Midnight Horror School
Encyclopedia
Midnight Horror School is an Japan
ese computer-generated
anime
series created by Naomi Iwata (who also created Pecola
), and produced by Milky Cartoon. The series began in 2002, and airs on the satellite network Animax
in Asia
, Australia
and Europe
, and Etc...TV
y Liv TV in Chile
.
, a cafeteria, a music room, a playroom, a fountain, a skeleton playground
, a graveyard
and several school staff.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese computer-generated
Computer-generated imagery
Computer-generated imagery is the application of the field of computer graphics or, more specifically, 3D computer graphics to special effects in art, video games, films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally, and printed media...
anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
series created by Naomi Iwata (who also created Pecola
Pecola
Pecola is a Japanese 3-D Anime series that was computer-generated in Canada, with cube-shaped anthropomorphic animals in a place called Cube Town. It is based on a series of children's picture books by Naomi Iwata. The show stars Pecola, a curious and hyperactive penguin that tries to help the...
), and produced by Milky Cartoon. The series began in 2002, and airs on the satellite network Animax
Animax
is a Japanese anime satellite television network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. A subsidiary of Japanese media conglomerate Sony, it is headquartered in in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with its co-founders and shareholders including Sony Pictures Entertainment and the noted anime studios...
in Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, and Etc...TV
Etc...TV
Etc...TV is a Chilean cable TV channel currently owned by MEGA. The channel's slogan is "Todo pasa por Etc..." . Launched in 1996, the company was previously owned by Telefilms Ltda...
y Liv TV in Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
.
Characters and setting
The school has 26 students with each name of them beginning with a letter of the alphabet in order and a color, 3 teachers, 3 classrooms, a libraryLibrary
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
, a cafeteria, a music room, a playroom, a fountain, a skeleton playground
Playground
A playground or play area is a place with a specific design for children be able to play there. It may be indoors but is typically outdoors...
, a graveyard
Graveyard
A graveyard is any place set aside for long-term burial of the dead, with or without monuments such as headstones...
and several school staff.
Students
- Ampoo: A quiet and plug boy. Sometimes, he always makes a fuss. His color is purplePurplePurple is a range of hues of color occurring between red and blue, and is classified as a secondary color as the colors are required to create the shade....
.
- Borocca: A happy boy with his head shaped like a umbrellaUmbrellaAn umbrella or parasol is a canopy designed to protect against rain or sunlight. The term parasol usually refers to an item designed to protect from the sun; umbrella refers to a device more suited to protect from rain...
. When he gets excited, His umbrella head opens and closes. His color is aquaAqua- Music :* Aqua , a Danish pop band* Aqua , American record producer and composer of film and television scores* Aqua, album by Edgar Froese* Aqua , 1992* "Aqua", a piano piece by Ryuichi Sakamoto...
.
- Chaps: A half melted candyCandyCandy, specifically sugar candy, is a confection made from a concentrated solution of sugar in water, to which flavorings and colorants are added...
girl. When she does too many things, she melts. Her color is light green.
- Docky: A loner that wears a firefighterFirefighterFirefighters are rescuers extensively trained primarily to put out hazardous fires that threaten civilian populations and property, to rescue people from car incidents, collapsed and burning buildings and other such situations...
hat with the number 13 on his head. Girls can look at him with a curious eye. His color is red.
- Enton: A boy with his head shaped like a chimney and is always upset. When he gets excited, he puffs smoke, which annoys everyone. His color is brown.
- Fonton: A boy who always leaks. He is a maniacal note-talker. His color is light yellow.
- Genie: A boy who loves to study. He is smart, his head is shaped like a book and wears glassesGlassesGlasses, also known as eyeglasses , spectacles or simply specs , are frames bearing lenses worn in front of the eyes. They are normally used for vision correction or eye protection. Safety glasses are a kind of eye protection against flying debris or against visible and near visible light or...
. His color is green.
- Hikky: A two-sided pencil stub boy. He really loves to draw. He has 2 colors: Red and dark blue.
- Inky: A blue inkInkInk is a liquid or paste that contains pigments and/or dyes and is used to color a surface to produce an image, text, or design. Ink is used for drawing and/or writing with a pen, brush, or quill...
bottle boy. He watches things from afar. His color is baby blueBaby blueBaby blue is a tint of blue, one of the pastel colors.The first recorded use of baby blue as a color name in English was in 1892.-Bubbles:Bubbles is a pale tint of baby blue....
