Anime Random Curiosities

1. Disney had influence in anime.
The big eyes of the character of the japanese animation are due to the influence of Disney's characters in Osamu Tekuza, who's considered "the father of manga".

2. Dragon Ball, characters names:
At first in EE.UU the company Harminy Gold had acquired the anime Dragon Ball's rights. They decided to change some characters names Goku would be named Zero , Krillin, Kongo and Karin, Whiskers. However , UNimation bought rights later, fortunately.

3. Boy or girl?:
It seems that Akira Toriyama thought the main character of his masterpiece, Dragon Ball, would be a girl, at last he took the right decision.

4. The longer series:
 If you thought that the Simpsons are the series with more episodes of all times , you are very wrong , because it turns out the anime Sazae San counts with over 1,800 episodes and it is  transmitted from 1969.

5. Expensive anime:
The Afro Samurai anime is the most expensive one of history – each episode – , because each episode had a cost of one million dollars. Coming to cost a total of five million dollars, since there are six episodes.

Mawaru Penguindrum (Anime)

An anime about penguins? WHAT!? I was itching with curiosity about this anime.

Our history begins with three brothers , Kamba , Shouma and his little sister , Himari. The three in a first moment seem to live a peaceful and complete existence at that odd showy colors house , but in reality it's not that way. Himari will die. Nobody knows how long exactly remains to her life, which is why both brothers try to give her all the that she needs and more in order that she be happy.

But not everything is lost. There's a possibility to be with life, thanks to a strange hat  that once in a while it takes possession of his body to give orders to the brothers, promising them that Himari will live if and when they find the Penguindrum.

The penguins appeared in their house after they know about himari is sick from a terminal disease.

Definitively, it's an anime that deserves an opportunity but unfortunately perhaps its surrealistic points are too surrealistic and let down somebody.

Random Classic Old Anime ( "Slayers" )

Slayers , an anime that it's about Lina Inverse's adventures , the principal heroin of this fantasy located in a world where dragons , sorceress , satanic beings or wicked monks exist. So then , will we see the history of a young sorceress with abilities than go beyond balls of fire , who travels around the world with the objective of ... mmhh , simply doing justice?, NO!, but quite the contrary ( acquiring money , living adventures ) , after she meet friends that accompany her in her trips ( as if were a RPG ) and in her adventures she is supposed to combat the more wicked characters, or face the more difficult assignments.

Lina Inverse , the frightening sorceress ( according to the poor bandits that have bumped into her ) , she have stolen , without meaning to , an object that serves like key to put new life into the devil Ruby Eye Shabranigdu. After traveling along with Gourry , a good swordsman that believes her a little girl , she will have to discover who the true person gotten interested in to come back to life to Shabranigdu is and for what.


It turns out Slayers first appearance on TV was on day like today april, 5, 1995.