Old japanese cartoons popular in your country (Besides English speaking countries)

[Lee__Kanker]

While americans and the other anglophones often act like they were the first in the west to discover NTSC-J cartoons in the west, when they've been mainstream in other western countries since the 70s and 80s



For example, here in italy I can just have a football match with a bunch of jocks Im friends with, and they all know Lupin, Mazinger, Attacker You!, Pollon, Jeeg Robot, Nadia secret of blue water, Cats Eyes, Roses of Versailles etc etc etc or at least they remember it



So are there other shows that had a big following in the 70s-90s where you're from?



Did a toy distributor make its own merchandise just for your country?



Did they ever produce a cartoon in collaboration with japan? (I think sherlock hound was made in collaboration with the ita television station RAI, man we've falled from grace!!)

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

This one was my whole introduction to animated shows:

Anime - Urikupen Kyujotai -- the first animated work I fell in love with

Come and join the good king Leo and his great patrol... (Originally posted in 2017). To say that I love cartoons is a bit of an understatement: I freaking adore the things and I can't really imagine going a single week of my life without watching, re-watching, or finding something from my...

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[nobitakun]

Old anime exists since forever. I was watching Captain Tsubasa in the 90's, together with other animes older than that like Doraemon, Saint Seiya or Dragon Ball. When I was very little I guess I watched western cartoons but as far as I know, I've been growing with anime because since I was 7 I found other stuff dumb and lack of detail and not appealing at all. More or less like now lol.

 

[030079AR]

well, i remember some in the 90s:
Saint Seiya, Sailormoon, Dragon Ball Z, Doraemon, Mini Yonkuro, Grandizer, Voltus, Mashin Eiyuden Wataru I think, Macross, Patlabor, Poko-nyan and some of usual common popular Anime.

I think most popular anime beside Dragon Ball Z and Sailormoon and Doraemon in my country, Mini Yonku is the most, as not only kids who see the hobby, but also older people as well. there is also local racing competition for the mini 4WD and still getting popular these days. and boy, the could spend hundred to thousand dollars just for one custom car : ))

 

[bjork]

racist thread

 

[Jill_Sandwich969]

Candy Candy

 

[Alleway]

Does anyone remember this one? (Ironman 28) Oh boy did I want that remote control...

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

Maybe candy candy and heidi

 

[Elwiwi]

Mazinger, captain tsubasa , Saint Seiya

 

[Somebody11]

Utena, KochiKame, Yawara.

 

[Tonberry]

Starzinger was apparently very popular in the 80s, so was Genshi Shonen Ryu and Cobra to an extent. I know that Saber Rider had a swedish dub too, if that counts.

For slightly more contemporary stuff (aside from the obious global toy hits like YGO, Pokémon and the like) Silver Fang was popular when I was a kid in the late 90s, but out of all of them Sailor Moon in particular was so popular that every single person my age and their parents know the Swedish theme song by heart.

This will probably just sound like bork bork shvergen hurgen durgen to you but it's still fun to share!

HAHAHAHA

I'm kind of omitting Moomin on purpose because even though the 1990 anime is indeed a japanese production and likely the most popular version even here, its existence is such a given here that nobody ever really considered it foreign.

 

[Kremiso]

Sasuke :)

 

[cheesewombat]

While americans and the other anglophones often act like they were the first in the west to discover NTSC-J cartoons in the west, when they've been mainstream in other western countries since the 70s and 80s

So we're gonna pretend like Kimba and Speed Racer being on American TV in the 60s just doesn't count? lol

 

[χKai]

Man, I grew up in the 90s watching Toonami on TV. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Hardly anyone in my area had even seen anime, let alone know what it was. I had watched anime since I was 5 on things like My Neighbor Totoro, and other young children's anime so I was familiar with the art style, but didn't really know what it was until my early teen years.

 

[Jeff]

The US got messed up when it comes to anime. The ones I remember watching were, Pokémon, Sailor Moon, Dragonball, Digimon, Hamtaro and Samurai Piazza Cats. Even very old anime that Adult Swim would sometimes air; Gigantor and Astro Boy.

But somehow, unlike Pokemon and Digimon that sold games and toys in the US, most of the anime I watched rarely had any marketing in the US until years later due to licensing issues, marketing problems, and localization interferences.

 

[csanjuro]

Gekko Kamen
Time Bokan
Kotetsu Jeeg
Gaiking
Ga-Keen

and more

 

[Joly]

Brazil had a big Saint Seiya craze in the 90s. We had some anime on the TV before, but SS was something else around here. Then we got Dragon Ball, Tsubasa, Yuu Yuu etc., our own Otaku Spring.

