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From April, new episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was started. It is the first time on air in Japan since 1993, thus I enjoyed this anime with old memories.
I think the first anime would have produced in US, and animes from US, especially in '50s or '60s, were on air in Japan. I can recall,
Looney Tunes(Bugs Bunny and Road runner)
Tom and Jerry
Disney
And also, my friend suggested Peanuts(Snoopy) (I don't remember this anime well, though I really like manga of Peanuts)
Since '80s, there have been few animes from US, probably as much as 1 anime a year. However, there animes constitute a substantially large part of my anime history.
I hope this time's Ninja Turtles is remembered long time as well, and some new interesting animes are imported from all over the world.
4 comments:
heh, it seems that animes aren't jsut slow to go from japan to america....i think i know what series of TMNT you are talking about, and i think that aired here....maybe 3 or 4 years ago.
looney toons and tom and jerry in japanese? i'm really curious to see that. i guess it would be similar to a japanese anime with a lot of culture jokes coming to america...
I believe that, at least in America, 'anime' only applies to a certain style of animation, of which American cartoons don't fall into. However, it's definitely interesting to see a Japanese person's perspective on these.
Also
Oops, I left an extra 'also' at the end of my post.
>mechataku
This time of TMNT came rather fast, compared to looney tunes aired in Japanese 30-50 years later from air in US.
Yes, looney tunes and tom and jerry were translated to Japanese (Japanese voice). A large number of people born in '70s or '80s would know Tom and Jerry, It's very popular then.
>anonymous
Hmm, that distinction is interesting. Also in Japan, there would be "Anime for kids" and "Anime for otaku", but the distinction is vague. (Sailor moon is basically for kids, I think.)
I think anime by Miyazaki Hayao and Disney might be categorized specially, because they are also seen by ordinary people with less interest in anime.
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