Ippatsu Kanta-kun

If there's any person who defined the archetypal 80s anime character art style, Akemi Takada would be a strong contender. Debuting in the industry as a guest character designer for Ippatsu Kanta-kun, Takada would be assigned as the main character designer only a year later for the sequel of Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, a show she was a fan of during her university years. After four years of working for Tatsunoko, Takada went freelance and truly hit her stride with her involvement in the adaptation of Urusei Yatsura, adapting Rumiko Takahashi's art style to an anime format (she was responsible for turning Lum's rainbow-colored hair into the trademark teal it is known today). Takada would later work on another Takahashi adaptation, taking after Yuuji Moriyama stepped down from the character designer role in Episode 28 of Maison Ikkoku.

Takada has a quite interesting evolution in her art style over the years. One way of comparison is through how different her character design of Lum looked from Episode 1 in contrast to her appearance in the later episodes of the series. Over time Takada's style would get more individuality, her characters more model-like, their eyes getting softer and gentler, their fashion sense more pronounced and elegant. This is most evident in her character designs for Kimagure Orange Road in 1987, which can be considered a culmination of her style and possesses many of the features that her characters have had ever since.

Like other interest stacks I have created, the following list is a selection of her most important works in chronological order. She is one of my favorite character designers ever, so I hope you consider checking them out. Or at least buy one of her artbooks.

Halcyon Realms's La Madonna artbook review - http://halcyonrealms.com/anime/la-madonna-takada-akemi-art-book-review/
Character design sheets for Maison Ikkoku - https://www.catsuka.com/gengal/artworks//maison_ikkoku
Lum's character design + a podcast about Urusei Yatsura in the thread - https://twitter.com/bunnycartoon/status/1260227769298026503

I grew up watching tons of anime, including some supr cool retro re-runs, so why not make a collection of them in one nostalgic stack?
Only problem is... i don't remember the names of half of them 😅
So i need a little help rebuilding my childhood anime portfolio

If you come across this stack and know of any obscure series that ran between the 1960s and early 2000s, please drop a comment in my profile or DM me
And if you discover some anime you like from this stack that'll also make me very happy :)




One particular anime i've been searching for for years, i'll attempt to describe it, it's probably a 70s or 80s anime (maybe 90s), MC fights in rollerskates, and the main 3 bad guys are these little black aliens 2 brothers and a sister
If you find this anime for me i'll be your friend forever!

^^Update: I found it 🤩 The anime is Tondemo Senshi Muteking, and there's 4 aliens

Anime series that aired on a Polish TV channel Polonia1 around 1994