The Evolution of Anime Series (1960 - 2020) | History of Anime through Openings 

0:00 Astro Boy 0:09 Gigantor 0:19 Obake no Q-Tarō 0:30 Kimba the White Lion 0:40 Osomatsu-kun 0:51 Sally the Witch 1:01 Speed Racer 1:12 Princess Knight 1:23 GeGeGe no Kitarō 1:33 Star of the Giants 1:43 Sazae-san 1:54 Attack No. 1 2:04 Tomorrow's Joe 2:14 Tensai Bakabon 2:24 Lupin III 2:36 Gatchaman 2:46 Mazinger Z 2:57 Aim for the Ace! 3:07 Cutie Honey 3:19 Heidi 3:29 Space Battleship Yamato 3:40 A Dog of Flanders 3:51 Candy Candy 4:03 Space Pirate Captain Harlock 4:14 Future Boy Conan 4:26 Doraemon 4:35 Mobile Suit Gundam 4:48 The Rose of Versailles 4:59 Dr. Slump: Arale-chan 5:10 Urusei Yatsura 5:20 The Super Dimension Fortress Macross 5:31 Captain Tsubasa 5:41 First of the North Star 5:53 Touch 6:02 Dragon Ball 6:13 Saint Seiya 6:24 Soreike! Anpanman 6:34 Ranma ½ 6:44 Dragon Ball Z 6:55 Chibi Maruko-chan 7:05 Brave Exkaiser 7:17 Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water 7:27 Sailor Moon 7:38 Shin-chan 7:50 Yū Yū Hakusho 8:01 Slam Dunk 8:11 Slayers 8:24 Neon Genesis Evangelion 8:35 Detective Conan 8:47 Rurōni Kenshin 8:58 Pokémon 9:10 Berserk 9:19 Cowboy Bebop 9:29 Cardcaptor Sakura 9:39 Serial Experiments Lain 9:49 Digimon Adventure 10:00 Hunter x Hunter 10:10 One Piece 10:21 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 10:31 Love Hina 10:42 InuYasha 10:52 Naruto 11:03 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED 11:13 Fullmetal Alchemist 11:23 Elfen Lied 11:34 Bleach 11:45 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 11:56 Death Note 12:07 Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion 12:17 Naruto: Shippuden 12:28 Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann 12:39 Clannad 12:49 Soul Eater 13:00 Toradora! 13:12 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood 13:23 Fairy Tail 13:34 Angel Beats! 13:43 Puella Magi Madoka Magica 13:54 Steins;Gate 14:04 Hunter x Hunter 14:14 Sword Art Online 14:25 Attack on Titan 14:35 No Game, No Life 14:47 Tokyo Ghoul 14:58 Your Lie in April 15:09 One Punch Man 15:19 My Hero Academia 15:29 Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- 15:39 The Promissed Neverland 15:48 Kimetsu no Yaiba 15:59 Jujutsu Kaisen

I like how at the start they all somewhat resembled western shows but as time passed they developed their own style

6:02 Rest in peace Akira, you will never be forgotten, you left a legend here in the world 😔✊❤

5:01 6:05 6:46 Rest in peace akira toriyama you will be missed

As a 2d animater, I find the old animes impressive, as they couldn't use CGI for cars, and mechanical objects, it was all hand animated.

My father grew up with Astro boy, I grew up with DragonBall Z Naruto, and Pokémon. Japanese anime are part of world heritage.

Your watching this bc Akira toriyama passed away this march!😢😢😢

As a kid living with 80s-2000s animes this brings so much memory 😭 I was born in 2000s but I just realize I watch animes that realeased way back when my parents were still kids 😬

4:29 the amount of nostalgia this brings is massive

Greetings from Athens! My history of animation professor showed us this video in class today :) Thanks for putting it together, I loved seeing the evolution and all the anime openings I recognize :)

Osamu Tezuka, creator of Astro Boy, Kimba, Princess Knight, etc., was a successful manga artist, but he was deeply moved by Disney animations such as Pinocchio(1940), and became the founder of today's Japanese anime culture.

オープニングでまとめてるから、絵柄や動きよりも時代でアニソンに求められるものが変わって行ってるのが分かる所が1番良い。

14:17 didn't know sword art online intro had nokia ringtone

My first exposure to anime was Pokemon, DBZ, Tenchi Muyo and Gundam Wing. That was back in late 90's early 2000's. Then I stopped watching for a few years and got back into it around 2006 - 07. I was nearly crying when I saw Code Geass because it was that that drove me into a full time anime fan for years to come

RIP Ozamu Tezuka father of modern manga/anime, and RIP Akira Toryama the legend who cemented Shonen pillars alongside Hokuto no Ken and gifted the entire world with your masterpieces spreading this way of life consuming Japanease work.

