1975 in Anime
1975 in Anime
A Dog of Flanders(1975)
An Adaptation of the 1872 novel by Ouida( a pseudonym of Maria Louise Ramé). The series ran for 52 episodes and was produced by Nippon Animation. It follows a boy and his dog in 19th century Holland. The series premiered as part of World Masterpiece Theater. Extensive research was done to be accurate to 19th Century Flanders. The show aired on Fuji TV. It is fairly faithful to the book. The theme song remains popular to this day.
Great Energer vs Getter Robo(1975)
A series by Go Nagai and Ken Ishikawa, crossing over both series. Like Energer Z vs Demon Lord Dante, it is an in canon crossover. The series focuses on an alien monster attacking Earth. The casts of Great Energer and Getter Robo both have a rivalry with each other but are reluctantly forced to work together to defeat this monster.
Hans Christian Andersen’s the Little Mermaid(1975)
Based on the 1837 Fairy Tale. The series it is fairly faithful to its source material.
La Seine no Hoshi(1975)
A series by Sunrise released on Fuji TV. It lasted 39 episodes. In English it was translated to “Star of the Seine”(Seine is a river in Northern France). The series is loosely based on the. 1963 film, the Black Tulip, itself based loosely on the Alexandre Dumas novel the Black Tulip. It was created by Mitsuru Kaneko and directed by Masaaki Osumi and Yoshiyuki Tomino. Written by Soji Yoshikawa with character designs by Akio Sugino with music by Shunsuke Kikuchi. The story follows Simone, a heroine who creates the identity of La Seine No Hoshi. Donning a red mask to battle aristocrats after they killed her parents.
Don Chuck Monogatari(1975)
Translated into Don Chuck Story. The series was by Knack Productions. It aired on Tokyo Channel 12.
Gamba No Nouken(1975)
Translated to Adventures of Gamba. Based on the 1972 novel The Adventures of The Adventurers: Gamba and his fifteen Companions by Atsuo Saitoh and directed by Osamu Dezaki. It was broadcast on Nippon TV and animated by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and Madhouse. The series followed a brown mouse named Gamba who meets a mouse named Chuta who has been injured and asks Gamba to help him protect the residents of an island from the invading Noroi Clan.
Getter Robo G(1975-1976)
Created by Go Nagai and Ken Ishikawa and produced on Toei Animation as a direct sequel on Fuji TV. Mattel released a toy collection based on the series. The plot centers on a new threat in the Hundred Demon Empire threatening Earth after the defeat of the Dinosaur Empire and the death of Musashi Tomoe. The three machines included the Getter Dragon, Liger, and Poseidon.
Tekkaman: The Space Knight(1975)
A Series by Tatsunoko Productions. In the future of the 21st century, Humanity is searching for a Second Earth after being forced to abandon their original planet. An alien race known as “Walderians” attack them. Dr.Amachi augments a human to become a Tekkamean and battle the alien menace. The series ran for 52 episodes[1]. It was adapted by William Winckler Productions, which stayed as true to the original Japanese as possible, with little editing of violence as possible and maintaining the original Japanese music and sound effects. Plans were made to dub the 1975 Anime series Tekkaman. William Winckler Productions declined to adapt the series unless toys were made. Tatsunoko relented and toys were produced for the American market, beginning a trend of toys accompanying every release of a new Show. WWP thus licensed Neo Human Casshern and Hurricane Polymar with toys as well.
Arabian Nights: Sinbad’s Adventures(1975)
A 52 episode series. Directed by Fumio Kurokawa. Produced by Nippon Animation. Based on Sinbad the Sailor. Sinbad in the series is a young boy, the son of a merchant from Baghdad forbidden from going on adventures by his uncle Ali but given a talking bird named Shera. Sinbad goes on an adventure with his uncle but is lost at sea when a whale attacks the ship. When he gets home he learns his parents disappeared after going to search for him and goes out to look for them. On his journeys. Sinbad meets and befriends Aladdin and Ali Baba and encounters many creatures like the Roc, Mermaids, Lilliputians and so on as well as reenacting several stories from 1001 Arabian Knights. Sinbad ultimately battles a sorceress who has ensnared his family, freeing them upon her defeat.
Naughty Ancient Kum-Kum(1975-1976)
A series created by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and Metropolis Director Rintaro. It was broadcast on TBS. It follow a naughty boy in Prehistoric Times that pranks other prehistoric people and creatures.
