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Sabu and Ichi’s Detective Tales (1968) – Episode 27

Posted on December 1, 2018 by

This joint project with Hokuto no Gun finally inches past the halfway mark, with a rather unique episode. A decade before his groundbreaking work on the Captain Harlock TV series, Rintaro co-directed several early episodes of Sabu & Ichi, helping … Continue reading →

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Hustle Punch (1965) – Episodes 01-02

Posted on October 2, 2018 by

Toei’s answer to the American Saturday morning imports that were quite popular on Japanese television in the 1960s. You can see how how creator Yasuji Mori’s character designs were clearly influenced by Ed Benedict, the designer on many early Hanna-Barbera … Continue reading →

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Sabu and Ichi’s Detective Tales (1968) – Episode 26

Posted on July 21, 2018 by

Ichi saves the life of a samurai from Kanuma Fief from murderous pursuers. The samurai’s household is in crisis, and he needs Ichi to secretly deliver an important document to the ailing lord of the fief and his lead page, … Continue reading →

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Big X (1964) – Episodes 01,11,40

Posted on July 19, 2018 by

This is the very first anime produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha (back when they were just called Tokyo Movie). Based on a manga by Osamu Tezuka, chief director Osamu Dezaki. The orchestral score was composed by Isao Tomita, before he … Continue reading →

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Sabu and Ichi’s Detective Tales (1968) – Episode 25

Posted on February 16, 2018 by

The scent of cherry blossoms in the air heralds the return of spring for the people of Edo. But for Ichi, the season of renewal only brings painful memories of lost love… Get it from Nyaa or Mega. This is … Continue reading →

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Tetsujin #28 (1960 live-action) – Ep 01 (1963 anime) – Ep 84-85

Posted on July 25, 2017 by

Here’s Mitsuteru Yokoyama’s seminal giant robot, in both live action and animated monochrome flavors. The first TV adaptation of Yokoyama’s 1956 manga was this live action series. Like many other Japanese superhero shows of the time there seems to be … Continue reading →

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Cyborg 009 (1968) – Episode 14

Posted on May 8, 2017 by

006 speaks broken Japanese with a thick Chinese accent, and it’s tricky to get across his tortured grammar in the subtitles. I certainly don’t plan on taking it in a Benny Hill style “Me so solly, flied lice” direction. This … Continue reading →

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