KJ: Animes I grew up with part 2 of 2 (Patreon)

Note: This journal was meant to release during my pause, that's why it is available for all tiers.

This is part 2 of 2 of my Kings Journal about anime shows I watched.
The journal covers the years 1995-2008. I'll mention shows I watched as a teengager and highschool student. I present animes for adults, too.
Nope, not hentai, just animes with topics for grown-ups.
But maybe I could write a journal about hentai, if you would be interested.
Like in part 1 of the anime journal, you will find a selection of male characters at the end of this journal, that I could draw in Bara artworks.

At the end of journal I mentioned that our farm got satelite TV. So instead of 4 TV channels I could watch... well... I never counted... more channels and the most of them aired sex hotline ads and softcore xxx movies after midnight.
I wasn't shocked, because I was sexually enlightened in my early childhood and my parents were anything but prudish.
In the late 90s Talk-shows were also super popular in TV and I remember one afternoon, when the topic was „My lover is impotent“. So I asked my mum: „Mum, what does Impotence mean?“, and she replied: „The man has erection issues or simplified he can't get it up“.
Another time the topic was „My dick is as big as a salad cucumber“. No joke.
Speaking about those afternoon talk shows it was also normal in German TV ads, that products for showering showed nude people. Some butts or some boobs.

And this is a good moment to shortly explain, what content is censored in Germany and what is not.
Gore and violence against humans is censored in Germany no matter what media, but nudity is no big deal here. No one cares (only prude folks), because nudity is considered as natural. Nudity and sex are two different things.
Censorship in Germany is pretty much the opposite of the USA, where gore and violence are kinda okay in media, but nudity is considered as inappropriate.
I remember, when years ago Janet Jackson's chest was exposed by Justin Timberlake during a concert and American news seemed to be upset, while in German TV it was no big deal.

Now, let's get back to anime, but keep the censorship in mind, because I will mention, which animes have been censored in the past in Germany.
Here we go.
The first link  under the title leads to the Japanese opening.
The second link to the German one.

Dragon Ball

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJqGirLjQn4&ab_channel=YuusukeTakahashi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idF2NY3peJE&ab_channel=samymorgan

I guess everyone the story of Dragon Ball. Son-Goku wants to win the great tournament, so he trains a lot, while villains try to steal the 7 Dragon Balls. Once all balls are put together a dragon appears to fulfill one wish.

Kickers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzuLKRXuE_M&ab_channel=nanachoo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnRNVuOzbws&ab_channel=ultimat4gohan

I hardly watched any episode, because I am no fan of football, but the German opening is so good, that I listened to it, before switching to another channel.

Oh and there was a handsome goalkeeper in some episodes, but he as no main character.

Nadia – Secret of Blue Water

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WayJjrLbx4&ab_channel=GabyGeorge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__0Rfr5avjk&ab_channel=kujaex

A nice adventure about Nadia and Jean. Nadia owns a magical stone and I forgot most of the story, but it was a good anime with a spaceship battle in Paris, France.
I like the opening in both languages.

Shin-Chan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHOiWBVtuvU&ab_channel=TWOFingersOficial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNX10LanfiA&ab_channel=ShadAmy

Phew, I don't know why I watched this show sometimes. It is odd.
And I bet the opening was produced in America like that awful Naruto ninja rap you gonna hear later. And German TV channels paid money for the songs. xD

Ranma ½

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DlT1yI7CSM&ab_channel=kakihara0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmWMcPhyFgM&ab_channel=xStrohhutboyx

The two main characters are promised to each other, but they do not like each other.
Oh and the main guy Ranma once fell into a magical well, so when he gets into contact with cold water he transforms into a female. That leads to many complicated and slap stick situations. I did not watch the anime completely.


Pokemon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-lEahV5Q_o&ab_channel=NakaNaka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywZ9REB_W9Q&ab_channel=Sinushkaable

Ash Ketchum wants to be the Pokemon Champion. Together with his friends Misty and Rocko (Broc in English or something like that) he travels the country to discover and catch Pokemon. I think the German version is based on the American one this time. And the American one is good.
And let's not forget the Pokerap:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMk8wuw7nek&ab_channel=EXCEEDINGSHADOW

I watched the seasons including the Hoenn region and that's it. So I only missed about 500 episodes. XD
But I still play the main games.

Doremi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS-HWwRdafg&ab_channel=Matsurichan101
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47wWsAvNjuU&ab_channel=xStrohhutboyx

Doremi is fascinated by witches. One day she unmasks a real witch and as a consequence that witch is cursed to live as a frog.
To lift the curse Doremi becomes a witch herself and studies magic. Unfortunately she is clumsy and a bad student.
Note: Season 1 is fun, while season 2 was produced for girls and  that kinda ruined the anime a bit. Too girly imao.