Thanks man Appreciate it

I remember loving a bunch of anime shows as a kid but I LOVED Heidi I would ask my mom to put it for me 😭

Happy to see Gegege no Kitaro on this list. That anime gets a reboot every decade (1971/1985/1996/2007/2018), and definitely deserves its recognition. After all there are statues in Japan of Kitaro and companions, and the Kitaro manga in 1960. Such a beloved anime in Japan.

*THANKS JAPAN FOR CREATING ANIME* 🙏🇮🇳

Awesome list 👍🎬😎

I like how anime art getting improve every year . i can’t wait to look future anime art work

Such a cool video! Feeling nostalgic despite being born in early 2000s. And music is great. Got a desire to watch more anime of different ages. I wish you'd also mention more modern animes of different genre and style. Nowadays, there are some very good and original works too, not only isekais.

beautiful video

شكرا لليابان وعلى طواقم الأعمال على هذا الانجاز الرائع المستمر. لقد ربت اليابان وعلمت جميع اطفال وشباب العالم على هذه القصص الشيقة والمفيدة واصبحت جزء من حياتنا. تحية من السعودية 🇸🇦🇸🇦

Qué currada! no conocía muchos, me los apunto, tremendo Jorge!! 👏 Antes del millón de subs aquí 🙌

Anime I have watch out of this list 4:26 Doraemon 4:35 Mobile suit Gundam 5:43 Fist of the North Star 6:02 Dragon Ball 6:44 Dragon Ball Z 7:40 Shinchan 7:50 Yu Yu Hakusho 8:01 Slam Dunk 8:24 Neon Genesis Evangelion 9:10 Berserk 9:20 Cowboy Bebop 9:39 Serial Experiments Lain 9:50 Digimon Adventure 10:03 Hunter x Hunter ('11 is better) 10:10 One Piece 10:41 InuYasha 10:52 Naruto 11:04 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED 11:15 FMA (Brotherhood is better imo) 11:23 Elfen Lied 11:36 Bleach 11:46 The meloncholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 11:56 Death Note 12:07 Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion 12:28 Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann 12:39 Clannad 13:00 Toradora 13:13 FMA: Brotherhood 13:22 Fairy Tail 13:34 Angel Beats! 13:54 Steins;Gate 14:04 HxH 2011 14:16 SAO ( I regret😹) 14:26 AoT 14:36 No Game No Life 14:47 Tokyo Ghoul 14:58 You Lie in April 15:11 One punch man 15:19 My Hero Academia 15:30 Re:ZERO 15:40 The Promised Neverland 15:49 Demon Slayer 15:59 Jujutsu Kaisen

8:47 this part hits hard Kenshin's op is sooo nostalgic man 😢😢😢

It's really rare for such a compilation to see anime like Heidi. It was the very first anime I saw as a kid, along with Vicky the Viking and Maya the Bee.

Melancholy of Haruhi looks like a 2010’s anime. For the longest time I thought it came out in the 2010’s. But no, it came out in 2006… thats pretty amazing

Pokemon is a beat of my heart in my childhood and till now i love this anime. This anime always have a different and a positive vibe. ❤

Its amazing seeing anime grow from simple Disney level cartoons to Tokusatsu seinen josei Shoujo and Shonen till this massive genre spanning decades it has came A long way from astro boy.

4:31 This series is underrated.

My first anime was Candy Candy, my mom watched it in Spanish when she was little, I definitely recommend it to those who haven't watched it yet. I heard that it's well known in Mexico, I'm glad it was included in this video

As a Japanese, I am proud that Japanese animation is loved by the world.

For trivia: the A Dog of Flanders opening song was used as a ringtone in Re:Zero, announcing the coming of the White Whale of Mist

コナンの初代op初めて聴いた時、ずっと聴きたいって思えてすぐにハイロウズのCD買いに行ったの懐かしすぎる。

7:27 The Higharchy of all Animes. A Trailblazer. An Inspiration. The Best Of All Time. 🌙

海外の人にもこうして日本のアニメが愛されてるのが嬉しい

Interesting how the openings get more and more INTENSE as time passes

First Magical Girl series❤❤❤ 0:51

Enhorabuena, gran trabajo !!

No waaayyy you also included Chibi-Maruko chan!! The OP is so ICONIC that it's ingrained in my muscle memory! Such good times!

