Broccoli

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BROCCOLI Co., Ltd. (株式会社ブロッコリー) is a Japanese company that is synonmous with Gamers (ゲーマーズ) which their retail chain stores are named, but is not a separate company. BROCCOLI is the parent company of Broccoli Music Publishing, Broccoli International USA, and Anime Gamers USA Inc. BROCCOLI also publish manga under BROCCOLI Books.

Gamers (retail chain)

Gamers Akihabara main store

Their retail stores, Gamers, is famous for increasing the popularity of Dejiko, a catgirl character created by Koge-Donbo for a Gamers advertisement. While the first and original Gamers store was in Ikebukuro, a district of Tokyo, Japan, the Gamers headquarters store is located in Akihabara, Japan. The original Ikebukuro store closed its doors to business on January 15 2006 with a final sales event.

There are Gamers locations throughout Japan and one in Los Angeles, California. The Los Angeles store is known as "Anime Gamers" due to another American company holding the "Gamers" trademark.

Anime and manga

BROCCOLI is credited with the production of several anime and manga. Madhouse productions is their close working partner, being the anime producer of many of BROCCOLI's anime.

Works

*Aquarian Age OVA (Distributor, Original Concept, Planning, Production)
Di Gi Charat
*Di Gi Charat - A Trip to the Planet (movie)
*Di Gi Charat Christmas Special
*Di Gi Charat Natsuyasumi Special
*Di Gi Charat Nyo
*Di Gi Charat Ohanami Special
*Di Gi Charat Summer Special
*Di Gi Charat Theater (manga)
*Di Gi Charat Theater: Leave it to Piyoko! (manga)
*Di Gi Charat: Dejiko's Champion Cup Theatre (manga)*
*Leave it to Piyoko! OVA
*Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat
First Kiss Story OVA
Galaxy Angel (Copyright, Original story, Production)
*Galaxy Angel A (Original Concept, Planning, Production)
*Galaxy Angel X (Original Concept, Planning, Production)
*Galaxy Angel Z (Original story, Production)
Little Snow Fairy Sugar
*Little Snow Fairy Sugar (manga) : Original Concept
*Little Snow Fairy Summer Special
Mouse
Neppu Kairiku Bushi Lord
Pitaten
R.O.D the TV

External links

[AnimeGamers.com website]
[AnimeGamers Los Angeles website]
[Broccoli International USA, Inc. website]
[Broccoli Books website]
[Broccoli Books BLOG] - Written by editors & staff of Broccoli Books
[Synch-Point BLOG] - Written by producers & staff of Synch-Point
[BROCCOLI main home page] (Japanese)
[Gamers retail chain home page] (Japanese)

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