Japanese dictionary of manga and video games #5

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Capcom

keywords: company , game
related topics: Street Fighter , Biohazard
related web sites: http://www.capcom.co.jp
explanation: Maker of arcade machines and publisher of video games founded in May 1979 in Osaka. Its main products are "Street Fighter" (game of beat'em up) et "Biohazard" (game of horror action). It employs now 1000 persons and owns a proper chain of video game centers in Japan.

Captain Harlock

Japanese characters of 'uchyuukaizokukyaputennhaarokku'

Japanese characters of 'kyaputennhaarokku'

alternative words: Space Pirate Captain Harlock, Harlock
keywords: anime , manga , title
related topics: Leiji Matsumoto
related web sites: http://www.shinchosha.net/harlock/top.htm , http://www.enjoy.ne.jp/~junbiblo/katta.html
explanation: Manga and anime created by Leiji Matsumoto. Year 2977, the Earth which was prosperous had been suddenly attacked by amazons from the outer space. Before a powerlessness of earthlings, Harlock has decided to filght alone with his friend Tochiro on board of his space ship "Arcadia". Manga was published in Playcomic between January 1977 and June 1979, at the same time as TV broadcasting on TV Asahi between March 1978 and February 1979.

Captain Tsubasa

Japanese characters of 'kyaputenntsubasa'

keywords: anime , manga , title
related topics: Yoichi Takahashi
related web sites: http://www2.trincoll.edu/~kmoran2/tsubasa.htm , http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Dojo/5514/ , http://libac.ne.jp/~kimie/sd/
explanation: Manga written by Yoichi Takahashi. It has been published in a weekly magazine, Shonen Jump, first in 1980/1981 then between 1994 and 1997. It tells the tale of a young sporty who grows with a dream of participating to the world cup of succor. It has been also adapted to several TV and movie cartoons because of more interests in succor matches by Japanese public.

Card captor Sakura

Japanese characters of 'kaadokyaputaasakura'

alternative words: Cardcaptor Sakura, CCS
keywords: anime , card captor sakura , clamp , manga , title
related topics: Sakura Kinomoto , Keroberos , Clow Reed , Clow card , Nakayoshi , Clamp
related web sites: http://cc.sakura.ne.jp/sakura/ , http://cc.sakura.s.homepage.com , http://plaza11.mbn.or.jp/~iris/ , http://www.shochiku.co.jp
explanation: One day, a school girl has unexpectedly scattered magical cards arranged inside a book which is found in the father's office. The manga, written by Clamp, tells the tale of this girl, Sakura Kinomoto, who strives to collect all the scattered cards, being helped by the guardian of this book, Keroberos. The publication of manga began in a monthly manga magazine, Nakayoshi, in May 1996 (June issue) while an animation series has been broadcasted by NHK since April 1998.

Cartridge

keywords: general , machine
explanation: Data medium widely used in game consoles. Contrary to CD-Rom, the medium is difficult to falsify and its access is extremely fast. The inconvenience is its fabrication cost.

Cell

keywords: character , dragon ball
related topics: Dragon Ball
explanation: One of the cyborgs invented by Dr. Gero. He uses human spirits as an energy source. He is very powerful and Son Goku will be killed by him.

Charmander

alternative words: Hitokage
keywords: character , pokemon
related topics: Pokemon
explanation: One of monsters in Pokemon. It looks like a lizard, because "tokage" means "lizard" in Japanese. It uses fire tactic in combats. His pokemon number is 4.

Chichi

keywords: character , dragon ball
related topics: Dragon Ball , Son Goku
explanation: Daughter of Gyumao and wife of Son Goku in Dragon Ball. She is also the mother of Son Gohan. She is very fiery.

City hunter

alternative words: Cityhunter
keywords: anime , manga , title
related topics: Shonen Jump , Tsukasa Hojo
related web sites: http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~arcadia/ , http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~coruto/ , http://ww6.tiki.ne.jp/~hyde/
explanation: Manga created by Hojo Tsukasa. It tells the history of a professional killer, Ryo Saeba, living at Shinjuku district in Tokyo and his girl fried Kaori Makimura. In order to avoid City hunter become too violent, Hojo adds a little humor to manga and this should be the main reason of its success. First it appeared on Shonen Jump in 1983 as a short novel, then serialized between 1985 and 91 while the anime version was aired between April 87 and March 88 by Nihon TV.

Clamp

keywords: author , clamp , manga
related topics: Tokyo Babylon , Magic Knight Rayearth , Card captor Sakura
related web sites: http://www.clamp-net.com , http://www.cypress.ne.jp/rinamon/ , http://www5.airnet.ne.jp/skyfork/clamp/ , http://www.interq.or.jp/venus/sing/hinata.html , http://www2j.biglobe.ne.jp/~clamp/top.htm
explanation: Collective pen name of 4 female mangakas who work together in Kansai region since the epoch of Doujinshi. They are Nanase Ohkawa who is the leader, Satsuki Igarashi, Appapa Mokona and Mick Nekoi. Their main works are "Magic Knight Rayearth", "Tokyo Babylon".

Clow card

alternative words: Clow tarot
keywords: card captor sakura , thing
related topics: Card captor Sakura , Clow Reed
explanation: Magic cards created by Clow Reed. Each card is alive and owns a strong spiritual power. For this reason, Clow Reed has sealed them forever in Clow's book et appointed Keroberos as its guardian.

Clow Reed

keywords: card captor sakura , character
related topics: Card captor Sakura , Clow card
explanation: Sorcerer and inventor of Clow cards. His father being an Englishman and his mother, Chinese, he masters both the Oriental and Western magic. He died in Japan, leaving a hint to his enigma.

Code conversion

alternative words: Conversion
keywords: general , machine
explanation: Machines for video games being rarely compatible between them, the code conversion from a model to another is an expensive industry and demands much care, especially from the console version to the arcade.

Code Veronica

alternative words: Code:Veronica, Resident Evil: Code Veronica, Resident Evil Code Veronica, Biohazard Code:Veronica, Biohazard Code Veronica
keywords: game , title
related topics: Capcom , Biohazard
related web sites: http://www.capcom.co.jp/newproducts/consumer/veronica/ , http://www.enjoy.ne.jp/~aoken/bio/
explanation: One of game versions published by Capcom, "Biohazard". Initially expected to Sega Saturn with title of "Biohazard II", the project was abandoned and became Dreamcast's version with a little modification on title: it happened to be impossible to keep the same quality as the version for Play Station. Veronica is the name of the 1st owner of Ashford's house but also a code to destroy a time bomb.

Color depth

alternative words: Number of colors
keywords: general , machine
explanation: Beginning with only 4 simultaneously displayable colors on "Family Computer" in 1983, man has assisted to an inexorable inflation of color depth and it has brought us up to 16 million color palette that most of the current machines are able to display.

This dictionary contains now 325 words.

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