Good to know that you got around to this one. Trying to study Japanese TV content back in the day isn't gonna be easy. Animal themes are almost universally loved by the younger audience so it's no surprise that there were many of them on TV in Japan during the 80s.
Ninjaman Ippei looks like a kid friendly version of Ninja Nonsense, which means it must have been fun for the kids watching it despite the fact that the series itself seems to focus on the mildly tame stuff when it comes to Ninja Fiction.
Minky Momo's ability to transform into an adult version of herself depending on the situation she is in, should sound familiar to those who remember the early episodes of Sailor Moon during the time when she used the magical pen to transform into different adults working in jobs that a high school girl like Usagi/Serena wouldn't be able to do. Perhaps one of the inspirations that the Sailor Moon anime took before Usagi met her Sailor Guardians.
Space Pirates sure had a fun time in Japan during the 80s. With Star Wars being as popular as it was, there was many series even as far back as the 1970s that saw their revival seasons in the 80s and perhaps inspired many OVAs that involved Space Pirates and Space Bounty Hunters.
Don Dracula looks like something that Go Nagai would have been involved in. He was the master of Ecchi Horror and trying to put Dracula into a Japanese modern day slice of life Gag Comedy would have been up his ally if he ever had a hand in working on it. But to hear it came from Osamu Tezuka, now that is surprising to know but not out of the possibility.
Space Cobra, I remember that movie as I have the DVD of it back in the day that I haven't watched in more than 10 years. Perhaps I should recommend it to those who want to watch some fun Retro Anime.
Maya the Bee (Japan version) and Barbar (European) during the 80s weren't afraid of the darkness of the complicated moral and ethical dilemmas that each character faces. Sadly the modern day 2000s and 2010s versions of those characters are completely toned down and it has lost their original story and theme of those characters. Watching Barbar in the 80s was like a fun and enjoyable romp for me as a kid, sadly when I tried watching the newer stuff with my niece and nephew when they were younger I was like "WTF is this????" I think we in the 80s and 90s were told to grow up tough and the importance to protect those who mean the world to you, but somewhere when the world got darker, the animation companies were somehow forced to tone things down and the quality of story telling for shows like this went downhill as a result.
I only started watching Robotech back last year, got the DVD of Season 1 from a retailer that was about to close due to hard times and I was thankful that I got it when I did because even if Macross Saga of Robotech has it's localization flaws, the storyline itself is allot darker than most shows on TV at the time. Even had some spicy elements too that made me smile. Makes me want to look for the Japanese original to see what we missed out on.
Time Baken series. (I was already writing this comment while listening until you mentioned it at the end) For those who don't remember, think of the main villains as Team Rocket before Pokemon started. Yattaman is the most famous of the Time Baken series because of the attention the villain group in that series gets. But there are many other Time Baken series where there are many versions of that same villain trio.
Game Center Arashi. Looking at his red vest and his red cap, he looks allot like another popular Gaming Protagonist from a really well known game that would have been released a decade later if my memory is correct. Maybe Game Center Arashi was one of the inspirations for this particular character?
I remember watching The New Adventures of Gigantor on the sci fi channel when I was a kid it's excellent and I hope that the hold series get a dvd boxs set one day. 😀👍
Sakebi is "shout." Manga is pronounced "monn gah." 2nd: South Rainbow Lucy Superbook & The Flying House used to be run on Jim Bakker's religious Trinity Broadcasting Network. They probably paid for them. Robotchi is pronounced with 2 Long Os. Aka Ro Bo Chi. The t is there for a double consonant in the Chi syllable. Kabocha is "pumpkin." グループ タック - Group Takku but since the trailing U isn't pronounced, it's just "Tak" or "tokk." If you're seeing it as "TAC," that seems wrong. Really odd the kana say Dairagaa (Dairager) but the name we got told was "Dairugger?" or some variation with eu or ue.
The Dairugger localization is in reference that the three teams have a total of 15 members...the same as a rugby team. ;) And I gave up trying to pronunciation to gaijin tongues long ago. lol
Another banger, Doc. Certainly a few series on here I'd like to check out in the near future. Any chance of doing a movie related year-by-year similar to what you did for US animation?
Good to know that you got around to this one.
Trying to study Japanese TV content back in the day isn't gonna be easy.
Animal themes are almost universally loved by the younger audience so it's no surprise that there were many of them on TV in Japan during the 80s.
Ninjaman Ippei looks like a kid friendly version of Ninja Nonsense, which means it must have been fun for the kids watching it despite the fact that the series itself seems to focus on the mildly tame stuff when it comes to Ninja Fiction.
