Kimuraya Anko 木村屋安子

Kimuraya Anko in a black and white maid outfit with an anpan in her mouth — Default Anko and Giko surfaces from the creator's preserved Phase 1.01 package; the original transparency-key background has been hidden for display · source

Giko, Kimuraya Anko's small white cat companion — Default Anko and Giko surfaces from the creator's preserved Phase 1.01 package; the original transparency-key background has been hidden for display · source

An early comic ghost pairing the stern, white-haired maid Anko with the small white cat Giko. Anko is commonly pictured with an anpan held in her mouth, matching the bread-shop wordplay in her name.

Archived download (.nar)Anko_re.nar · 1,145,302 bytes

Record

Aliases: Anko Kimuraya, 安子さん, Chizuru-san, 千鶴さん
Author: 川たん14歳
Author (romaji): Ganges River
Character artwork: 川たん14歳 / Ganges River
Companion: Giko (ギコ)
First release: by 2001-07-12
Last known release: 2002
Language: ja
Status: archived
Download status: creator's Phase 1.01 package preserved by the Wayback Machine

Technical context

A version of Kimuraya Anko was distributed from the creator's site by July 2001. The later Anko_re remake identifies itself as Phase 1.01 and was offered on the creator's dedicated Anko page in 2002.

Known locations

Original site: http://www.ops.dti.ne.jp/~nagare/
Current page: Unknown
Archived site: https://web.archive.org/web/20021127131120/http://www.ops.dti.ne.jp/~nagare/Anko.html

Archived original package

Package: Anko_re.nar
Size: 1,145,302 bytes
SHA-256: 37970D54C610C67D801231AC94D69BBD17A34388DC7D21C0492DF5660278E298
Safety note: Creator-published Phase 1.01 package preserved by the Wayback Machine. It contains the complete ghost, shell, and balloon, including the legacy executable component aya.dll. Treat it as historical software rather than modern supported software.

English availability

No documented English translation is currently listed.

Sources

Anko_Kimuraya for Ukagaka - archived creator page archived original
The creator's page names Anko_Kimuraya, offers Anko_re Phase 1.01, and credits Ganges_River as publisher.
Kimuraya Anko Phase 1.01 - Anko_re.nar archived original package
Internal metadata lists 安子さん and ギコ, credits Ganges River / 川たん14歳 for the ghost and shell, and identifies the original Harunourei site.
Historical Ukagaka link directory contemporary directory
Contemporary directory lists 木村屋安子さん with ギコ猫 under the creator's Harunourei site.