Gundam Wing

There are many Gundam titles that entered in the Philippines and all of them is a hit, not because Filipinos are a fan of robots or mechanized units but the different type of mobile suit units that are being introduced in the different titles and one of the most popular series that entered the Philippines is Gundam Wing.

The story started between the war of the colonies and Earth, colonies was built when there are no more space on Earth to live on, thus creating peace talks between the colonies and Earth had been compromised and leaders has been assasinated each and every leaders of the colonies are being killed knock out of position this the group called OZ with the 5 scientist acknowledge each other and create a secret mission on Earth.

This mission is called Operation Meteor wherein five teenage pilots will undergo the mission and neither of them know each other, each one of them is given a mobile suit that each of the scientist built called "Gundams" this mobile suits are far more greater than the normal mobile suit that can be seen in the battlefield, because of the Gundanium alloy that can only be found on space they send this five Gundams on Earth to look for answers and retaliate against Earth.

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Flame Of Recca

Flame Of Recca or  "Rekka No Hono" follows a story of a teenage boy name Recca Hanabishi who is interested in the ninja way, everyday he walks like a ninja and fights his way to bullies by using smoke bombs and traps in his duels which he is clearly using the styles of ninja in fighting, then one day while going home he save a girl from a falling debris and hurt himself but in an instant the girl Yanagi Sakoshita comes with a healing powers and healed him on the spot, because of this Recca become passionate and sworned that he will protect Yanagi even it means the cost of his life.

A few days later a woman figure always shows herself to Recca, telling him that he posses and the ability to control the flames that was usually uses a "Ninjutsu style in the ninja" and he discovered that he was actually the sixth generation leader of Hokage, a ninja clan that was wiped out by the Oda some 400 years ago before the present day in the story. She also explained that there were weapons and items that the Hokage clan has scattered (Madogu) before the day of the destruction in which gives anyone possesion of power, examples are wind,fire,earth and water elements. Recca posseses the Madogu that controls flaming dragons in which he has the ability to control them and was surprised they were other flaming dragons on loose and decided to gain everyone of them.

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Ghost Fighter

Yu Yu Hakusho or Ghost Fighter is another anime that caught the eyes and attracts many of us Filipinos, it gives us vision on how important friendship is until the end.

The story is about Yuusuke Urameshi (Eugene) who was strucked and killed in a car accident while attempting to save a childs life in danger, luckily Koenma (Jericho) the son of the ruler in afterlife of the underworld revives Yuusuke and for that an exchange for his revitalization, a contract of being the "Underworld Detective" which he must investigate demons and apparitions in the human world and why they are hanging around casuing trouble in earth. The signature move of this anime is the so called "Rey Gun" which Yuusuke practiced and he can released a powerful beam of blue light to engage on his enemies this is one of the popularity the anime can get when entered in the Philippines.

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Detective Conan

Detective Conan also known as "Case Closed" is an anime genre for fans of Sherlock Holmes and other famous detective and suspense titles, this will give you the chills and enjoyment while unlocking every criminals footsteps to close the case and put the culprit behind bars.

The main protagonist of the story is Jimmy Kudo(Shinichi Kudo) is a high school detective that sometimes cooperate and helps the local policemen solve crimes, during an investigation to a murder Shinichi Kudo found himself trailing the Black Organization syndicate in a carnival when caught they drugged him an experimental poison to kill him, luckily it didn't but the downside is that instead of killing him it turned him into a child leaving him helpless and because of this Kudo wants to undergo an investigation about the organization with the help of a scientist name Agasa he gives Kudo technology to fight back the organization and close the cases in and outside Japan.

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Dragon Ball Series

The Dragon Ball series entered with a bang in the Philippines setting of animation, maybe because of the impact of their fighting styles with teleportation,unusual wave of energy, their postures when producing their move. One of the examples are below and admit it you have tried this in your life.

