Net Ghost PiPoPa

Net Ghost PiPoPa (ネットゴーストPIPOPA(ピポパ)) is a Japanese anime series by Studio Hibari. It premiered on TV Tokyo on April 6, 2008. A manga version is also serialized in Kerokero Ace. It is also released in America in subbed form from December 2008 on Crunchyroll as Web Ghost PiPoPa.

A spin-off game entitled Net Ghost PiPoPa: PiPoPa×DS@Big Adventure!!! (ネットゴーストPIPOPA ピポパ×DS@ダイボウケン!!!) was also released for the Nintendo DS.

Pipopa is an onomatopoeia of computer beeps.

Overview
The story is about a boy, Yūta Akikawa, who is afraid of computers. His family moves to Kamimai City, a technologically advanced city, where his mother works. The same day, he is transported into the Net World, meeting three Web Ghosts known at Pit, Pot, and Pat.

Characters

 * Yūta Akikawa (秋川 勇太)
 * Yūta is a school boy who is afraid of computers, but is fond of astronomy. One day, he was sucked inside his cellphone where he met Pit, Pot and Pat.


 * Hikaru Sofue (祖父江 ひかる)
 * Hikaru is the first person that Yūta met in Kamimai City. She is the one who mostly shows Yūta how things go around in Kamimai. They become classmates in school.


 * Pit (ピット)
 * Pit is a show-offy net ghost who can transform into a car, a plane and a UFO All of them hates to be called PiPoPa, but Pit is the one who hates it most.


 * Pot (ポット)
 * Pot is a net ghost who always likes to eat. He also has the most affection towards girls.


 * Pat (パット)
 * Pat is the computer freak in the group.


 * Pū / Seiren (プー（セイレーン）)
 * Project Seiren is a top secret project hidden inside the Dream Future facility in Kamimai. She escapes and becomes friends with the PiPoPa trio.


 * Mamoru Shindo (進藤 守)
 * Mamoru is one of the best friends of Yūta. He taught him the basics of computers, and he is a computer programming expert.


 * Kazushige Enoshima (江ノ島 カズシゲ)
 * Kazushige is a bully at school and one of Yūta's classmates. He has a crush on Hikaru and becomes frustrated when Yūta gets close to her.


 * Shuzo Matsushita (松下 シュウゾウ) and Kosuke Kitayama (北山 コースケ)
 * Kazushige's friends and underlings.


 * Net Venus (ネットヴィーナス)
 * Net Venus is a very mysterious net ghost who frequently appears near Pit, Pot and Pat. Apparently, she defends peace in the Net World but works only by herself.


 * Kenta Akikawa (秋川 健太)
 * A photographer, Kenta is Yūta's father.


 * Yūko Akikawa (秋川 優子)
 * A programmer at Dream Future Japan, Yūko is Yūta's mother.


 * Juzo Sofue (祖父江 十三)
 * Juzo is Hikaru's grandfather and is very protective of her granddaughter. He also specializes in the internet. He rejects the ideas of Dream Future.


 * BiBoBa (ビボバ) (Bit (ビット), Bot (ボット) , and Bat (バット) )
 * BiBoBa has been the mortal rivals of PiPoPa.


 * Jin Kazama (風間 ジン)
 * Kazama is the president of the Dream Future Japanese branch.


 * Azusa Sakamoto (坂本 あずさ)
 * Sakamoto works under Kazama as time manager. She remains faithful to Kazama even after he was fired.


 * Tomio Hirame (平目 富雄)
 * A no-good man, Hirame worked as a chief in Dream Future. After Kazama was fired, he was assigned as the president.


 * Karin Yukitani (雪谷 花梨)
 * She is a friend of Hikaru. In one episode, Hikaru and Yūta help her set-up the website for Karin's inn.


 * Yuzuru Aizawa (相沢 譲)
 * A seemingly poor person looking for a permanent job. He seems to be a bit computer literate. Undercover, he is a member of the internet police.


 * Ecolon (エコロン)
 * An ecology focused net ghost. She is the net ghost of Hikaru's favorite website.


 * Sayaka Erenkova (サヤカ・エレンコワ)
 * A Russian transfer student.


 * Seiko Erenkova (セイコ・エレンコワ)
 * Sayaka's mother who looks like Net Venus. She was a former assistant at Dream Future and a friend of Juzo in research.


 * The Dream Future Big Four
 * A special division in Dream Future made purely of data.
 * Ash (アッシュ)
 * The head of the American branch, Ash specializes in throwing cards.
 * Langa (ランガ)
 * The head of the Asian branch, Langa is able to hypnotize.
 * François (フランソワ)
 * The head of the European branch.
 * Mohammad (モハンマド)
 * The head of the North African branch.


 * Doctor Forest (ドクターフォレスト)
 * The founder of Dream Future and grandfather of Mamoru. After a mysterious accident, Doctor Forest went ill and was sent to the hospital and has never woken up since.


 * Divine Forest (ディバイン・フォレスト)
 * A person who forcibly became the leader of the Dream Future Big Four. He has the ability to turn net ghosts into net monsters.

Theme songs

 * Opening songs
 * 1) "Password@PiPoPa" (パスワード@PIPOPA) by Atsuko Bungo (episodes 2-4)
 * 2) "Get On Up" by Sugimoto Shimai (5-26)
 * 3) "Password@PiPoPa" (パスワード@PIPOPA) by COON (27-50)
 * Ending songs
 * 1) "Hoshi Kirari" (星キラリ) by COON (1-26)
 * 2) "Virtual Love" (ヴァーチャル☆ラブ) by Sugimoto Shimai (27-50)