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Which is the oldest anime you ever have watched?


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Brainless



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:59 am Reply with quote
My oldest anime I have watched was G-force from 1972.
That anime is realy different from those new ones, like the color settings (that I think because it's realy old=P) and the drawing style (looks like a western cartoon imho).

But then i searched around the site and found Alakazam the Great from 1960/61 (haven`t watched that one), thats really an old one Surprised it's more different in the looks than G-force. The looks have evolved pretty much in the anime genre since then, and I wonder if today's style going to change Rolling Eyes

Well, I don't think it can change that much, if it can then I have no idea how it would look like (maybe like Gankutsuou with moving backgrounds, really annoying imho Very Happy )

What do you guys think Smile
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:19 am Reply with quote
-Atroboy (1963): one episode of the black/white anime, didn't continue the series because it was an English dub.

-Galaxy Express 999 series (only 7 subbed episodes are available Confused) and Heidi dubbed on German TV when I was a kid. Both were made in 1974.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:50 am Reply with quote
Mobile Suit Gundam, which was made in the late 1970's ('78 or '79, I forget which), which was before I was born (I'm as old as Mobile Suit Gundam: Zeta Gundam, though....22 years old).
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:42 am Reply with quote
Well, I saw a few minutes of the original Astro Boy on TV once, but I didn't watch all of it since it was in the middle of the series and I wanted to start it at the beginning, but they only aired it that one time, so I didn't get to see any more of it. However, I'm not sure if it would count as the oldest because the version I saw was the colorized '80s version which I believe is the same as the old version just in color. If it doesn't count, then the oldest would be an episode of Kimba The White Lion (which had one of the worst dubs I've ever seen). The oldest anime movie I've seen has been Nausicaa and the oldest anime series I've seen in its entirety was the original Macross.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:54 am Reply with quote
Hmm, the oldest anime I ever watched was Legend of the White Snake.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:17 pm Reply with quote
Sir_Brass wrote:
Mobile Suit Gundam, which was made in the late 1970's ('78 or '79, I forget which), which was before I was born (I'm as old as Mobile Suit Gundam: Zeta Gundam, though....22 years old).


The original TV series started airing in 1979. For full length Gundam series, the starting date in the series (UC 0079, 0086, etc.) tell you the starting year. Just take the last two digits (like 79) and stick "19" in front of them. Or in the case of everything after Turn-A, add "20". The same does not apply to the short series or compiliation movies.

Zeta aired in 1986, so that means you would be 20 (like me) if you were as old as it.

Mobile Suit Gundam (the movies) is the oldest anime I have seen. I just watched them about a week ago.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:18 pm Reply with quote
The oldest anime I've seen were Astro Boy, Gigantor and Speed Racer.
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Sir_Brass



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 1:20 pm Reply with quote
HitokiriShadow wrote:


Zeta aired in 1986, so that means you would be 20 (like me) if you were as old as it.


I thought zeta aired in 84.

And the movies were made only a short time ago (in comparison to the series), though. MSG and Zeta are both far older.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 1:55 pm Reply with quote
I guess I have several answers for this...I've seen some random episodes of Gatchaman (from 1972? or so), and the oldest movie I've seen is Taro the Dragon Boy (1979). I've seen random bits of various 1980s series, but the oldest series that I've actually completely watched is Sherlock Hound (AKA Meitantei Holmes) (1984). Yes, I'm bad like that; I call myself a serious/hardcore fan, but I don't make much of an effort to track down and watch the older classic animes like Captain Harlock, Astroboy, Robotech, etc.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:09 pm Reply with quote
Sir_Brass wrote:
HitokiriShadow wrote:


Zeta aired in 1986, so that means you would be 20 (like me) if you were as old as it.


I thought zeta aired in 84.

And the movies were made only a short time ago (in comparison to the series), though. MSG and Zeta are both far older.


The movies where originally made and released around 81 or 82 and then re-released around 2000.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:12 pm Reply with quote
Uh, the oldest anime I've seen is Mach Go Go Go (aka. Speed Racer) which was made from 1967-1968. After that would come this thing which was made in 1980 and has too long of a name for me to bother putting. I vaguely remember seeing it on Nickelodeon when I was little. Both made by Tatsunoko coincidently. Guess a lot of the older ones are though. I generally don't watch older anime.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:19 pm Reply with quote
Speed Racer was my first. I saw it dubbed on American tv a long time ago. However, at that time I didn't know what anime was or why their mouths moved all funny.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:26 pm Reply with quote
tempest wrote:
Hmm, the oldest anime I ever watched was Legend of the White Snake.

-t

You've SEEN it? Anime cry I'm so jealous. I've wanted to see that film for ages and have seen bits and pieces in lectures here and there, but never the entire thing. I have to say it again, I'm insanely jealous.

As for me, I'm pretty sure the oldest anime I've seen is Tetsuwan Atomu, but I've also seen everything on this tape and some of those films were probably made earlier; I don't remember any dates, unfortunately.
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shadow_guyver



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:34 pm Reply with quote
I think I saw some Gigantor once. But I know for certain that I have seen Mazinger Z, so that's the oldest anime I can be certain I've seen.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 3:17 pm Reply with quote
I saw Speed Racer dubed on tv the Lupin The Thrid second Series subed on DVD.
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