Episode 14 of the anime series Martian Successor Nadesico causes a rather confusing link between the world of the show itself and that of Gekigangar III, a popular anime that exists within its universe and that many characters are fans of ; the episode is essentially a clip show, but has several newly animated segments based on Gekigangar that involves the characters of that show watching Nadesico ( many of them being big fans of it themselves ).

While on board the Nadesico, Akito has more problems to deal with than just the Jovians ; nearly all the female members of the crew, especially the vessel's captain Yurika Misumaru, seem to be head over heels in love with him, though all he wants to do is cook and watch his favorite anime, Gekigangar III.

Many of the characters are themselves anime fans, and there is often comparison between the campy, sanitized war of the anime within an anime Gekigangar III and the much harsher reality that the crew of the Nadesico faces.

In an episode late in the series, the ship holds an anime convention complete with a viewing marathon of Gekigangar, people engaged in cosplay, and tie-in merchandising.

One of the characters was a magical girl seiyū before joining the crew ( and in fact is a parody of a specific seiyū, Megumi Hayashibara ), another is a fangirl who likes to draw her own shōnen-ai doujinshi, and a third is an otaku who bases his entire life on Gekigangar III.

The episode ends with the crew of the Nadesico watching the very same episode of Gekigangar, causing a bizarre paradox of sorts.

A Gekigangar III compilation OVA was also released.

* Hikaru Amano-Aestivalis pilot and rabid Gekigangar III fangirl, Hikaru has become a somewhat overstressed manga artist.

This time, the show, along with some of the other anime that aired with it, was dubbed by Singaporean voice actors.

Audiences were expecting another giant robot show, and instead found MS Gundam, the first work of anime in an entirely new genre, the mecha drama or the ' real robot ' genre as opposed to the ' super robot ' genre.

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The show inspired a few fanzines such as Protoculture Addicts and Animag both of which in turn promoted interest in the wide world of anime in general.

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Three other characters who show up regularly in both the manga and anime are Shinichi and Koichi's mother and father, who operate a small hotel.

The show intentionally includes a number of science fiction anime clichés, including time travel and alien invaders, but turns these concepts on their heads by the end of the series through a number of plot twists.

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Oddly enough, though practically every Japanese anime exported to the United States during that period was edited due to violent content, Johnny Sokko And His Flying Robot seemed to have escaped close scrutiny in that regard, and what editing was done on the show seemed to have been more for the purposes of squeezing in another commercial or two rather than in the interest of curbing the show's violence.

Tim Jones from THEM Anime Reviews found Piccolo's differences from Dragon Ball to Dragon Ball Z as one of the reasons the former show is recommendable to viewers from the later anime.

In Pokémon Live !, the musical stage show adapted from the anime, Pikachu was played by Jennifer Risser.

The channel was also notable for being one of the first UK television channels to show anime movies and television series on a regular basis.

Currently, most archive and anime programming have been phased out of the channel, which now concentrates on contemporary show, movies, and other programming.

Akihabara is a major shopping area for electronic, computer, anime, and otaku goods, including new and used items.

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Cyberpunk is also featured prominently in anime, Akira and Ghost in the Shell being among the most notable.

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is a 1998 Japanese anime series developed by Sunrise.

Cowboy Bebop is now considered to be one of the greatest and most influential anime of all time.

This implies that much anime is not specifically Japanese and therefore lacks a distinct national identity.

Unlike other anime and manga, where jokes and references are often exclusory or require knowledge of Japanese culture and / or the workings and conventions of anime, Cowboy Bebop is accessible – western audiences can connect with the characters readily and more fully understand their motivations and struggles.

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Where foreign distribution occurs, dubbing is common in theatrically released films, television series, cartoons and anime.

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