6:44 99% of Anime afterwards got inspired

Sin lugar el anime japonés es la mejor industria de animación en el mundo

5:43 THE LEGENDARY START OF THE SHONEN ACTION ERA, A NEW ERA OF ANIME! LEGENDARY

11:30 Thanks for mentioning Elfen Lied He got special place in my heart

I remember watching Osamu Dezaki's anime on Turkish channels. Amazing stuff: Gamba no Bouken and Takarajima (Treasure Island). It aged well as well. So glad to see Rose of Versailles

満遍なく網羅されてていいね！ 日本ではどれもいろんな層で有名 子供だったり、男子中高生だったり、女性だったり、オタク層だったり

よく考えると、このレベルのものを毎週放映できるって凄いことなんだよな 先人たちに感謝

いろんな言語でアニメについてかたってる人を見ると、アニメってホント人生に大きな影響を与えてるんだなぁ。

0:00 inspiration to Mega Man and the beggining of anime/manga history 0:30 who copy who? Tezuka or Disney? 2:09 precursor of Hajime no Ippo? 2:37 inspiration to Chojin Sentai Jetman 5:31 Japan main lead to olympics/worldcup (Japan Jersey anime the most badass football uniform ever) 5:41 and 6:03 essential pillars of shonen formula we know today 8:58 Nintendo's golden goose 10:10 and 10:52 now we can say, the true heirs of Toriyama legacy 10:21 reference to card games in general (losing maybe to Magic the Gathering) 15:48 and 15:59 today, the ones on spotlight

6:13 anime is masterpiece 👍 Saint Seiya is considered one of the biggest anime phenomenons of the 1980s. It would become the inspiration for future series and movies, including several Gundam series such as Mobile Suit Gundam Wing and Mobile Fighter G Gundam, Bleach, Legend of Heavenly Sphere Shurato, Ronin Warriors, Wild Knights Gulkeeva and Clash of the Titans. Dragon Ball's author Akira Toriyama is also fan of Saint Seiya's author There are many series, movies and manga in Saint Seiya Multiverse I. Saint Seiya classic (Episodes : 114) II. Saint Seiya The Hades Chapter Sanctuary (Episodes : 13) III. Saint Seiya The Hades Chapter Inferno (Episodes : 12) IV. Saint Seiya Soul of Gold (Episodes : 13) V. Saint Seiya The Hades Chapter Elysion (Episodes : 6) VI. Saint Seiya The Lost Canvas (Season 1 - Episodes : 13) VII. Saint Seiya The Lost Canvas (Season 2 - Episodes : 13) VIII. Saint Seiya The Lost Canvas Season 3 has been cancelled, you need to read Saint Seiya The Lost Canvas' manga at Chapter 96 to 223 why? Because in May 2013, TMS Entertainment announced via it's Twitter account that there were no plans for a third season for Saint Seiya The Lost Canvas anime. IX. Saint Seiya Omega (Episodes : 97) X. Saint Seiya Saintia Shō (Season 1 - Episodes : 10) XI. NETFLIX ORIGINAL Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya (Season 1 - Episodes : 12) MOVIES : I. Saint Seiya Evil Goddess Eris II. Saint Seiya The Heated Battle of the Gods III. Saint Seiya Legend of Crimson Youth IV. Saint Seiya Warriors of the Final Holy Battle V. Saint Seiya Heaven Chapter Overture VI. Saint Seiya Legend of Sanctuary VII. Saint Seiya Knights of the Zodiac - LIVE ACTION MOVIE (Coming in 2023) MANGA : I. Saint Seiya (Completed) II. Saint Seiya Next Dimension (Ongoing) III. Saint Seiya Episode Zero (Completed) IV. Saint Seiya Origin (Completed) V. Saint Seiya Destiny (Completed) VI. Saint Seiya Episode G (Completed) VII. Saint Seiya Episode G Assassin (Completed) VIII. Saint Seiya Episode G Requiem (Ongoing) IX. Saint Seiya The Lost Canvas (Completed) X. Saint Seiya The Lost Canvas Gaiden (Ongoing) XI. Saint Seiya Saintia Shō (Completed) XII. Saint Seiya Meio Iden Dark Wing (Ongoing) XIII. Saint Seiya Gigantomachia (NOVEL) XIV. Saint Seiya Golden Age (NOVEL) XV. Saint Seiya French Comic will be coming soon Some fans get confused as to which series is Canon and which series is Spin-Off in Saint Seiya Multiverse. So I have done a lot of research, allow me to explain. Start with Saint Seiya classic after that watch Saint Seiya The Hades Chapter Sanctuary after that watch Saint Seiya The Hades Chapter Inferno and after that watch Saint Seiya The Hades Chapter Elysion after that read Saint Seiya Next Dimension after that read Saint Seiya Episode Zero after that read Saint Seiya Origin and after that read Saint Seiya Destiny because these are canon these are written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada The rest of Spin-Offs have been written and illustrated by various mangaka. Saint Seiya The Lost Canvas and Saint Seiya The Lost Canvas Gaiden are written and illustrated by Shiori Teshirogi Saint Seiya Episode G, Saint Seiya Episode G Assassin and Saint Seiya Episode G Requiem are written and illustrated by Megumu Okada Saint Seiya Saintia Shō is written and illustrated by Chimaki Kuori Saint Seiya Omega, Saint Seiya Soul of Gold and Movies are made by Toei Animation NETFLIX ORIGINAL Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya is made by Eugene Son Saint Seiya Gigantomachia is written by Tatsuya Hamasaki Saint Seiya Meio Iden Dark Wing is written and illustrated by Kenji Saito Saint Seiya Golden Age is a work created as part of the celebration of the “30th anniversary of Saint Seiya" Saint Seiya French Comic is written by Arnaud Dollen and illustrated by Jérôme Alquié, this Comic will be coming soon

