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.

Originally conceived as a desktop pet with a brain ,< ref >

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

Originally scheduled for May / June 1977 but first published one month later on a bimonthly schedule with an initial ( and speculative ) print run of 4, 000, White Dwarf continued the fantasy and science fiction role-playing and board-gaming theme developed in Owl and Weasel but, owing to the increase in available space, began to produce reviews, articles and scenarios to a greater depth than had previously been possible.

Originally, there were 23 CB channels in the U. S .; the 40-channel band plan was implemented in 1977.

Originally a logging community whose last sawmill closed in 1977, McCall is now an all-season tourist destination for outdoor recreation.

Originally played in the parking lot of the Radburn Grange Hall, it moved to an official rink in 1977 at Memorial Park.

Originally referred to as the Bally Home Library Computer, it was released in 1977 but available only through mail order.

Originally created by Edward E. Simbalist and Wilf K. Backhaus in 1977, Chivalry & Sorcery ( C & S ) was an early competitor to Dungeons and Dragons.

* Whodunnit ( 1977 ) – Originally called The Case Of The Oily Levantine

) Writers in East-West Encounter, London: Macmillan, 1982 ( Originally delivered as a paper at the International Colloquium on the Cross-Cultural Encounter in Literature, East-West Center, Honolulu, October 1977 ).

Originally, each tournament had a different host, but in 1977 the competition was transferred to Japan on a permanent basis.

Originally available on cassette, then included in ROM on the original Apple II computer at release in 1977, it was the first version of BASIC used by many early home computer owners.

Originally known as Pockets, Saga formed in 1977 from the nucleus of Canadian rock band Fludd.

* John Rowan Interviews Bill Swartley ( 1977 ) Originally appeared in the British journal, Self and Society, The Primal Issue, June 1977.

Originally a Communist, he joined the New Communist Party in 1977 but left to join the Labour Party in 1978.

Originally to be called Glebe Road, in March 1977 the Metro board changed its name to Ballston.

Originally unnamed, the simulator was built at the Marshall Space Flight Center in 1977 for use in activities such as checking roadway clearances, crane capabilities and fits within structures.

Originally to be called Ballston, in March 1977 the Metro board officially changed its name to Virginia Square.

Originally published in 1977 in German, and translated into English by John Raffan, this has been widely accepted as a standard work in the field.

Originally controlled by officers of Tektronix and the founding engineers, in September 1977, Rodgers became part of CBS Musical Instruments along with Steinway & Sons pianos, Fender guitars, Rhodes electric pianos, Gemeinhardt flutes, and a number of other instrument brand names.

Originally designed to represent American English, the system was adapted to French in 1977., Cued Speech has been adapted to approximately 60 languages and dialects, including six dialects of English.

Originally drafted by the Atlanta Flames with the 72nd pick in the 1977 NHL Entry Draft, Craig joined the Flames shortly after the Olympics and won his first game as an NHL professional.

Originally published 1912 ; reprinted Millwood, New York: Kraus, 1977.

* Sha Na Na ( 1977 – 1981 ) ( Originally syndicated by LBS Communications ; CPT assumed rights in 2000 )

Originally included in the corridor for I-275, the Michigan Highway Commission canceled the northern section of the highway on January 26, 1977, after it spent $ 1. 6 million ( equivalent to $ in ) the year before purchasing land for the roadway.