Moetan (もえたん) is a series of English language study aids published by SansaiBooks in Japan. Targeted at otaku,it attempted to teach English words using examples drawn from computer games and anime.
In the reprint of the first Moetan book and the bath towel sold during Comic Market 69,"MOETAN" stands for 'Methodology Of English,The Academic Necessity'. The acronym may have been chosen as a play on combining the words moé and -tan,both terms of cuteness used in relation to girl characters in anime,to create a portmanteauic double meaning.
Moeru Eitango Moetan (萌える英単語もえたん),also known as The Moetan Wordbook,is the first in the Moetan series,published in 2003.
Each chapter consists of a short story,written in pure Japanese,concerning the adventures of "Nao-kun" (a high school student) and "Ink-chan" (a mysterious magical girl who arrives to help him with his studying),followed by a set of word examples.
In 2005-3-25,the book was revised with improved grammar,and retitled 'MOETAN Methodology Of English,The Academic Necessity' (もえたんMethodology Of English,The Academic Necessity). This version was published in Korean and Traditional Chinese (Taiwan,Hong Kong).
The Chinese version was published by Min-Hsien Cultural Enterprise Co.,Ltd.
The sequel of Moeru Eitango Moetan was published in two volumes. It includes 1601 words.
Moetan II is available in Chinese (Taiwan,Hong Kong) and Korean (South Korea).
This book is targeted towards serious,tutorial readers.
AKA ->(もえたんサブリーダー〜文法·表現編〜)
Based on previous two books in the Moetan series,it teaches English grammar.
This book is targeted towards casual,tutorial readers.
AKA ->(もえたん3 魔法少女の帰還〜Return of the Little Witch〜)
This version added poetry and Japanese culture. The book included two stories:Bill and Sam's Excellent Adventure and Return of the Little Witch. Return of the Little Witch was illustrated by POP.
This book is targeted towards casual,entertainment readers.
Chinese version was published on September 9,2006 by Min-Hsien Cultural Enterprise Co.,Ltd.
This book features characters from first Moetan book.
This is a series of phone applications published by Marvelous Liveware. They are available to i-mode,EZWeb,and SoftBank Mobile users.
Published in Comic Market 69.
Published in Comic Market 70.
Bandai Visual,Planet Entertainment,Actas,and Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Incorporated produced a television series based on the book. The TV series premiered on Chiba Television on July 8,2007,followed by TV Kanagawa,TV Osaka,TV Saitama,and TV Aichi.
# | Title | Original air date | |
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01 | "Magical Teacher" "Majikaru Tīchā" (マジカルティーチャー) | July 8, 2007 | |
The story begins as a mage known as Arcs Sheldart Elbayas has been put on trial in front of a council from the planet "Alphabet". He then escapes through a hole he blew in the building. He flees to a field and is found by the king who is then only a voice. He is sent through a black hole and meets up with Ink as she prays at a shrine. She is surprised that a duck is talking because Arcs was turned into it. He then faints and she takes him home. He awakens in her room and introduces himself. He Tells her she has to become a mage and when she accepts he gives her the "Magi-Mail",which to her is just a regular cellphone. She then goes to Nao-kuns house to help him with his English homework. While there,Arcs finds a dirty magazine on the floor and shows it to Pastel Ink. Nao-kun sees this and kicks her out. | |||
02 | "I Don't Need a Rival" "Raibaru nante Iranai" (ライバルなんていらない) | July 15, 2007 | |
Two mysterious beings,a girl and a tiger like creature(who later transforms into a small cat),appear on Earth and both have the same mission,to get to Arcs. Then Ink gets a distress call and transforms outside of class. Sumi sees this happen. Then Pastel Ink and Arcs get stuck in Dream And Illusion Space also known as "DAIS",an alternate universe created with magic. The cat is revealed to be Kaksu,who was a colleague of Arcs from the Magical Kingdoms. | |||
03 | "Great Scare Tactics" "Kyōfu Daisakusen" (恐怖大作戦) | July 22, 2007 | |
Sumi,Ink,and company go to Sumi's villa to swim and stay the night. At night,a ghost named Mihoto plays pranks on the girls,scaring them by playing with the lights. Sumi and Ink discover each other's status as a magical girl when they run into Ah-kun and Ka-kun in the bath. They discover a treasure room under the mansion where Dandy saves the girls from a falling wall of spikes with a "Rolling Thunder Kick." | |||
04 | "The Idol Within Time" "Toki no Naka no Aidoru" (時の中のアイドル) | July 29, 2007 | |
Alice is introduced as an idol. She arranges a visit to see her fans,but never shows up. Sumi and Ink investigate a school where a drunkard is making a ruckus. A giant octopus with panties on its head then attacks the school. Ink and Sumi (who fantasizes of the octopus's potential tentacle attacks) find their magical attacks useless against the creature. Dandy saves Ink once more by throwing a rose at a tentacle. The drunkard from before comes out,has an odd conversation with Ah-kun,and sacrifices himself to destroy the octopus. At night,Alice attacks Ah-kun. Ink appears,but soon after,Alice is forced to retreat anyway. | |||
05 | "A Little Memory" "Chiisa na Omoide" (小さな思い出) | August 5, 2007 | |
