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Please include:
-Title
-Any directly connected series/movies/ovas
-Reason it should be added (why is this series important/relevent to anime history, in terms of story, development, art form, characters, archtypes, etc)

Project A-Ko [ova]
-parody series references a number of other works of anime from the 1970s and 1980s.

Slam Dunk [manga]
-It was first published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump in Japan and has sold over 100 million copies in Japan alone. In 1995, it received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen and in 2007 was declared Japan's favorite manga.

A-ko is already on there. ^_^ But Slam Dunk looks like a worthy addition. Added.

Cheers.

Alakazam The Great! (The Monkey King) aired 1960
http://myanimelist.net/anime/4481/The_Monkey_King
its a really cool retro anime movie that not many people know about it is similar to Dragonball.

Works for me. I actually just picked-up a VHS copy this past month.

Yoshiro Tatsumi's The Push Man and Other Stories
http://myanimelist.net/manga/3874/The_Push_Man_and_Other_Stories
Related Manga: Good-Bye, Abandon the Old in Tokyo (All are a collection of short stories)

Coined the term Gekiga (Meaning Dramatic Pictures) and created a movement to create more mature works aimed at an adult audience.

If you need a little more info on Gekiga, see this club:

http://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=12945

BTW, awesome club you have here.

Forgot all about Push Man. Glad I'm not the only one that's read some of Tatsumi's work. Gladly added.

Fist of the North Star and Kinnikuman were both hugely influential on the whole shonen fighting genre, so I think that they both merit additions.

Hokuto no Ken is already on the list. Kinnikuman looks like it's worth adding though.

I found some new ones:
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure(Hugely popular shonen fighting series)
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing(This was WAY more influential than Seed)
Saint Seiya(Was one of the first examples of the Neo-Shonen movement)
Black Jack(One of Osamu Tezuka's more famous works)
Giant Robo(One of Mitsuteru Yokoyama's more famous series)
Cyborg 009(Shotaro Ishinomori's huge library of famous superhero titles)
8 Man(Japan's first cyborg hero)
Ai no Kusabi(Critically acclaimed yaoi OVA)
Ambassador Magma(One of Tezuka's more famous works)
Android Kikaider(Another Ishinomori superhero)
Anpanman(Famous children's show ranked with Doraemon)
Appleseed(A huge hit in America)
Armored Trooper VOTOMS(Often said to be the best of all real robot series)
Babel Nisei(Another Yokoyam series)
Blood: The Last Vampire(A hugely successful OVA in America)
Captain Tsubasa(One of the more famous shonen sports series)
Shinzo Ningen Casshern(A popular tatsunoko Superhero show)
Castle in the Sky(Ghibli)
City Hunter(Another instrumental series in the creation of neo-shonen)
Combattler V(The first five person combining robot. Part 1 of the RRT)
Crayon Shin-Chan(Extremely Popular in japan)
Devilman(One of Go Nagai's Popular Series)
Dirty Pair(First Girls-with-guns series)
Dororo to Hiyakkimaru(A famous Tezuka series)
Dr. Slump: Arale-Chan(Akira Toriyama's first major success)
Elfen Lied(A very popular series)
Escaflowne(Critically acclaimed)
Excel Saga(Pioneer in the hyperactive anime comdefy genre)
Gaiking(Famous Go Nagai series)
GaoGaiGar(Often called the greatest super robot series ever made)
Getter Robo(The first combining robot/Go Nagai)
Golden Boy(Popular Ero-Comedy)
Golden Warrior: The Gold Lightan(Popular Tatsunoko Robot Series)
Gunsmith Cats(Often called the best Girls-with-Guns series)
Hyakujuu-Ou Golion(Localized into Voltron)
Kodomo no Omocha(Super popular series)
Kyoushoku Souku Guyver(Super Popular series)
Magic Knight Rayearth(One of CLAMP's more famous series)
My Neighbor Totoro(Ghibli)
Nadia, The Secret of Blue Water(Gainax's first TV series)
Ninja Scroll(Huge success in America)
Porco Rosso(Ghibli)
R.O.D. OVA(Huge Success in America)
Record of Lodoss War OVA(Pioneering High Fantasy Anime)
Robot Carnival(Critically Acclaimed)
Ronin Warriors(Brought in many new american fans)
Rurouni Kenshin(Hugely popular fighting series)
Sakigake!! Otokojuku(Pioneering delinquent anime series)
Samurai Champloo(Follow-Up to Cowboy Bebop)
Samurai Pizza Cats(Early Success in America)
Slayers(Early Success in America)
Space Adventure Cobra(Legendary Series in Japan)
Space Runaway Ideon(Precursor to Gundam)
Street Fighter II: The Movie(Early Success in America)
Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu(Pioneering Moe Series)
Terra E....(Critically Acclaimed Sci-fi)
The Three Eyed One(One of Tezuka's more popular series)
The Urotsuki(generated a huge controversy in America)
Time Bokan(A hugely popular series in japan)
Tosho Daimos(Third series in the RRT)
Unico(Oneof tezuka's more popular series)
Vampire Hunter D(Huge success in america)
Violence Jack(Go Nagai)
Voltes V (Second series in the RRT)
Yatterman(Created the stereotypical three-villain team)

EDIT: Also, Hurricane Polymar(Hugely popular Tatsunoko Superhero Show).

Patalliro! should be on the relations as one of the first TV anime to have shounen-ai themes in it.

The Guin Saga novel should be there as well as the longest running novel series by a single author. Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo should also be there for similar reasons, as it's the longest running manga series ever.

@PequeninoMikhail: I think that the focus of this club is on ground-breaking anime rather than listing every show with critical acclaim. LotGH is in the relations because it is the longest OVA series ever made, not because of it's critical acclaim.

I will let mr. Panda decide which ones should be in, though.

EDIT: I managed to get Mittsu no Hanashi accepted, so feel free to add it to the relations.

Critical acclaim can be a factor, depending on the nature. Usually it would have to be something fairly substantial though. Spirited Away's winning an Academy Award, Pokemon's earth-shattering impact in pop culture, or Doreamon's status as Japan's cultural ambassador are examples. I would also see merit in making a case that a given anime, while not being the first, was the one that brought a concept, archtype, or other such idea into the mainstream/public eye.

I'll filter through the list and see how many I can unravel. In the mean time: not sure about Patalliro just yet, but the two written-form entries look good.

Also: flygon is awesome (getting that into the database).

Also: I think you can add it on your own you know, but I did it. :p

After reviewing Cyborg 009, I'm thinking of adding it in as the first "sentai" anime/manga. If anyone knows of a reason not to, let me know. Working on verifying some others.

Ideon, and Ideon Be invocked,
because it's the first "Divine Mecha"

Could you define the "Divine Mecha" subgenre for consideration?

http://myanimelist.net/manga/4750/Jinzou_Ningen_Kikaida
First Henshin hero manga

Tiger Mask had real life Pop Culture influence 7 real Wrestlers have used Either Tiger mask or black tiger as there gimmcik in real life

The Oscars a crap awards

Id add anything that had won the animage gran prix or finished top three in the anime or episode of the year

Your enthusiasm is appreciated, but in the interests of keeping the thread clean, could you condense everything into one post in the future? :P

I'm actually surprised Android Kikaider isn't already on there. Thought I had it. Then again, nothing's been updated in forever. I'll add it to things to do once the winter break hits.

>.> Whether or not you think the Oscar is a good award or not, it represents a historical milestone in recognition of the anime medium on an international scale.

I don't think winning the Animage Grand Prix would--necessarily--be a sufficient cause. While it's been around since the 70s, it's solely based on the readership of the magazine.