Net Ghost PiPoPa


Net Ghost PiPoPa is a Japanese anime television series directed by Shinichiro Kimura. It premiered on TV Tokyo on April 6, 2008. A manga adaptation was serialized in Kerokero Ace. It is also streamed in the United States on Crunchyroll under the title Web Ghosts PiPoPa since December 2008. An English language pilot was produced by William Winckler Productions in 2017.
A spin-off game entitled Net Ghost PiPoPa: PiPoPa×DS@Big Adventure!!! was also released for the Nintendo DS.
Pipopa is an onomatopoeia of computer beeps.

Overview

The story is about a boy, Yūta Akikawa, who is afraid of computers. His family moves to Kamimai City, a technologically advanced city, where his mother works. The same day, he receives a mysterious encrypted message from an anonymous source. When he opens this, he is transported into the Net World, meeting three Web Ghosts known as Pit, Pot, and Pat. Here, the three Web Ghosts, whom Yūta dubs as PiPoPa, explain to Yūta that the Net World is what is going on inside of all outside computers, cell phones, and all technology. Yūta decides to hide this discovery from his friends and family, and he uses this to his advantage to help friends in need and prevent technological mishaps.

Characters

Yūta Akikawa Hikaru Sofue Pit Pot Pat Pū / Seiren Mamoru Shindo Kazushige Enoshima Shuzo Matsushita and Kosuke Kitayama Web Venus Kenta Akikawa Yūko Akikawa Juzo Sofue BiBoBa Jin Kazama Azusa Sakamoto Tomio Hirame Karin Yukitani Yuzuru Aizawa Eriko Murata Ecolon Sayaka Erenkova Seiko Erenkova
  • The Dream Future Big Four
  • : A special division in Dream Future made purely of data.
  • * Ash
  • *: The head of the American branch, Ash specializes in throwing cards.
  • * Langa
  • *: The head of the Asian branch, Langa is able to hypnotize.
  • * François
  • *: The head of the European branch.
  • * Mohammad
  • *: The head of the North African branch.Doctor Forest
  • '''Divine Forest'''

Theme songs

; Opening songs
  1. "Password@PiPoPa" by Atsuko Bungo
  2. "Get On Up" by Sugimoto Shimai
  3. "Password@PiPoPa" by COON
; Ending songs
  1. "Hoshi Kirari" by COON
  2. "Virtual Love" by Sugimoto Shimai

Reception

Famicom Tsūshin scored the game a 18 out of 40, making it one of the lowest rated Nintendo DS games of that year.