Time Bokan(1975-1976)
Airing on Fuji TV Saturdays at 6:30pm, Time Bokan ran for 61 30 minute episodes and produced by Tatsunoko Productions in partnership Topcraft. The plot begins with Dr.Kieta, who invents an insect shaped time machine called Time Bokan. He tests it but then during his trip, the time machine returns without him, with a talking parrot and a gemstone called a Dynamond. His assistant Tanpei willingly goes in the machine to find the professor. Tanpei encounters villains after the Dynamond.
Steel Jeeg(1975-1976)
Created by Go Nagai and Tatsuya Yasuda, directed by Masayuki Akehi and produced by Toei Doga. Directed . It aired on NET and ran as a manga.The series follows Hiroshi Shiba, who is turned into a cyborg by his father Professor Shiba after being mortally wounded. Shiba uses a an ancient and powerful relic from the Jamatai Kingdom. Queen Himika of the Jaatai kingdom reawakens and and seeks out the bell to use it to conquer Earth, killing Professor Shiba. Shiba uploaded his brain into a supercomputer and provided Hiroshi with a robot, Steel Jeeg, to battle the Jamatai Kingdom.
Raideen the Brave(1975-1976)
A super robot series produced by Tohokushinsha, Asahi News Agency and Sunrise and airing on NET. The Demon Empire, after Millennia of sleep, awaken to attack Earth. A boy named Akira Hibiki is summoned to the location of a giant robot built on the lost continent of Mu, Raideen. Akira is revealed as a descendant of the people of Mu and helps Raideen battle the Demon Empire. The series featured the first robot with mythical origins rather than origins based on science. Raideen is also depicted as sentient. He was also capable of transforming and his toy, released in January 1975 by Popy, was the first example of a toy that could transform. The future creator of Gundam, Yoshiyuki Tomino worked on the series, along with Yasuhiko Yoshikazu for the first time since they worked together on Wandering Sun. The show found immense success in America as well. Mattel released toys for the series and Marvel Comics released a licensed comic.
Uchu Enban Daisenso(1975-1977)
Toei Doga wanted a their entry in the Energer Z series. Go Nagai instead pitched a stand alone series which became Uchu Enban Daisenso. Go Nagai has gone on record to say he does not consider the serious part of the Energer franchise(not to say it isn’t canon, just that it shouldn’t be considered an entry in the Energer series but as its own thing). The series was translated into Battle of the Space Saucers. The series depicted an alien race called the Yaban fleeing their dying home planet and invading Earth. Fortunately one of the survivors of the destruction of Planet Fleed, Duke Fleed, had fled o Earth after stealing a robot named Gattaiger, who now uses Gattaiger to protect the Earth against his own people in their invasion. The series was Produced by Toei Doga and Dynamic Planning and broadcast on Fuji TV. Mattel released a toy line. The series had a large level of popularity in the Middle East, France and Italy. Toei, in a repetition of a smaller element in what caused Miyazaki and Takahata to leave in 1968, refused to pay Go Nagai royalty for overseas sales. Nagai sued Toei for the royalties but Toei, remembering the Miyazaki and Takahata debacle, caved in and paid Nagai, keeping him on. However, the relationship between Nagai and Toei was already strained as is as he had sued in 1972 for injuring his hand due to Toei’s mistreatment of him, leading to changing laws in the country. It seemed the relationship between the two couldn’t take another hit[2].
The Adventures of Pepero, Boy of the Andes(1975-1976)
A 26 episode series that aired on NET Network. The series follows the young boy Pepero, who goes on a journey looking for his father, who went missing looking for El Dorado.
Laura the Prairie Girl(1975-1976)
A Series based on little House in the Big Woods and Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Notes
Maya the Bee was released this year OTL but was release five years earlier ITTL. This ironically means it ends ITTL the year it started OTL.
[1] OTL Tekkaman was intended for 52 episodes but was cancelled after 26 due to low ratings and losing its sponsor. It does just good enough ITTL to conclude.
[2] OTL Uchu Enban Daisenso became its own film. However, it was conceived as a spinoff of Mazinger Z by Go Nagai. As stated Toei wanted another installment in the series but Go Nagai wanted a separate spinoff, leading to Grendizer, which fans criticized for having a very loose connection to the series. ITTL Go Nagai got his wish. While its a common misconception that show did badly, that’s only because it did less well than other Mazinger installments. ITTL it is instead compared to his other series due to having no connection to Mazinger Z.
