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{{Short description|Japanese manga and television series}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name            = Game Center Arashi
| image           = Game Center Arashi manga vol 1 reprint.jpg
| image_size      = 230px
| caption         = Cover of the 2000 reprint of first manga volume
| ja_kanji        = ゲームセンターあらし
| ja_romaji       = Gēmu Sentā Arashi
| genre           = [[Action genre|Action]]
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = [[Mitsuru Sugaya]]
| publisher       = [[Shogakukan]]
| demographic     = [[Children's anime and manga|Children]], [[Shōnen manga|Shōnen]]
| magazine        = [[CoroCoro Comic]]
| first           = 1978
| last            = 1984
| volumes         = 17
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| director        = Tameo Ogawa
| producer        = 
| writer          = Haruya Yamazaki<br/>[[Sōji Yoshikawa]]<br/>Toyohiro Andō
| music           = [[Kōji Makaino]]
| studio          = [[Shin-Ei Animation]]
| network         = [[Nippon Television|NTV]]
| first           = April 5, 1982
| last            = September 27, 1982
| episodes        = 26
| episode_list    = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

{{nihongo|'''''Game Center Arashi'''''|ゲームセンターあらし|Gēmu Sentā Arashi}} is a Japanese [[manga]] by [[Mitsuru Sugaya]], which ran in ''[[CoroCoro Comic]]'' from 1978 to 1984. It focus on Arashi Ishino, a young [[gamer]] whose life revolves around [[video games]]. The manga, which is one of the earliest Japanese video game-themed comics, sold over 5 million copies.<ref name="ShogakukanAward">{{cite web|url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html|script-title=ja:小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|access-date=2007-08-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929094941/http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html|archive-date=2007-09-29}}</ref> The series was adapted as a popular [[anime]] television show that aired in 1982 in [[Japan]] on Mondays from 7:00pm to 7:30pm.; and in [[Hong Kong]].

In Japanese, the word "Arashi" means "storm". In [[Hong Kong]], the show aired under the title 電子神童, which translates to "Electronic Prodigy". The series was considered [[Cultural icon|iconic]] in [[Asia]] {{Citation needed|date=August 2007}}, since it came at a time when the public was being exposed to video games for the first time. The manga and TV series opened the imagination and possibilities of what gaming entertainment was about, while boosting its popularity as a new [[phenomenon]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2007}}

==Story==
The story is about a young boy named Arashi Ishino who is obsessed with video games. He would spend all his time trying to beat the games and conquer the local [[Arcade game|arcades]]. He would meet competitors like Satoru Daimonji and Ishii, who would try to out match him with higher scores. At a certain point in each episode, he would display his special skill of unleashing a [[Spinning top|top]] which will spin so fast that both the top and his hands would catch on fire. On release, the spin would land on or near the [[Arcade cabinet|cabinet]] panels, turning the ordinary button into a [[turbo button]] thus giving him a major advantage. His appearance is known for being bucktoothed, and he always wears a hat labeled "Arashi" with a picture of a [[Sprite (computer graphics)|sprited]] alien.

''Game Center Arashi'' was the first animation with a [[gamer]] as the lead character and have the plot revolve around life with competitive gaming. Some of the games featured in the show include ''[[Space Invaders]]'', ''[[Breakout (arcade game)|Breakout]]'', ''[[Galaxian]]'', though they were not explicitly named. Some of Arashi's gaming techniques even have special names like "Blazed Top", "Vacuum Hurricane Shot", "Fish Stance".<ref>Clements, Jonathan. McCarthy Helen. [2006] (2006). The Anime Encyclopedia: Revised & Expanded Edition. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press. {{ISBN|978-1-933330-10-5}}</ref>

==Characters==
;{{nihongo|Arashi Ishino|石野あらし|Ishino Arashi}} {{Voiced by|{{ill|Satomi Majima|ja|間嶋里美}}}}
;{{nihongo|Satoru Daimonji|大文字さとる|Daimonji Satoru}} {{Voiced by|[[Eiko Hisamura]]}}
;{{nihongo|Ippeita Tsukikage|月影一平太|Tsukikage Ippeita}} {{Voiced by|[[Kenichi Ogata (voice actor)|Kenichi Ogata]]}}

