is a Japanese media company that publishes
mangaManga consist of comics and print cartoons , in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 20th century...
,
animeis animation originating in Japan. The world outside Japan regards anime as "Japanese animation". Anime originated about 1917.Anime, like manga , has a large audience in Japan and high recognition throughout the world...
, and video games through its various subsidiaries. Broccoli is the parent company of Broccoli Music Publishing, Broccoli International USA, and Anime Gamers USA Inc. Broccoli also published
mangaManga consist of comics and print cartoons , in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 20th century...
under Broccoli Books.
Broccoli is well-known for the
Di Gi Charatis a Japanese anime and manga series created by Koge-Donbo. The series follows a catgirl named Di Gi Charat who was adopted as the mascot of Broccoli's retail chain store, Gamers. The original anime series and its original video animations are set in a Gamers store. There are twenty stores...
fanchise and series.
Satsuki Yamashita, the editor of Broccoli Books, explained that the company derived its president's desire to create a memorable name similar to the memorability of Apple Inc. While trying to imagine of another fruit or vegetable, he arrived at
broccoliBroccoli is a plant of the cabbage family Brassicaceae .It is classified as a cultivar group of the species Brassica oleracea...
.
is a Japanese media company that publishes
mangaManga consist of comics and print cartoons , in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 20th century...
,
animeis animation originating in Japan. The world outside Japan regards anime as "Japanese animation". Anime originated about 1917.Anime, like manga , has a large audience in Japan and high recognition throughout the world...
, and video games through its various subsidiaries. Broccoli is the parent company of Broccoli Music Publishing, Broccoli International USA, and Anime Gamers USA Inc. Broccoli also published
mangaManga consist of comics and print cartoons , in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 20th century...
under Broccoli Books.
Broccoli is well-known for the
Di Gi Charatis a Japanese anime and manga series created by Koge-Donbo. The series follows a catgirl named Di Gi Charat who was adopted as the mascot of Broccoli's retail chain store, Gamers. The original anime series and its original video animations are set in a Gamers store. There are twenty stores...
fanchise and series.
History
Satsuki Yamashita, the editor of Broccoli Books, explained that the company derived its president's desire to create a memorable name similar to the memorability of Apple Inc. While trying to imagine of another fruit or vegetable, he arrived at
broccoliBroccoli is a plant of the cabbage family Brassicaceae .It is classified as a cultivar group of the species Brassica oleracea...
. Incidentally, this coincidentally has the same name in every language.
On January 23, 2008, Broccoli announced it would be collaborating with rival
Animateis the retailing arm of MOVIC and is the largest retailer of anime, games, and manga in Japan. The first and headquarters store of Animate opened in 1983 and is located in Ikebukuro, a district in Tokyo, Japan. Currently, there are 38 Animate stores in Japan, and one in Taipei, Taiwan...
to form a new company called "AniBro". Broccoli holds 30% ownership of the company, which is managed by the CEO of Animate.
Gamers
Broccoli owns a chain of retail stores, Gamers, which are used for distributing anime, manga, anime music CDs,
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s, snacks,
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, apparel,
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s,
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s, trading cards and accessories such as cell
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s and
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s. Headquartered at the
Akihabara, also known as , is an area of Tokyo, Japan. It is located less than five minutes by rail from Tokyo Station. Its name is frequently shortened to Akiba in Japan...
, Japan location, the stores has locations throughout Japan. The first Gamers opened in
Ikebukuro, a part of Toshima ward, is a large commercial and entertainment district of Tokyo, Japan. It is the location of the Toshima ward offices, Ikebukuro station and several extremely large department stores....
, a district of Tokyo, Japan, but closed its doors on January 15, 2006. Broccoli opened a store in Los Angeles,
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, Anime Gamers USA, that also acted as the main distributor of Broccoli Book's releases in the United States. On November 20, 2008, Broccoli announced that they would be withdrawing from the US market and closed down shop, shortly afterward.
Broccoli Books
Broccoli Books was a
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that published
mangaManga consist of comics and print cartoons , in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 20th century...
in North America. It had a boys love imprint, Boysenberry Books, that launched in 2007. It ceased operations in December 2008 and all the titles reverted back to the Japanese holders.
Synch-Point
The Synch-Point division produces English-language versions of
animeis animation originating in Japan. The world outside Japan regards anime as "Japanese animation". Anime originated about 1917.Anime, like manga , has a large audience in Japan and high recognition throughout the world...
and
mangaManga consist of comics and print cartoons , in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 20th century...
for North American distribution. As of March 2005, this company, its productions, and acquisitions appeared to be on an indefinite hiatus.