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To ensure its success in America they took a lot of influence from classic American cartoons when designing the game. While it firmly belongs to the JRPG genre (being a partial parody of it), the EarthBound (1994) series is also heavily influenced by 1950's sci-fi, American newspaper comics like Peanuts and Calvin and Hobbes, and other Western media. The settings of the games range from small middle American towns (Onett, Twoson) to big bustling metropolises inspired by New York
City (Fourside)—EarthBound is, after all, the Trope Namer for Eagleland. Two of the main protagonists,
Ninten and Ness, are even All American Boys. For the Frog the Bell Tolls draws heavy inspiration from European fairy tales. F-Zero takes place in a comic book future, with Captain Falcon himself being a homage. Kid Icarus (1986) game was very cartoony with weird proportions and wacky characters, and the same applied to its Game Boy follow up Of Myths and Monsters, all while following Greek Mythology to the letter. This then changed in Uprising, while mostly sticking to its Greek Mythology roots, the artstyle, presentation, and character design went full-blown anime. Kirby stars a round pink creature with large red feet, and the scenery and characters are clearly reminiscent of cartoons such as The Smurfs. Even the main antagonist is a fat penguin in a Santa Claus-like outfit, and enemies include orange creatures wearing chef hats and wielding frying pans and large beetle-like insects with gloves and sneakers. Played straight with the anime Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, which definitely looks like an anime.
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[114] In addition, character-specific and
story arc drama CDs and a 17-volume
radio drama titled Hunter × Hunter R have been published throughout the anime adaptations' release period. [115][116][117] Musicals and theatrical play[edit] There have been two musicals based on Hunter × Hunter. The first, Musical Hunter × Hunter (ミュージカル ハンター×ハンター), was originally performed during December 2000. [118] It is an original story that appears to take place between the end of the Yorknew City story arc and the beginning of the Greed Island arc. The second, Musical Hunter × Hunter: The Nightmare of Zoldyck (ミュージカル ハンター×ハンター ナイトメア・オブ・ゾルディック), was originally performed during August 2002. [118] It is a retelling of when Kurapika, Leorio, and Gon go to fetch Killua back from his family estate after the end of the Hunter Exam arc. Both musicals have received separate DVD and audio CD releases, as well as a dual DVD release from Marvelous Entertainment. [114][119][120] There is also a live-action play titled Real Stage Hunter × Hunter: "A Longing for Phalcnothdk ~ A Spider's Memory ~" (リアルステージ ハンター×ハンター「A Longing for Phalcnothdk 〜蜘蛛の記憶〜」), which was performed 16 times at the Theater Sun-mall in Shinjuku, Tokyo during August 2004. [121][122][123] The play is a retelling of the Phantom Troupe finale in the Yorknew City arc. It received a DVD release in Japan on December 10, 2004. [121] Video games[edit] There are ten Japan-exclusive video games based on Hunter × Hunter, many of which are either developed or published by Konami or Bandai.