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« on: August 24, 2011, 08:32:07 am »
No replies yet? I love nostalgic anime. So, here's just a couple of mine:
Outlanders (1986): This is it, the one show that got me hooked on anime. Way back in... a long time ago, I rented the original Dark Horse release on VHS thinking "Hey, what kind of cartoon is this?" Yes, I know... don't hurt me. Anyway I started it up and I was presented with a story about an alien race that has come to destroy Earth led by the scantily metallic bikini-clad babe Princess Kahm. However, she ends up falling in love with a human dork (Yeah, yeah, it all sounds familiar but we're talkin' 1986 here people!) and she agrees to call off the attack if he marries her. Princess Kahm will always remain the original tsundere for me.
This was f'ing awesome. Then I found out that this show was based off a magna... whoops, I mean manga, so I tracked it down and read the entire series but I'm still sad that this great series only got one freakin' 48 minute OVA. It could have been so much more.
Here's a little fast fact. Dark Horse (who released the manga in the US) did the original VHS release in like '92. It was only a dub but it was good... damn good. Then Central Park Media re-released it on DVD and "re-dubbed" it which totally sucked but at least they included subs. But now, it's totally out of print and CPM is out of business.
Fight!! Iczer 1 (1985-1987), Iczer Reborn (1990-1991), Iczelion (1994): Another great series. It was only a bunch of OVA releases that were done years apart but when watched together they tell a great sci-fi tale that has more depth than most long running series. Not enough to convince you? It's got good looking gals, plenty of action, grotesque monsters, mecha, some yuri, and... wait for it... a loli. Yeah, now you're interested aren't you? Track them all down and watch them. One of the few shows that I go back and watch from time to time.
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