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> America and Europe saw their first major “anime boom” during the ‘90s. I'm not sure that's true, we had a ton of anime in Europe in the 80s already. Capitan
by riffraff 2y ago
> America and Europe saw their first major “anime boom” during the ‘90s.
I'm not sure that's true, we had a ton of anime in Europe in the 80s already.
Capitan Tsubasa aired in 86 in Italy and 88 in France, and I'm pretty sure we had a lot of Go Nagai stuff before that.
- Enydosnes 2y agoAs far as I'm aware, France was a relative outlier in Europe in regards to popularity of Japanese media with it preceding more widespread adoption in popular European culture.
- gpderetta 2y agoIndeed, Mazinger was an household name in Italy even earlier than that.
- dleeftink 2y agoThere's also Alfred Jodokus Kwak by Herman van Veen, Akira Miyazaki and Hiroshi Saitō from '89, which was redubbed in many languages. [0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_J._Kwak https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_J._Kwak