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2 | Broccoli, founded in 1994, is a Japanse media company that publishes manga, anime, video games, [[CollectibleCardGame trading card games]], and operates a chain of retailers called Gamers. As the story goes, the name came about because the company's president wanted a memorable name. Thinking of the American tech company Apple as having such a name, [[FollowTheLeader brainstorming began for another fruit or vegetable]]. "Broccoli" was the end result, and it was a fortunate coincidence that broccoli is "broccoli" in [[ConvenientlyPreciseTranslation almost every language]]. |
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4 | The company's first big hit was ''Anime/DiGiCharat'' starting 1998, which is a franchise built around Dejiko, the [[{{Mascot}} advertising mascot]] of Gamers. ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'', another major franchise, followed in 2000. Both are {{Visual Novel}}s, as would be most games to follow. These successes led to Broccoli's attempt to get a foothold in the North American market through the founding of Broccoli Books in 2007 for manga publication and through the purchase of Creator/SynchPoint for anime (and manga) publication. Both divisions closed doors in 2008. |
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6 | In 2005, it became a subsidiary of [=GungHo=] Online Entertainment. |
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8 | In 2020, it was announced that Creator/{{Bushiroad}} entered a partnership with Broccoli and now holds 3.89% of Broccoli's shares. |
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10 | Not to be confused with the Creator/EonProductions producers (Creator/AlbertRBroccoli and Creator/BarbaraBroccoli). |
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12 | !!Franchises by Broccoli include: |
13 | [[index]] |
14 | * ''Anime/DiGiCharat'' |
15 | * ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'' |
16 | ** ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngelII'' |
17 | * ''Aquarian Age'' |
18 | ** ''Manga/JuvenileOrion'' |
19 | [[/index]] |
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21 | !!Games by Broccoli include: |
22 | * ''Bakuten Shoot Beyblade'' (developed by Rokumendo) |
23 | * ''[[VideoGame/BakutenShootBeybladeGBA Bakuten Shoot Beyblade - Gekitō! Saikyō Blader]]'' |
24 | * ''[[VideoGame/BakutenShootBeybladeGBA Bakuten Shoot Beyblade 2002 - Iku ze! Gekitō! Chō Jiryoku Battle!]]'' |
25 | * ''[[VideoGame/BakutenShootBeybladeGBA Bakuten Shoot Beyblade 2002 - Gekisen! Team Battle!!]]'' |
26 | ** ''Seiryū no Shō ~Takao Hen~'' |
27 | ** ''Kōryū no Shō ~Daichi Hen~'' |
28 | * ''[[Franchise/NeonGenesisEvangelion Neon Genesis Evangelion: Girlfriend of Steel 2]]'' |
29 | * ''VisualNovel/UtaNoPrinceSama'' (developed by Creator/NipponIchi) |
30 | * ''VisualNovel/JackJeanne'' |
31 | [[/index]] |
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