4:14 Future boy Conan is truly worth everyone’s time

Accidentally rewound to my favorite anime

4:39 Kidou Senshi Gundam! So Epic!!

I'm grow up watching 90s and 2000s Anime and i feel so nostalgic when seeing this

I’m sure the US and the west had great cartoons and shows but I’m blessed that I grew up in Japan to be able to watch all of these from my childhood.

90s were the golden age of anime

The 80's and 90's were the peak of anime

6:02 hero of my childhood first debut

Maestro necesitamos otro hermoso video como todos 🤙

Shoujo Anime: 0:51 Sally The Witch (1966) Himitsu No Akko-Chan (1969) Sazae-san (1969) Attack No.1 (1969) 1:12 Princess Knight (1967) 3:07 Cutie Honey (1973) Idol Shoujo Milly (1976) 3:51 Candy Candy (1976) Yumeiiro Yuka-Chan (1979) 6:55 Chibi Maruko-Chan (1990) 7:27 Sailor Moon (1992) Magic Knight Rayearth (1994) Yuko-Chan No Gang (1996) 9:29 Cardcaptor Sakura (1998) Kocchi Muite Miiko (1998) Kodomo Shoujo Yuri (2000) Fruit Basket (2001) Hero-Ranger Sky (2002) Chouriki Idol Ailove (2004) Love Comedy Emi Magic (2006) Madoka Magica (2008) Aishite Idol (2016)

All anime have started from Astro boy. Astro boy started from a comic. And Osama Tezuka have started the Japanese comics and anime culture. No Tezuka, No manga and anime. He’s a legendary.

Around 80s until early 2000s, ah soo much memories for me. Thanks japan anime industry, you make my childhood colorful

70後半から00年代前半辺りの作画が一番古き良き時代って感じで好き

amazing

Took me down memory lane

Thank u mate.Thanks to u,I finally refound my series which name that I forget

I'm from Costa Rica, I was born in 1995, so I grew up watching many of the 80s, 90s and so on shows like Ranma 1/2, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon, Captain Tsubasa, Pokemon, Saint Seiya, Sakura Cardcaptor, etc. But Heidi was my favorite as a child, it even still runs in some Costa Rican TV channels bc people love it here. Also, minute 4:27 any Gintama fan knows.

Muito bom o video

Just watching five or more of 90s and 2000s can brings so much nostalgie. Dragon ball, saint seiya, sailor moon, ranma 1/2, bleach, one piece, so much memories. Personally i have watched mostly 2000s to 2010s anime : Death note, Code gease, Fullmetal, fairytale, soul eater and so more😢❤.

1:50 ah yes, the longest running anime (heard it's still going on)

EVANGELION being made in 95 had having the best graphics AMAZES ME!!!

8:47 This anime just got a remake in 2023, and we are all hope for season 2 in 2024

日本アニメって内需でここまで発展してきたの変態すぎだろ！！！！（超絶褒め言葉）

Honourable mentions (because the video wouldn't be over 2 hours long) -Otoko Ippiki (first ever Jump anime) -Legend of Kamui (Pioneered historical samurai genre) -Tiger Mask -Devilman -Getter Robo -Kick no Oni -Neo Human Casshern -Hurricane Polymar -Space Knight Tekkaman -Voltes V -Combattler V -Daimos -Karate Baka Ichidai

7:27 Sailor Moon (1998-2002) 8:24 Neon Genesis Evangelion (1993-2007) 10:42 InuYasha (1997-2002)

3:40 Resident evil 4 recently had a promotional animation that looked very similar to this. I take it that's where the inspiration came from.

