Originally conceived in 1982, this Japanese-American co-production had a long and tumultuous history which included a 1984 pilot by Ghibli director Yoshifumi Kondō.

Originally conceived as a 52-episode story, funding cuts meant the season had to be truncated to 25 episodes, with a corresponding loss of overall story development.

Originally conceived as a solo record by John Wozniak, he later brought Dylan Keefe into the project and the record was released under the band's name.

Originally produced with collaborative input from the Ministry of Agriculture, The Archers was conceived as a means of disseminating information to farmers and smallholders to help increase productivity in the post-World War II years of rationing and food shortages.

Originally conceived as anti-ship weapons, PT boats were publicly credited with sinking several Japanese warships during the period between December 1941 and the fall of the Philippines in May 1942.

Originally conceived by Charles Addams for the character eventually named Pugsley in the 1960s television series, the name was rejected back then due to fears that 1960s network censors would not allow it because of its similarity to the words " pubic " and " puberty ".

Originally conceived by Acorn Computers for use in its personal computers, the first ARM-based products were the co-processor modules for the BBC Micro series of computers.

Originally conceived as the soundtrack to a television play that was never produced, the band's first rock opera affectionately chronicled the trials and tribulations of a working class everyman and his family from the very end of the Victorian era through World War I and World War II, the postwar austerity years, and up to the 1960s.

Originally, McCay had conceived the strip in 1905 with a tobacco theme.

Originally conceived to become a host for his maternal grandfather's soul as well as a pawn against the Dark Knight, Batman saved his child from this fate which forced Ra's to inhabit his own son's body, and Damian is affectionate to his father.

Originally conceived as " Valbois " in the early 1980s, the project was revived as " WestRock " in the late 1990s and ultimately renamed " Tamarack " in 2002.

Originally conceived and implemented by programmer Bruce Horn, the resource fork was used for three purposes with Macintosh file system.

Originally conceived as a trilogy to be titled Příroda, Život a Láska ( Nature, Life and Love ), they appeared instead as three separate works, V přírodě ( In Nature's Realm ), Carnival and Othello.

Originally conceived as a code of academic honesty, the Honor Code had expanded by the 1970s to govern social interactions.

Originally it was conceived by Bill Hillier, Julienne Hanson and colleagues at The Bartlett, University College London in the late 1970s to early 1980s as a tool to help architects simulate the likely social effects of their designs.

Originally conceived in 1816 as an industrial prime mover to rival the steam engine, its practical use was largely confined to low-power domestic applications for over a century.

Originally conceived as Top Gun meets A Few Good Men, JAG was first aired on NBC on September 23, 1995, but was later canceled on May 22, 1996 after finishing 79th in the ratings, leaving one episode unaired.

Originally conceived by Rob Gretton, it was largely financed by the record label Factory Records and the band New Order along with label boss Tony Wilson.

Originally, the Underground was conceived and used like an S-Bahn, with suburban trains diverting under their termini and heading across Central London.

Originally conceived as the ' London to Basingstoke Motorway ', the road was built to relieve traffic on the A30 and A33, the congested single carriageway trunk roads that previously carried the traffic.

Originally conceived as lasting for a period of six years, the Colombo Plan was extended several times until 1980, when it was extended indefinitely.

Originally, the first President and co-founder of the University, Dr. Lam Chi-fung, conceived the idea of building a hall for University functions.

Originally conceived as an alternative to the Grammy Awards ( in the video category ), the annual MTV Video Music Awards ceremony has often been called the " Oscars for youth ", an acknowledgment of the VMA ceremony's ability to draw millions of youth from teens to 20-somethings each year.

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Originally conceived and released by Deberny & Peignot in 1957, the type library was acquired in 1972 by Haas.

Originally Aristotle divided all living things between plants, which generally do not move fast enough for humans to notice, and animals.

Originally, attempts were made at velodromes with reputations for being fast ( such as the Velodromo Vigorelli in Milan ).

Originally, Moore invented this because it was easy and fast on Nova minicomputers, which have an indirection bit in every address.

Originally, bonus points could be earned for a fast ride cross-country ( less than the optimum time ).

Originally, dinner referred to the first meal of a two-meal day, a heavy meal occurring about noon, which broke the night's fast in the new day.

Originally known as The Maroons, the Zipper nickname came about in the late 1930s when the school had a fast basketball team that would " Zip " up and down the court.

Originally intending to become a social worker, he became fast friends with student filmmaker Robert Edelstein and Eric Sherman ( son of filmmaker Vincent Sherman ), who introduced him to his future lifelong obsession, cinema.

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Originally designed to supply 50 terawatts of power in one fast pulse, technological advances resulted in an increased output of 290 terawatts, enough to study nuclear fusion.

Originally, the show wanted 11 contestants, 10 from the nationwide search, and another from a contest that was being sponsored by the popular fast food chain Wendy's.

Originally built in 1969 to replace the bland and bumpy Zeltweg Airfield circuit, the Österreichring track was known for being very fast, as every corner was a fast sweeper and were taken in no lower than 3rd gear in a 5-speed gearbox and 4th in a 6-speed gearbox, as well as noticeable changes in elevation during the course of a lap.

Originally, Timber Wolf was superhumanly fast and agile, but when the serum changed him into a wolf-like lycanthrope he gained claws, enhanced senses, the ability to heal quickly from injuries, and superhuman strength.

Originally, the station also had platforms on the main ( fast ) lines.

Originally, not all trains on the North Shore Line stopped at Artarmon, with some " fast " trains skipping from Chatswood directly to St Leonards and then on to North Sydney.

Originally planned to feature an intricate plot, its gameplay instead gradually turned to focus on fast action and violence.

Originally from Egypt, falafel is a popular form of fast food in the Middle East, where it is also served as a mezze.

Originally known as jungle, it was a pop-created fusion of hardcore, house and techno which was usually instrumental, using extremely fast polyrhythms and breakbeats and incorporating elements from dancehall, electro, funk, hip hop, house, jazz, heavy metal.