Sixty Years Since Mighty Atom: 1983

Back in 2010’s previous personal tour of anime through the years, by the time I got to an episode from 1983 I’d sampled six giant robot and mecha series in a row, and watched two episodes of Gatchaman and two episodes of Space Battleship Yamato before them perhaps in some part to make up for not having anything from 1973 or 1975 available then. I’d moved on to Cat’s Eye with, I recall, some element of “finally, a little closer to reality (in anime terms, anyway).” This time around, after having tried to seek out a bit more variety, I was willing to take in the first episode a mecha anime. However, that episode happens to have been something of a personal reproach for quite some time...
( He’s out for... what? )