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Super Robot Wars A Portable
is a video game for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance, part of Banpresto's ''Super Robot Wars'' franchise and the first to appear on the Game Boy Advance handheld; the letter "A" in the title stands for "Advance". It was ported onto mobile phones as part of the ''Super Robot Wars i'' collection in 2006. An enhanced remake of ''Super Robot Wars A'' was released for the PlayStation Portable on June 19, 2008 as ''Super Robot Wars A Portable''. Featured series *Banpresto originals *''Chōdenji Robo Combattler V'' *''Chōdenji Machine Voltes V'' *''Tōshō Daimos'' *''Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3'' *'' Metal Armor Dragonar'' (debut) *''Getter Robo'' *''Getter Robo G'' *''Shin Getter Robo'' (based on Banpresto's original design of ''Shin Getter Robo'') *''Mobile Suit Gundam'' *'' Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team'' *'' Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory'' *''Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam'' *''Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ'' *'' Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack'' *''Mobile Fighter G Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banpresoft
Bandai Namco Forge Digitals Inc., formerly known as , is a Japanese video game development company. The company is a result of a merger between BEC and Banpresoft by their parent company, Bandai Namco Entertainment. History , short for Bandai Entertainment Company, was a joint venture by Bandai and Human Entertainment, Human for video game development. They were best known for developing licensed video games for Bandai including ''Digimon'', ''Dragon Ball Z'' and ''Mobile Suit Gundam''. Bandai eventually took full control of BEC, after Human went bankrupt in 2000, and once Bandai and Namco merged to create Bandai Namco Holdings, BEC became a video game development subsidiary for the merged company. was a subsidiary of Banpresto that developed video games. Its name was changed to in March 1997. In April 1998, Banpresoft launched its internal development division, leading to the production of titles such as ''Super Robot Wars Alpha'' and subsequent entries in the ''Super Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The 08th MS Team
is an original video animation (OVA) anime series in the Gundam franchise. Released from January 25, 1996, to July 25, 1999, the 12-episode series details the exploits of an Earth Federation ground unit during the One Year War—specifically a month after the beginning of the original 1979 Gundam series and into the final weeks of the war. Plot The series is set in Universal Century 0079 in the jungles of Southeast Asia. The Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon are fighting a brutal guerrilla war for control of the area and its resources. Zeon's best hope for victory in the region rests with an experimental mobile armor and its pilot, Aina Sahalin. Meanwhile, the Earth Federation Army receive reinforcements in the form of Ensign Shiro Amada, newly named commander of the 08th MS Team. Aina and Shiro know each other from a mutual rescue in space, but when Shiro discovers that Aina is in fact the pilot of the Zeon mobile armor he is arrested for treason. The Feder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Real Robot
Mecha, also known as giant robot or simply robot, is a genre of anime and manga that feature mecha in battle. The genre is broken down into two subcategories; " super robot", featuring super-sized, implausible robots, and " real robot", where robots are governed by realistic physics and technological limitations. Mecha series cover a wide variety of genres, from action to comedy to drama, and the genre has expanded into other media, such as video game adaptations. Mecha has also contributed to the popularity of scale model robots. History The 1940 short manga featured a powered, piloted, mechanical octopus. The 1943 Yokoyama Ryūichi's propaganda manga featured a sword-wielding, steam-powered, giant humanoid mecha. The first series in the mecha genre was Mitsuteru Yokoyama's 1956 manga '' Tetsujin 28'', which was also released as an anime in 1963. Yokoyama was inspired to become a manga creator by Osamu Tezuka, and began serializing the manga in ''Shonen'', an iconic boy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amnesia
Amnesia is a deficit in memory caused by brain damage or brain diseases,Gazzaniga, M., Ivry, R., & Mangun, G. (2009) Cognitive Neuroscience: The biology of the mind. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. but it can also be temporarily caused by the use of various sedative and hypnotic drugs. The memory can be either wholly or partially lost due to the extent of damage that is caused. There are two main types of amnesia: * Retrograde amnesia is the inability to remember information that was acquired before a particular date, usually the date of an accident or operation. In some cases, the memory loss can extend back decades, while in other cases, people may lose only a few months of memory. * Anterograde amnesia is the inability to transfer new information from the short-term store into the long-term store. People with anterograde amnesia cannot remember things for long periods of time. These two types are not mutually exclusive; both can also occur simultaneously. Case stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invincible Super Man Zambot 3
is a super robot anime series created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Yoshitake Suzuki, featuring character design by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko is a Japanese animator, manga artist, and anime director. He is best known for being the character designer and animation director of the original '' Mobile Suit Gundam'' anime, which began in 1979. That same year, he began working as a mang .... It was produced by Sunrise and was first broadcast on Japanese TV in 1977. The series lasted for 23 episodes. Plot The series focuses on the survivors of planet Beal, which was wiped out by a mysterious entity known as Gaizok. The few remaining survivors escaped to Earth and split into three families, named Jin, Kamie, and Kamikita. While attempting to start a new life, the Jin family prepared for a Gaizok invasion of Earth by building three vehicles which when combined form the super robot Zambot 3. While defending against Gaizok attacks, the Jin family also face harsh criticisms from the people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martian Successor Nadesico
