and made her own costumes. Doll An articulated doll was produced, in a limited edition, that in the spirit of the rest of the venture features numerous weapons and shields. Due to laws in Japan the doll does not fire live ammunition, neither from the machine gun, nor from the missile launcher, so the company regretted lack of insecticidal effect. The dress can still be customised. Dress demo To complete it all a demo was made in Adobe Flash that can be used to demonstrate numerous Hoihoi-san outfits. Licensing While the game was published officially in Japan only and neither OVA nor manga were officially translated, the owners have guarded this intellectual property with unusual intensity. An unlicensed scanlator received a C&D letter in behalf of MediaWorks, the Japanese publisher of the title. In 2007 Infinity Studios released an official English language version of the first manga. Allusions A number of background images were made and one of them shows Hoihoi-san falling backwards while firing guns, one in each hand, in a pose and rate of fire that is very similar to that of Trinity in The Matrix Reloaded shown in the trailer. Combat-san's model number, RRX-7.8, is probably a parody of the original Mobile Suit Gundams RX-78. The name "HoiHoi" is a reference to "Hoy Hoy Trap-A-Roach" product, a baited sticky trap for roaches. The name "Combat" is a reference to the roach-killing gel product by the same name. The cover of the anime parodies Gunslinger Girl (particularly volume 1). References Further reading External links Hoihoi-san game by Konami Official site for the Hoihoi-san manga and anime (Archived) Infinity Studios Manga Release (Archived) 2003 video games 2004 anime OVAs 2004 manga 2007 manga ASCII Media Works manga Kadokawa Dwango franchises Comedy anime and manga Dengeki Comics Dengeki Daioh Fictional gynoids Japan-exclusive video games Konami games Mecha anime and manga PlayStation 2 games PlayStation 2-only games Seinen manga Third-person shooters Video games developed in Japan