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Space Battleship Yamato

宇宙戦艦ヤマト
alternative words: Uchu senkan Yamato
keywords: anime , manga , title
related topics: Leiji Matsumoto
related web sites: http://www2a.biglobe.ne.jp/~shinpage/menuy.htm , http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002394/yamato/yamato.html
explanation: Manga and anime created by Leiji Matsumoto. It tells the story about earthlings who defend their planet with a huge space battleship "Yamato", after having suffered a brutal attack of extraterrestrials. Manga has been published in a monthly, Boken-oh between November 1974 and April 1975, at the same time as a TV series by TV Asahi between October 1974 and March 1975. In the presence of a huge hit, other series and a movie version have been created.

Space Invader

スペースインベイダー
keywords: game , title
related topics: Taito , Family Computer
explanation: At the beginning, most of the video games for the home usage were merely an adaptation of popular arcade games. "Space Invader" developed and adapted to "Family Computer" by Taito falls into this category. The game consists to shoot the invaders who are falling from the top screen. In some period, this game was visible everywhere in Japan, like game centers and coffee shops. Though it seems very simple nowadays, it is considered as the ancestor of all the shooting games which would follow.

Star of Giants

巨人の星
alternative words: Kyojin no hoshi, Kyojinnohoshi
keywords: anime , manga , title
related topics: Shonen Magazine , Noboru Kawasaki
related web sites: http://www.big.or.jp/~hoyohoyo/densetsu.html , http://tokyo.cool.ne.jp/hoshi16/
explanation: One of the classic sport mangas, written by Noboru Kawasaki based on a scenario of Ikki Kajiwara. It tells the story of a father who forms his son with a Spartan training to be accepted by the famous Japanese baseball team, "the Giants". The manga was published on Shonen Magazine in 1966, while an anime version was broadcasted between March 1968 and September 1971 (182 episodes!).

Street Fighter

ストリートファイター
keywords: game , title
related topics: Capcom
related web sites: http://www.capcom.co.jp/zero3/
explanation: Video game of beat'em up developed by Capcom and released for "Super Famicom" in June 1992. By the complexity of tactics to follow and choice of characters, it has well settled the interests of this category of games. After a great hit, this game has been adapted also for "Play Station", "Sega Saturn" and arcade.

Super Mario Brothers

スーパーマリオブラザーズ
alternative words: Mario Brothers
keywords: game , nintendo , title
related topics: Nintendo , Family Computer , Game Boy , Nintendo 64
explanation: Video game initially developed by Nintendo for its machine, "Family Computer" and released in September 1985. The game which consists to let move or jump a small man with a mustache and a red hat (Mario), has been sold more than 5 million copies thanks to a simple concept but not to bore players even in several repetitions. It had created so a golden age of video games in Japan. this games has been adapted later to all the machines of Nintendo, i.e. Game Boy, Super Famicom and Nintendo 64.

Tekken

鉄拳
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.

Tetris

テトリス
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.

Tokimeki Memorial

ときめきメモリアル
keywords: game , title
related topics: Konami
related web sites: http://www.konami.co.jp/kcet/vx095/
explanation: Video game on girl hunt simulation developed by Konami. You are a young high school boy. The goal of the game is to get the maximum number of love confessions from other high school boys. Initially developed for PC-Engine (May 1994), Konami has succeeded to form progressively fans of this game, in spite of its very original category: not only it has been adapted to other platforms like Super Famicom and Sega Sturn but to a movie.

Tokyo Babylon

東京Babylon
keywords: clamp , manga , title
related topics: Clamp
related web sites: http://www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown-Domino/5768/tb.html , http://sakurazukamori.net/ueno_park/world01.htm
explanation: Occult manga written by Clamp and published on Wings between 1990 and 1992. Descendent of a prestigious medium family (onmyoji), clan Sumeragi, Subaru is fighting against malefic sprits through his medium cabinet in the opulent city of Tokyo, together with his twin sister, Hokuto Sumeragi and her fried, Seishiro Sakurazuka, another medium, though working as veterinary.

UFO robot Grendizer

UFOロボット・グレンダイザー
alternative words: Grendizer
keywords: anime , title
related topics: Go Nagai
explanation: Anime produced by Go Nagai and broadcasted by Fuji TV between October 1975 and February 1977. Between 1970 and 1980, there was a proliferation of cartoons on the giant robots piloted from inside by human beings or similar. It tells the story about a young prince from planet Fleed, who comes to pilot a giant robot in order to defend the justice. Being a huge hit in France, it has formed manga fans of the first generation in France.

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