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The history of video games began in the 1950s and 1960s as computer scientists began designing simple games and simulations on minicomputers and mainframes. Spacewar! was developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) student hobbyists in 1962 as one of the first such games on a video display.
Fischer's have gained popularity especially in the younger generations [13] becoming the most-viewed YouTube channel in Japan in 2019. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] [ 16 ] In the recent years, they have started to appear on television and other media outside YouTube. [ 17 ]
This is a timeline of Japanese history, comprising important legal, territorial and cultural changes and political events in Japan and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Japan .
U.S.-based Japanese language web host Fc2.com introduces a video sharing service similar to YouTube. [9] Kazushi Hirata is arrested, and found guilty receiving a 2-year jail sentence suspended for 3 years for uploading a pre-release movie to Winny.
MTV launched in 1981 and further popularized the music-video medium, which allowed relatively much artistic expression and creative techniques, since all involved wanted their video to stand out. Many of the most celebrated music videos of the 1980s featured animation, often created with techniques that differed from standard cel animation.
Arcade culture is a major influence among young Japanese, with Akihabara Electric Town being a major nexus of so-called otaku culture in Japan, which overlaps with video gaming heavily. Japanese video game franchises such as Super Mario, Pokémon, The Legend of Zelda, Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Smash Bros., Final Fantasy, Street Fighter, Kirby ...
Media Intimidation in Japan, discussion paper by David McNeill in the electronic journal of contemporary Japanese studies, 27 March 2001. Media and Communication in Japan, discussion paper by Barbara Gatzen in the electronic journal of contemporary Japanese studies, 17 April 2001. Brief history of TV Technology in Japan by NHK; Japanese TV ...
Snow Man is a Japanese idol boy band formed by Starto Entertainment (formerly known as Johnny & Associates) in 2012. [1] The group was previously a sub-unit of Smile-Up pre-debut trainee group, Junior.