Shuko
April 18th, 2005, 07:44 PM
Most of you younger kids won't know any of what I'm talking about here, but we'll just see what kind of response this gets. Anyway, I was wondering how many old-school anime we can remember from our childhood. I'll start us off. Please feel free to comment on any of the ones listed as well as your own (in fact, I'm hoping that's what you'll do, because the more we talk about them, the more we're likely to remember). Chances are, we'll remember some old cartoons that some of us never even knew were anime!
Now, I'm not trying to sound ageist here, but please keep them at least ten years old. And that means you were actually WATCHING them ten years ago. That's really the sort of thing I'm talking about.
So here we go. Here are the ones I'd like to mention.
First of all, in it's earlier years, Nickelodeon was really good about airing anime. Of course, I didn't know what anime was back then, and I never did quite understand why the cartoon characters' mouths didn't quite match the voices, but oh well. Here are some of the ones I saw on Nickelodeon:
Maya the Bee: Not much I can say about this one. It was about a plucky little female bee and her bug buddies.
David the Gnome: I think that's what the title of this series was. It was the adventures of a tiny gnome called David, and his life in the forest with his village. Really cute.
Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics: My first introduction to the brothers Grimm. Really great storytelling in these, but of course, the fairy tales themselves were quite sugarcoated to make them suitable for children.
The Noozles: An incredibly well-thought-out kids series about a little girl whose father sends her a magical stuffed Koala doll that comes to life when she rubs noses with it. I actually remember quite a bit from this series, because I used to watch it religiously. It seems that these Koalas were from a magical dimension (Koallawalla land, lol), and it just so happened that the little girl's father - who had gone missing - had become trapped in the same dimension. There were some very sad scenes, but for the most part, it was a lighthearted series that focused on friendship and responsibility. I truly loved it.
Adventures of the Little Koala: Yay! Another Koala anime! :) This series was a pretty easygoing and lighthearted series about a Koala child named Roobear, and his exploits with his animal buddies and his family. Fun to watch, but kind of sugary-sweet.
The Adventures of the Little Prince: I'm pretty sure this was a take on the french children's story. Anyway, it was about a prince who lived on an asteroid, and caught rides on comets to visit Earth. Pretty fun to watch. I like those "fish out of water" stories, lol.
Littl' Bits: Can't remember a whole lot about it, except that I really hated the opening theme song, lol. The characters were really tiny. :D
Belle and Sebastian: An old anime that was actually created the same year I was born. :) I can remember being sooo hooked on this one... it was like a soap opera, lol. I never did get to find out if Sebastian found his mother, but I loved it just the same. I felt so bad for the nice dog that everyone called a monster, lol.
Other old Anime:
Voltron: Defender of the Universe: I can remember having one of the lions, lol.
Unico: God, I LOVED this show! I wish they'd bring it back so I could watch it again, and remember what it was about, lol.
Rainbow Brite: I've noticed that it's beginning to gain more popularity all of the sudden. I wonder why that is? Anyway, I must've watched "Rainbow Brite and the Starstealer" a million times when I was a kid, lol.
Whew. I guess that's enough. I hope a lot more people share their own old-school anime experiences! :)
Now, I'm not trying to sound ageist here, but please keep them at least ten years old. And that means you were actually WATCHING them ten years ago. That's really the sort of thing I'm talking about.
So here we go. Here are the ones I'd like to mention.
First of all, in it's earlier years, Nickelodeon was really good about airing anime. Of course, I didn't know what anime was back then, and I never did quite understand why the cartoon characters' mouths didn't quite match the voices, but oh well. Here are some of the ones I saw on Nickelodeon:
Maya the Bee: Not much I can say about this one. It was about a plucky little female bee and her bug buddies.
David the Gnome: I think that's what the title of this series was. It was the adventures of a tiny gnome called David, and his life in the forest with his village. Really cute.
Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics: My first introduction to the brothers Grimm. Really great storytelling in these, but of course, the fairy tales themselves were quite sugarcoated to make them suitable for children.
The Noozles: An incredibly well-thought-out kids series about a little girl whose father sends her a magical stuffed Koala doll that comes to life when she rubs noses with it. I actually remember quite a bit from this series, because I used to watch it religiously. It seems that these Koalas were from a magical dimension (Koallawalla land, lol), and it just so happened that the little girl's father - who had gone missing - had become trapped in the same dimension. There were some very sad scenes, but for the most part, it was a lighthearted series that focused on friendship and responsibility. I truly loved it.
Adventures of the Little Koala: Yay! Another Koala anime! :) This series was a pretty easygoing and lighthearted series about a Koala child named Roobear, and his exploits with his animal buddies and his family. Fun to watch, but kind of sugary-sweet.
The Adventures of the Little Prince: I'm pretty sure this was a take on the french children's story. Anyway, it was about a prince who lived on an asteroid, and caught rides on comets to visit Earth. Pretty fun to watch. I like those "fish out of water" stories, lol.
Littl' Bits: Can't remember a whole lot about it, except that I really hated the opening theme song, lol. The characters were really tiny. :D
Belle and Sebastian: An old anime that was actually created the same year I was born. :) I can remember being sooo hooked on this one... it was like a soap opera, lol. I never did get to find out if Sebastian found his mother, but I loved it just the same. I felt so bad for the nice dog that everyone called a monster, lol.
Other old Anime:
Voltron: Defender of the Universe: I can remember having one of the lions, lol.
Unico: God, I LOVED this show! I wish they'd bring it back so I could watch it again, and remember what it was about, lol.
Rainbow Brite: I've noticed that it's beginning to gain more popularity all of the sudden. I wonder why that is? Anyway, I must've watched "Rainbow Brite and the Starstealer" a million times when I was a kid, lol.
Whew. I guess that's enough. I hope a lot more people share their own old-school anime experiences! :)