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Before Dragon Ball Z, Cowboy Bebop, and all your other favorites came these iconic series. These are the greatest anime that came in the 1980s, 1970s, and earlier. We’re looking at shows like Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Dragon Ball, Doraemon, Ashita no Joe, Star Blazers, Knights of the Zodiac, Voltron, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, and more to find out which legendary shows had the biggest impact. Expect to see the escapades of a young Goku, Kenshiro, and Kamille Bidan to pop up along the way.

00:45 #10. “Macross” aka “Robotech” (1982-83)
01:54 #9. “Saint Seiya” (1986-2008)
03:02 #8. “Rose of Versailles” (1979-80)
03:58 #7. “Fist of the North Star” (1984-88)
04:51 #6. “Gunbuster” (1988-89)
05:46 #5. “Ranma 1/2” (1989-92)
06:39 #4. “Astro Boy” (1963-66)
07:44 #3, #2, #1: ???

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10 COMMENTS

  1. Not sure if anyone remembers but there was an anime called Ninja Robots which was totally awesome

  2. Mexico gets the anime WAY before USA. Kight of the Zodiac came out in the late 80’s in mexico

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