Merry Christmas (as well as Happy Hanukahh, Kwanzaa and general good wishes of the season for all creeds). Here's your Christmas present from me. I hope you enjoy it, and feel free to leave me a comment after you finish watching it if this film gives you happiness and/or Christmas cheer.
Out of the four superhero shows Tatsuo Yoshida created in the 1970s, Casshan was definitely the most brutal. Character Designs by Tatsuo Yoshida & Yoshitaka Amano. Storyboards by Yoshiyuki Tomino.
The first appearance of the "Wanpaku Trio" (Yo-chan's triplet brothers). In this episode we not only learn their individual names, but also the origin of their feud with Cub.
25 years before Tom Hanks would fall in love with a volleyball in Castaway, a young boy named Akira finds acceptance among his classmates when he discovers a talking ball that enables him to never miss a shot.
From 1963, the first late night anime series for adults. Based on the manga series by K Kojima which has been published weekly since October 1956. Unless I'm mistaken, Kojima still draws a new strip himself every week.
This is one of my favorite Cyborg 009 episodes. The dramatic themes of betrayal, sacrifice and redemption remind me of why I love old school anime so much, and this series in particular.
Here's a two part story where the Japanese Yokai (including the first anime appearances of Ittan Momen and Nurikabe) square off against a group of Western Yokai.
