As anime began to flourish in Japan in the 1970s, greater and greater attention was paid to crafting the opening title sequences to a given show. Theme songs evolved from being essentially chants that extolled the virtues of the characters or robot or ship that was being featured into legitimate rock numbers that didn't have … Continue reading Twenty Great Classic Anime Openings
Tag: Gatchaman
BHOC: BATTLE OF THE PLANETS
The next big thing to come along for me wasn't a comic book at all, though it was a super hero adventure. This was the debut of BATTLE OF THE PLANETS on the afternoon of Monday, September 11, 1978. Like everyone my age, I watched a certain number of cartoons every day as available, but … Continue reading BHOC: BATTLE OF THE PLANETS
Forgotten Masterpiece: The Superman Manga of Tatsuo Yoshida
This is another of those overseas publications where, thanks to both the scarcity of information and the language barrier, I'm only going to be able to tell you so much. But it's an interesting and forgotten bit of DC history, and worth shedding a bit more light on. In 1959, thanks to the ADVENTURES OF … Continue reading Forgotten Masterpiece: The Superman Manga of Tatsuo Yoshida
BHOCOS: BATTLE OF THE PLANETS
BATTLE OF THE PLANETS (Kagaku Ninja Tai Gatchaman) We’re not talking about the second-rate latter-day attempts to bring Gatchaman to the States as either G-FORCE or EAGLE RIDERS here. Sure, BATTLE OF THE PLANETS was sloppily edited, with the background music skipping all over the place wherever something had been cut for standards. And sure, … Continue reading BHOCOS: BATTLE OF THE PLANETS
The Tom Brevoort Experience 