“COWBOY BEBOP” is set in space in the year 2071 and follows the exploits of a group of bounty hunters. The TV animation started in 1998 and attracted attention for its unique atmosphere, music and character design.The average age of the main characters, including the protagonist Spike (27 years old), is rather high for a TV animation work, and the work targets a somewhat...
“ASTRO BOY” is a science fiction hero animation created by Osamu Tezuka.Broadcast from 1963 to 1966, it was Japan’s first full-fledged, 30-minute-per-episode TV animation series with a total of 193 episodes (with some exceptions in black and white).At the start of the broadcast, there was a stock of original manga stories that had previously been serialised in monthly magazines for more than ten years,...
ARIA is an anime adapted from a manga by Kozue Amano, first aired in 2005. Set on a future water planet, “Aqua,” the story follows the daily lives of people who immigrate from Earth to live on this new world. The original manga series began serialization in 2001 and concluded in 2008. The anime consists of three seasons, with the first, ARIA The Animation,...
“GHOST IN THE SHELL S.A.C. (STAND ALONE COMPLEX)” is a manga work by Masamune Shirow. As a genre, it belongs to science fiction (including parallel world).An anime film based on this work was released in 1995, and an animated TV series was released in 2002. In the original version by Masamune Shirou, the film versions GHOST IN THE SHELL and INNOCENCE by Mamoru Oshii,...
“Neon Genesis GPX Cyber Formula” is a Japanese animated television series that aired from 1991. It is a racing animation set in the future. It depicts the motorsports world of the future and features high-speed, thrilling racing scenes. The content is that Cyber Formula, a world-class event that surpasses even F1, run by F.I.C.C.Y. (International Cyber Formula Competition Federation), is equipped with a support...
“Heavenly Delusion” is a Japanese manga work by Masakazu Ishiguro, serialised in a seinen magazine from 2018. An anime was broadcast on TV from 2023. It tells the story of a group of children growing up in a walled compound, unaware of the outside world, and a boy and a girl travelling through an abandoned Japan. Two stories are told simultaneously. Synopsis The story...
Glass Fleet is a sci-fi space opera anime that aired in 2006, directed by Minoru Ohara and produced by GONZO and Satelight. The series is set in space and follows the struggles of a resistance force fighting against an oppressive regime, interwoven with plots of political intrigue and epic battles. The story centers around Cleo, the leader of a magnificent glass fleet, and those...
“Space Battleship Yamato” became a milestone in science fiction animation when it was broadcast on TV in 1974 with a total of 26 episodes.After the original proposal was completed as “Space Battleship Yamato”, Leiji Matsumoto, the manga artist who created “Galaxy Express 999”, joined the project as a designer. He not only designed the series, but also worked on the character drafts, various settings...
