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Otogi Manga Calendar
The first anime series to be broadcast in Japan. There had previously been little skits of animation, but this is considered the first real anime by modern standards. -
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Timeline of Anime Through the Years
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Anime as a Cultural Expression Over Time
The development and modernization of anime through time, how it's changes reflected Japanese society and international influence. -
Astro Boy
Astro Boy revolutionized anime bringing it into the mainstream in Japan. This is where anime started to take off and gain popularity. The creator Osamu Tezuka went into the history books as "The Father of Manga and Anime". It was also the first anime series that ran 25-minutes long, which is the average length an episode of an anime is today. -
Otogi Manga Calendar
The first anime to be broadcast on TV in Japan. There had previously been skits of animation, but this was the first real anime series by modern standards. -
Tetsujin 28-Gou
The anime that started the trend (and now common trope) of space and robot themes in anime. Many popular series were created due to this anime bringing the robot/space theme to light. -
Space Battleship Yamato
The first anime space opera series. This anime was inspired from the success of the Star Wars movies. This is where Western influence started to seep into anime in Japan. Colour animation was now the norm. -
Mobile Suit Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam was the first anime to really become popular in the West as well as in Japan. Following the space/robot theme- classified as "real robot" genre. Real robot is an anime genre with mecha robots that had weapon sources based on today's science. -
Dragonball
This anime was originally a manga series until it hit the air and became one of the most famous anime series in Japan. It is also still extremely popular to this day in the West as well. There is hardly an anime fan out there that has not seen or at least heard of it. -
Sailor Moon
Sailor Moon was originally a manga that had been released between February 1992 and March 1997. The Manga series turned out to be very popular story that caught the attention of both children and adults alike. It helped popularize the idea that anime is not just for children. Because of it's immense popularity it got the chance to become a TV series. The TV series release date was on March 7th, 1992. It has 200 episodes each with a run time of 25 minutes. -
Pokemon
Pokémon was created by Satoshi Tajiri and went from a Japanese video game to an anime, manga, card game, and so much more. In Japan they have entire stores based off of the Pokemon center from the anime and game. It was a huge tourist attraction for Japan and is still highly popular to date. It became one of, if not the most popular anime series in America. -
Doraemon
In 2008, Japan created the position of Anime Ambassador, which was given to Doraemon, to promote anime series worldwide. Doraemon was given this due to it's immense popularity in the west and with other Asian countries like South Korea. This was the start of a massive shift where anime became a mainstream thing here in the west as well. -
Anime Today
Today, anime is a common thing in Japan and elsewhere. It is a popular form of media and even massive corporations like Netflix are taking part in the production of it these days. There are tons of anime being released every season and series like Dragon Ball and Pokemon are still being released today despite their age. Anime I think really shows the influence of external places compared to what it had been before. It's a beautiful culmination of Japanese culture and a great way to spread it too
