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[[Marine Boy]] is a stealth anime series. When it was first run in the US in 1967, it was simply presented as a children's cartoon, not as a product from Japan.
''[[Marine Boy]]'' is a stealth anime series. When it was first run in the US in 1967, it was simply presented as a children's cartoon, not as a product from Japan.


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[[Marine Boy]] shows examples of:

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* [[Scenery Censor]] - Mermaid Neptina wears nothing; her breasts are concealed by her long hair, a technique also used in the Japanese animated version of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid.
* [[Scenery Censor]] - Mermaid Neptina wears nothing; her breasts are concealed by her long hair, a technique also used in the Japanese animated version of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid.
* [[Super Not-Drowning Skills]] - Professor Fumble's inventions: "oxy-gum" which Marine Boy can chew and receive hours of oxygenation.
* [[Super Not-Drowning Skills]] - Professor Fumble's inventions: "oxy-gum" which Marine Boy can chew and receive hours of oxygenation.
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Latest revision as of 00:10, 26 September 2016

Marine Boy is a stealth anime series. When it was first run in the US in 1967, it was simply presented as a children's cartoon, not as a product from Japan.

Tropes used in Marine Boy include:
  • Scenery Censor - Mermaid Neptina wears nothing; her breasts are concealed by her long hair, a technique also used in the Japanese animated version of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid.
  • Super Not-Drowning Skills - Professor Fumble's inventions: "oxy-gum" which Marine Boy can chew and receive hours of oxygenation.
  • Unscaled Merfolk - Neptina is half-dolphin instead of half-fish.