Well, time to mention Wedding Peach and Pretty Cure. Both aired in German TV, but I hardly watched both. Not really my cup of tea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXDpxRN1cFo&ab_channel=angelbra5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0RAJpHenLo&ab_channel=SailorMoonSound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiBXFg0_pB8&ab_channel=XlooXX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfn8QqjgEPo&ab_channel=Sarahchanful4

Power Stone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY3qEamsZcc&ab_channel=RoCkAlLGaMeS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUL7pXjS5s0&ab_channel=Evchen19766Mike

I think I watched this show, but I forgot everything. But it seems to be based on a game.
I read „Capcom“ in the opening.


Monster Rancher

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4242KSUjZc&ab_channel=toptodos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hF_yt17TJA&ab_channel=KSMAnime

I liked Monster Rancher. It's about a boy named Genki who is sucked into a videogame about monsters. In that other world he finds friends and monsters and together they try to find the legendary phoenix to free the world from great evil Moe.

Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SonB-f5fZU&ab_channel=ying122
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOWqtLxyM_U&ab_channel=LemonFairySango

I watched Sailor Moon so I also watched Jeanne. There are only two seasons.
The story is about a girl who can transform into a magical thief. Each object she steals is possessed by a demon. And there is some romance between her and another thief.

Digimon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV2TfYSgXT4&ab_channel=Bregwael
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQlSrXHN2LA&ab_channel=ViENNAFALCO

I watched seasons 1-4, but season one „Adventure“ remains my all time favourite.
7 kids are sucked into the digital world and each one gets a Digimon partner. The Digimon become stronger and evolve into bigger monsters to fight against all kinds of villains.The show deals with topics like depression and self-doubts and how the main characters deal with it. Seasons 1-4 have pretty good openings.
My favourite Digimon from season one are Gabumon's, Agumon's and Gomamon's evolution lines. Actually all lines are cool in season 1.
My favourite character from season two is Ken and big dragon Exveemon is hot. Stingmon is also cool. And I will never forget my disappointment, when Angemon and Ankylomon fusioned into a magical teapot with angel wings. I know it is based on some Japanese puppet, but it looks stupid as a monster.
I am pretty sure, that I wrote a KJ about Digimon in the past so I won't write more now.


Sailor Moon (seasons 2-5)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlkN58iORYE&t=1s&ab_channel=cardcaptorzlove

Seasons 2-5 of Sailor Moon were aired on private TV in Germany. Together with Dragon Ball it was the most famous and popular anime in Germany for decades. I drew fanart of SM and DB, when I was a teenager.

I think I will write a journal about SM only.
Trivia: Season 5 „Sailor Stars“ was never aired in some countries, because there are characters who change their gender while transforming and a main character is nude for almost a complete episode. That was too much to censor or edit for some TV channels.
But as mentioned above, nudity is no problem in Germany, so I could watch Sailor Stars.
Unfortunately the japanese opening of season 5 was never used in German TV, although there is a German version of „Makenai“.


Dragon Ball Z

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElqB359i_Os&ab_channel=TheKatkid1000
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrQLAna9SnI&ab_channel=VatosII


I was a fan of Dragon Ball Z, but during the Freezer saga I gave up on watching the anime, because the episodes had almost 0 plot and the characters just screamed at each other for 20 minutes. -_-
At last I bought some manga issues to read the story until the end.
My favourite character was future Trunks. I also had a PC beat'em up with characters from DBZ and DBGT. I played as future Trunks and I knew the key combo for playing as a super-saiyan.


Yu-Gi-oh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PG7eyV5soA&ab_channel=OfficialYu-Gi-Oh%21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZJKig5OmJQ&ab_channel=AnimefanAnimevideos

It's about a boy called Yugi, who owns an Egyptian artifact, which originally belonged to a pharao. One day Yugi's grandfather is kidnapped by a guy called Pegasus, who invites the world's best card players to his island to participate in a dangerous tournament.



Detective Conan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucOVnaqdLbA&ab_channel=%E0%B8%93%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%90%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B7%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B1%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%87

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g5sljn_dNs&ab_channel=CrunchyrollDeutschland


Detective Conan was censored in Germany, because of blood and murder, but I watched it – not knowing that it was censored. Some scenes just seemed strange to me, because of the cut or edited content.
So Conan is a clever highschool student and detective. Some evil guys poison him. The poison shrinks his body to child size, while his brain remains the one of a grown up.
He hides at a real detective's office and secretly helps that guy to solve complex murder cases.

