Animation Store Manager
アニメ店長
Synopsis
This is the Animation Store Manager!! Anime Tenchou is a CM character for Animate, one of Japan's biggest retailer of anime, games, and manga. The character series was created by Shimamoto Kazuhiko for publicity purposes. Later adapted into a manga, a weekly radio drama and this OVA animated by GAINAX and directed by Anno Hideaki. Anizawa Meito is the blazing store manager. He is a fireball who loves animation merchandise at heart. He takes over the dying wish of the former store manager, though still alive, who was attacked by the rival store and becomes a “store manager” of newly opened animation goods specialty store, Animate. The scarlet, “store manager visor” is his trademark.
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Akira Ishida
Wataru (voice)
Hiro Yuuki
Hikaru (voice)
Hiroaki Hirata
Mel Rose (voice)
Jurota Kosugi
President Takahashi (voice)
Kazuhiko Shimamoto
Narrator
Miki Nagasawa
Lamica Hoshii (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki
Guy Denki (voice)
Soichiro Hoshi
Yuzuru (voice)
Takehito Koyasu
Touya Dougenzaka (voice)
Tomokazu Seki
Meito Anizawa (voice)
Toshihiko Seki
Ryuu Raiba (voice)
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Hiroyuki Imaishi, Hideaki Anno
- Screenplay & Story
- Hiroyuki Imaishi
- Original Title
- アニメ店長
- Country of Origin
- Japan
- Spoken Languages
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 3m
- Production Studios
- GAINAX, movic, animate
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Hiroyuki Imaishi, Hideaki Anno
Hiroyuki Imaishi, Kazuhiko Shimamoto
Department Leadership Roster
Hiroyuki Imaishi
Director
Hideaki Anno
Director
Hiroyuki Imaishi
Screenplay
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What is Animation Store Manager about?
This is the Animation Store Manager!! Anime Tenchou is a CM character for Animate, one of Japan's biggest retailer of anime, games, and manga. The character series was created by Shimamoto Kazuhiko for publicity purposes. Later adapted into a manga, a weekly radio drama and this OVA animated by GAINAX and directed by Anno Hideaki. Anizawa Meito is the blazing store manager. He is a fireball who loves animation merchandise at heart. He takes over the dying wish of the former store manager, though still alive, who was attacked by the rival store and becomes a “store manager” of newly opened animation goods specialty store, Animate. The scarlet, “store manager visor” is his trademark.
Who directed Animation Store Manager?
Animation Store Manager was directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi, Hideaki Anno.
Who stars in Animation Store Manager?
The principal cast of Animation Store Manager includes Akira Ishida, Hiro Yuuki, Hiroaki Hirata, Jurota Kosugi, Kazuhiko Shimamoto.
When was Animation Store Manager released and how long is it?
Animation Store Manager was released in 2002 with a total runtime of 3m.