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Post by Batflunkie on Sept 27, 2024 15:37:02 GMT -5
Before Dragon Ball there was Dr. Slump, Akira Toriyama's first big hit. I remember when the manga first came stateside in the mid-00's. Loved the preview in Monthly Shonen Jump so much that I pre-ordered it, read it cover to cover. Gag manga is very fun and Toriyama had a great sense of humor
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Post by zaku on Sept 30, 2024 10:24:42 GMT -5
I know this is virtually unknown in the US, but in the 80s this was quite big in Italy.
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Post by Batflunkie on Sept 30, 2024 10:33:11 GMT -5
I know this is virtually unknown in the US, but in the 80s this was quite big in Italy. Oh, Fist Of The Northstar is INCREDIBLY legendary over here (think it got an English Dub?), and much like Guyver, it also got a live action movie. The manga also just got a release stateside and was considering picking it up
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80sChild
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Post by 80sChild on Oct 2, 2024 11:24:24 GMT -5
Hero High anyone?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2024 13:59:14 GMT -5
Yes! That was going to be an Archie series originally but they had to "genericize" due to a rights issue that developed. Still fun, plus the Shazam! episodes bundled with it as part of the overall "Kid Super Power Hour". Glad to see this one listed here Still enjoying all the posts in this thread even though I haven't contributed in awhile.
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Post by codystarbuck on Oct 2, 2024 22:43:57 GMT -5
I loved the Shazam cartoons, as they were pretty much in the spirit of the old Fawcett stories, without being severely toned down, like the Super Friends. it helped that the Marvel Family stories were never particularly violent and were more whimsical. That translated well to a cartoon, with limitations on violence. Hero High I liked in concept; but, the stories were never particularly memorable, the jokes were lame, and the voice work was nothing to write home about. Filmation never had great voice directing; but, they had some performers who knew how to play stuff, like Ted Knight, Larry Storch and Jane Webb. By this period, Ted Knight was a prime time tv star, Larry Storch wasn't doing as much and Jane Webb had mostly been phased out, with Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle as her last major series. I was also in high school, and pretty much only watched a handful of adventure cartoons (Flash Gordon, Thundarr, Blackstar, Space Stars). By 1982, I could drive and was working weekends at a restaurant, in the mall and Saturday morning was no longer a thing. In college, I caught the Ruby Spears Superman and an episode or two of the Bakshi Mighty Mouse, as well as Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians, but that was it. Sleep was more important.
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