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Post by holdyourfireal on May 7, 2023 13:58:42 GMT -5
I was a kid during the 1970s living in the Philadelphia, PA viewing area (South Jersey). No station ever aired any Super Robot anime unless you count Voltron. By the time Voltron aired, I was well out of the toy phase and moving into my teen years. The Japanese shows I watched daily in my youth were:
- Astro Boy - Kimba the White Lion - Marine Boy - Speed Racer - Ultraman - Johnny Sokko & His Flying Robot - Space Giants - Spectreman - Starblazers
How I would have loved cartoons of my beloved Shogun Warriors: Mazinga, Dragun, Raydeen & Gaiking but, that was not to be.
I'm assuming most of you collectors actually watched a bunch of Super Robot anime as kids. Am I right?
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Post by mpchi on May 7, 2023 15:45:05 GMT -5
Yes, watched a lot when little. But also watched a bunch in college years, after married, even now in my late 40s. Anime never really stopped for me (though there were some years I am not actively watching), and I went back and re-discovered older shows from time to time that I only knew toys of as a kid. Some of my favorite oldies like Ideon and Votoms didn't come along until I am way after college to actually watch the shows and fell in love with.
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Post by mpchi on May 8, 2023 15:12:49 GMT -5
Just came across this video, pretty informative of the 70s Japanese super robot anime landscape from a more business point of view. Your favorite Shogun Warriors made brief appearances as of what they were when first aired in Japan and how they fit in the history of super robot shows.
Meanwhile, I also found this video, for those of us more on the other side, that want to know the history of how some of our favorite Japanese super robots became Shogun Warriors in the US.
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Post by xephon0930 on May 14, 2023 18:36:53 GMT -5
Total 90s kid.
I remember growing up with mainly Power Rangers with their Megazords and then the Brave Series with my trips to South Korea during my childhood.
Really wanted these toys and to watch all the episodes as a kid.
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Post by Chen on May 15, 2023 6:13:16 GMT -5
I'm 48 so I grew up during the late 70's and 80's, that was the heyday if you were a kid. There was ALWAYS a cartoon on you could watch, so my first introduction to Super Robots would most likely be Astro Boy and then Force Five and going to Chinatown in Toronto (I'm Chinese). Watching Force Five introduced me to the my first exposure seeing SR anime while going to Chinatown showed me my first robot merchandise. I had no idea what these were but they just looked "cool", I was already a huge King King, Godzilla, and Ray Harryhausen fan so giant robots just fit in.
Soon though the major 80's franchises took over my attention and it was until the late 80's early 90's that I was re-introduced to SR Anime. I am a huge comic book fan and the comic book store I used to go too was starting to get VHS tapes of Japanese Anime (thank you US Renditions and U.S Manga!) I got hooked again and never looked back, it wasn't until 2000-2001 that my journey into all things classic SR began. The Soul of Chogokin line released GX-04, I bought that because through all these years I was always a Grendizer fan and after that and websites like Toyboxdx and this place that I went back and got GX-01 to GX-03 and kept collecting each one for as long as I could. It made me go and watch the old Anime's and do research about all those classic 70's shows and then the 80's SR anime's I missed and so on.
There was nothing better then sitting in my room at my mom's house watching an Anime while fiddling with a diecast toy and having something to eat (most like Sapporo instant Ramen), I was both free and doing something that made me happy with no judgment. I wish I could do that now and miss those days dearly.
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Post by xTIMMYxCOREx on May 15, 2023 6:31:07 GMT -5
Growing up in Boston we had Star Blazers and Force Five every morning around 1981. Mr. Big Toyland advertised on both shows and imported the Japanese toys. Robotech came next in the summer of 85 I think.
