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Speed Racer ran about the same time as Star Blazers in my neck of the woods. They were both pretty intense shows compared to most of the kiddie fare at the time.
When Sailor Moon came over, it ran at some ridiculously early hour. No way was it ever going to reach an audience that way.
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I only watched Speed Racer and Voltron because the only channels I "knew" back then was Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, and at the time those two played it was either them or Are You Afraid of the Dark?, which, me being very little, scared me.
I've seen both the dub and the original Japanese version of Sailor Moon, and I've bought most of the manga. They never dubbed the final season, Sailor Stars, because three of the new heroines, the Sailor Starlights, masqueraded as men. They literally were teenage boys when they didn't transform. In the manga they just dressed like boys to hide their identities.
There was two villains on that show who were both homosexual males in the original anime. Zoisite of the Dark Kingdom during the first season, and FishEye of the Amazon Trio, part of the Dead Moon Circus in season four. Zoisite was in an open relationship with another villain, Kunzite, and FishEye would usually target men and dress like a woman (He really could pass for one). In the dubbed version, the two were both turned into women because they were effeminate.
There was one episode, however, where FishEye was able to pass off as a cross-dressing male when his target was a fashion designer (who might have been gay himself, it was never stated). There was a scene where he ripped off his shirt to reveal his male chest. In the dub, they cut that scene out, but on the uncut videos and DVDs they kept it, only "she" claimed she wasn't like other "women".
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We got our first-ever COLOR tv with UHF channels on Valentine's Day, 1966. Imagine, doubling the number of channels, and suddenly, SOME of the shows were in color. At 5 PM, Philly's Channel 17 was running this cool show that was both intense AND funny (often at the same time), about a private eye who'd been MURDERED, and his memories transferred into a ROBOT body. He could also change his appearance (via hologram? I was never sure of the technique) and could masquerade as his former human self. The only people who knew his secret were Police Chief Fumblethumbs (you can tell by that name the show had a sense of humor) and his creator, Professor Genius.
The show VANISHED from the airwaves around here when B&W shows fell out of favor around 1970... a real tragedy. 2 decades later, I got ahold of about 10 episodes via my video store, and was stunned that it was EVERY BIT AS GOOD as I remembered it! That combo of film noir intensity and slapstick comedy side-by-side really made a great balance.
What I still don't get is the opening and closing credits, done in a completely different animation style than the rest of the show! I guess some US studio must have done them. It tends to be jarring, and sometimes I just wanna fast-forward over them to get to the stories.
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I think my dad remembers Gigantor and Astro Boy. I once recorded an episode of Gigantor on the DVR for him one Christmas. But he never watched it.
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I've only watched a few anime so far, but my favorites are: Lucky Star, Azumanga Daioh, K-On, Karin, Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Strawberry Panic.
Also the original OVA version of Today In Class 5-2. I haven't seen the later version yet.
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I used to really like the Astro Boy, Speed Racer and Kimba the White Lion cartoons when I was young.
Haven't gotten into much anime since I've gotten older but I did think the few episodes I saw of Neon Genesis Evangelion were really impressive and have it on my To Do List to watch that whole series in order one day.
Movies-wise, I think the only one I've seen is Spirited Away and though I did like it, I wouldn't say I'm in a rush to see many more.
I never read the comics.
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