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A Big (X) Surprise
Aug. 2nd, 2024 06:35 pmIn keeping up with what shows up on Anime News Network, I did feel a bit surprised to see Big X, an anime series from 1964, appear on the front page. The article explained the studio that had made it would be streaming (via the uncomplicated means of YouTube) various sample episodes from its productions over the years, and while they weren’t starting with their very first series they would get around to an episode of it.
Having taken in some television anime from the 1960s out of some mixture of simple curiosity and feeble grandstanding, I’m at least intrigued by the thought of more people having the chance to do that (for all that for me Big X more “represented its year” than stood out on merit from its decade...) I’m also conscious that, lacking any fluency in Japanese, I pretty much depended on a single “fansubber” to see what sample episodes from then I’ve seen. Things were a bit better there when it came to movies.
Having taken in some television anime from the 1960s out of some mixture of simple curiosity and feeble grandstanding, I’m at least intrigued by the thought of more people having the chance to do that (for all that for me Big X more “represented its year” than stood out on merit from its decade...) I’m also conscious that, lacking any fluency in Japanese, I pretty much depended on a single “fansubber” to see what sample episodes from then I’ve seen. Things were a bit better there when it came to movies.