Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Context: Origins.
"Record of Lodoss War" was created in 1986 by Group SNE as a "Dungeons & Dragons" "replay" serialized in the Japanese magazine "Comptiq" from 1986 to 1988, though they also used the setting with other systems such as "Tunnels & Trolls" and "RuneQuest". Replays are not novels, but transcripts of RPG sessions, meant to both hold the interest of readers and convey the events that took place. They have proven to be popular, even to those who do not play role-playing games but are fans of fiction (including fantasy fiction). Similar to light novels, many characters and parties in replays have become popular as characters of anime. An example of such a character is the female elf Deedlit in "Record of Lodoss War", who was played by science fiction novelist Hiroshi Yamamoto during the RPG sessions., A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card games played with traditional decks have formally standardized rules, but most are folk games whose rules vary by region, culture, and person., Group SNE is a Japanese company founded in 1986 by the current president Hitoshi Yasuda, which produces role-playing games, light novels, board games and card games. Ryo Mizuno was one of the founding members. Group SNE is named after Syntax Error, the programming language BASIC's term. The most famous product of Group SNE is "Record of Lodoss War" well known for a fantasy anime adaptation. Moreover, there are several anime adaptations based upon Group SNE's products such as "Legend of Crystania, Mon Colle Knights and Rune Soldier., A board game is a tabletop game that involves counters or moved or placed on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Some games are based on pure strategy, but many contain an element of chance; and some are purely chance, with no element of skill., Fantasy is a fiction genre set in an imaginary universe, often but not always without any locations, events, or people from the real world. Most fantasy uses magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot element, theme, or setting. Magic and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds. Fantasy is generally distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of scientific and macabre themes, respectively, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three, all of which are subgenres of speculative fiction., A role-playing game (RPG and sometimes roleplaying game) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting or through a process of structured decision-making or character development. Actions taken within many games succeed or fail according to a formal system of rules and guidelines., Monster Collection (    . otherwise known as Mon - Colle (  ) ) is a trading card game developed by Group SNE . Monster Collection was first published in 1997 by Fujimi Shobo . In 2000 , Monster Collection 2 was released . It was acquired by Bushiroad in August 2011 . Monster Collection was later expanded to a roleplaying game and was the basis for the anime series Mon Colle Knights . The Monster Collection game universe is a world connected to six gates of fire , water , earth , wind , good , and evil , representing East , South , West , North , Heaven and Earth . Player acts as a summoner , which engages in combat using summoned monsters ., Mon Colle Knights, known as in Japan, is an anime and manga series. The original concept was made by Hitoshi Yasuda and Group SNE. The series is based on the Monster Collection trading card game., The earliest commercial Japanese animation dates to 1917, and production of anime works in Japan has since continued to increase steadily. The characteristic anime art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of Osamu Tezuka and spread internationally in the late twentieth century, developing a large domestic and international audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, by television broadcasts, directly to home media, and over the Internet. It is classified into numerous genres targeting diverse broad and niche audiences., BASIC (an acronym for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages whose design philosophy emphasizes ease of use. In 1964, John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz designed the original BASIC language at Dartmouth College in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. They wanted to enable students in fields other than science and mathematics to use computers. At the time, nearly all use of computers required writing custom software, which was something only scientists and mathematicians tended to learn., A is a style of Japanese novel primarily, but not exclusively, targeting middle- and high-school students (young adult demographic). "Light novel" is a "wasei-eigo", or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language. Such short, light novels are often called or LN in the West. They are typically not more than 40,00050,000 words long (the shorter ones being equivalent to a novella in Western publishing terms), are rarely more than a few hundred pages, often have dense publishing schedules, are usually published in "bunkobon" size (A6, 10.5 cm × 14.8 cm), and are often illustrated, mostly with manga style art. The text is often serialized in anthology magazines before collection in book form., In order to secure a future for his people, as well as his companion Pirotess, Ashram is forced to make a pact with an evil god called Barbas. Most of the plot in Crystania centres on Pirotess's (now called Sheru) quest to free Ashram from the evil Barbas, although the main character is called Prince Redon., Subject: monster collection, Relation: instance_of, Options: (A) acronym (B) acting (C) adult (D) animation (E) anime (F) ashram (G) board game (H) card game (I) character (J) code (K) collection (L) company (M) concept (N) culture (O) custom (P) design (Q) device (R) dragons (S) error (T) family (U) fiction (V) genre (W) god (X) group (Y) hundred (Z) language ([) manga (\) mathematics (]) monster (^) narrative (_) novel (`) novella (a) number (b) order (c) pact (d) person (e) philosophy (f) process (g) programming (h) programming language (i) role (j) school (k) science (l) science fiction (m) size (n) strategy (o) style (p) television (q) theme (r) three (s) war (t) writing
Output (English): manga