Sixty Years Since Mighty Atom: 1985

Having managed to tell myself there was a little variety of genre in the anime episodes I picked out of the 1970s, I’ve been a bit more comfortable with stretches of science fiction for 1980s anime (where, back in 2010, this was where I’d started sampling “variety.”) To tick 1985 off the calendar, I decided to take in an episode of Dirty Pair. While I’m still waiting for the Kickstarter-funded Blu-Ray set from Nozomi to arrive, this gave me the excuse to decide, almost at the last second, to watch a “fansub” that just happened to include commercials recorded off Japanese TV, commercials that seemed at first glance aimed at a relatively broad audience even with a certain number of fast food restaurant, instant noodle, and snack food spots included. (There was also a commercial with the name “Barbie” on it featuring a doll with less elongated proportions and a larger face than the Barbie over here; I seem to recall having seen a comment to that effect not that long ago.)
( As for the first TV misadventure... )