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Post by mpchi on May 15, 2023 11:44:24 GMT -5
I'm 48 so I grew up during the late 70's and 80's, that was the heyday if you were a kid. There was ALWAYS a cartoon on you could watch, so my first introduction to Super Robots would most likely be Astro Boy and then Force Five and going to Chinatown in Toronto (I'm Chinese). Watching Force Five introduced me to the my first exposure seeing SR anime while going to Chinatown showed me my first robot merchandise. I had no idea what these were but they just looked "cool", I was already a huge King King, Godzilla, and Ray Harryhausen fan so giant robots just fit in. Soon though the major 80's franchises took over my attention and it was until the late 80's early 90's that I was re-introduced to SR Anime. I am a huge comic book fan and the comic book store I used to go too was starting to get VHS tapes of Japanese Anime (thank you US Renditions and U.S Manga!) I got hooked again and never looked back, it wasn't until 2000-2001 that my journey into all things classic SR began. The Soul of Chogokin line released GX-04, I bought that because through all these years I was always a Grendizer fan and after that and websites like Toyboxdx and this place that I went back and got GX-01 to GX-03 and kept collecting each one for as long as I could. It made me go and watch the old Anime's and do research about all those classic 70's shows and then the 80's SR anime's I missed and so on. There was nothing better then sitting in my room at my mom's house watching an Anime while fiddling with a diecast toy and having something to eat (most like Sapporo instant Ramen), I was both free and doing something that made me happy with no judgment. I wish I could do that now and miss those days dearly. Husband: "Honey, I really need some alone time this weekend. Can you take care of the kids and the dog for a day? I need this." Wife: "Eh...sure? What are you going to do?" Husband: "Gonna watch 'Grendizer & Friends vs. The Sea Monster' for the 30th time, while eating Seafood Cup Noodle (the blue one, upgraded lol). I got good old GX-04 Grendy to keep me company. Its going to be great. Thanks Honey." We are same age (also Chinese), and a lot of the Chinatown, US Manga VHS & DVDs, and ToyboxDX scenarios played out very similar for me as well after I moved to the US. Plus the comes and goes of various 'hole in the wall' local import toy shops that pop up in the late 90s and early 2000 within S.F. Bay Area, where you actually see some SOCs, Bineltechs, and other cool stuff in physical form before buying (and always overcharged). There was some adjustments to be had, since where I grew up had toys and anime everywhere. Living in the US in my late teens had to really look for them, and especially excited when I found a random shop with cool stuff. Too bad most of them didn't last and died out one by one. While anime shows are less accessible in the 90s, manga became one of my main source to fill my appetite, thanks to the local Kinokuniya bookstores. They were affordable enough for the young me that had very little income, and a good source to learn a little Japanese while reading them.
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Post by srx on Jun 15, 2023 8:32:49 GMT -5
I was born in the early 1980s and concentrated on watching robot animation from 1988 to 1996 through Hong Kong TV stations. Combined robots: Golion, Dairugger XV, Getter Robo Go,ZZgundam, Eldran series(only Matchless Raijin-Oh), The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-garn non combined robots: Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos, Ninja Senshi Tobikage, Z gundam, Tetsujin 28fx, Red baron, Yamato Takeru, Mobile Police PATLABOR No doubt I missed the golden age of super robots (late 1970's-early 1980's) and I was already in middle school when the Eldran series, The Brave Fighter aired (late 1990's) so missed most of them. I often regret it, why? Because I didn't know that there was such a work of art as SOC, and I thought that robot toys were just cheap and flimsy plastic toys. It wasn't until 2015 that I came into contact with Toys like SOC, so I now recompensate my childhood by watching robot animations a lot
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Post by Swintronix on Jun 16, 2023 17:24:56 GMT -5
I was a kid in the 70s and 80s USA, and was always on the lookout for anime to show up. The OTA syndicated TV programming varied widely from market to market. I had Starblazers and Battle of the Planets, then some years pass, then Robotech and Voltron. One city I lived in for a summer had Force Five. Smaller VHS rental stores would sometimes have dubbed anime movies of Gaiking, Harlock, or Galaxy Express. I understood that the Shogun Warriors were a manifestation of something far more interesting and mysterious.
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Post by krimpov on Jun 16, 2023 17:36:00 GMT -5
Not really. I was born soon after they started airing Grendizer here, in Québec. It was as big here as it was in France, but I was still a baby back then and we didn't get much giant robots shows after that.
I watched Transformers in French and some Voltron in English. The latter mostly because I had toys of it.
