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Do you remember your first anime?

“Of course I do,” I hear your cry. “Everybody watches anime. What are you some kind of dinosaur?”

Well, in point of fact, I am!

I remember my first anime. It was in the late 1960s, and it was on WFLD Chicago, a UHF station. And the anime was, Prince Planet! (No, not Captain Planet! Sheesh!)



Prince Planet (called Planet Boy Papi in Japan) was a black-and-white cartoon that was made in Japan from 1965-1966. I used to love that show, watching a Bobby (Prince Planet’s nom de guerre on Earth) and Diana Worthy (mostly the former) save the day.

After Prince Planet, I went on to Speed Racer, Battle of the Planets, and then Star Blazers. After that, I moved away from watching a lot of cartoons. So, I missed the whole giant robots thing, and the super martial artists thing, so often I have no idea what you guys are talking about.

Still, my daughter liked Sailor Moon (a lot!), so I got to dip my toe into the anime water again. We’ll see what my little grandson likes watching. Perhaps it will be another anime!