Known for
9.0Shinya Arino, a member of comedy duo Yoiko, plays Japan's most popular video games and records his progress as he works through a time limit, usually lasting up to one day. He is supported by his Assistant Directors and Staff, both via moral support and actual gameplay. He also gets the chance to interview game designers and to play arcade games occasionally.
GameCenter CX
2003
8.5No synopsis available yet.
IPPON GRAND PRIX
2009
NRMecha-Mecha Iketeru! is a popular Japanese variety show, shown on Fuji TV. The hosts of the show are the owarai duo Ninety-Nine, and the show is usually attended by regulars Yoiko, Gokuraku Tombo, Oasiz, Shinji Takeda, Akiko Hinagata, and Sarina Suzuki. However, Gokuraku Tombo's Keiichi Yamamoto has not appeared on the show since being involved in a scandal in 2006. Egashira 2:50 also appears as a semi-regular guest. The show is also known as Mecha-Ike.
Mecha-Mecha Iketeru!
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10.0Join Masahiro Sakurai, director of several Kirby games and the Super Smash Bros. series, as he reflects on his work in the games industry and offers insightful and easy-to-understand advice about game development. The goal? To try and help make games around the world a little more fun!
Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games
2022
5.8Yamano Yamame, an entertainer who can't sell, is unreasonably told by his seniors that he should live in the accident property because he will put it on TV, and he moves to the property where the murder occurred due to his appearance on TV and the low rent. At first glance, the room was a normal room, but a mysterious white object was reflected in the image of the room, and the sound was disturbed. The program in which Yamame appeared became lively, and Yamame moved around the accident property in search of new material. Yamame, who encounters various mysterious phenomena in the room where he lives, makes a big break as an "entertainer who lives in the accident property".
Stigmatized Properties
2020
NRA mother's joy is in making delicious food for her family! However, her rebellious son, Takeshi, finds her loud and obnoxious. This is the diary of love and feasting between hyper-active Mom and Takeshi.
Samurai Kaasan
2021
Film credits
2020s · 4 titles
5.8Yamano Yamame, an entertainer who can't sell, is unreasonably told by his seniors that he should live in the accident property because he will put it on TV, and he moves to the property where the murder occurred due to his appearance on TV and the low rent. At first glance, the room was a normal room, but a mysterious white object was reflected in the image of the room, and the sound was disturbed. The program in which Yamame appeared became lively, and Yamame moved around the accident property in search of new material. Yamame, who encounters various mysterious phenomena in the room where he lives, makes a big break as an "entertainer who lives in the accident property".
Stigmatized Properties
2020
NRThe film is a slapstick action comedy about company employees, known as "underground employees," who secretly handle problems that cannot be solved in public. The story unfolds when the group receives a mission to demolish a shuttered shopping district in order to build a commercial complex. Also appearing in the film are underground employees of rival companies with the same mission, a large landowner who is the target of both companies, a passionate man trying to revive a shopping district that is on the verge of collapse, and a man with some kind of secret.
Mission: Sorta Possible
2025
NRWhat the customer left behind in the cab is a passport that opens the door to nightmares and horror. After a collision, Nagashi Kawatome is rushed to the emergency room, where he loses his memory and does not know who he is. When Kawatome meets Katsuie Takaishi, who works as a head nurse at the hospital where she is hospitalized, she tries to regain her memory, but ......
Spooky Taxi: Beware the Windy Night Road!
2022
NRNo synopsis available yet.
runaway girl
2022
2010s · 5 titles
7.0The story takes place in Japan in both 1986 and 2006. The 1986 storyline follows a gamer named Daisuke who wants to confess his feelings for Kumiko, a girl he likes — all while trying to reclaim his copy of the Famicom (NES) game Mighty Bomb Jack that he lent out. In 2006, the hapless game company manager Arino-kacho struggles to complete Mighty Bomb Jack in front of fans. The storylines of the boy who loves Famicom and the middle-aged man who loves Famicom eventually merge into one.
GameCenter CX: The Movie - 1986 Mighty Bomb Jack
2014
The Sunsoft games that excited our hearts in the 80's is coming back to life... One DVD and one 50-page book are included in one box. It includes game introductions, interviews with developers, a chronology of the history of each manufacturer, AD challenges to popular software, and complete coverage of all game data for each manufacturer.
The Game Maker: Sunsoft Edition
2010
From big titles to little-known phantom software... This time too, Shinya Arino (Yoiko) and Hirai (America Zarigani) will play Sega games to their hearts' content! Of course, the "GameCenter CX" staff will also appear one after another!! The series' familiar commentary by Yoiko Arino & Ameza Hirai is also getting even hotter!
The Game Maker: Sega Edition
2012
Jaleco, the company that developed popular games like "Ninja JaJaMaru-kun" and the "Moero! Pro Baseball" series. Even today, they continue to challenge new endeavors, such as soliciting game character names and designs from the general public, and remain a game maker with many fans. This feature thoroughly explores Jaleco, including development secrets of their nostalgic hit software and a game catalog!
The Game Maker: Jaleco Edition
2010
This is a series of special episodes of the Japanese TV show "GameCenter CX" that focuses on Namco (now Bandai Namco Games), the company that created many popular classic games. The episodes are packed with in-depth content, including a re-challenge of "Kai no Bouken" (The Adventure of Kai), a game that the show's host, Shinya Arino, had previously failed to clear.
The Game Maker: Namco Edition
2011
Series credits
9.0Shinya Arino, a member of comedy duo Yoiko, plays Japan's most popular video games and records his progress as he works through a time limit, usually lasting up to one day. He is supported by his Assistant Directors and Staff, both via moral support and actual gameplay. He also gets the chance to interview game designers and to play arcade games occasionally.
GameCenter CX
2003
8.5No synopsis available yet.
IPPON GRAND PRIX
2009
NRMecha-Mecha Iketeru! is a popular Japanese variety show, shown on Fuji TV. The hosts of the show are the owarai duo Ninety-Nine, and the show is usually attended by regulars Yoiko, Gokuraku Tombo, Oasiz, Shinji Takeda, Akiko Hinagata, and Sarina Suzuki. However, Gokuraku Tombo's Keiichi Yamamoto has not appeared on the show since being involved in a scandal in 2006. Egashira 2:50 also appears as a semi-regular guest. The show is also known as Mecha-Ike.
Mecha-Mecha Iketeru!
—
10.0Join Masahiro Sakurai, director of several Kirby games and the Super Smash Bros. series, as he reflects on his work in the games industry and offers insightful and easy-to-understand advice about game development. The goal? To try and help make games around the world a little more fun!
Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games
2022
NRA mother's joy is in making delicious food for her family! However, her rebellious son, Takeshi, finds her loud and obnoxious. This is the diary of love and feasting between hyper-active Mom and Takeshi.
Samurai Kaasan
2021
NRRecovering from a mental breakdown, Hina finds peace in a mountain share house where she meets Daigo, another resident searching for a fresh start, until the reappearance of her former supervisor forces her to confront her past.
Ganbatte, Ganbaranai
2026
THE Game Maker series is a short mini series highlighting video game development companies in Japan such as Irem, Jaleo, Sega, Sunsoft, Taito and Tecmo. Each special includes games released by the companies as well as highlights of the games, interviews with developers, GameCenter CX Director and Assistant Director interactions with the games as well as guest apperances by Shinya Arino from Yoiko and Yoshiuki Hirai doing playthroughs with live commentary.
THE Game Maker
2010
NRNo synopsis available yet.
아리노의 눈
2019