And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
We didn’t know the word anime, but even little kids figured out the characters were always mid screen and the background rolled past them. They were just cartoons, albeit ones from Japan.
And Eighth Man, Kimba the White Lion, Astro Boy, Gaiking
ReplyDeleteJohnny Quest and Star Blazers
ReplyDeleteAs well as “Battle of The Planets”!
ReplyDeleteWatched a few episodes on YouTube lately, was a fan as a kid
ReplyDeleteHere he comes
ReplyDeleteHere comes Speed Racer
He’s a demon on wheels
He’s a demon and
he’s gonna be chasing after someone.
Trixie was hot.
Oh please, you wanted Chim Chim.
DeletePretty sure _Speed Racer_ *was* anime. Just like _Star Blazers_, and the other early imports.
ReplyDeleteI didn't like the Jap animation back then.Kimba and Speed Racer were gay.
ReplyDeleteGigantor the space age robot
ReplyDeleteDodo the kid from outer space
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We didn’t know the word anime, but even little kids figured out the characters were always mid screen and the background rolled past them. They were just cartoons, albeit ones from Japan.