The pioneers
Toei's first feature films, such as The Tale of the White Serpent, and Osamu Tezuka's television series set the course for everything that followed.
The seventies
Heroic teams like Science Ninja Team Gatchaman and space sagas like Space Battleship Yamato reached huge audiences.
The eighties and nineties
Video releases brought OVAs, and fantasy series like Record of Lodoss War and Slayers won fans worldwide.
Browse
The decade shelves on the Themes page trace the whole story.