Akiba-chan (TV series)

Akiba-chan
アキバちゃん
Genre	Comedy, slice of life story
Anime television series
Directed by	Atsuya Okabe
Studio	Tsuburaya Entertainment
Original network	Kids Station
Original run	July 25, 2008 – August 1, 2008
Episodes	10

Akiba-chan (アキバちゃん) is an original series of ten short anime comedy films.

Akiba-chan is the name of the main character, a posable figurine. Her name refers to the otaku obsession with collecting anime figurines and other merchandise (see Akiba-kei).

She lives in an apartment house named Maison de Akiba. Four other girls share her easy-going, comic adventures.

The anime uses a combination of computer animation (CGI) and a stop-motion technique named フィギュメーション (figumation).

The moe character design is by Poyoyon Rock a k a 渡辺 明夫 (Akio Watanabe).

Voice cast

• Ai Shimizu - アキバちゃん (Akiba-chan)
• Sayori Ishizuka - リキちゃん (Lichy-chan)
• Mayuko Omimura - オトメちゃん (Otome-chan)
• Saki Fujita - ミルクちゃん (Miriku-chan)
• Ryoka Yuzuki - リリアンちゃん (Lilian-chan)

References

• "Akiba-chan" (in Japanese). AllCinema. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
• "Akiba-chan" (in Japanese). Kids-Station. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-13. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

• Official site
• Akiba-chan (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia