Jun Shibata, nicknamed "Shibajun", is a Japanese pop female singer-songwriter. She was born in Setagaya, Tokyo. In 2016, she was diagnosed with partial hearing loss.
Boku no Pico is a Japanese original video animation (OVA) hentai series produced by Natural High. Described as "the world's first shotacon anime" by its producer, it was primarily marketed to a male audience. The series consists of three episodes and a version of the first episode edited for content, and later spawned a one-shot manga, a computer game, and a music video album.
Boku no Natsuyasumi 2: Umi no Bouken-hen is an adventure video game developed by Millennium Kitchen and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. It is part of the Boku no Natsuyasumi series and was released only in Japan on July 11, 2002. It is an alternate universe sequel in which the main character spends his summer in a different part of Japan from the first game. It takes place during the same summer with many of the same characters, but in a different location, a town on Japan's southern coast. A PlayStation Portable version was released on June 24, 2010, and a fan translation of the PlayStation 2 game into English was released on November 1, 2023.
Boku no Natsuyasumi is a 2000 adventure video game developed by Millennium Kitchen and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. It was directed, written, and designed by Kaz Ayabe. The game follows the summer vacation of Boku, a city-dwelling nine-year-old boy who in August 1975 is sent to stay with his extended family in the Japanese countryside for a month. Gameplay takes place in an open-ended environment where the player is free to determine how Boku spends the thirty-one in-game days of his summer vacation, with few set goals or specific obligations of gameplay progression.
Takako Shimura is a Japanese manga artist. She is primarily known for her manga works which feature LGBT topics.
Watashi (Me) is Jun Shibata's fourth and last studio album with Dreamusic. It was released on March 30, 2005 and peaked at number 6 in Japan.
Nobuhiro Yamashita is a Japanese film director.
Tora-san, My Uncle is a 1989 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko Goto as his nephew's love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san, My Uncle is the 42nd entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
Mass Alert is a Japanese musician from Nagasaki. He debuted in 2009 with the song "Comoesta" featuring Massattack from Spontania. He gained prominence in Japan after he provided an opening theme for Naruto: Shōnen Hen, and then the second ending theme for Heroman. He describes himself as the postman singer, referring to his previous career.
Boku no Natsuyasumi 4 is a 2009 adventure video game developed by Millennium Kitchen and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable. It is part of the Boku no Natsuyasumi series and was released only in Japan. Like Boku no Natsuyasumi 2, it takes place in a Japanese coastal village.
Rieko Saibara is a Japanese manga artist. She made her professional debut in 1988 with Chikuro Yochien, serialized in Weekly Young Sunday. In 1989, she graduated from the Department of Visual Communication Design at Musashino Art University. Saibara has received numerous awards throughout her career, including the 43rd Bungeishunjū Manga Award in 1997 for Bokunchi; the Excellence Award at the 8th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2004 for Mainichi Kaasan; the Short Story Award at the 9th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prizes in 2005 for Mainichi Kaasan and Jōkyō Monogatari; the President of the House of Councilors Award at the 40th Japan Cartoonist Awards in 2011 for Mainichi Kaasan; and the 6th Best Mother Award for Literature in 2020.
Millennium Kitchen Co., Ltd. is a Japanese video game developer. Founded by Kaz Ayabe in 1997, the company is best known as the creators of the Boku no Natsuyasumi (lit. series of video games.
Tanaka is a Japanese rapper, vocalist and lyricist. He was known by the moniker Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi from 2014 to 2018. In 2021, Tanaka formed a band with Ichika Nito and Sasanomaly called Dios.
AQURIA Co., Ltd. is a Japanese game developer based in Yokohama, Japan. The company is mainly engaged in software development of console games.
Iyashikei (癒し系) is a genre specific to Japanese works, primarily manga and anime. It is a sub-genre of slice of life, portraying characters living out peaceful lives in calming environments, and is intended to have a healing effect on the audience. The word iyashikei could mean "healing type" or just "healing" in Japanese. Shaenon K Garrity of Otaku USA wrote that in iyashikei works, "the focus is less on character and plot, more on worldbuilding and creating an immersive visual setting".
Shin-chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation – The Endless Seven-Day Journey is a 2021 adventure game developed by Neos, Millennium Kitchen, and Star Factory, and designed and written by Kaz Ayabe. Based on the manga and anime series Crayon Shin-chan, the game has been described as a spiritual successor to the video game series Boku no Natsuyasumi, directed by Ayabe and developed by Millennium Kitchen. Like Boku no Natsuyasumi, Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation follows the player character as he spends his summer vacation in an open-ended environment with few set gameplay goals or obligations.
Flaglia is a Japanese mixed-media project created by Madoka Takadono. A musical titled Flaglia The Musical: Yukite Kaerishi Monogatari ran from February 3–9 at the Nippon Seinenkan hall in Tokyo. A six-episode anime television series by Gaina titled Flaglia: Natsuyasumi no Monogatari aired in January 2023.
Kazuhiro Ayabe is a Japanese video game developer. He is the founder of the video game company Millennium Kitchen and the creator of the video game series Boku no Natsuyasumi.
Bokura no Kazoku is a 2005 simulation video game developed by Millennium Kitchen and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. It was released only in Japan. The game follows a couple in Tokyo over the course of thirty-five in-game years as they have children and raise a family. Gameplay occurs in an open-ended environment where choices made by the player influence how the couple raises their children. Bokura no Kazoku received mixed reviews from critics, and underperformed in sales.
Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid is an adventure game developed by Millennium Kitchen and Toybox. Spike Chunsoft first released it in Japan for the Nintendo Switch in 2023. Players control a young boy in Japan who has adventures during the summer.
