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The 1980s are the most important era in modern shonen. It's the beginning of every shonen cliche. The biggest shows in history began here. More importantly for us, if you live in the West, these shows are the reason why you like anime. 80s shonen broke down the doors for anime to gain a following in the West. Despite all this, I've noticed that while everyone knows these shows off of reputation, not a lot of people have actually sat down and watched them. Sure, it's fun to make fun of Saint Seiya's popularity in Latin America, but have you actually watched it to see why it's so beloved? Everyone around here has a Lum avatar, but do you actually know what her voice sounds like? That's why I've come up with this simulwatch. In the spirit of the forum, we'll do a three episode test of the biggest and brightest of 80s shonen. I'm skipping some episodes because these shows start a little slow, and I want to give you the best estimate of what the show is actually about. These shows run the gamut from available on every streaming site to never before released in English. I'll help you out with releases to the best of my ability, but is the name of the game here. Do you speak Spanish, Portuguese or Italian? Grow up in Latin America? Many of these shows have old school dubs in these languages. It would be lovely if one of you brave folks took one for the team and watch the Spanish or Portuguese language dubs. SCHEDULE Week 1: Sweaty Men, Sweaty Punch 5/17 Hokuto no Ken (available on crunchyroll) 1,2,3 5/19 Sakigake! Otokojuko (availablehere) 1,3,4 Week 2: Tsukasa Hojo Week 5/24 City Hunter 1,4,5 (available here) 5/26 Cat's Eye 1,2,3 (available here Week 3: Beloved, but not in the US 5/31 Captain Tsubasa 1,2,3 (here, here and here) 6/2 Saint Seiya 1,2,3 Week 4: #ShonenFeels 6/7 Kimagure Orange Road 1,2,3 6/9 Touch 1,2,3 Week 5: Lum Invasion 6/14 Urusei Yatsura Movie 1: Only You 6/16 Urusei Yatsura Movie 2: Beautiful Dreamer Week 6: Movie Night 6/21 Space Adventure Cobra 6/23 High School! Kimengumi the Movie Week 7: THE END??? 6/28 Dragonball 1,2,3 (available on hulu) 6/30 ????? You can watch these shows at any time those days, but I recommend you watch them collectively at 7 pm EDT, if you can. Quit using spoiler tags for things that happen in the episodes after 8:30, and be sensible around spoilers for things that will happen in these shows down the line. Remember, these shows are over 30 years old, some plot twists are common knowledge now. It's the summer, get sweaty and watch some shows for MEN Smoking Crow fucked around with this message at 17:21 on May 11, 2016 |
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Looking forward to it, though work will prevent me from liveposting.
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# ? May 11, 2016 04:38 |
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Wow, the forums ate my post. Looking forward to it. Won't be able to livepost, bit I'll enjoy checking these out alongside you guys.
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# ? May 11, 2016 04:40 |
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hokuto no ken is also available on hulu hope this helps
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# ? May 11, 2016 04:43 |
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ill do it
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# ? May 11, 2016 04:44 |
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This sounds like fun.
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# ? May 11, 2016 04:49 |
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This is really cool!
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# ? May 11, 2016 05:03 |
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Smoking Crow posted:It's the summer, get sweaty and watch some shows for MEN Tuesdays and Thursdays work great for me, I'll be watching!
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# ? May 11, 2016 05:04 |
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A good idea for a simulwatch! Of these, I think I've only seen the first ep of KGO, the first and maybe one other of Otokojuku, Beautiful Dreamer, and of course Dragonball. I'll probably follow along intermittently, though pretty much never on Tuesdays.
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# ? May 11, 2016 06:44 |
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I'm excited, I think I'll be able to follow along with this one!!!
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# ? May 11, 2016 06:46 |
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this is a very nice idea, but thisSmoking Crow posted:Everyone around here has a Lum avatar, but do you actually know what her voice sounds like? I find very offensive
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# ? May 11, 2016 07:40 |
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This is gonna be good and I can't wait to effortpost on some of the things I like a lot.
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# ? May 11, 2016 10:46 |
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remind me when its time to watch the urusei yatsura movies
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# ? May 11, 2016 12:48 |
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It's always time.
