Driller TV, Inc.

Driller TV, Inc. (ドリラーテレビ株式会社 Dorirā Terebi Kabushiki-gaisha) was a Japanese animation studio and game company located in Tokyo, Japan. The studio was founded in 1958 as Driller Animation, Inc. (ドリラーアニメーション株式会社 Dorirā Animēshon Kabushiki-gaisha) until when Namco purchased the studio in 1985.
== History ==
Driller Animation was founded in 1958 as Driller Animation by Hiroshi Takajima who liked anime and wanted to produce shorts featuring the title character Mr. Driller. The shorts ran throughout the 60s with the first one called Mr. Driller's Porcupine Hunt.
In 1968, Takajima decided to produce an anime series called Keyboard Crusher. Keyboard Crusher was dubbed in the US under the working title Keyboard Crusher: Angry German Kid. The series started in 1969 and ran for three years before creating a new series called Space Ninja Team Star Trigon. It was the first series to feature Mr. Driller and the series started in 1972 and ran for seven seasons until in 1979 they decided to create more Mr. Driller short films in 1980.
In 1981, Takajima decided to create a series for the girls known as Magical Girl Team Lucky Star. The series was about a 16-year-old girl known as Konata Izumi who joins the Magical Girl Clan and joins the Lucky Star kingdom where she is princess along with her friends. The series ran for six seasons until Takajima decided to make a standalone anime for Mr. Driller in 1986.
In 1985, Takajima announced that Namco has purchased the studio and decided to become a videogame company. In 1986, the Mr. Driller anime series started broadcasting on Fuji TV. As the series progressed, Namco created video games based on the series. The games were Mr. Driller (1986, NES), Mr. Driller 2 (1987, NES), Mr. Driller G (1989, NES and 1992, SNES), Mr. Driller Ace: The Wonderful Pacteria (1993, SNES), Mr. Driller Drill Land (1995, SNES), Mr. Driller Drill Spirits (1997, PS1).
In 1994, Takajima created the Angry Video Game Nerd. The series was about an otaku who documents about the past to end the century and millennium.
== Series ==
Series Name 	Year Broadcasted	Genre 	Demographic
Keyboard Crusher: Angry German Kid (キーボードクラッシャー：アングリードイツ語キッド Kībōdo Kurasshā: Angurī Doitsu-go Kiddo) 	1969 - 1972 	Otaku, Comedy, Adventure 	Shonen
Space Ninja Team Star Trigon (宇宙忍者隊スタートリゴン Uchū Ninja-tai Sutā Torigon) 	1972 - 1979 	Adventure, Superhero 	Kodomo
Magical Girl Team Lucky Star (魔法少女隊らき＊すた Mahō Shōjo-tai Raki*Suta) 	1981 - 1987 	Otaku, Comedy, Slice of Life, Magical Girl, Romance	Shojo
Mr. Driller (ミスタードリラー Misutā Dorirā) 	1986 - 1997 	Adventure, Martial Arts 	Shonen
The Angry Video Game Nerd (怒っているビデオゲームオタク Ikatteiru Bideo Gēmu Otaku) 	1994 - present* 	Video Game, Otaku, Adventure, Comedy 	Seinen
Rainbow Girl Sydney (虹色少女シドニー Nijiiro Shōjo Shidonī) 	1998 - 2002 	Magical Girl, Slice of Life, Adventure 	Shojo
*The Minecraftian calendar is set ten years behind on the current date.
Category:Anime