Seriko せりこ
A foundational early character featuring the low-energy Seriko and her tiny companion Maruchii. Beginning as a Nise-Haruna skin before becoming a full ghost, Seriko became especially influential through her animated artwork: the Ukagaka shell-animation specification took its name from her.
Record
- Aliases
- Seriko 4, せりこ4, Maruchii, まるちぃ
- Author
- MIY
- Author (romaji)
- MIY
- Character artwork
- MIY
- Companion
- Maruchii (まるちい; also written まるちぃ)
- First release
- 2000-12-20
- Last known release
- 2004-06-20
- Language
- ja
- Status
- archived
- Download status
- full 2004 ghost package preserved by the Wayback Machine; no current official distribution verified
Technical context
Seriko first appeared as a skin for Nise-Haruna on 2000-12-20 and later developed into a complete ghost. Her animated second shell was described in contemporary coverage as the first animated ghost shell in the scene. The name SERIKO was subsequently adopted for Ukagaka's general shell-animation specification. The preserved 2004 package identifies both the ghost and shell creator as MIY.
Known locations
- Original site
- http://es.kdn.jp/
- Current page
- Unknown
- Archived site
- https://web.archive.org/web/20020603071847/http://es.kdn.jp/
Historical archived package
- Package
- seriko4040620.zip
- Size
- 1,372,094 bytes
- SHA-256
43171D0F8966ABE0135154FE69AA2100286C7C49C682A731566BAE5DF77B95D9- Safety note
- Preserved from the creator's original domain. The ZIP was inspected without execution and contains the complete ghost, its shell, scripts, and the executable library misaka.dll. Its historical provenance does not establish modern safety or compatibility.
English availability
No English translation has been verified for this ghost yet. This does not mean that none exists.
Sources
- The History of Ukagaka — Nise-Haruna chronology archived history
Mirror of a 2002 chronology dating EXTRA STAGE's first Seriko skin to 2000-12-20 and documenting the January 2001 animation implementation associated with her.
- 「何か」システム用語集 “redo” 版 contemporary reference
Contemporary terminology reference defines SERIKO as a general animation and dress-up drawing specification and explains that its name came from the Extra Stage ghost Seriko, based on HMX-13 Serio from To Heart.
- 2002/06/24 — 伺かゴーストれびゅー そにょ1！ contemporary report
Contemporary review identifies MIY as developer and artist, describes Seriko and Maruchii's To Heart-derived premise, calls the second shell the scene's first animated ghost, and records Seriko 4 beta 3 as stalled in June 2002.
- Seriko 4 preserved package — seriko4040620.zip archived original package
Package preserved from the creator's es.kdn.jp domain. Archive inspection confirms a full ghost named せりこ, companion まるちい, creator MIY, master shell, scripts, and misaka.dll; no files were executed.