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Getter Robo Go is the first major Getter Robo sequel, and the one that finally defined creator Ken Ishikawa’s own style as being similar to Jack Kirby’s while still being its own thing.
The manga version of Getter Robo Go still remains much better than the hastily made and hurried anime version by Toei.
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Only a relative few anime shows before the 1990s have used the Tamura Flip, even though the flip’s acrobatics still remain very well known and influential to this day.
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Freakbeat places high emphasis on psychedelic graphic design, sometimes utilising photographs of bands associated with the genre.
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Given that Johnny Weissmuller’s in name only Tarzan was basically the prototype Pikachu in human apeman form, a Tarzanator’s current favourite simply turns out to be the Disney variant who surfs through trees.
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During the 60s, the Dolly Girl fashion trend most likely represented some type of social progress in the United Kingdom and also western society in general.
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