==Anime==
===Staff===
{|class="wikitable"
! Function
! Names
|-
| Director || Tameo Ogawa
|-
| Screenwriter || [[Soji Yoshikawa]]
|-
| Character Design || Mitsuru Sugiyama
|-
| Animator || Kazuyuki Okaseko
|-
| Song Writer || [[Koji Makaino]]
|-
| Opening Theme Song Performer || [[Ichirou Mizuki]]
|-
| Ending Theme Song Performer || Satomi Mashima
|-
|}

===Original broadcast===
{|class="wikitable"
! Broadcast day
! Episodes
|-
|1982/4/5 || 1.	Defeat the big computer!! 	
|-
|1982/4/12 || 2. Super secret skill!! Scene of flame
|-
|1982/4/19 || 3. It came out!! Necessary shooting munsaruto
|-
|1982/4/26 || 4. The heart of love burns in the game
|-
|1982/5/3 || 5. Decisive battle!! Guarantee comb un
|-
|1982/5/10 || 6. Destruction!! Alien of fear
|-
|1982/5/17 || 7. Intense it is painful!! Carious tooth alien
|-
|1982/5/24 || 8. It is game of the man!! Eye Kawahara of rhinoceros
|-
|1982/5/31 || 9. Certain Victory! TV Game Heaven
|-
|1982/6/7 || 10. Dracula who reanimates
|-
|1982/6/14 || 11. To withstand the super intensive training of death and be able to pull out!! 
|-
|1982/6/21 || 12. TV game spy large maneuvers 
|-
|1982/6/28 || 13. Why super boin becomes matter of concern
|-
|1982/7/5 || 14. Unexpected!! Ton men Daio puzzle 
|-
|1982/7/12 || 15. Sneak away from the black hole!!
|-
|1982/7/19 || 16. The coming out of Arashi's tooth!!
|-
|1982/7/26 || 17. The younger brother was born!
|-
|1982/8/2 || 18. High treason point!! Surfing game!! 
|-
|1982/8/9 || 19. The hamburger already the large quantity
|-
|1982/8/16 || 20. Mystery! Slow residence
|-
|1982/8/23 || 21. It is Summer! It is the game! It is lodging together!
|-
|1982/8/30 || 22. Good-bye you take!? 
|-
|1982/9/6 || 23. Fight!! Game soldier Arashi
|-
|1982/9/13 || 24. SOS from heaven Part-I
|-
|1982/9/20 || 25. SOS from heaven Part-II
|-
|1982/9/27 || 26. Arashi's enemy is Arashi?!
|-
|}

==Additional versions and appearances==
In 1999, the series spawned a [[PlayStation]] [[novel]] called ''Game Center Arashi R''. In 2004, [[Microsoft]] [[Tokyo]] used the character of Arashi as a mascot to boost [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]] sales and image.

In 2006, the [[Let's! TV Play Classic]] series of plug and plays used Arashi as a mascot.

==See also==
*''[[Arcade Gamer Fubuki]]'' - A 1998 manga which reused the concept of a powerful gamer in the arcades.
*''[[Hi Score Girl]]'' - A 2010 manga which revolves around the life of a gamer and the arcade gaming scene.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061105004800/http://www.m-sugaya.com/arashi/index2.htm Official site]
*[http://www.dyrell.net/comic/arashi/ Game Center Arashi Manga info]
*{{Anime News Network|anime|2206}}
*[http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/09/17/news_6107746.html Arashi reborn for Xbox]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061104222847/http://www.m-sugaya.com/eng/index.htm Author]

{{Shogakukan Manga Award - Children}}
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[[Category:1978 manga]]
[[Category:1982 anime television series debuts]]
[[Category:Anime series based on manga]]
[[Category:CoroCoro Comic]]
[[Category:Nippon Television original programming]]
[[Category:Shōnen manga]]
[[Category:Shin-Ei Animation]]
[[Category:Shogakukan manga]]
[[Category:Shogakukan franchises]]
[[Category:Winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga]]
[[Category:Works about video games]]