, sometimes referred to as simply , is a Japanese anime television series produced by Xebec and directed by Tatsuo Satō, with manga artist Kia Asamiya providing original character designs, Keiji Gotoh serving as chief animation director, Mika Akitaka being the main mechanical designer and Takayuki Hattori composing the music. A manga adaptation by Asamiya was published by Kadokawa Shoten from 1996 to 1999. The manga, licensed in North America by CPM Manga, has many significant changes from the anime. The series aired from October 1, 1996, to March 24, 1997, with a total of 26 episodes, and was replaced by the ''Pokémon'' anime in its timeslot. In 2005, Anime News Network reported that plans for ''Nadesico 2'' were scrapped, citing an entry on ''Stellvia'' director Tatsuo Sato's blog. Plot The series takes place in the year 2196. Earth is at war with a race of alien invaders called the "Jovian Lizards". A company called Nergal Heavy Industries designs a space battleship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grendizer
, also known as '' Grandizer'', ''Ufo Robot Grendizer Raids'', ''Goldrake'' and ''Goldorak'', is a Japanese manga and animated television series created by Go Nagai. The series is the third entry in the '' Mazinger'' series, later relegated into a spinoff series. The series is produced by Toei Doga and Dynamic Planning, directed by Tomoharu Katsumata, and written by Shozo Uehara. It aired on Fuji TV from October 5, 1975, to February 27, 1977. The mecha's first appearance in the United States was as a part of the Shogun Warriors line of super robot toys imported in the late 1970s by Mattel, then in Jim Terry's '' Force Five'' series. A remake of the original anime series, ''Grendizer U'', aired from July to September 2024. Plot The Vega homeworld has become unstable due to the exploiting of Vegatron, a powerful radioactive ore. Seeking to expand his militaristic empire and find a substitute planet to settle upon, the ruthless King Vega unleashes his armies—compo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Mazinger
is a Japanese anime television series and manga comic book created by Go Nagai and Dynamic Productions. The story is a sequel and direct continuation of '' Mazinger Z'' series after its initial success. The series was aired on Japanese television in 1974, immediately following the end of the first '' Mazinger'' series. It ran for 56 episodes. '' Mazinger Z: Infinity'', a theatrical film sequel, taking place 10 years after this series, was animated by Toei Animation and released in theaters on January 13, 2018.「劇場版マジンガーZ」 2017年10月にイタリア公開、日本より3ヵ月先行 - アニメーションビジネス・ジャーナル Plot The story centers on , an orphan raised by , who is the ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazinger Z
is a Japanese super robot manga written and illustrated by Go Nagai. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from October 1972 to August 1973 and Kodansha's ' from October 1973 to September 1974. ''Mazinger Z'' has since spawned a media franchise. It was adapted into an anime television series by Toei Animation, which aired on Fuji TV from December 1972 to September 1974. A second manga series was released alongside the TV show, this one drawn by Gosaku Ota, which started and ended almost at the same time as the TV show. The series was followed by several sequels and spin-off, among them being '' Great Mazinger'', '' UFO Robot Grendizer'' and '' Mazinkaiser''. '' Mazinger Z: Infinity'', a theatrical film sequel, taking place ten years after the ''Great Mazinger'' series, was animated by Toei Animation and released in theaters on January 13, 2018. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endless Waltz
''Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz'', known in Japan as , is the sequel to ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', both of which are set in the "After Colony" timeline, an alternate universe to that of the original ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' series. Aside from being a continuation to the ''Gundam Wing'' TV series, it also reveals details regarding the pasts of the five Gundam pilots and the true objective behind "Operation Meteor." ''Endless Waltz'' originally premiered in Japan as a three-part OVA in 1997. It was later released as a theatrical compilation film in 1998, including additional scenes and an altered musical score. Synopsis It is the year After Colony 196, and the battles between Earth and the space colonies have ended. Treize Khushrenada is dead and OZ has come to an end. This gives birth to the Earth Sphere Unified Nation (ESUN) and the Preventers. Seeing they won't be needed anymore, the Gundam pilots (except Chang Wufei) send their suits into the sun. However, this peace would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mobile Fighter G Gundam
''Mobile Fighter G Gundam'', also known in Japan as (and commonly referred to as simply ''G Gundam''), is a 1994 Japanese animated television series produced by Sunrise and the fifth installment in the long-running ''Gundam'' franchise. The series is set in the "Future Century", where space colonies representing countries have agreed to hold an organized fighting tournament known as the "Gundam Fight" every four years to settle their political differences in place of war. Each colony sends a representative fighter piloting a giant, humanoid mecha called a Gundam to battle on Earth until only one is left, and the winning nation earns the right to govern over all the colonies until the next tournament. The events of ''G Gundam'' follow Domon Kasshu, the pilot of Neo Japan's Shining Gundam during the 13th Gundam Fight. Domon's mission is to both win the tournament and to track down his older brother, who is believed to have stolen the mysterious Devil Gundam (AKA the Dar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Char's Counterattack
is a 1988 Japanese anime science fiction film directed and written by Yoshiyuki Tomino. It is set in the Universal Century timeline of the ''Gundam'' franchise. Featuring the talents of Shūichi Ikeda, Toru Furuya, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Maria Kawamura, Nozomu Sasaki, Kōichi Yamadera, among others, it focuses on Char Aznable's attempt of genocide on the planet Earth by pushing the asteroid called Axis into a collision with the planet. As a result, Char's rival from the Earth Federation Amuro Ray tries to defeat him in combat and avoid a slaughter in the process. In addition to being the first original ''Gundam'' theatrical release, ''Char's Counterattack'' was also the first ''Gundam'' production to make use of computer graphics during a five-second shot of the Sweetwater colony rotating in space, being made at Toyo Links. ''Char's Counterattack'' was released in America on DVD on August 20, 2002, and was broadcast on January 4, 2003, on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming blo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