.
- Juno: A flowerpot girl who always carries around a man-eating plant on her head. She also has a big sister and when she gets angry, the man-eating plant on her head gets violent. She has 2 colors: Salmon pink and dark green.
- Kabo: A pumpkinPumpkinA pumpkin is a gourd-like squash of the genus Cucurbita and the family Cucurbitaceae . It commonly refers to cultivars of any one of the species Cucurbita pepo, Cucurbita mixta, Cucurbita maxima, and Cucurbita moschata, and is native to North America...
boy. He is the son of a pumpkin king and is very likable. His color is orangeOrange (colour)The colour orange occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum at a wavelength of about 585–620 nm, and has a hue of 30° in HSV colour space. It is numerically halfway between red and yellow in a gamma-compressed RGB colour space, the expression of which is the RGB colour wheel. The...
.
- Liddy: A keyboard instrument girl who is strong-minded, outgrowing and popular. She plays the organOrgan (music)The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
and is very good at music. She has 2 colors: PinkPinkPink is a mixture of red and white. Commonly used for Valentine's Day and Easter, pink is sometimes referred to as "the color of love." The use of the word for the color known today as pink was first recorded in the late 17th century....
and red.
- Magnero: A magnetMagnetA magnet is a material or object that produces a magnetic field. This magnetic field is invisible but is responsible for the most notable property of a magnet: a force that pulls on other ferromagnetic materials, such as iron, and attracts or repels other magnets.A permanent magnet is an object...
boy who always has a scrap metal stuck to him. He likes to build machines and collect magnetite sand. His color is gray.
- Noisy: A microphoneMicrophoneA microphone is an acoustic-to-electric transducer or sensor that converts sound into an electrical signal. In 1877, Emile Berliner invented the first microphone used as a telephone voice transmitter...
girl. She also has a show called "Midnight Eye". Her color is light purple.
- Onpoo: A musical note girl. She loves music and sings very great. Her color is aqua.
- Piranin: A half-fish boy who is always ill. He enjoys his passion floating in the fountain. He usually stays in the back of places away from others. His color is grayish green.
- Quicky: A clockClockA clock is an instrument used to indicate, keep, and co-ordinate time. The word clock is derived ultimately from the Celtic words clagan and clocca meaning "bell". A silent instrument missing such a mechanism has traditionally been known as a timepiece...
boy. He is always worried about time. He has 2 colors: tanTan (color)Tan is a pale whiteish, tawny shade of white. The name is derived from tannum used in the tanning of leather.The first recorded use of tan as a shade name in English was in the year 1590....
and orange.
- Rosso: A fire hydrant boy. He loves to clean up things. His color is red.
- Spimon: A monkeyMonkeyA monkey is a primate, either an Old World monkey or a New World monkey. There are about 260 known living species of monkey. Many are arboreal, although there are species that live primarily on the ground, such as baboons. Monkeys are generally considered to be intelligent. Unlike apes, monkeys...
boy with speakersLoudspeakerA loudspeaker is an electroacoustic transducer that produces sound in response to an electrical audio signal input. Non-electrical loudspeakers were developed as accessories to telephone systems, but electronic amplification by vacuum tube made loudspeakers more generally useful...
for ears. He likes broadcasting things. He has 2 colors: Light green and yellow.
- Tubee: A paint tube boy. He is a trouble maker who always drips paintPaintPaint is any liquid, liquefiable, or mastic composition which after application to a substrate in a thin layer is converted to an opaque solid film. One may also consider the digital mimicry thereof...
everywhere. He has 2 colors: WhiteWhiteWhite is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the human eye in nearly equal amounts and with high brightness compared to the surroundings. A white visual stimulation will be void of hue and grayness.White light can be...
and purple.
- Usop: A spray paint boy. He is a liar and has a strong dislike. His color is beigeBeigeBeige may be described as an off tan color or an extremely pale brown color.The term originates from beige cloth, a cotton fabric left undyed in its natural color...
.
- Vincent: A quiet bottle-head boy. His head is full of jellybeans and likes to read. He also enjoys his passion daydreaming. His color is yellow.
- Watt: A light bulb boy. His light burns out when given too strong an electrical charge. He has 2 colors: White and blue.
