Akiba-chan is the name of the main character, a posable figurine. Her name refers to the otaku obsession with collecting animefigurines and other merchandise (see Akiba-kei).
She lives in an apartment house named Maison de Akiba. Four other girls share her easy-going, comic adventures.
The anime uses a combination of computer animation (CGI) and a stop-motion technique named フィギュメーション (figumation?).
The moe character design is by Poyoyon Rock a k a 渡辺 明夫 (Akio Watanabe?)
Country: United States
Genre: Action, Comedy
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Country: United States
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
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Country: United States
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
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Genre: Action, Horror
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Country: United States
Genre: Drama, Thriller
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Country: United Kingdom, Puerto Rico
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Country: United States
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Country: Serbia
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
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