Line #8 Creator/Broccoli

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1	[[quoteright:400:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/broccoligamers.jpg]]
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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