PoPoLoCrois
Sign in to saveis a fantasy media franchise created by Yohsuke Tamori and owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It originated as a manga series in 1977 in the Asahi Student Newspaper (a subsidiary of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper). Its title, pronounced (PO-po-lo-croyce), is a combination of words from two languages: the Italian word "Popolo (people)" and the French "croisé (crossing)", which together mean "crossing of people". The franchise is geared towards a young Japanese audience, with the general theme of the series being love, compassion and racial equality. The franchise consists of a manga series,
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is a fantasy media franchise created by Yohsuke Tamori and owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It originated as a manga series in 1977 in the Asahi Student Newspaper (a subsidiary of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper). Its title, pronounced (PO-po-lo-croyce), is a combination of words from two languages: the Italian word "Popolo (people)" and the French "croisé (crossing)", which together mean "crossing of people". The franchise is geared towards a young Japanese audience, with the general theme of the series being love, compassion and racial equality. The franchise consists of a manga series, role-playing video games, two anime series in 1998 and 2003 and a series of novels.
== History == PopoloCrois was first published in November 1978 in the women's magazine Pafu (ぱふ). In October 1984 the cartoon was published in the Asahi Shimbun Student Newspaper, which is considered the official start of the PoPoLoCrois series.
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