tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455108671364992297.post4393071981484179740..comments2023-12-23T00:42:26.651-08:00Comments on The Golden Ani-Versary of Anime (1963-2013): 1984: The Year of the FistGeoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02385629483209026981noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455108671364992297.post-72764196443008869282014-11-24T19:39:07.035-08:002014-11-24T19:39:07.035-08:00Those tend to be the three I often cite as what ma...Those tend to be the three I often cite as what made 1984 such a pinnacle year for anime.Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455108671364992297.post-60089363776397834322013-05-22T18:11:23.315-07:002013-05-22T18:11:23.315-07:00Keep in mind that it's all in jest, Milo. I re...Keep in mind that it's all in jest, Milo. I really wasn't too serious with length. As long as you guys don't kill me with a phonebook.Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02385629483209026981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455108671364992297.post-55800023530129308912013-05-22T18:03:01.909-07:002013-05-22T18:03:01.909-07:00@Daryl Surat, @Ralph Jenkins:
I did ask Geoff if ...@Daryl Surat, @Ralph Jenkins:<br /><br />I did ask Geoff if I could write a separate post about 1984 in anime movies, but he said: "Realistically, the point of this blog is to put more attention on the television and OVA shows from the past fifty years. Perhaps mentioning something about the movies may help. How was FotNS similar to or different from those blockbusters?"<br /><br />I didn't want to compare the FotNS TV show to Nausicaa or DYRL. They merit their own discussions, and I opted to not mention them at all given the choice between that and shoehorning them into the subject of this post.<br /><br />Daryl, considering what Geoff said about the long-winded nature of your writeup on ANNCast, I'd wager the communication between the two of you on "restrictions" wasn't really hammered out beforehand at all.<br /><br />To all: <br /><br />I tried to write this post without exhaustively listing information from ANN or Wikipedia. I don't find those kind of posts interesting to write or read because I go to the ANN Encyclopedia or Wikipedia for that. It was intentionally pointed to convey information about a show I'm passionate about without going all fanboy or pedantic.Milo (blogofthenorthstar.com)http://blogofthenorthstar.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455108671364992297.post-87305516914434783382013-05-13T16:58:15.522-07:002013-05-13T16:58:15.522-07:001984 is a tough year to beat for theatrical anime ...1984 is a tough year to beat for theatrical anime films, with three genuine classics, Macross: DYRL, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer.<br />Ralph Jenkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455108671364992297.post-84767958806006275582013-04-05T17:00:09.959-07:002013-04-05T17:00:09.959-07:00I'm certainly welcoming of Fist of the North S...I'm certainly welcoming of Fist of the North Star receiving wider exposure, but to imply that 1984 was lacking in quality might be a bit of a stretch. Gisaburo Sugii turned in a fine albeit incomplete adaptation of The Glass Mask (soon to be resurrected by way of parody shorts), and Hayao Miyazaki worked on a significant portion of Sherlock Hound. A year where those two guys are still working in TV can't be THAT slim pickings, can it?<br /><br />To be fair, most of the top picks of 1984 in my memory are theatrical offerings rather than televised works, and you noted that "the focus of this blog is upon television shows." This slightly confuses me, as no such restriction was requested of my 1980 writeup, and the 1985 post after this one focuses on the then-emergent OAV market. I suppose the blog slogan does state "50 years of televised win," but I must confess to not paying much attention to it until right this instant as I type this because my instinctive reaction to seeing anything described as "win" is to look away. Besides, Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still is embedded right there in the blog's sidebar artwork.<br /><br />With that in mind, I note that the theatrical anime productions of 1984 weren't just among the greatest titles of that year, but in all of anime history. Miyazaki's Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind, Oshii's Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer, and Kawamori's Macross: Do You Remember Love? all embody the concept of "the 1980s were the golden age of anime" to a T.Daryl Surathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164554062892835529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455108671364992297.post-34956350865029518062013-04-01T21:38:36.456-07:002013-04-01T21:38:36.456-07:00Awww man, Heavy Metal Gaim is something I've b...Awww man, Heavy Metal Gaim is something I've been dying to hear more about! America only got Mamoru Nagano's Five Star Story in a hilariously fractured and overpriced installments, and a dvd-release of the tease of the movie. Hokuto no Ken fared much better: video games, comics, English dubbing, even a live-action adaptation. Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04450321520995481034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455108671364992297.post-89963156446213078372013-04-01T15:39:43.469-07:002013-04-01T15:39:43.469-07:00As soon as I saw this post on the main page, I sai...As soon as I saw this post on the main page, I said to myself "why doesn't this whole write up be about Hokuto No Ken. It might as well be." I'm glad I was right about that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com