Alice attacks Ah-kun and Ink again with a giant horse from another time-space continuum. Ah-kun is forced to create a temporal portal to send the giant horse away,but he and Ink get pulled into the same portal by Alice's magical binds. They end up travelling back in time for 10 years. While waiting for Ah-kun to recover his magical energy so that they can return to present,they wander around the neighborhood and run into the 10-year-ago version of Ink's mom,Sumi,and Nao-kun. Little Sumi is scarred for life when Ink tries to teach her English but it's too difficult for her age,while Nao-kun's addiction to video games starts when Ink introduces him to his first video game. | |||
05.5 | "Sumi and Ruriko's Moetan Diary" "Sumi to Ruriko no Moetan Daiarī" (すみと瑠璃子のもえたんダイアリー) | August 12, 2007 | |
A recap episode where Sumi and Ruriko introduce the main cast and summarize the events of the season so far. | |||
06 | "The First Date" "Hajimete no Dēto" (初めてのデート) | August 19, 2007 | |
Ink goes on a date with Nao-kun,and hilarity ensues. | |||
07 | "The Targeted School Festival" "Nerawareta Gakuen-sai" (ねらわれた学園祭) | August 26, 2007 | |
At the school festival,Ink's class is presenting a haunted cafe. Alice uses this chance to test Ah-kun's "true character" by giving him 3 trials. After much ado about nothing,Ah-kun manages to pass all 3 trials with Ink,Sumi,and Ka-kun's help. | |||
08 | "Trouble" "Toraburu" (トラブル) | September 2, 2007 | |
The animation staff meet to discuss ways to improve rating,and decide to provide more fanservice for the show. Rina has been acting differently lately such as putting on makeup,and her friends Remi and Ink decide to follow her around to find out why. Finally in a public bathhouse,Rina confesses her reason,and for a minute there it looks as if she has a yuri crush on Remi. But it turns out she was just wearing makeup to cover up an acne. | |||
09 | "The Wind...Flows" "Kaze...Nagareru" (風...流れる) | September 9, 2007 | |
Ink catches a cold and has to leave school early. Her friends visit her at home. While taking care of her Sumi remembers their friendship from their childhood. | |||
10 | "Forbidden Time" "Kindan no Toki" (禁断の時) | September 16, 2007 | |
A dangerous enemy named Black Darkness has been unleashed,threatening to destroy the world. Ink,Sumi and their sidekicks travel to the magic kingdom to battle her. | |||
11 | "Don't Give Up,Examinee!" "Makeru na Jukensei!" (負けるな受験生!) | September 23, 2007 | |
Having completed their mission to save the world,Ink and Sumi return home but they can no longer transform or use magic. Ink becomes depressed because she can't help Nao-kun study English anymore. When Sumi realizes this she devices a plan to help Ink -- by recreating their uniform so that they can cosplay as magical girls. | |||
12 | "Skip!" "Sukippu!" (スキップ!) | September 23, 2007 | |
After putting in a lot of hard work into their studies,Ink and her friends all pass the college entrance exams and enter college. Dandy-san,Alice and others from the magical kingdom all enjoy living in the human world now. When a new enemy appears,Nao-kun's little sister Mio-chan becomes a magical girl to fight her. | |||
13 | "The Supreme Ruler at the End of the Century! The Magical Girls' Combined Attack" "Seiki Matsu Hasha! MahōShōjo SōShingeki" (世紀末覇者!魔法少女総進撃) | N/A [2] | |
Ink is killed by Nao-kun and she ends up in a different world. Mio-chan and her friends must go there to save this world from the diabolical Nao-kun who wants to change all girls into DFC (Delicious-Flat-Chest). |
Takayuki Nagatani,a producer of the Moetan moe anime television series,posted on the official series blog that Episode 6 will be replaced by a highlight clips episode in Japan "for various reasons." Episode 6 will be only available on DVD,while Episode 5.5 "Sumi to Ruriko no Moetan Diary" ("Sumi and Ruriko's Moetan Diary") took over its broadcast slot. [3]
Home page of the TV series hosted 4 square comic strip that are updated daily starting from 2007-07-09. 99 strips had been produced.
Beat Net Radio and Lantis web radio hosted Moetan Listening Radio,featuring Sumi and Ruriko.
Lantis sold Moetan audio drama CD on September 9,2007.
Lantis sold soundtrack CD for the opening and ending songs of the TV show on July 25,2007 and August 8,2007 respectively.
Tetsuya Takahashi produced a comic book titled Moetan Magical Busters,please save the world! (もえたん〜Magical Busters,please save the world!〜),which was serialized in Moetan monthly magazine (もえたんぷちげっかん) that is bundled with the August 2007 issue of Gamelabo magazine. The cover for the magazine was illustrated by POP. 4 volumes of the comic are planned. The book followed the design and settings of the TV series.
On August 9,2007,Techno Quest Inc. published a vertical shooter,based on the Moetan franchise,for Windows XP titled Moetan Shooting (もえたん·しゅ〜てぃんぐ).
MOETAN Do you Study with us? | |
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Developer(s) | Milestone Inc. |
Publisher(s) | Idea Factory |
Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
Release | 2008-07-24 |
Genre(s) | vertical shooter |
It is a learning video game using design and cast from the TV series. [4]
Preorder include DVD video.
Hobby Japan published Nijiiro Ink (from MOETAN) and Alice (from Nitro+ games?) as part of Queen's Gate combat picture book game series, which is based on the Lost Worlds game rules.
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