Minky Momo's ability to transform into an adult version of herself depending on the situation she is in, should sound familiar to those who remember the early episodes of Sailor Moon during the time when she used the magical pen to transform into different adults working in jobs that a high school girl like Usagi/Serena wouldn't be able to do.
Perhaps one of the inspirations that the Sailor Moon anime took before Usagi met her Sailor Guardians.
Space Pirates sure had a fun time in Japan during the 80s.
With Star Wars being as popular as it was, there was many series even as far back as the 1970s that saw their revival seasons in the 80s and perhaps inspired many OVAs that involved Space Pirates and Space Bounty Hunters.
Don Dracula looks like something that Go Nagai would have been involved in.
He was the master of Ecchi Horror and trying to put Dracula into a Japanese modern day slice of life Gag Comedy would have been up his ally if he ever had a hand in working on it.
But to hear it came from Osamu Tezuka, now that is surprising to know but not out of the possibility.
Space Cobra, I remember that movie as I have the DVD of it back in the day that I haven't watched in more than 10 years.
Perhaps I should recommend it to those who want to watch some fun Retro Anime.
Maya the Bee (Japan version) and Barbar (European) during the 80s weren't afraid of the darkness of the complicated moral and ethical dilemmas that each character faces. Sadly the modern day 2000s and 2010s versions of those characters are completely toned down and it has lost their original story and theme of those characters.
Watching Barbar in the 80s was like a fun and enjoyable romp for me as a kid, sadly when I tried watching the newer stuff with my niece and nephew when they were younger I was like "WTF is this????"
I think we in the 80s and 90s were told to grow up tough and the importance to protect those who mean the world to you, but somewhere when the world got darker, the animation companies were somehow forced to tone things down and the quality of story telling for shows like this went downhill as a result.
I only started watching Robotech back last year, got the DVD of Season 1 from a retailer that was about to close due to hard times and I was thankful that I got it when I did because even if Macross Saga of Robotech has it's localization flaws, the storyline itself is allot darker than most shows on TV at the time. Even had some spicy elements too that made me smile. Makes me want to look for the Japanese original to see what we missed out on.
@TBoneTony I definitely love Robotech, and I'm doing my first watch of Macross again in a long time!
Time Baken series. (I was already writing this comment while listening until you mentioned it at the end)
For those who don't remember, think of the main villains as Team Rocket before Pokemon started.
Yattaman is the most famous of the Time Baken series because of the attention the villain group in that series gets.
But there are many other Time Baken series where there are many versions of that same villain trio.
@TBoneTony And they all do a great job of incorporating humor!
Game Center Arashi.
Looking at his red vest and his red cap, he looks allot like another popular Gaming Protagonist from a really well known game that would have been released a decade later if my memory is correct.
Maybe Game Center Arashi was one of the inspirations for this particular character?
13:08 Oh no! Truck-kun!!! :'(
I remember watching The New Adventures of Gigantor on the sci fi channel when I was a kid it's excellent and I hope that the hold series get a dvd boxs set one day. 😀👍
Super Dimension Fortress Macross aka Robotech part 1 is excellent. 😀👍
@jamesmoss3424 One of the best!
@@dr.animaction you got that right. 😀👍
Sakebi is "shout." Manga is pronounced "monn gah."
2nd: South Rainbow Lucy
Superbook & The Flying House used to be run on Jim Bakker's religious Trinity Broadcasting Network. They probably paid for them.
Robotchi is pronounced with 2 Long Os. Aka Ro Bo Chi. The t is there for a double consonant in the Chi syllable.
Kabocha is "pumpkin."
グループ タック - Group Takku but since the trailing U isn't pronounced, it's just "Tak" or "tokk." If you're seeing it as "TAC," that seems wrong.
Really odd the kana say Dairagaa (Dairager) but the name we got told was "Dairugger?" or some variation with eu or ue.
@Mrshoujo Thanks for the linguistic insights! As I said, I'm pretty terrible with languages lol
The Dairugger localization is in reference that the three teams have a total of 15 members...the same as a rugby team. ;)
And I gave up trying to pronunciation to gaijin tongues long ago. lol
I love cartoon and anime
@stevenlisten Same!
Another banger, Doc. Certainly a few series on here I'd like to check out in the near future. Any chance of doing a movie related year-by-year similar to what you did for US animation?
@KnowledgeLost Thanks! I plan a movie edition (or multiple) once I finish the series! No promises when I'll get there though lol
@@dr.animaction keep up the good work, and enjoy the content!
I like to see Space Cobra episodes get an English dub one day. 😀👍
@jamesmoss3424 I prefer dub as well, which probably explains my pronunciation issue!
You'll read your anime & be glad for it!