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NEWS: Powerpuff Girls Anime Announced

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It started airing two months after Pokemon started airing, but obviously, it was in development for well before that, and Pokemon didn't become popular overnight like everyone thought, so yes, it was before the anime boom started by Pokemon. Even if it had come a year after Pokemon, I think it's safe to say that it would be because Craig McCraken still wanted to do it, since he is a big fan of anime. (For more proof of this, see Samurai Jack and certain episodes of Dexter's Laboratory.)

Dexter and Samurai Jack were created by Gendy Tartakovsky.
But point noted - anime influences are obvious.

If anyone cares about minor historical details, the pilot episode for Powerpuff Girls aired on Cartoon Network on March 12th, 1995, half a year before even Sailor Moon hit American television, so, while I don't deny that there is some vague anime-influence with the designs and with the speed-lines, I do think it's somewhat overstated, as though Japan is the only country with a simplified cartoon style (among many different cartoon styles, I mean).

Tenchi wrote:

If anyone cares about minor historical details, the pilot episode for Powerpuff Girls aired on Cartoon Network on March 12th, 1995, half a year before even Sailor Moon hit American television, so, while I don't deny that there is some vague anime-influence with the designs and with the speed-lines, I do think it's somewhat overstated, as though Japan is the only country with a simplified cartoon style (among many different cartoon styles, I mean).

I remember that episode! I was laughing my head off each time I saw it.

It may have been influenced by other anime before Sailor Moon. Don't forget; Speed Racer and Lupin III

LilyChan wrote:

Tenchi wrote: If anyone cares about minor historical details, the pilot episode for Powerpuff Girls aired on Cartoon Network on March 12th, 1995, half a year before even Sailor Moon hit American television, so, while I don't deny that there is some vague anime-influence with the designs and with the speed-lines, I do think it's somewhat overstated, as though Japan is the only country with a simplified cartoon style (among many different cartoon styles, I mean). I remember that episode! I was laughing my head off each time I saw it. It may have been influenced by other anime before Sailor Moon. Don't forget; Speed Racer and Lupin III

actually, the original was a pilot called " The Whoopass Girls". i've never been able to find it though.

v1cious wrote:

LilyChan wrote: Tenchi wrote: If anyone cares about minor historical details, the pilot episode for Powerpuff Girls aired on Cartoon Network on March 12th, 1995, half a year before even Sailor Moon hit American television, so, while I don't deny that there is some vague anime-influence with the designs and with the speed-lines, I do think it's somewhat overstated, as though Japan is the only country with a simplified cartoon style (among many different cartoon styles, I mean). I remember that episode! I was laughing my head off each time I saw it. It may have been influenced by other anime before Sailor Moon. Don't forget; Speed Racer and Lupin III actually, the original was a pilot called " The Whoopass Girls". i've never been able to find it though.

o_O;; It was?

I must've missed it then. xD Oh well.

The pilot was screened in Japan at the Tokyo Anime Fair. Word is that it's a very, very radical departure from the original series, with a lot of the basic plot points getting completely changed.

i don't think it ever aired. cnn had an interview with Craig Mccracken and they a had a clip of it. i've heard it's in "The Museum Of Film And Television", but i don't know.

I'm starting to wonder, though. There are points made on a cosplay.com thread that there doesn't appear to be a press release to back these things up. I took a quick look at the Japanese sites, and while my Japanese is relatively pathetic at best, I don't see anything about this on those sites either. Editors, normally, this would be taken as fact, but just to placate those still unsure, how did you confirm the information about the series as something more than just a joke? Is this even a done deal by any means?