Ishinime

Ishinime is the Ishigakian counterpart of anime.
==History==
===Beginnings===
Ishigaki was relatively poor. Experiments were made as far back as the initial phase of the Takakura Film Company, including Hideaki Takakura's line-drawing experiments made in the 1910s when the company was founded. The first Ishigakian animated film, Battle of Hanamura, was a short film (lasting nine minutes) that was completed in 1936.
===Massification of television series===
It wasn't until 1968 that Ishigakian studios became more interested in television animation. There were conditions, however: IHK would have the majority of local anime productions and said productions would be based on Sondrian literature, mainly Ishigakian. Commercial television was limited to the "inner four" prefectures. The IHK would forbid the offers given by the commercial television companies to sell their products (including The Champion) due to ideological differences. For a start, the IHK has always been devoid of commercial advertising - additionally, on top of the restrictions, said productions would, according to the IHK's philosophy, "harm the natural development of children". By the time the IHK was starting its line of literature adaptations, they bashed out on ITV's boxing-inspired series The Champion saying that "it trains kids to fight against evildoers. We don't want that kind of storyline here".
The first such series was Sanmei and was first broadcast in 1974, to massive success. However IHK announced that they had depleated their budget and decided to make a new series in 1976. The second series in the so-called IHK Literature Series was Journey to Ichang, based on a chapter of Norohong, from contemporary Tangwan writer Shihachang Praksranyai. The two series are often mistaken for being set in the same literary universes, such was the revivalism that was created from reruns and VHS releases in the 90s. On the other hand, the few commercial television stations made productions of a lower quality.
===Commercial triumph===
Things were changing by the early 90s. The launch of the Bunka News Network (BNN/BNS) and, especially, the later launch of TV Hamamoto were proof that mature-oriented ishinimes were starting to become the norm.
===Decline===
The 2010s were marked by waves of migrations of Ishigakian kids to Orience and Lenapore, and the number of ishinimes aimed at such demographic fell considerably. Creators of adult shows were constantly being fired, as well as animators and creative staff. The demand for lenimes from Lenapore grew, as Lenapore seeks to become an international animation exporter.
In 2016, the few animation studios still working for television decided to create a web platform, Majide?, similar to Netflix. The name represents the current situation of the Ishigakian animation industry and the country in general. Their goal is to "fight the decreasing population and show to the world that animation in Ishigaki is alive". As per their rules, Majide? is forbidden to sell its series to television channels, just as what Netflix has done until recently with its older series (and Disney+ will do).
As of 2021, none of Majide's ONAs have been sold to any linear television channel, however piracy of its works has been detected in several South East Sondrian countries including Hindolania.
==Renowned Ishinimes==
===IHK Literature Series===
*Sanmei (1974)
*Journey to Ichang (1976)
*The Child of the Merchant of Xiaobei (1980)
*Adventures in Waarua
===Other IHK animes===
*The Strong Men, co-production with the Northulian National Broadcaster (1972-1974), also the first Ishinime
*Darkness in the Sky (1978)
*Knowledge Unlimited (1983-1985)
===First wave of commercial television Ishinimes===
*The Champion for Ishigaki Television (1968-1969)
*Master Q for Ishigaki Television (1969, 1971)
*The Merchant of Xiaobei's Travels for Ishigaki Television (1976)
*Sansatara for Ishigaki Broadcasting System (1978-1979)
*Nairo-chan (1992-1997)
===Ishihentais===
Hentai OVAs shown either on subscription television networks or released as direct-to-video films. New productions were banned in February 2007 (see below).
==Legislation==
===Ban on local hentai production===
Ishigaki also had a small but notable hentai industry, producing OVAs for cable channels and home video release. In 2007, soft hentai OVA Romantic Nights was available on Lenaporean stores as being for kids ages 7+. This incident, although it stirred a minor controversy in Lenapore, was highly problematic to the Ishigakian government and would easily "ruin" the country's exports.
A new law was enacted to ban local production of Ishihentais (いしへんたい) due to potential international misunderstandings.