Wakakusa Monogatari

Collection of historical semi-realistic or realistic works that detail the historical events of America or daily life of people in American historical context.

Featuring little to no dialogue and/or characters and the experience is carried by the music and/or visual atmosphere.

Part 1 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/311
Part 2 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/5128
Part 3 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/8036
Part 4 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/8173
Part 5 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9135
Part 6 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9240
Part 7 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9448
Part 8 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9461
Part 9 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/20874

Mitsuko Horie is a japanese singer and actress, she is known as the "Queen of Anime Music" due to her countless and valuable contributions to the scene of anime music over her long career spanning over 50 years.

This list is a collection of series that I view are essential when it comes to experiencing Mitsuko Horie "Micchi" as an artist through her work on anime series. Ordered on how important and big role of the experience her performance plays in the series as a whole.

More comprehensive list of the songs in this page:
https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=86238

This stack is intended as a guide for people interested in the artist and their works and wanting to be able to experience the most important performances and the works of the artist and the experience that these works and performances provide to the audience as a part of a series or a film.

The Four Kings:

Mitsuko Horie - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9754
Ichiro Mizuki - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15851
Kumiko Oosugi - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/24461
Isao Sasaki - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/24460

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Satoko Yamano - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/38010

Part Three of the retro sensation that is gripping the nation! For better or worse these are the anime worth your time from days gone by.

Part One: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/30488
Part Two: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/30490
Part Four: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/30811

Note: Moderators had taken down the stacks before, since it was not wholly information based. I will post this as a note as to why such series are essential in order to defend them all as a blanket statement.

Most of the series featured have some sort of significance in terms of first best or darkest for their era which can be categorized by decennium or part of a decennium (early, middle, late). These are mixed around in order in order to give those who subscribed to list a challenge. While I could give an individual breakdown, I think some research is better left up to those who have subscribed to the stacks, since this allows for additional cultural insight into what was popular in Japan at the time, which is sometimes disconnected from the United States, as well as the rest of North America and Europe in many ways. For example, the Crayon Shin-Chan that aired in the United States and Canada is different to the one that aired in Europe, is different to the one that aired in Japan. By recommending to seek out Japanese versions of series, it grows understanding. I am not the first one to have thought of this. In the United States, there used to be a channel called ImaginAsian TV which had the same purpose of informing people about Japanese popular culture through anime. The San Francisco and San Diego PBS stations did the same thing and NHK World Japan carries this on through series like Little Charo and previously Maiko-san Chi no Makanai-san.

I think it is agreed upon that retro is a niche, but with handicaps on subject matter like availability.

Every cinema or direct to video anime film that came out in 1980.

1970s: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35053
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35092
1981: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34004

Missing on MyAnimeList:
- Kim Cheong-gi 김청기, ""Samgugji: Dowongyeol-Ui" 삼국지 – 도원결의 (The Tale of the Three Kingdoms – Oath of the Peach Garden), South Korea, 1980.
- Kim Cheong-gi 김청기, "Samgugji: Gwan-U Ogwandolpapyeon" 삼국지 – 관우 오관돌파편 (The Tale of the Three Kingdoms – Breaking Through the Five Gulfs), South Korea, 1980.
- Yi Gyu-hong 이규홍, "Doksuri 5 Hyeongje" 독수리 5형제 (The 5 Eagle Brothers), South Korea, 1980.

Co-Produced Western films by Japanese animation studios:
- Arthur Rankin Jr. (1924-2014) & Jules Brass (1935-2022), "Pinocchio's Christmas", Japan, USA, 1980.
- Arthur Rankin Jr. & Jules Brass, "The Return of the King", Japan, USA, 1980.

Anime featured in the Mitsuko Horie - Ayumi 4 CD release

Ayumi 1 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35634
Ayumi 2 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35636
Ayumi 3 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35637
Ayumi 4 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35639
Ayumi 5 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35641
Ayumi 6 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35642
Ayumi 7 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35643
Ayumi 8 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35644
Other - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35647