![]() ![]() While yes, there were some things I didn't quite like about the series (some not-so-stellar humour, dramatic and dark moments, and meanness), that is entirely forgivable. > Watch this show FOR FREE on (click on the hyperlink to start watching) > I watched PM in its English Dub (highly recommend!), so this thread will be referring to that version. The show aired from June 2013 to May 2015 - spanning 52 episodes across 2 seasons along with both an English Dub and Japanese Sub. Gosh, this is such a stacked production crew - amazing! (known for the Pokemon anime), and Bandai Namco Entertainment (known for owning the Pac-Man franchise). The show's production also involved Sprite Animation Studios (known for the Yo-kai Watch anime), OLM Inc. It was produced by 41 Entertainment (known for shows like Supernatural Academy), and Arad Animation (its founder, Avi Arad, having produced films like Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse). Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures (known in Japan as Pac World) is an American-Japanese comedy, action-adventure, science fantasy 3D-animated series. ► Childhood revisited! Terminology: PM = Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures To celebrate the game’s 30th birthday, Google unveiled its first playable Doodle and the internet giant also rolled out a version of the game for its Maps service – turning the real streets of a city into a labyrinth to gobble up pellets and ghosts.Īccording to Wired, the “perfect score” is 3,333,360 points – possible only by getting to the final level 256 without losing a life and eating every dot, fruit and ghost possible.See my previous thread! ~ See more Thoughts threads! ~ See my next thread! ~ The show's IMDb page! The firm claims the lovable character has a brand recognition of 90 per cent around the world – “one of the most recognised on the planet”. It has spawned several spin-offs, including Pac ‘n Roll, Ms Pac-Man, Pac-in-Time and Pac Panic – a massive money spinner for creators Bandai Namco. May’s T-shirts of the month: celebrate the Nasa x SpaceX launch The idea of Pac-Man turning the tables on his spooky tormentors came from the cartoon series Popeye, where the hero sailor is only able to take on his nemesis Bluto after a healthy dose of spinach, Iwatani explained.įrom these humble beginnings, Pac-Man would go on to be recognised by Guinness World Records as the most successful coin-operated arcade game of all time. Hard-core gamers turned up their noses because “it was for people who didn’t play games on a daily basis – women, children, the elderly”. They came up to it and put their hands on it, so we thought that our target concept had been very much in sync and correct,” he said. “The women and couples were very happy about the machine, very excited. Streets of Rage 4 review: The perfect modern beat ‘em up for Switch, PS4 and Xbox The first edition was placed in a cinema rather than a male-dominated arcade to test the target audience, he said. Pac-Man was aimed at women and couples – a different audience to the violent alien shoot-em-ups popular in Japanese arcades at the time, Iwatani said in a 2010 interview with Wired magazine. ![]() ![]() Game designer Toru Iwatani came up with the shape for the adorable hero when he took a small slice from a pizza and realised the remainder looked like a wide-open mouth. ![]()
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