Arcade Gamer Fubuki
Arcade Gamer Fubuki (アーケードゲーマーふぶき, Ākēdo Gēmā Fubuki) is a Japanese manga series by Mine Yoshizaki. It was adapted into an anime series animated by Shaft and released directly on video. The first episode aired on television prior to the release of the first video.[1] The series was licensed in English by Central Park Media, distributed under the U.S. Manga Corps label.[2]
| Arcade Gamer Fubuki | |
| アーケードゲーマーふぶき (Ākēdo Gēmā Fubuki) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Mine Yoshizaki |
| Published by | Enterbrain |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | 1998 – 2002 |
| Volumes | 6 |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Yuji Mutoh |
| Produced by | Atsushi Yukawa Nobuhiro Osawa |
| Written by | Ryōta Yamaguchi |
| Music by | Ryuichi Katsumata |
| Studio | Shaft |
| Released | February 25, 2002 – January 25, 2003 |
| Episodes | 4 |
The series is set in 1984 and stars Fubuki Sakuragasaki, a gamer whose "passion panties" give her special gaming powers. She has a winged magical girl form, and she has a sword while in this form. The series has homages to Pac-Man, Virtua Fighter, and other games like Sonic and Klonoa.[1]
Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy, authors of The Anime Encyclopedia, Revised & Expanded Edition: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917, stated that the series began as a gag anime but became "a preachy family fable too long-winded to sustain its jokes".[1] Clements and McCarthy wrote that the series "inherits the mantle of Game Center Arashi".[1]
Characters
| Character | Japanese | English |
|---|---|---|
| Fubuki Sakuragasaki (桜ヶ咲ふぶき, Sakuragasaki Fubuki) | Sakura Nogawa | Veronica Taylor |
| Hanako Kokobunji (国分寺花子, Kokubunji Hanako) | Kaori Shimizu | Jessica Calvello |
| Chizuru Jyumonji (十文字ちづる, Jūmonji Chizuru) | Yū Asakawa | Lisa Ortiz |
| Ms. Alka (ミス・アルカ, Misu Aruka) | Satsuki Yukino | Sharon Becker |
| Melody Honey (メロディー・ハニー, Merodī Hanī) | Megumi Toyoguchi | Shannon Conley |
| Sanpeita (三平太, Sanpeita) | Masaki Yamamoto | Jamie McGonnigal |
| Mr. Mystery (謎の人, Nazo no Hito) | Tōru Furuya | Brad Bradford |
| Arashi Ishino (石野あらし, Ishino Arashi) | Shinnosuke Furumoto | |
| Jurassic Leader (ギュラシック団首領, Gyurashikku-dan shuryō) | Hiroshi Fujioka | Dan Green |
| MC | Yasunori Matsumoto | Tom Wayland |
| Referee (レフェリー, Referī) | Takashi Matsuyama | Eric Laing |
| Masao | Shinpachi Tsuji | Bob Orlikoff |
| Ruriko Sakuragasaki (桜ヶ咲ルリ子, Sakuragasaki Ruriko) | Michiko Neya | Rebecca Honig |
| Narrator | Kōji Yusa | Dan Green |
References
- Clements, Jonathan and Helen McCarthy. The Anime Encyclopedia, Revised & Expanded Edition: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917. Stone Bridge Press, November 6, 2012. ISBN 1611725151, 9781611725155. page unstated (Google Books PT 58)
- "U.S. Manga Corps". 2005-04-14. Archived from the original on 2005-04-14. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Arcade Gamer Fubuki (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