- Mr. X: A transfer student with a paper bag on its head. It doesn't talk much and is even a boy or a girl. Its color is tan. From Mr. X's appearance, one might assume that this character is actually PecolaPecolaPecola is a Japanese 3-D Anime series that was computer-generated in Canada, with cube-shaped anthropomorphic animals in a place called Cube Town. It is based on a series of children's picture books by Naomi Iwata. The show stars Pecola, a curious and hyperactive penguin that tries to help the...
wearing a bag on his head.
- Yumyum: A rotten bananaBananaBanana is the common name for herbaceous plants of the genus Musa and for the fruit they produce. Bananas come in a variety of sizes and colors when ripe, including yellow, purple, and red....
boy. The other students hate when he smells and can summon and control flies. His color is yellow.
- Zobie: A zombieZombieZombie is a term used to denote an animated corpse brought back to life by mystical means such as witchcraft. The term is often figuratively applied to describe a hypnotized person bereft of consciousness and self-awareness, yet ambulant and able to respond to surrounding stimuli...
boy. He also has a coffinCoffinA coffin is a funerary box used in the display and containment of dead people – either for burial or cremation.Contemporary North American English makes a distinction between "coffin", which is generally understood to denote a funerary box having six sides in plan view, and "casket", which...
, which could be found while taking a break. His color is blue.
School staff
- Old Owl Sage: A wise old owlOwlOwls are a group of birds that belong to the order Strigiformes, constituting 200 bird of prey species. Most are solitary and nocturnal, with some exceptions . Owls hunt mostly small mammals, insects, and other birds, although a few species specialize in hunting fish...
who knows everything about the school. He lives in a birdcage by the fountain.
- Lure the Fisherman: A lizardLizardLizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with nearly 3800 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica as well as most oceanic island chains...
-skeleton fisherman and in charge of the elevatorElevatorAn elevator is a type of vertical transport equipment that efficiently moves people or goods between floors of a building, vessel or other structures...
s of the school. He always sleeps.
- Mr. Showtime: A hologram master of the ceremonies. He has a catchphrase that is, "It's show time!"
- Eddy the Skeleton Dragon: a bone dragonDragonA dragon is a legendary creature, typically with serpentine or reptilian traits, that feature in the myths of many cultures. There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European dragon, derived from European folk traditions and ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern...
used as a jungle gym and called "Bone Hill" by the students. Eddy's skull is also used for secret meetings.
- Johnny Crow: A crowCrowCrows form the genus Corvus in the family Corvidae. Ranging in size from the relatively small pigeon-size jackdaws to the Common Raven of the Holarctic region and Thick-billed Raven of the highlands of Ethiopia, the 40 or so members of this genus occur on all temperate continents and several...
-skeleton. He always starts rumors.
- Screwsnail (Nejimakitsumuri): A freak-skeleton who always winds the clock on the second floor. He is always slow.
- Mr. Salaman: A salamanderSalamanderSalamander is a common name of approximately 500 species of amphibians. They are typically characterized by a superficially lizard-like appearance, with their slender bodies, short noses, and long tails. All known fossils and extinct species fall under the order Caudata, while sometimes the extant...
-skeleton and one of the 3 teachers. He is affectionate and moody. His students love him and is also a nag.
- Mr. Tigerl: A saber tooth tiger-skeleton and one of the 3 teachers. He also has a roar that scares people. He is very sensitive and always reads romance novels.
- Ms. Peginand: A penguinPenguinPenguins are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the southern hemisphere, especially in Antarctica. Highly adapted for life in the water, penguins have countershaded dark and white plumage, and their wings have become flippers...
-skeleton and one of the 3 teachers. She also feels a strong rivalry.
- The Principal: The principal of the school. No one knows what he looks like and where he is.
Classes
- The Yellow Lizard Class: One of the 3 classes in the school. The class's teacher is Mr. Salaman and its students are Piranin, Hikky, Liddy, Spimon, Kabo, Tubee, Docky, Borocca and Zobie.
- The Blue Spider Class: One of the 3 classes in the school. The class's teacher is Mr. Tigerl and its students are Chaps, Ampoo, Juno, Inky, Watt, Fonton, Usop, Magnero and Mr. X.
- The Pink Toad Class: One of the 3 classes in the school. The class's teacher is Ms. Peginand and its students are Rosso, Noisy, Genie, Onpoo, Quicky, Vincent, Enton and Yumyum.
External links
- Project Midnight Horror School (official website)