Popotan
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Popotan (Japanese: ぽぽたん) is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Petit Ferret with character designs by Akio Watanabe under the alias Poyoyon Rock. It was originally released as a PC game for CD-ROM on December 13, 2002, and subsequently re-released on DVD-ROM and for the PlayStation 2 with certain scenes removed. The title Popotan is a nonsensical word meant to reflect the prominence of dandelions, spelled tanpopo (たんぽぽ) in Japanese;[n 1][3][4][5] Petit Ferret also produced a fan disc shortly before the DVD-ROM re-release. Popotan has been adapted to other media, including a novel series (Popotan~ Himitsu no Jumon~ Kōhen) by Sassami Yachiruda; a manga series by Yūjiro Izumi; a twelve episode anime television series directed by Shinichiro Kimura, animated by Shaft, and licensed in North America by Geneon USA and later, Sentai Filmworks; a radio drama (Poporaji); and several art and reference books.
Popotan | |
ぽぽたん | |
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Genre | Fantasy comedy,[1] harem[2] |
Novel series | |
Written by | Sassami Yachiruda |
Published by | Softgarage |
Original run | June 20, 2002 – August 22, 2002 |
Volumes | 2 |
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Genre | Eroge, Visual novel |
Platform | Microsoft Windows |
Released | December 13, 2002 (limited ed.) August 1, 2003 (Popotan Po! DVD-ROM) |
Audio drama | |
Station | Osaka Radio, TBS Radio |
Original run | April 2003 – December 2003 |
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Popotan Fan Disc: Issho ni A SO BO | |
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Genre | Eroge, Visual novel |
Platform | Microsoft Windows |
Released | July 7, 2003 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Shinichiro Kimura |
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Written by | Jukki Hanada |
Music by | Osamu Tezuka |
Studio | Shaft |
Licensed by | |
Original network | BS-i |
Original run | July 18, 2003 – October 3, 2003 |
Episodes | 12 (List of episodes) |
Manga | |
Written by | Yūjiro Izumi |
Published by | Kodansha |
Magazine | Magazine Z |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | December 12, 2003 – August 23, 2004 |
Volumes | 2 |
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Oshiete! Popotan | |
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Genre | Visual novel |
Platform | PlayStation 2 |
Released | March 11, 2004 |
Gameplay in Popotan follows a semi-predetermined plot; major events remain the same, but personal storylines can diverge from the player's choices. The game focuses on protagonist Chris, a drifter who meets three girls, the youngest of whom is 11 years old, and their maid in a mansion near the ruins of Tokyo in the distant future.