Game Center Arashi

Infobox animanga/Header
name = Game Center Arashi


ja_name = ゲームセンターあらし
ja_name_trans = Geimu Sentā Arashi
genre = ActionInfobox animanga/Manga
title =
author = Mitsuru Sugaya
publisher = flagicon|Japan Shogakukan
demographic = Shōnen
magazine = CoroCoro Comic
first = 1978
last = 1984
volumes = 17Infobox animanga/Anime
title =
director = Tameo Ogawa
studio = Shin'ei Doga
network = flagicon|Japan NTV
network_other = flagicon|Hong Kong TVB
first = April 5, 1982
last = September 27, 1982
episodes = 26

nihongo|"Game Center Arashi"|ゲームセンターあらし|Geimu Sentā Arashi is a Japanese manga by Mitsuru Sugaya, which ran in "CoroCoro Comic" from 1978 to 1984. It sold over 5 million copies Fact|date=August 2007 and won the 1983 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga.cite web | url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html | title=小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 | publisher=Shogakukan | language=Japanese | accessdate=2007-08-19] The series was adapted as a popular anime television show that aired in 1982 in Japan on Mondays from 7:00pm to 7:30pm.; and in Hong Kong.

In Japanese, the word "Arashi" means "storm". In Hong Kong, the show aired under the title 電子神童, which translates to "Electronic Prodigy". The series was considered iconic in Asia Fact|date=August 2007, since it came at a time when the public was being exposed to video games for the first time. The manga and TV series opened the imagination and possibilities of what gaming entertainment was about, while boosting its popularity as a new phenomenon.Fact|date=August 2007

tory

The story is about a young boy named Arashi Ishino who is obsessed with video games. He would spend all his time trying to beat the games and conquer the local arcades. He would meet competitors like Satoru Daimonji and Ishii, who would try to out match him with higher scores. At a certain point in each episode, he would display his special skill of unleashing a top which will spin so fast that both the top and his hands would catch on fire. On release, the spin would land on or near the cabinet panels, turning the ordinary button into a turbo button thus giving him a major advantage. His appearance is known for being bucktoothed, and he always wears a hat labeled "Arashi" with a picture of a sprited alien.

"Game Center Arashi" was the first animation with a gamer as the lead character and have the plot revolve around life with competitive gaming. Some of the games featured in the show include Space Invaders, Breakout, Galaxian, though they were not explicitly named. Some of Arashi's gaming techniques even have special names like "Blazed Top", "Vacuum Hurricane Shot", "Fish Stance". [ Clements, Jonathan. McCarthy Helen. [2006] (2006). The Anime Encyclopedia: Revised & Expanded Edition. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5]

Characters

;nihongo|Arashi Ishino|石野あらし|Ishino Arashi anime voice|Satomi Mashima;nihongo|Satoru Daimonji|大文字さとる|Daimonji Satoru anime voice|Eiko Yamada;nihongo|Ippeita Tsukikage|月影一平太|Tsukikage Ippeita anime voice|Kenichi Ogata

Anime

taff

Original broadcast

Video games

In 1999, the series spawned a playstation novel called Game Center Arashi R.

pinoffs

In 2002 the manga Arcade Gamer Fubuki reused the concept of a powerful gamer in the arcades, which also spawned a TV series of the same name. The show would use entirely different characters and plots, modernizing while separating itself from the 1982 counterpart.

Trivia

*In 2004 Microsoft Tokyo used the character of Arashi as a mascot to boost Xbox sales and image.

References

External links

* [http://www.m-sugaya.com/arashi/index2.htm Official site]
* [http://www.dyrell.net/comic/arashi/ Game Center Arashi Manga info]
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* [http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/09/17/news_6107746.html Arashi reborn for Xbox]
* [http://www.m-sugaya.com/eng/index.htm Author]