Monday, September 22, 2008

I need to get my hand on this toy!!!! *argh* It is so cute....she is so sweet looking like my blythe doll. It is actually a 12"inch doll call PINOKO.But as compare to blythe doll it does not have some much movable feature. For those who read Japanese comics maybe you ever come across this comics call BLACK JACK. Below are some informationa about this doll.

Authored by : Osamu Tezuka
Publisher : Akita Shoten
Serialized in : Shonen Champion
Original run : 19 November 1973 – 14 October 1983
No. of volumes : 17 [1]

Pinoko (ピノコ) is Black Jack's sidekick, a little girl constructed entirely by him from spare body parts. She was a rare type of Siamese twin, living in one of Black Jack's patients' bodies for eighteen years until Black Jack extracted her and gave her a real body, and since then started to live with him in his house. She always helps the doctor by doing house-chores and even acting as an assistant to some of his operations. She often acts as comic relief in Black Jack, physically and in many ways mentally appearing to be around the age of five years, but claiming to be a girl of eighteen and engaged to him, despite that he only treats her as a daughter to him. Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension. ...

Pinoko's main form of comic relief is yelling アッチョンプリケ(acchonpurike), equivalent to "Oh my goodness!" in English, whilst pressing her cheeks together with her hands when something surprising happens. Sometimes, this is translated as "OHMIGEWDNESS" to fit the phrase being distorted by the action.

She appears to have been named after the fairy-tale character Pinocchio, due, perhaps, to her artificial parts and doll-like origins. Pinocchio is referenced in the Viz English translation of the manga (Pinoko sings a song about the character) and is referenced in original material as well. The card game of pinochle is suspected by some to be inspiration for her name, as black jack is also the name of a popular card game.