{"id":2413,"date":"2013-07-05T17:15:08","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T23:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=2413"},"modified":"2013-07-05T17:20:26","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T23:20:26","slug":"episode-124-obscure-80s-anime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=2413","title":{"rendered":"Episode 124: Obscure 80s Anime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_441\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2413-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep124.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep124.mp3\">https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep124.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep124.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?powerpress_pinw=2413-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep124.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"ep124.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_2414\" style=\"width: 221px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/megazone23.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2414\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/megazone23-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"Welcome  to the 80s\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/megazone23-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/megazone23.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">from Megazone 23.  Yes, this is what passed for aerobics wear in the 80s.  It was indeed a magical time.<\/p><\/div>Kittyhawk is back this week, and we&#8217;re talking about obscure 80s anime.  This is the stuff that made us fall in love with anime back in the early 90s, when we used to call it &#8220;Japanimation.&#8221;  We say &#8220;early 90s&#8221; because most of this stuff wasn&#8217;t even available in American in the decade that they were created.  We had to wait around for Streamline Pictures and Central Park Media to bring this stuff to us.<\/p>\n<p>The 80s was a special time.  It was a time of leotards and legwarmers.  Leather jackets and torn jeans.  And everyone had a boombox with high-speed dubbing.<\/p>\n<p>But there is nothing so aggressively 80s as the anime of the era.  Come join us for this brief journey into some of our obscure favorites, and tell us some of yours.<div id=\"attachment_2415\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/project-a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2415\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/project-a-300x254.jpg\" alt=\"Project A-Ko - Possibly the most iconic anime of the era.\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/project-a-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/project-a-353x300.jpg 353w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/project-a.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Project A-Ko &#8211; Possibly the most iconic anime of the era.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_2416\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ridingbean.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2416\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ridingbean-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Riding Bean is what came before Gunsmith Cats.  Gunsmith Cats is better, but if you want more guns and cars in an 80s car chase scenario, you might want to check out Riding Bean.\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ridingbean-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ridingbean-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ridingbean-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ridingbean.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riding Bean is what came before Gunsmith Cats.  Gunsmith Cats is better, but if you want more guns and cars in an 80s car chase scenario, you might want to check out Riding Bean.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_2417\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/doraemon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2417\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/doraemon-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Doraemon\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/doraemon-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/doraemon-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/doraemon.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doraemon<\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_2418\" style=\"width: 299px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/crusherjoe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2418\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/crusherjoe-289x300.jpg\" alt=\"This is what you would get if you took the Force out of Star Wars.  You&#039;d have Han Solo: The Movie. ...aka Crusher Joe.\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/crusherjoe-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/crusherjoe-986x1024.jpg 986w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/crusherjoe.jpg 1172w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is what you would get if you took the Force out of Star Wars.  You&#8217;d have Han Solo: The Movie. &#8230;aka Crusher Joe.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_2419\" style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/harlock.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2419\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/harlock-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"Listen to the show to hear about the rare localized Harlock cartoon.  Possibly the most obscure of them all!\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/harlock-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/harlock.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Listen to the show to hear about the rare localized Harlock cartoon.  Possibly the most obscure of them all!<\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_2420\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Ako_fight.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2420\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Ako_fight-300x172.jpg\" alt=\"Girl in school uniform versus girl in one-piece bathing suit\/battle uniform.  Need I explain why I love Project A-Ko?\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Ako_fight-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Ako_fight-500x287.jpg 500w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Ako_fight.jpg 524w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Girl in school uniform versus girl in one-piece bathing suit\/battle uniform.  Need I explain why I love Project A-Ko?<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kittyhawk is back this week, and we&#8217;re talking about obscure 80s anime. This is the stuff that made us fall in love with anime back in the early 90s, when we used to call it &#8220;Japanimation.&#8221; We say &#8220;early 90s&#8221; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=2413\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[30,5,25,41,27,29,28,39,19,26,33,34,11,38],"class_list":["post-2413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast","tag-80s-animation","tag-90s-animation","tag-anime","tag-bad-acting","tag-bandai-visual","tag-central-park-media","tag-funimation","tag-giant-robots","tag-good-animation","tag-hot-girls","tag-localization","tag-sunrise","tag-tms","tag-toei"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2413"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2423,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413\/revisions\/2423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}