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Prince Planet - Domo Arigato to the producers and animators
As a boy growing up in Melbourne, Australia in the 60's / 70's, probably the best shows on TV I remember were Prince Planet, Astro boy and Marine Boy. Nothing comes even close to it these days ( except for the digitised Starship Troopers chronicles. When I was in Japan in '97, I came across a T-shirt store in Tokyo that had a picture of Prince Planet on its T-shirts. I'm kicking myself that I didn't buy a half dozen or so to bring back to good old Oz. Japanese animation has always facinated me. Prince Planet was one of the best in those early days. The theme song is still in my mind, as well as the lyrics. One of the local video stores here has some early Japanese animation. Prince Planet and Astro Boy are part of their collection.The good old days....................