Battle Programmer Shirase (BPS バトルプログラマーシラセ, Battle Programmer Shirase^?) is an anime TV series aired in 2003 and produced by AIC. The series' story focus is on computers and ecchi comedy. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... “TV” redirects here. ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin). ... is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 2003 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 2003 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Anime International Company Inc. ... The tower of a personal computer. ... Ecchi (from the Japanese エッチ etchi) is an English word deriving from a Japanese word meaning lewd or naughty when used as an adjective, and can refer to a pervert or sexual intercourse when used as a noun. ... The word comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humor with an intent to provoke laughter in general). ...

The original series spans 5 story arcs across 15 episodes of 12 minutes each.

Plot summary

The story of BPS revolves around a "freelance programmer" named Akira Shirase. He's a very talented, yet mysterious computer programmer. Because of his incredible abilities, he's contacted by several individuals (curiously, all of them are very similar persons named Akizuki) to do all sorts of strange computer-related hacking/security jobs. He's a very quiet guy who lives alone in a small apartment near his niece's house. At first, the episodes revolved around some freelance jobs that highlighted his abilities - however, later on in the series, characters came back and offered help or plot twists. The school that Shirase had went to had been hinted throughout the series, and it finally made an appearance in the last episode, when some of the characters began to show their hidden relationships to the others. However, unfortunately, the series was canceled. In computing, a programmer is someone who does computer programming and develops computer software. ... A hack in progress in Lobby 7 at MIT. Hack is a term in the slang of the technology culture which has come into existence over the past few decades. ... This article describes how security can be achieved through design and engineering. ...

Characters

Akira Shirase (白瀬慧, Akira Shirase^? voiced by: Nakai Kazuya)

He's the main character of the story. Akira is a very talented computer connoisseur and is known in the hacking world as Battle Programmer Shirase (which is typically shortened to BPS). A genius in computer hacking and security who can do anything on any computer, or a phone.

Misao Amano (天野美紗緒, Misao Amano^? voiced by: Fukuen Misato)

Misao is Akira's great-niece. She's a very shy girl who loves to spend her time with Akira, who she often refers to as onii-chan. She cares for him deeply and it's very common to see her cooking for him or worrying about him. Sometimes, Misao says mau-mau, which doesn't have an actual meaning (this may be a "cute" form of speech the creators added for her to please fans of cute anime girls).

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Music

There are two theme songs used in the series. The opening theme (OP) is called "Suddenly" by Naomi Amagata. The closing theme (ED) is "Pure Enough" by Yuki Matsuura.

Trivia

The final episode of the show made the unusual step of explicitly thanking not only the local Japanese viewers, but also those in the fansub community: It was addressed to "those who enjoy the show on TV, and to those outside the broadcast area who took special measures to watch the show on their PC monitors, and to everyone who watched it subtitled overseas without permission." (Quoted in Anxious times in the cartoon underground.) It has been suggested that Fan translation be merged into this article or section. ...

References

• Battle Programmer Shirase. AIC Japanese website. Retrieved on 2007-04-24.

• Battle Programmer Shirase. AIC English website. Retrieved on 2007-04-24.