Short anime isn’t just a product of the modern anime industry. We take a look at a 1986 late-night series based on a million-selling comic series.
Tag: 1980s
The Royal Space Expeditionary Force: Star Quest
Royal Space Force: Wings of Honnêamise was first shown to the world thirty years ago this month – in a form and place you wouldn’t expect.
Mecha Before Macross: Studio Nue, 1981
A brief look inside one of the most important design studios in the history of Japanese animation.
The D&D Origins of Lodoss War’s Boring Characters
One of the many (legitimate) criticisms levied against Lodoss War is that it has boring, stereotypical characters. Here’s why.
Katsuhiro Otomo’s Farewell to Weapons
Farewell to Weapons includes many of the hallmarks that would define Otomo’s success: intricate artwork, a post-apocalyptic setting, obsessively-detailed rubble, and man fighting against his own creation.
The Chunky Comfort of Robot Vinyl Toys
Who needs fancy features and detailed accessories, anyways?
Live Action Mecha of the ’80s and ’90s
In the ’80s and ’90s, it wasn’t uncommon to see Japanese promotional videos and commercials based on mecha franchises, but most were low-budget projects that often boiled down to little more than a couple of actors driving around holding airsoft guns.
Akihabara on Video, 1986 – 1998
From post-war black market, to a bustling electronics district, to whatever the hell it is now–Akihabara, like most of Tokyo, has gone through serious changes since the end of World War II. Despite the progress of modernity, looking at footage of Akihabara from 30 years ago it’s still easy to recognize major landmarks.
Anime Simulation Games of the 1980s
There’s no shortage of retrospectives about tabletop wargaming in the 1980s, but most of them are focused on the U.S. or U.K. markets and rarely, if ever, touch on Japan’s wargaming scene.