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Tactical book
keywords:
game
,
general
explanation: RPG being extremely popular in Japan, the books which explain game tactics are well sold too.
Taito
keywords:
company
,
game
related topics:
Space Invader
related web sites:
http://www.taito.co.jp
explanation: Maker of arcade machines and publisher of video games founded in August 1953. At the beginning, it had been only a simple importer of game machines, but gradually began to make own machines and became famous thanks to a great hit of "Space Invader" game. Now, it employs about 2000 persons and possesses an own chain of game centers in Japan.
Takao Yaguchi
alternative words: Yaguchi Takao
keywords:
author
,
manga
related topics:
Garo
,
Shonen Magazine
explanation: Born on October 28, 1939 in Akita prefecture. Contrary to others, he has not become a mangaka immediately after the school but a bank clerk. Probably for that reason, his manga contains more human dimension: his favorite theme is human being fighting in nature like fishers and hunters. He debuted on Garo with Nagamochi Baiko but it is Tsurikichi Sanpei published on Shonen Magazine in 1973 which has made him notorious by creating fishing boom in Japan.
Takara
alternative words: Takara toys
keywords:
company
,
game
related topics:
Battle Arena Toshinden
related web sites:
http://www.takaratoys.co.jp
explanation: Maker of toys and publisher of video games founded in September 1955. It is especially known by its Japanese dole, "Rikachan", but also by its flag software "Toshinden", released for Play Station in 1995. It employs about 450 persons.
Tamagotchi
alternative words: Tamagochi, Tamagocchi
keywords:
game
,
machine
,
model
related topics:
Bandai
related web sites:
http://tamagotch.channel.or.jp
explanation: Released by Bandai in 1996, this small electronic game made a great hit among Japanese school girls in such a manner that the factory of Bandai was unable to honor the orders: the customers were awaiting a delivery before the shops. The goal of this game is to grow up "electronically" an animal by taking everyday care of them on pain of seeing it die. The dimension of machine is that of a watch but oviform because it looks like an egg: "Tamago" means "egg" in Japanese.
Team rocket
alternative words: Rocket team
keywords:
diverse
,
pokemon
related topics:
Pokemon
,
Meowth
explanation: Group of criminal pokemon trainers such as Jessie and James, and led by a Machiavellian pokemon cat, Meowth. They are trying to capture rare pokemons in order to dominate the world. For this reason, they are always behind Ash to bother him.
Tekken
keywords:
game
,
title
related topics:
Play Station
,
Namco
related web sites:
http://mitsuko.jaist.ac.jp/tekken/
,
http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~idk/game/review/tekken.htm
explanation: Video game of 3D beat'em up. First, the arcade version was released in winter 1994 and "Play Station" version in March 1995. It has experienced a laborious start because of the concurrence of another game "Virtual Fighter". After the release of Tekken II which has corrected flaws of the first version (arcade in Summer 1995 and Play Station in March 1996), it has stood out. There exist few differences between "Play Station" version and the arcade one because the latter uses a compatible card.
Temple Hikawa
alternative words: Hikawa jinja
keywords:
diverse
,
sailormoon
related topics:
Sailormoon
,
Raye Hino
explanation: In Sailormoon, it is a shintoist temple where one of sailor warrior, Raye Hino, works. Please note that in Japan there exist many temples, called "Hikawa" but they use a different Kanji character: hi corresponds to "ice" and not to "fire" like in the episode.
Tenchinhan
alternative words: Tenshinhan
keywords:
character
,
dragon ball
related topics:
Dragon Ball
explanation: Giant with 3 eyes and disciple of Crane Master in Dragon Ball. At the beginning, he was a enemy of Son Goku but let convince by Turtle Master of supporting a good cause.
Tetris
keywords:
game
,
title
related topics:
Nintendo
,
Family Computer
explanation: Famous video game coming from Russia and which consists to fill in holes by guiding falling blocks. By combining cleverly the interest of a puzzle and a reflex game, it became very popular at game centers. After a fierce battle between Nintendo and Sega for the adaptation to the console device, it was finally Nintendo which got the license from BPS and released a version for "Family Computer" in December 1988.
Tetsuya Chiba
alternative words: Chiba Tetsuya
keywords:
author
,
manga
related topics:
Shonen Magazine
,
Ashita no Joe
related web sites:
http://www.aruke.com/tetsuya/
explanation: Born on January 11, 1939 at Tokyo. After his birth, the whole family had immigrated to Manchuria but returned back to Japan after WWII. Precocious mangaka, he already began to publish at the age of 17. His most representative works are: Chikai no makyu (tale of a baseball pitcher) in 1961-62, Shidenkai no taka (tale of a pilot in WWII) in 1963-65 and Ashita no Joe (Rocky Joe in English title, tale of a boxer) in 1968-73. All the manga were published on Shonen magazine of Kodansha.
Theater version
alternative words: Movie version, Film version, Theatrical release
keywords:
anime
,
general
explanation: The movie version of a cartoon makes the producer run a big financial risk so most of them prefer to release first a TV version and watch the public reaction. "Studio Ghibli" is an exception.
Theme song
alternative words: Anime song, Anisong, Anison
keywords:
anime
related topics:
Astroboy
,
Gigantor
related web sites:
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~SR8S-OOKB/anison.htm
,
http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~waadiy/
explanation: The history of theme songs is closely linked to that of anime itself, so it was heard firstly in 1963 with Astroboy (Tetsuwan Atom) and Gigantor (Ironman 28). Now they are available on internet with different formats such as Midi, MP3, Aiff etc. but due to a copyright law, it is quite difficult to find them free.
Toei Animation
alternative words: Toei Doga, Touei Douga
keywords:
anime
,
company
related topics:
Dragon Ball
,
Sailormoon
related web sites:
http://www.toei-anim.co.jp
explanation: Subsidiary of Toei which is a large Japanese move company, and specialized in cartoon productions. Toei itself has been founded in March 1951. As its realization, we can quote "Dragon Ball" and Sailormoon.
Toho
alternative words: Toho corporation, Toho entertainment
keywords:
company
,
movie
related topics:
Eiji Tsuburaya
,
Godzilla
related web sites:
http://www.toho.co.jp
explanation: Movie company founded by Ichizo Kobayashi in 1932. It merged in 1943 with Tokyo Takarazuka Gekijo to become the present Toho corporation Ltd. Many talented people have worked there such as the movie director, Akira Kurosawa and the actor Toshiro Mifune who debuted both with Toho. The company is also well known with successive Godzilla films created by the genius director, Eiji Tsuburaya.
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