A Dog of Flanders(1975)
An Adaptation of the 1872 novel by Ouida( a pseudonym of Maria Louise Ramé). The series ran for 52 episodes and was produced by Nippon Animation. It follows a boy and his dog in 19th century Holland. The series premiered as part of World Masterpiece Theater. Extensive research was done to be accurate to 19th Century Flanders. The show aired on Fuji TV. It is fairly faithful to the book. The theme song remains popular to this day.
Great Energer vs Getter Robo(1975)
A series by Go Nagai and Ken Ishikawa, crossing over both series. Like Energer Z vs Demon Lord Dante, it is an in canon crossover. The series focuses on an alien monster attacking Earth. The casts of Great Energer and Getter Robo both have a rivalry with each other but are reluctantly forced to work together to defeat this monster.
Hans Christian Andersen’s the Little Mermaid(1975)
Based on the 1837 Fairy Tale. The series it is fairly faithful to its source material.
La Seine no Hoshi(1975)
A series by Sunrise released on Fuji TV. It lasted 39 episodes. In English it was translated to “Star of the Seine”(Seine is a river in Northern France). The series is loosely based on the. 1963 film, the Black Tulip, itself based loosely on the Alexandre Dumas novel the Black Tulip. It was created by Mitsuru Kaneko and directed by Masaaki Osumi and Yoshiyuki Tomino. Written by Soji Yoshikawa with character designs by Akio Sugino with music by Shunsuke Kikuchi. The story follows Simone, a heroine who creates the identity of La Seine No Hoshi. Donning a red mask to battle aristocrats after they killed her parents.
Don Chuck Monogatari(1975)
Translated into Don Chuck Story. The series was by Knack Productions. It aired on Tokyo Channel 12.
Gamba No Nouken(1975)
Translated to Adventures of Gamba. Based on the 1972 novel The Adventures of The Adventurers: Gamba and his fifteen Companions by Atsuo Saitoh and directed by Osamu Dezaki. It was broadcast on Nippon TV and animated by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and Madhouse. The series followed a brown mouse named Gamba who meets a mouse named Chuta who has been injured and asks Gamba to help him protect the residents of an island from the invading Noroi Clan.
Getter Robo G(1975-1976)
Created by Go Nagai and Ken Ishikawa and produced on Toei Animation as a direct sequel on Fuji TV. Mattel released a toy collection based on the series. The plot centers on a new threat in the Hundred Demon Empire threatening Earth after the defeat of the Dinosaur Empire and the death of Musashi Tomoe. The three machines included the Getter Dragon, Liger, and Poseidon.
Tekkaman: The Space Knight(1975)
A Series by Tatsunoko Productions. In the future of the 21st century, Humanity is searching for a Second Earth after being forced to abandon their original planet. An alien race known as “Walderians” attack them. Dr.Amachi augments a human to become a Tekkamean and battle the alien menace. The series ran for 52 episodes[1]. It was adapted by William Winckler Productions, which stayed as true to the original Japanese as possible, with little editing of violence as possible and maintaining the original Japanese music and sound effects. Plans were made to dub the 1975 Anime series Tekkaman. William Winckler Productions declined to adapt the series unless toys were made. Tatsunoko relented and toys were produced for the American market, beginning a trend of toys accompanying every release of a new Show. WWP thus licensed Neo Human Casshern and Hurricane Polymar with toys as well.
Arabian Nights: Sinbad’s Adventures(1975)
A 52 episode series. Directed by Fumio Kurokawa. Produced by Nippon Animation. Based on Sinbad the Sailor. Sinbad in the series is a young boy, the son of a merchant from Baghdad forbidden from going on adventures by his uncle Ali but given a talking bird named Shera. Sinbad goes on an adventure with his uncle but is lost at sea when a whale attacks the ship. When he gets home he learns his parents disappeared after going to search for him and goes out to look for them. On his journeys. Sinbad meets and befriends Aladdin and Ali Baba and encounters many creatures like the Roc, Mermaids, Lilliputians and so on as well as reenacting several stories from 1001 Arabian Knights. Sinbad ultimately battles a sorceress who has ensnared his family, freeing them upon her defeat.
Naughty Ancient Kum-Kum(1975-1976)
A series created by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and Metropolis Director Rintaro. It was broadcast on TBS. It follow a naughty boy in Prehistoric Times that pranks other prehistoric people and creatures.
