The Origin of Anime
It's truly amazing how many people into Anime today seem to think that it all started about a year before they got involved in the hobby. Many will, however, tell almost identical stories about dim childhood memories of (depending on how old they are) Astro Boy, Speed Racer, Marine Boy, Gigantor, Robotech, or Star Blazers. Others wandered into a comic shop and discovered to their utter amazement that there was an Akira MOVIE to go along with their comics. The real history of the medium is frequently chaotic and bizarre (as is the medium itself), and to cover it in depth would take hundreds of pages but that's not the function of this primer. My goal is merely to give you, Mr. Jennings, an idea of what happened and when. Significant events have been left out of this, and portions of the text presented here are based on rumor and conjecture. The event sequence is bunched up around the middle, and there are times when so many things are happening at once that it became difficult to limit the narrative to a half dozen threads or so. I feel that this does, however, give a reasonable account of the tumultuous history of this medium.
The last of the Matsumoto influence was being felt with films like the Queen Millennia movie and the TV series (by the same name). although his original name was Simba. Tezuka is best remembered for, is his little robot boy and his sister (interestingly, Atomu and Uran . The greatest diversity of product was being made during this period, having ramped up from the chaotic 70's. The Release of AkiraKatsuhiro Otomo was already quite famous by the time the money came in to produce a movie from his most famous manga creation. Ordinary Guy Who Is The Scientist's Son stuff, but this is (surprise) no ordinary boy. Perhaps the most surprising to many American fans, Tetsuwan Atomu is not considered to be Tezuka's greatest work . Surprisingly, there aren't a lot of Takahashi imitators; it seems likely that no one else can get the mix just right.
Common topics in this essay:
Urusei Yatsura,
Maison Ikkoku,
Akira MOVIE,
Evangelion Huge,
Ages Japan,
Star Blazers,
Tetsuwan Atomu,
Akira Anime,
Nagasaki Hiroshima,
Japanese Animation,
maison ikkoku,
urusei yatsura,
astro boy,
hi tori,
television series,
little robot boy,
robot boy,
osamu tezuka,
version series,
star blazers,
tetsuwan atomu,
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