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 a 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)
GenreComedy
Manga
Written byMine Yoshizaki
Published byEnterbrain
DemographicShōnen
Original run1998 – 2002
Volumes6
Original video animation
Directed byYuji Mutoh
Produced byAtsushi Yukawa
Nobuhiro Osawa
Written byRyōta Yamaguchi
Music byRyuichi Katsumata
StudioShaft
Released February 25, 2002 – January 25, 2003
Episodes4

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
CharacterJapaneseEnglish
Fubuki Sakuragasaki (桜ヶ咲ふぶき, Sakuragasaki Fubuki)Sakura NogawaVeronica Taylor
Hanako Kokobunji (国分寺花子, Kokubunji Hanako)Kaori ShimizuJessica Calvello
Chizuru Jyumonji (十文字ちづる, Jūmonji Chizuru)Yū AsakawaLisa Ortiz
Ms. Alka (ミス・アルカ, Misu Aruka)Satsuki YukinoSharon Becker
Melody Honey (メロディー・ハニー, Merodī Hanī)Megumi ToyoguchiShannon Conley
Sanpeita (三平太, Sanpeita)Masaki YamamotoJamie McGonnigal
Mr. Mystery (謎の人, Nazo no Hito)Tōru FuruyaBrad 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 FujiokaDan Green
MCYasunori MatsumotoTom Wayland
Referee (レフェリー, Referī)Takashi MatsuyamaEric Laing
MasaoShinpachi TsujiBob Orlikoff
Ruriko Sakuragasaki (桜ヶ咲ルリ子, Sakuragasaki Ruriko)Michiko NeyaRebecca Honig
NarratorKōji YusaDan Green

References
  1. 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)
  2. "U.S. Manga Corps". web.archive.org. 2005-04-14. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
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