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Post by detroa on Jun 16, 2023 18:41:41 GMT -5
Hi, long time lurker here. I figured this was the right thread to start becoming an active member. I grew up in the French speaking part of Belgium during the 1980s and, thanks to French TV channels from France also airing here, I had the chance to watch a lot of great anime including quite a few super robot ones. My first one, and also the one I watched the most was Grendizer but I also remember watching Transformers, Dancouga, Goushougun, Golion, Gordian, Acrobunch, some real robot series like Macross and Patlabor and also a lot of tokusatsu shows including mechs like Bioman, Maskman, Liveman, Jetman, Turbo Ranger and more. Later I discovered Evangelion, rediscovered Patlabor from a less childish point of view, then a few years later again, RahXephon, Gurren Lagann and more recently, I finally started getting into Mazinger and Getter series and I LOVE them. Of course series with robots aren't the only ones I liked (Space Cobra, Saint Seiya, Dragon Ball, City Hunter, Ranma½, Captain Future, Urusei Yatsura and some others were and still are very important to me too) but seeing how big the part of my collection that's dedicated to robots is, I'd say they were pretty impacting.
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Post by tetsuryu on Feb 19, 2024 6:52:49 GMT -5
No.
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Post by mpchi on Feb 19, 2024 12:23:14 GMT -5
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Post by choliux on Feb 19, 2024 16:56:44 GMT -5
Born in the mid 70s in South America and grew up with Mazinger z, Force Five, Speed Racer, Gatchaman, Captain Future, and a whole host of japanese shows.
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Post by mrclean08 on Feb 25, 2024 22:34:53 GMT -5
Is it May 28th, 2024 yet? I know I'm SUPER EXCITED about Lightspeed Electroid Albegas finally being officially released with English subtitles on SDBD Blu-Ray!!!
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Post by S_Gokin on Feb 28, 2024 8:15:12 GMT -5
Is it May 28th, 2024 yet? I know I'm SUPER EXCITED about Lightspeed Electroid Albegas finally being officially released with English subtitles on SDBD Blu-Ray!!!
Al who ? no one cares
they also announced the Sei Juushi Bismarck (Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs)
im glad since i was missing these two in my collection i have the Arabic dubbing version but im missing the original Japanese with subs
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Post by inverarity on Feb 28, 2024 8:41:26 GMT -5
I was born in the early 70s and grew up in the Boston area. Force Five, Battle of the Planets, and Star Blazers arrived at exactly the right time to warp my brain. I think that one of the things that hooked me was the sense that we were only seeing the tiniest fraction of what was out there - we had Shogun Warriors and Godaikin toys, but where did all those robots and vehicles come from? Why were they burning an entirely different robot in the first episode of Starvengers? What the heck was going on in the chopped-up versions of the different shows that made it to air in the US? Making the pilgrimage to Mr Big's Toyland only confirmed that there was amazing stuff to be found...
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Post by Gaiking1 on Feb 28, 2024 19:35:36 GMT -5
Yeah, my brothers and I started watching Force Five around 1980 in the Boston area as well. This featured, Gaiking, Grendizer, Getter robo G and Danguard Ace. We were instantly hooked and couldn’t get enough of them. Then from there, we started watching Voltron. Such good memories. Still remember the theme songs for all of these shows.
About a year ago, I watched the Gaiking the Great series as well as the Getter Robo Armageddon videos. These rekindled my love for the anime. Recently I came across and watched Mazinger infinity as well as Mazinkaiser SKL. Hope they continue to come out with remakes or new stories for these Super Robots.
Mr Big Toyland in Waltham MA was also one of the few toy stores that sold these coveted items back before the days of the internet and eBay. Now the world and the ability to get these toys/collectibles are just a click away which is awesome. That and the fact that I’m older and have more disposable income to purchase my favs 😄
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Post by ImpactKaizer on Feb 29, 2024 1:41:11 GMT -5
Is it May 28th, 2024 yet? I know I'm SUPER EXCITED about Lightspeed Electroid Albegas finally being officially released with English subtitles on SDBD Blu-Ray!!! Where I live this Aired & was happy to see it getting Subbed I kinda wish this got into the SRW Games more outside of that one mobile Game along Side Gakeen, Daikengo & Daguard ACE to some extent . This will nicely next my Vintage Mech collection
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Post by mrclean08 on Feb 29, 2024 14:50:58 GMT -5
This is another highly sought after series I've been waiting years for. Discotek Media showed a teaser of Space Emperor Godsigma earlier this year on X/Twitter. One step closer to owning all the original programming from all the 1982 series 1 Godaikin toys!!
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