In my opinion that tanned highschool detective called Heiji looked much better than Conan,
so sometimes I do not understand why the main character is less handsome than others.

Naruto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF93UyTJ8p4&ab_channel=AnimeGuy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoTqA325LCo&ab_channel=Mbobo1990

Phew that German – actually English lyrics– opening is so strange. ^^; Believe it xD

I was a fan of this anime, but it was aired, when I was already in highschool and hardly at home during daytime. Not to mention that there were not that many episodes dubbed and so they aired the same episodes over and over again. And Naruto was extremely censored in the first German version.
Nevertheless I bought a Naruto game for the Gamecube called „Clash of Ninja 2“.



Inuyasha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1QfqRTPUJI&ab_channel=InuYashaAnime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pobNph9hdZc&ab_channel=xStrohhutboyx

Kagome is the reincarnation of a priestess who once sealed a poweful gem.
One day Kogame is pulled into a magical well by a monster who rips the gem out of Kagome's body.
Both land in medieval Japan, where Kagome frees half-demon Inuyasha from a spell to help her defeating the monster.
Later Kagome accidentally destroys the gem into hundreds of shards.
Each shard is dangerous and must be taken back, so Inuyasha and Kagome try to find them all. It's the beginning of a dangerous journey.

Inuyasha was also censored in German TV.


One Piece

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTMoDHvgaJk&ab_channel=OnePiece%5BAnime%5D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUGL8P_ddDA&ab_channel=MonkeyD.Ozzy


Man I really liked One Piece. It was something completely new: A story about pirates with mysterious powers and lots of humour.
Young pirate Ruffy wants to find the biggest treasure called „One Piece“. He looks for crew members and together they sail the oceans.
My favourite crew members are Roronoa Zoro and Tony Tony Chopper. Franky is also cool. I watched the anime until the end of the „Thriller Barc“ arc.
After that it was too difficult to get access to more episodes. So I slowly lost connection to the anime and nowadays there are so many episodes, that I fear to return.
I mean time is short as an adult and that's pretty much the reason why I feel overwhelmed in a negative way by all those streaming services nowadays. Not to mention that all cost money.

Time for animes for an older audience aired on MTV and VIVA (actually music TV channels and VIVA does not exist anymore)

We enter my late teenage years.

Golden Boy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Hg0QIo1x8&ab_channel=AmvNational
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qd7QUjITVA&ab_channel=Dissection1666

The German opening promises a badass guy, but the actual show is about a boob-fanatic young man who is a total moron. I could not stand watching that wannabe hentai nowadays, but I watched all 10 epsides as a teenager, hoping that never one of my siblings or my mother would enter the room. XD

Angel Sanctuary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91pPOz0rQ4A&ab_channel=TheAxuxosBeat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqu8U1_PGNA&ab_channel=oOoxXxNeoxXxoOo

I only remember that the story is about brother and sister who are in love with each other. Long story short: Incest. But they are also incarnations of fallen angels and the one of the other main charaters is only alive, because he shares his body and mind with satan or another demon.

Vision of Escaflowne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DXd7e01o3Q&ab_channel=SDF1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s5GMjGkiBg&ab_channel=PrecisBunny

I really recommend watching Escaflowne. I forgot almost all details, but I remember how much enjoyed this show and the story and the characters.
A highschool girl is sucked into an alternate universe, where her bracelet can activate an ancient fighting robot. A guy called Van can control the robot.
There is drama and battles and a huge machine that is meant to influence people's fate.
Escaflowne is a real emotional experience. The noses still look a bit strange though.
Special credit for both openings, because I like them both.


Earth Girl Arjuna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHNu9sDsG1M&ab_channel=LeoLone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QaiGqjD-J4&ab_channel=oOoxXxNeoxXxoOo


In this anime the main character Arjuna dies right at the beginning, but she is offered a second chance, if she agrees to fight against strange monsters, that threaten human civilization. The anime is about saving the environment and in the final episodes the situation escalates, while people try to survive.


Hellsing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBPegoYoD9Q&ab_channel=ShadowAlberthxD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzQQzGI6NoQ&ab_channel=lena4ever8

Well this show is about vampires and monsters, where vampire lord Alucard fights against other monsters. I guess that's it. But I liked it. There was a hot blonde priest, but he was evil, but kinda hot nevertheless. :3

Cowboy Bebop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hfOyOBHIq4&ab_channel=AnimeGuy


The intro was the same in Germany. This anime is about a crew of bountyhunters in space. Although I can't remember much of the episodes I remember, that it was a pretty good anime with interesting characters.

Jet Black is the daddy type character in the anime.


Blue Submarine Number 6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhEi_0VziRU&ab_channel=motoakiaraide

It's about a wicked professor who creates new lifeforms and a human submarine crew who tries to stop him. At least that's what I roughly remember.



