Anime history lesson
Anime
History of anime.
TV, 1963,
193 eps
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Osamu Tezuka's first anime and one of the most influental anime as it basically created the shonen genre. Astro Boy set the standard for shows in the 60's.
TV, 1963,
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Considered the first mecha series. It was also releasd in America.
TV, 1966,
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Considered the first mahou shoujo anime and shoujo in general.
TV, 1971,
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Helped push the popularity of anime and also was one the first Hayao Miyazaki's works.
TV, 1974,
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One of the most influential anime series in Japan. Its turn toward serious themes and complex storylines influenced future works in the medium, including Gundam, Evangelion, and Macross, in addition to video games such as Space Invaders.
TV, 1979,
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Basically started the anime toys industry and the mecha subgenre - the real robot genre, which is a realistic twist on mecha.
TV, 1982,
36 eps
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Influenced the mecha and space opera genres. One of the first anime to successfuly blend the mecha and romance genres, which would later prove to be not in vain.
TV, 1983,
128 eps
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One of the most successful and influental sports anime. It introduced a formula that would be used for decades.
Movie, 1984,
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First Miyazaki's original movie which gave him the funding to start studio Ghibli. Nausicaä showed that there can be more experimental projects to be funded as publishers now knew that there could be more popular anime other than just space operas.
Movie, 1988,
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Most expensive anime movie at the time. One of the most influential and important science fiction of all time, inspiring the cyberpunk genre. Despite that, it failed in Japan's box office, and that ended the experimental anime era. Despite being a failure in Japan, it was immensely popular in the west, so it opened the international industry as it became more popular overseas in the common decades.
TV, 1989,
291 eps
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The first battle shonen anime that would basically inspire most of the anime that would follow, including Naruto and One Piece among others.
TV, 1992,
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One of the most influential mahou shoujo anime.
Movie, 1995,
1 ep
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Another influential cyberpunk. Encouraged the funding of experimental films again.
TV, 1995,
26 eps
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Encouraged experimental series and giving freedom to the anime creators to make what they want. Anime became more artistic and expressive, instead of just being commercial. Neon Genesis Evangelion allowed to create shows like Cowboy Bebop, Serial Experiments Lain and others.
TV, 1998,
26 eps
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It wasn't really popular in Japan, but it broght anime to the masses of America thanks to adult swim.
Movie, 2001,
1 ep
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Until recently, the most successful japanese film of all time. Like other Ghibli films, it was very popular overseas, making millions dollars in the various countries it was shown in.
TV, 2002,
26 eps
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Another moe, one of the first CGDCT and slice-of-life anime.
TV, 2006,
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One of the most successful anime of all time. Pushed the otaku culture worldwide.
Movie, 2007,
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Start of the Rebuild of Evangelion movie series, which is a commentary on the original series and the movie as well as the whole japanese society.
