Sailor Moon, the anime that opened the floodgates

[Majestyx]

i dunno if sailor moon opened the flood gates. Dbz, Robotech, Gundam, Astroboy

but maybe, i never gave a fukk about the american Sailor Moon

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

Was anyone else subscribed to some anime VHS club back then.

I think my mom subscribed me, cause I don't think I would do it on my own...but that's how I got copies of vampire hunter d, Akira, and a few others

I copped those at comic book conventions, Suncoast Video, & Coconuts.​

 

[Batsute]

“In 1995, DiC won the rights to Sailor Moon in North America. The series was a 65-episode package, with seven episodes cut for reasons unknown. The series did so poorly in syndication that, after the run had completed, DiC dropped the show and made no effort to bring the series to even the end of the second season.

The series became popular after being aired on Cartoon Network in the United States, and as it had been popular from the start in Canada, there was high demand for more episodes. After two years, DiC eventually purchased and dubbed seventeen more episodes, which would complete the unfinished second season. Syndication rights for the first two seasons were handled by The Program Exchange from 1997-2004.”

 

[Gloxina]

Tuxedo Mask

 

[Concerned Citizen]

Damn so Voltron isn’t a thing anymore?

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

Speed Racer was big, hell look at one of Will Smiths shirts in summertime

One of my favorite shows but I never noticed the shirt. Will probably had access to all of that, was probably buying anime on VHS and importing it in from Japan as it originally aired instead of waiting for it to come to the US years later like we did.

 

[Gloxina]

I just sang that out loud

 

[Th3Birdman]

I copped those at comic book conventions, Suncoast Video, & Coconuts.​

I miss Suncoast.


They closed the ones in LA

 

[7th Letter Specialist]

I better not find out you anime boys were out here watching this shyt back in the day

I only had UPN @ the time

 

[Deltron]

I miss Suncoast.


They closed the ones in LA

Suncoast, fye, warehouse, etc were the shyt

 

[Dont@Me]

Anime cartoons were all but non existent on North American TV's in the early 90's. Then one anime in particular stepped up to the plate and hit a home run. Sailor Moon. After Sailor Moon we would see a flood of anime hit the screen, but ultimately Sailor Moon set it off

This nikka said "gun damn wing"

 

[010101]

..........*

 

[OnFleekTing]

Pokémon is what kicked everything off
That theme song was like the morning wakeup

 

[GoAggieGo.]

Fighting evil by moonlight

Never running from a real fight

From :53 to 1:08 is some goat shyt!

 

[nairdas]

I see a lot of people saying DBZ set it off but I think DBZ just made it more popular and was more iconic. With that being said I did see Sailor Moon first. It definitely needs to get it's props for being one of the originators of the anime movement in North America along with DBZ and Pokémon.