese anime screenwriter and light novelist. His grandfather was essayist and literary critic Kiyoteru Hanada, who also gave him his first name. Screenwriting 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/stay night'' (2006) * '' Sasa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinichiro Kimura
is a Japanese anime is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ... storyboard artist and director from Hiroshima Prefecture. His nickname is , a shortened version of his name. Early life 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. Career After graduating university, Kimura 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 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magazine Z
was a Japanese seinen mixed-media magazine published by Kodansha, aimed at adult men, 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) * '' Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsutoshi Kubota
is a Japanese painter, color designer, producer, and the current president of Shaft. Career Kubota began his career in the anime industry as a cel painter in the 1980s as a sub-contractor with painting studio Shaft, which had been founded in 1975 by Hiroshi Wakao. The next year, he did his first job as color designer on ''Hitotsuboshi-ke no Ultra Baasan'' (1982–1983). From then until 1995, Kubota mainly served as a cel painter, color coordinator, and coloring inspector. In 1995, Kubota moved up to production management, which began with Shaft's first original series: ''Juuni Senshi Bakuretsu Eto Ranger''. He was promoted to managing director of the studio that year. 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 2004, Shaft's founder, Hiroshi Wakao, retired as president of the company and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novel
A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the , a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning 'new'. 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, Medieval Chivalric romance, and 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, in the historical romances of Walter Scott and the Gothic novel. Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, and John Cowper Powys, preferred the term ''romance''. Such romances should not be con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga
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 history in earlier Japanese art. The term 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 Japan. 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 ( and ), 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 and manga magazines (also known as manga anthologies) in Japan (equivale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Character Creation
Character creation (also character generation / character design) is the process of defining a player character in a role-playing game. The result of character creation is a characterization, direct characterization that is recorded on a character sheet. This may include a representation of the character's physical, mental, psychological, and social Attribute (role-playing games), attributes and skill (role-playing games), skills in terms of the specific game's Game mechanics, mechanics. It may also include informal descriptions of the character's Human physical appearance, physical appearance, Personality psychology#What is personality?, personality, personal back-story ("background"), and Personal property, possessions. Games with a fantasy setting may include traits such as fantasy race, race, character class, class, or species. Character creation is the first step taken by the players (as opposed to the gamemaster) in preparation for a game. Character advancement Character a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime
is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Japanese, describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin. Many works of animation with a Anime-influenced animation, similar style to Japanese animation are also produced outside Japan. Video games sometimes also feature themes and art styles that are sometimes labelled as anime. The earliest commercial Japanese animation dates to 1917. A characteristic art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka and spread in the following decades, developing a large domestic audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, through television broadcasts, Original video animation, directly to home media, and Original net animation, over the Internet. In addition to original works, anime are often adaptations of Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
