Game Center Arashi

Genre

action anime and manga

Country

Japan

How it feels

The story follows Arashi Ishino, a young boy who lives and breathes video games. He navigates adventures and challenges that revolve around the exciting new world of gaming entertainment.

energeticplayfulnostalgicfast-pacedcuriouslighthearteddynamicupbeat

What happens

Game Center Arashi (ゲームセンターあらし, Gēmu Sentā Arashi) is a Japanese manga by Mitsuru Sugaya, which ran in CoroCoro Comic from 1978 to 1984. It focus on Arashi Ishino, a young gamer whose life revolves around video games. The manga, which is one of the earliest Japanese video game-themed comics, sold over 5 million copies. The series was adapted as a popular anime television show that aired in 1982 in Japan on Mondays from 7:00pm to 7:30pm.; and in Hong Kong. In Japanese, the word "Arashi" means "storm". In Hong Kong, the show aired under the title 電子神童, which translates to "Electronic Prodigy". The series was considered iconic in Asia , since it came at a time when the public was being exposed to video games for the first time. The manga and TV series opened the imagination and possibilities of what gaming entertainment was about, while boosting its popularity as a new phenomenon. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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