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Daddy Walrus伴俊作 ひげおやじalternative words: Higeoyaji, Hige oyaji, Mr. Pompous keywords: astroboy, character related topics: Astroboy , Kimba the White Lion explanation: Teacher of Astro at school and private detective at the same time, he is the most outstanding character in Astroboy after Dr. Elefun. His nickname is "Higeoyaji", composed of 2 Japanese words, "hige" (=moustache) and "oyaji" (=father). The exactly same character appears in another manga of Tezuka, Kimba the White Lion. Darien地場衛alternative words: Mamoru, Chiba Mamoru, Mamoru Chiba keywords: character, sailormoon related topics: Sailormoon , Tuxedo mask explanation: In Sailormoon, "Tuxedo Mask" bears this name in life of a high school boy. Detective Conan名探偵コナンalternative words: Meitante Conan, Meitantei Conan, Meitante Konan, Meitantei Konan keywords: anime, manga, title related topics: Shonen Sunday related web sites: http://www04.u-page.so-net.ne.jp/sd5/k-kid/ , http://falcon.press.ne.jp , http://www.ifrance.com/daheros/presentation.htm explanation: Manga written by Gosho Aoyama and published by a weekly magazine, "Shonen Sunday". It is an action comedy of a high school boy who had worked as a private detective and has been transformed to a young school boy because of a malicious drug. In spite of his small size, he keeps his job and is called now "Edogawa Conan" The anime series is now on air from Nihon TV/Yomiuri TV. Disk Systemディスクシステムkeywords: machine, nintendo related topics: Nintendo , Family Computer explanation: Accessory allowing to use floppy disks with "Family Computer", and consequently to conceive more complex games like "Legende of Zelda", thank to a far superior memory size. At the same time, game shops offered an exchange by inscribing other games for the modest amount of 500 yens: certain advantage for school children with a small purse.
Dog of Flandersフランダースの犬alternative words: A Dog of Flanders keywords: anime, title related topics: Nippon Animation related web sites: http://www.gws.ne.jp/home/neko/f_index.htm , http://www2.osk.3web.ne.jp/~mercuryn/furan/furan000.htm , http://w3.cec-ltd.co.jp/na/flanders/index.htm explanation: Adaptation to an anime of the novel written by a famous French British novelist, Marie Louise de la Ram裬 alias Ouida. It talks about the tale of a young orphan Nello who strives to become a painter in spite of the miserable life. This episode, the first TV anime series made by Nippon Animation, was aired by Fuji TV between January 1985 and December of the same year. Donkey Kongドンキーコングkeywords: game, nintendo, title related topics: Nintendo , Family Computer explanation: After a success of the arcade version (1981), this game has been adapted for the machines, "Game & Watch" (June 1982) and "Family Computer" (July 1983) of Nintendo. For the latter, it was released at the same time as the machine itself. It consists to free a woman captured by a gorilla who moves in a building under construction. It is considered as a classic of action game. Doraemonドラエモンalternative words: Dollaemon keywords: anime, doraemon, manga, title related topics: Fujiko Fujio , Nobita , TV Asahi , Shogakukan related web sites: http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/~toshio/Doraemon.html , http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~DORAEMON/ , http://home.att.ne.jp/yellow/ikemasa/doraemon/ , http://www.yk.rim.or.jp/~higu/doraemon/ explanation: Manga written by Fujiko F. Fujio alias Hiroshi Fujimoto. Its publication began in January 1970 in a monthly magazine for school kids, Shogaku Sannensei from Shogakukan. It tells the humorous tale of a robot sent from the future. The name of this robot, "doraemon" is a composite word of "dora" which comes from doraneko (=stary cat) and "emon" which is an old suffix of the boy, because his face looks like a cat. Manga has been adapted to a TV series and aired by TV Asahi. Doujin同人alternative words: Dojin keywords: general, manga related topics: Doujinshi explanation: Doujin means in Japanese "club members". They are the people who gather together to promote a certain activity, especially manga. Don't confuse with "otaku" because these are acting usually alone. The magazine published by "doujin" is called "doujinshi". Doujinshi同人誌alternative words: Dojinshi, Doujin shi, Dojin shi keywords: general, manga, publishing related topics: Doujin explanation: "Shi" means "magazine" in Japanese. So, "doujinshi" is a weak circulation magazine made specially for "doujin", though it may be sold to the public. There exist doujinshis for any activities but the manga doujinshis are by far the most widespred and active ones because of their commercial interest. Many famous mangaka like Clamp have begun they careers by publishing in a doujinshi before passing to a mass circulation magazine. It is a true fish-pond for young talents in Japan. Dr. Elefunお茶の水博士alternative words: Dr. Ochanomizu, Ochanomizu, Daddy Walrus keywords: astroboy, character related topics: Astroboy explanation: Renowned scientific and inventor of Astro (or rather who takes care of him), he treats Astro as a real son. With white hairs and big nose, he is the character who appears most frequently after Astro. | |
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