Time Bokan(1975-1976)
Airing on Fuji TV Saturdays at 6:30pm, Time Bokan ran for 61 30 minute episodes and produced by Tatsunoko Productions in partnership Topcraft. The plot begins with Dr.Kieta, who invents an insect shaped time machine called Time Bokan. He tests it but then during his trip, the time machine returns without him, with a talking parrot and a gemstone called a Dynamond. His assistant Tanpei willingly goes in the machine to find the professor. Tanpei encounters villains after the Dynamond.
Steel Jeeg(1975-1976)
Created by Go Nagai and Tatsuya Yasuda, directed by Masayuki Akehi and produced by Toei Doga. Directed . It aired on NET and ran as a manga.The series follows Hiroshi Shiba, who is turned into a cyborg by his father Professor Shiba after being mortally wounded. Shiba uses a an ancient and powerful relic from the Jamatai Kingdom. Queen Himika of the Jaatai kingdom reawakens and and seeks out the bell to use it to conquer Earth, killing Professor Shiba. Shiba uploaded his brain into a supercomputer and provided Hiroshi with a robot, Steel Jeeg, to battle the Jamatai Kingdom.
Raideen the Brave(1975-1976)
A super robot series produced by Tohokushinsha, Asahi News Agency and Sunrise and airing on NET. The Demon Empire, after Millennia of sleep, awaken to attack Earth. A boy named Akira Hibiki is summoned to the location of a giant robot built on the lost continent of Mu, Raideen. Akira is revealed as a descendant of the people of Mu and helps Raideen battle the Demon Empire. The series featured the first robot with mythical origins rather than origins based on science. Raideen is also depicted as sentient. He was also capable of transforming and his toy, released in January 1975 by Popy, was the first example of a toy that could transform. The future creator of Gundam, Yoshiyuki Tomino worked on the series, along with Yasuhiko Yoshikazu for the first time since they worked together on Wandering Sun. The show found immense success in America as well. Mattel released toys for the series and Marvel Comics released a licensed comic.
Uchu Enban Daisenso(1975-1977)
Toei Doga wanted a their entry in the Energer Z series. Go Nagai instead pitched a stand alone series which became Uchu Enban Daisenso. Go Nagai has gone on record to say he does not consider the serious part of the Energer franchise(not to say it isn’t canon, just that it shouldn’t be considered an entry in the Energer series but as its own thing). The series was translated into Battle of the Space Saucers. The series depicted an alien race called the Yaban fleeing their dying home planet and invading Earth. Fortunately one of the survivors of the destruction of Planet Fleed, Duke Fleed, had fled o Earth after stealing a robot named Gattaiger, who now uses Gattaiger to protect the Earth against his own people in their invasion. The series was Produced by Toei Doga and Dynamic Planning and broadcast on Fuji TV. Mattel released a toy line. The series had a large level of popularity in the Middle East, France and Italy. Toei, in a repetition of a smaller element in what caused Miyazaki and Takahata to leave in 1968, refused to pay Go Nagai royalty for overseas sales. Nagai sued Toei for the royalties but Toei, remembering the Miyazaki and Takahata debacle, caved in and paid Nagai, keeping him on. However, the relationship between Nagai and Toei was already strained as is as he had sued in 1972 for injuring his hand due to Toei’s mistreatment of him, leading to changing laws in the country. It seemed the relationship between the two couldn’t take another hit[2].
The Adventures of Pepero, Boy of the Andes(1975-1976)
A 26 episode series that aired on NET Network. The series follows the young boy Pepero, who goes on a journey looking for his father, who went missing looking for El Dorado.
Laura the Prairie Girl(1975-1976)
A Series based on little House in the Big Woods and Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Notes
Maya the Bee was released this year OTL but was release five years earlier ITTL. This ironically means it ends ITTL the year it started OTL.
[1] OTL Tekkaman was intended for 52 episodes but was cancelled after 26 due to low ratings and losing its sponsor. It does just good enough ITTL to conclude.
[2] OTL Uchu Enban Daisenso became its own film. However, it was conceived as a spinoff of Mazinger Z by Go Nagai. As stated Toei wanted another installment in the series but Go Nagai wanted a separate spinoff, leading to Grendizer, which fans criticized for having a very loose connection to the series. ITTL Go Nagai got his wish. While its a common misconception that show did badly, that’s only because it did less well than other Mazinger installments. ITTL it is instead compared to his other series due to having no connection to Mazinger Z.
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