Noir

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJpHU--A--8&ab_channel=aninhua


This show is about two killers and their mysterious background stories. That's all I remember. ^^;
The opening song is nice.


X the anime (because there is also a movie, which is more brutal)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ0p5z2_-5c&ab_channel=Wampircia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cad6eutAxPk&ab_channel=xLiebenswert2

Oh wow, the German opening is pure exposition. XD
Well, there are two kind of dragons, who are actually humans with powers.
One team is good and the other one is evil. There is romance and drama and conflicts and prepare to see that this anime has Game of Thrones habits with it's characters.
You really don't know who will survive.



Wolf's Rain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A60mDhxHw5Q&ab_channel=CrunchyrollDubs

I rank this anime as one of the best I have seen. It's about wolves who can take on human form. They disguise as humans and live in human settlements, while the world around them is slowly dying. The wolf Kiba is convinced that there is a hidden paradise far away from all suffering. He only has to find the key. He finds other wolves to form a pack, but soon they are hunted and they are not the only ones who search the paradise.

At last there is a high price to pay for all of them, if they want to reach the promised land.



Gantz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ5ICtGn6u8&ab_channel=RolloProduction

When people die, they are copied to a secret room. In this room is a black sphere filled weapons and strange suits.
After a while a mission appears on the sphere. Those who survive the task are allowed to live their second life little longer.
After an accident Kuro and his friend Kato are copied to the room and try to survive as long as possible, while almost each night they are send on a new mission, where monsters want to kill them.
Gantz is a very brutal anime, with violence, gore and some nudity and few SFW sex scenes. I stayed up each Sunday night until midnight to watch the newest episode.
And afterwards my adrenaline level was so high, that I could hardly fall asleep.
Then at 6 AM my alarm clock rang and I had to get ready for highschool. I was so tired every Monday.
Unfortunately the Gantz anime ends abrupt although the manga continues.

Kato was my favourite character of Gantz. That's where Kato's name in „Knights in Japan“ comes from.

Ghost in the Shell – Stand Alone Complex

Season one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxkMzn4et2U&ab_channel=NoName

Season two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQIqgxeNtl0&ab_channel=NoName


I love Ghost in the Shell. It combines action and intelect with a believable future setting, where we are all connected by the Internet and our brains could be hacked and filled with false memories or even worse: our personality could be edited.
To fight such cyber crimes special section 9 with Major Kusanagi and Batou was founded. They investigate msyterious cases and reveal conspiracies.

The two seasons have two of my favourite anime openings.
I also watched all three GITS movies, including the live action one.
While writing this journal I found out that there exists or existed a Ghost in the Shell game.

Ghost in the Shell is free from most anime clichés. The major has big boobs, but that's all. For compensation Batou has big muscles. Maybe he is well equipped everywhere. ;3

My short opinion about anime
I love anime. I really do, but in my opinion many animes are repetitive or they continue so long, that I can't keep up.
There are great stories and creative ideas, that inspire me until today.

After watching so many shows I am grateful, when repetitive things are avoided.
When you see the first anime with someone eating a lot, it's okay, but after 30 years of anime it becomes lame, when such ideas are served again and again.

Childish characters also annoy me and I can't watch extremely hectic, blinking animations as an adult anymore.
There is also that pervert nosebleed guy in too many shows. Or the worst of all: minor characters in questionable poses or portrayals. That might be okay in Japan, but in other countries such content brings you into jail.

So I like animes that are not made with a common recipe or meant to generate millions of fans.

I also know that I won't show something new in my comics, but I try to avoid copying anime clichés. That's why my favourite shows tend to be the more unusual ones, that tell touching stories combined with likeable characters.


Do you know some of these animes? What are your thoughts or memories?
I would love to read your opinion in the comments.

At last we reach the potential Bara artwork part.
I could draw the following characters – or better expressed, I only list the ones I am interested in.



Agumon Bond of Courage/Bravery from Digimon.

Bandit Keith from Yu-Gi-Oh ( I drew him already).

Yuji Kayama/Sailor Guts from Sailor Moon – Sailor Stars.

Roronoa Zoro from One Piece.

Pater Anderson from Hellsing

Jet Black (regular and wearing his suit) from Cowboy Bebop.
Note: There might exist some old lineart showing him here on Patreon.

Tsume from Wolf's Rain. Probably with a werewolf version.

Kato from Gantz.

Batou (short and pony tail version) from Ghost in the Shell.

That's the end?! Not really. Since I consider my art style as a fusion between anime and western animation I will show western productions (cartoons) in the next KJ.

Thank you for reading. <3