Essential Anime: Difference between revisions

* [[Trope Maker]]: ''[[Star Ofof Thethe Giants]]'' Aired 1968 to 1971. The "star" of the story is Hyuuma Hoshi, a young pitcher dreaming of making it big in the majors like his father had until the older man was injured in [[World War Two]] and had to retire. ''[[Star Of The Giants]]'' established that baseball anime almost always star the pitcher- as opposed to American baseball shows that tend to depict other positions almost as often as the pitcher.

** Shoujo: ''[[Attack No. 1]]'' (''Atakku Nanbaa Wan'') based on the 1968 manga and airing starting in 1969. Kozue Ayuhara comes to college and joins the volleyball team, shows talent that impresses the coach and eventually the other players, and through intense training rises to become one of Japan's Olympic champion volleyball team. [[Trope Maker]] for many of the shoujo sports anime tropes, including having a crush on the male coach.