mahō shōjo (magical girl) 魔法少女
Purinto kurabu (Print Club) プリント倶楽部
UFO Catcher (crane game) UFOキャッチャー
The last two I could not have done without the information in an excellent little book that is just hitting bookstores in the US:
Ashcraft, Brian and Jean Snow
Arcade Mania: The Turbo-Charged World of Japan's Game Centers
Tokyo: Kodansha International, 2008
2 comments:
Yo!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there a ref to Print Club in Episodes 1 of Love Hina and Paranoia Agent?
Also, the first place many of us were exposed to UFO Catchers is Episode 3 of Video Girl Ai. More recently, in the Evangelion manga, Shinji first meets Asuka not at sea but at a UFO Catcher labeled as such (Vol. 4, p. 20). Look carefully, and you'll see that the dolls are all from Nadia!
DSWBT
Dan:
Good ones. There were so many references in my lists I only choose a few.
I may revisit the entry in a week or so.
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