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# ? May 11, 2016 13:27 |
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Finally, I might be able to get beyond episode 2 of Saint Seiya.
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# ? May 11, 2016 13:33 |
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this sounds cool
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# ? May 11, 2016 14:08 |
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The earliest captain tsubasa stuff i've found in english for the first series start at 30 something. I did see something earlier on some chinese language site but I downloaded the first few movies instead
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# ? May 11, 2016 16:25 |
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Zas posted:this is a very nice idea, but this nobody here is brave enough to attach ~datcha to the end of their posts
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# ? May 11, 2016 16:28 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brp-JIwGciM http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1zpl4m_captain-tsubasa-episode-2-english-sub-waoanime-t_fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRQGL42JAoA Smoking Crow fucked around with this message at 04:58 on May 13, 2016 |
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Smoking Crow posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brp-JIwGciM ah thank you i couldn't find it on streaming when i searched a couple years ago
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# ? May 11, 2016 16:40 |
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NEVER MIND WATCH THE 'TUBE
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# ? May 11, 2016 16:40 |
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Can we watch Lum the Forever so someone can finally explain that movie to me?
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# ? May 12, 2016 15:00 |
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This sounds great, I'll try to follow along assuming I don't have work.
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# ? May 13, 2016 00:46 |
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Gonna try to watch these at the listed time but I'm tempted to skip ahead while I still have some free time. Is the final entry a mystery video, or no idea yet?
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# ? May 13, 2016 07:36 |
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Freakazoid_ posted:Gonna try to watch these at the listed time but I'm tempted to skip ahead while I still have some free time. Mystery
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# ? May 13, 2016 07:37 |
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space adventure cobra is one of my favorite things, and i don't remember where i first saw it, but its one of those special pieces of culture that embodies a genre.
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# ? May 13, 2016 15:37 |
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Nice idea, I'll try to catch some of the series I've never heard off. Thanks for pointing out FotNS is on Crunchyroll, maybe I can finally finish it.
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# ? May 13, 2016 23:48 |
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Good Op. Most of the stuff here is new to me so that's good. I've only seen a couple episodes of Cats Eye, fist of the north star and Urusei Yatsura. Gonna watch Saint Seiya in Spanish though.
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# ? May 16, 2016 14:38 |
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sign me up because i love saint seiya and never watched fist of the north star or city hunter
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# ? May 16, 2016 15:06 |
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Fist of the North Star Kenshiro's had a bad couple of weeks. The atomic bomb went off, his girl's gone and now he's trapped in the desert. The last thing you'd want to do is make him angry... Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken) is the shonen show. Kenshiro's quest through the wasteland is the prototypical shonen quest, the quest to which all other quests are measured. Kenshiro's fantastical fighting style and his overall power can be seen in everyone from Goku to Gon. Hokuto no Ken the manga came out in 1983 and the anime is from 1984. We're watching two shows from before this time, and you will know them. They just feel weird compared to modern shonen. Tonight, at 7, you are already dead.
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# ? May 17, 2016 22:16 |
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Not big on live posting so I will say words either later tonight or tomorrow but I will say that it's pretty neat that the version on Crunchyroll translates the credits instead of the OP lyrics. I suspect it's because Toei handled those subs and CR just used the existing subs because why spend money subbing something twice. But it's still a cool thing to do.
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# ? May 17, 2016 23:52 |
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You should have already started... Why haven't you?
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# ? May 18, 2016 00:03 |
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The first episode of Fist of the North Star is one of the strongest openings to a shonen anime, I feel.
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# ? May 18, 2016 00:28 |
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Also one thing I will always love about this show is the episode titles, they're all incredible
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# ? May 18, 2016 00:37 |
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I am starting now. I've seen the first episode many, many times already so I'm going straight to episode 2.
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# ? May 18, 2016 00:51 |
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I love the designs of the murderous goons in this show.
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# ? May 18, 2016 01:02 |
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GorfZaplen posted:I love the designs of the murderous goons in this show. Same
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# ? May 18, 2016 01:02 |
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I also love how creative Ken can get when he's murdering random nameless goons.
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# ? May 18, 2016 01:03 |
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Anyone else love the op?
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i can't believe i only use 30% of my power.
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