Bro just gave me whole recommendations

I was a 90s kid in Mexico and I grew up watching a lot of those animes from the 60s 70s and 80s. Watching these now took me back, I had no idea they were that old. Gatchaman, Heidi, future boy Conan, Gundam, etc. Those were around Canal 5 and Cable Kin. One that I don’t see here and I liked a lot was the samurai pizza cats. And of course as I became a preteen my favorites Dragon ball series and Ranma, Pokémon and such.

The doraemon part gives me nostalgic flashbacks when I used to watch it as a little child

半世紀経った今でも色褪せない作品達だ！！

昔のアニメまじで作り手の観察力がレベチ 動きに命が宿ってる

6:34 is definitely my favourite anime and also this op from the 1st season Is definitely the one anime song that will always get stuck in your head

I grew up with anime during he early 1990s and around 2000. Dragon Ball, Sailor, Gundam, and Pokemon were four of the main legendary anime shows that brought anime to the U.S. and other countries during the 1980 and 1990s. When Dragon Ball Z and other shows aired on Toonami, it was amazing. I remember coming back from school and watching anime from Toonami from 2:30 to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. No such programs exist today. Not even Saturday morning cartoons. This was before the Naruto generation of kids came along. When Naruto first came on Toonami around 2007, that is when it died out. Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon, Rurouni Kenshin, Tenchi Muyo, Ronin Warriors, Gundam Wing 00, G Gundam, Cyborg 009, Outlaw Star, Yu Yu Hakusho, and so many other shows that aired back then as a kid. I still prefer 1990s anime style over today's anime. There area few good exceptions such as Fire Force, Sword Art Online, or Demon Slayer. Kids today have no idea how good the 1990s and around 2000 was for anime and cartoons in general. That as the golden era for cartoons. I am not exaggerating. All of this somewhat led to me becoming an animator myself. If my old school had sports, I would have been in track and field, and a running back. I am still run fast. But it was a poor school with no opportunities. So my next option after high school was going into animation and games. I worked at Pixar as an intern in Summer 2019. That was the most amazing experience ever for me in this life so far. San Francisco Bay Area was beautiful. I never thought I would get the chance to see it. Currently, I am working at a game company that is based in Colorado, but I am working remotely in Dallas (I hate it here). These anime shows had such a huge influence on me as a kid. Legendary days. Back when every kid watched Dragon Ball and Power Rangers. Years later in college, I came to discover girls actually watched Dragon Ball back then. But see, back in the 1990s and around 2000, little girls made fun of boys for watching those shows, yet they secretly watched it. hahah.

unbelievable fact → 1:43 Sazae-san is still on the air in japan.

我是台灣人 我要真誠感謝日本人卡通和漫畫帶給我歡樂童年回憶❤

3:57 step bro im stuck

The 80's anime styles bring tears to my eyes for some reason..

omg my reminiscences bring back again

RIP toriyama Sensei

Definitively the 80's/90's were the explosion of anime at international level

3:08 and that's how ecchi genre started

So many old and new best anime songs back then.😏

こうしてみると、日本のマンガやアニメが いかにバラエティに富んでいるかわかりますね

animes from this list i've watched 2:25 Lupin III 3:52 Candy Candy (also my first and favorite anime) 4:49 Rose of Versailles 6:34 Ranma 1/2 7:27 Sailor Moon 7:50 Yu Yu Hakusho 8:35 Detective Conan 8:58 Pokémon 9:20 Cowboy Bebop 10:42 Inuyasha 13:00 Toradora 14:03 Hunter x Hunter 14:25 Attack on Titan 15:39 The Promised Neverland 15:49 Demon Slayer

I haven't watched a massive amount of anime but the more I watch the more I fall in love with it. I think my first real exposure was when I watched a few episodes of Naruto. Since then I have watched a couple seasons of MHA, one punch man, jojo's, demon slayer, some ghibli films, mobile suit gundam and maybe a couple others. there is truly something for everyone.

I love how we can point out that 1982 is the year where the design of anime changed the most

I got emotional, this is my childhood era

I bet we are from all ages and generations here let us unite our passion and love for Anime :D