 

[A man on a computer]

While americans and the other anglophones often act like they were the first in the west to discover NTSC-J cartoons in the west.

1. Who the living fuck made this claim in the first place?
2. Why are you using the auxiliary language?
3. Is this really just bait?
4. I only made this post just so I could get closer to 100....

 

[Nelson2001 Nelson2001]

Dragon Ball (Original, Z & GT)
Saint Seiya/The Knights of the Zodiac/Los Caballeros del Zodiaco
Sailor Moon
Captain Tsubasa/Supercampeones
Pocket Monsters/Pokémon
Mazinger Z
Or some other classic anime that is very popular in my Country.

 

[Lee__Kanker]

racist thread

Apparently it was since someone changed the title, I cant imagine anyone getting offended over it, I thought a big neon sign saying NO ANGLOS was funny

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1. Who the living fuck made this claim in the first place?
2. Why are you using the auxiliary language?
3. Is this really just bait?
4. I only made this post just so I could get closer to 100....

Lots of anime reviewers I watched as a teen (or even just random ppl online), always talked about anime like it was this really special nieche thing only they, or nerds like them, knew. "I watched this show on toonami in 2004 and it opened my eyes it was unlike anything eeelse" or later on "wow! Anime is finally mainstream!"


When to others its as mainstream as mickey mouse and you hear your country's version of the anime intro at beach parties and boomer talk shows, even Calling them "anime" I never heard until it was imported from america. It also gets boring hearing the same 10 toons ppl in the anglosphere grew up with over and over again

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Maybe candy candy and heidi

Candy candy and heidi were popular in southern america too?? Whadya know

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This one was my whole introduction to animated shows:

Anime - Urikupen Kyujotai -- the first animated work I fell in love with

Come and join the good king Leo and his great patrol... (Originally posted in 2017). To say that I love cartoons is a bit of an understatement: I freaking adore the things and I can't really imagine going a single week of my life without watching, re-watching, or finding something from my...

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Hmmm

Were These ever in your area?

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Sasuke :)

Porco d..

 

[LXXXROMonteVIdEOII]

For the longest time there's not been an Anime that was a generational marker so to speak.

The last one was Naruto, and before it, there were Dragon Ball Z, Saint Seiya and Captain Tsubasa in the 90s, and of course Speed Racer in the back in 70s to the point the highway patrol were refered to as Meteoritos by locals because of the helmets.

But back when I was kid tho, the closest thing to Japanese cartoons that were kind of popular were some puppet shows, like ''Ichi ni no sansu'', ''Dekirukana'' and ''Okiku naru Ko''.

Now imagine my surprise when some 20 years later I started to find American forums using still shots from Okiku naru Ko as a meme.

The meme had been popular in LATAM for some 3 to 5 years prior it showed up in US forums but I was glad to see Americans using it.

I think it stills pops up here and there every now and then.

 

[Alleway]

Brazil had a big Saint Seiya craze in the 90s. We had some anime on the TV before, but SS was something else around here. Then we got Dragon Ball, Tsubasa, Yuu Yuu etc., our own Otaku Spring.

I remember buying the 'Heroi' magazine. Those were awesome. Also, brazilian dubs were incredible. Saint Seiya, Shurato, YuYuHakusho and Magic Knight Rayearth were some of the best dub work I've ever heard. Also, US Manga Corps. Rede Manchete was the goat back then.

 

[DanCalibur]

The first Tv transmission in Brazil was in the 50's and it only became mainstream in the 70's, but animes and tokusatsus (Speed Racer, National Kid, Ribbon no Kishi, Captain Harlock, Yamato) started to appear by the end of the 60's, so they were basically always around but as something undifferentiated from other general shows and cartoons. As Joly said, it was Saint Seya in the mid 90's that caused an explosion of popularity and the differentiation from other sorts of animations.

 

[Potapota]

Moomin? I think this ones a bit special due to it being based on a very beloved local book and cartoon series but it is still an anime. Two different anime even but I don't think anyone knows or cares about the first one.

 

[Grumpy_Old_Man]

From the top of my head. Kid days:
Marco, Heidi, Dog of Flanders, Tom Sawyer and other World Masterpiece titles.
Ultraman 28( Tetsujin 28 )
Robotech, Sdf Macross.
Time Bokan ( La Maquina del Tiempo )
G-Force( Gatchaman )
Oscar( The rose of Versailles )
Teen Days:
Sailor Moon
Card Captor Sakura
Dragon Ball( Original )
Gundam Wing
Ranma 1/2
Among others.