Digimon of the franchise, a device marketed in June 1997 with the name Digimon, a short for "Digital Monster". Aiming at the male audience and created by Akiyoshi Hongo (a pseudonym that refers to the creators of "Tamagotchi"), this device shows to players a virtual pet composed entirely of data and designed to play and fight. In February 1998, the "DigiMon" fighting game, compatible with Windows 95 and developed by Rapture Technologies, Inc., was announced. The one-shot manga "C'mon Digimon", designed by Tenya Yabuno, was published in the Japanese magazine V-Jump by Shueisha in 1997. A second generation of "virtual pets"
The Pets (2000s band) and received considerable airplay on college radio in Canada, particularly in Winnipeg. Members of the Pets went on to form The Waking Eyes. The Pets (2000s band) The Pets was an indie rock and power pop band from Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada. The members of The Pets were Chris Peters, Matthew Peters, Myron Schulz and Stephen Senkiw. The Pets came together in 1999 and began to record power pop songs using a computer and rented portable studio equipment. In between recording sessions, which extended over about eight months, they played a few live shows locally. They then approached Endearing Records, which