Sixty Years Since Mighty Atom: 1966

After sampling three series based on manga by Osamu Tezuka, I’m moving on to an anime created by Mitsuteru Yokoyama. I understand Yokoyama was also a prolific creator, if mostly through having been told how the characters of the Giant Robo OVAs of the 1990s were assembled. (So far as dwelling on “original creators” goes, though, only two of the three “Tezuka series” were adapted by his own Mushi Productions. My first thoughts about the simpler animation of the odd series out might be a reminder that anime depends on a lot more than its source material, if one a bit less weighty than recent complaints about “good manga being handed to crummy studios...”) Sally the Witch is a series I’ve already watched all of my sample fansubs of, and it’s not the only show from 1966 (it snuck in close to the line, premiering in December) I have a few episodes of. Still, I had been thinking it was getting about time to turn to “a show with girls as lead characters.”
( It’s magic, all right )