Goku in a teleportation gesture

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Well is it true then you have watched this anime and had enjoyed it. Another examples of fighting styles that Filipino's impersonate to do well mostly children, and lastly have you ever wished that the seven Dragon balls exist and to collect them, this are the simple factors that is why the Dragon Ball series became a hit collection.

Goku in a Kame Hame Wave Gesture

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There are seven Dragon Balls in the series this Dragon Balls when collected and combined to each other will summon a powerful dragon name Shenlong and will grant three wishes to anyone who collected them in one place, giving the Dragon Ball the most exclusive item to be granted in the series.

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This were the examples that Filipino's impersonate not because its about how to fight but it its fun to do and was attracted to many children viewers of Dragon Ball, others follow the storyline of Son Goku arriving in earth then he grows up and didn't realize he is a Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan is an advance form and powerful energy by the Saiyan Race, they used this in time of need.

Dragon Ball is simply one of the best anime's that were aired here in the Philippines up until today Dragon Ball fans continue to patronage and give respect to this wonderful and action packed anime.

Slam Dunk

The year 2000 entered with a bang for animation here in the Philippines, many anime that was aired on this time greatly influenced and became popular for many reason and thus making the anime with so many chapters and was still being followed until today.

Art is definitely the big difference in the 2000 as it is modernized than the normal 1D graphic effect in drawing and was improved into 2D as an animation that's what movement were improves and the flickering of the eyes and postures of the characters can be seen clearly.

Storyline was the biggest influenced Filipinos can get in the anime that was aired on this decade, most stories are true and was done with animation in Japanese form instead of western animation.

We will now cite some examples of anime that greatly influenced us Filipinos from children to adult until today.

Slamdunk

The protagonist of the story is Hanamichi Sakuragi who's unfortunate in finding the right girl for him, he has been rejected 50 times in his first year in Shohoku High, suddenly out of nowhere he found out the girl of his dreams Haruko Akagi who is a big fan of basketball this was the start of Hanamichi of playing basketball, and at that same day Haruko was surprised that Hanamichi can handle the ball singlehanded with ease, this was the start of joining the Shohoku bastketball team wherein the captain of the basketball team was Haruko's older brother Takenori.
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Why is it popular then? it is just a basic story of a basketball team in trying to earn a championship?As we all know Filipinos are a great basketball enthusiast we could see people playing basketball anywhere from streets blocks, under the bridge, inside a building even in the middle of the road, it is clearly that this anime had made its great impact by inspiring Filipinos the story of Hanamichi Sakuragi to work hard and put effort on everything not just basketball but for many things in life, also Sakuragi no just inspired ordinary citizen but PBA players as well example of this is Marc Pingris of the Philippine team he was inspired of Sakuragi in which he didnt have the skill but the heart to keep playing and overcome the challengers

Anime in the 90s (also known as Batang 90s)

Anime in the 90s entered with different kind of concept and new artstyles were formed and also mechanized anime were not popular on this decade but more on attracting children in homes to enjoy and watch television and thus ended up watching anime. Also the storyline mostly appeared in plains where animals also came alive in animation.

Some examples of anime that we all know and children love are as follows

Princess Sarah

The story is a simple conecpt of what we may found in reality and a twist of spice of life, Sarah the main protagonist of the story is in a wealthy family and decided to study in a boarding school in London, but tragic strikes as her father passed away and their businesses went bankrupt this end Sarah's wealthy life and left alone in the boarding school. She was forced to work as a servant in the school, but with determination and help from her friends Sarah became strong and didnt lose hope after all what was done to her.

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Doraemon

This anime is probably famous around the world with the blue color skin and red round nose, Doraemon is sent back in time of a boy named Sewashi Nobi, to help Nobita his grandfather in the past to excel in his studies and grow up with responsibility, but by the time Doraemon arrive Nobita was in a midst of misery and misfortune, he was always bullied and get picked by other children this was a tragic for the grandfather of Sewashi Nobi, in came Doraemon to the rescue and helping Nobita achieve his dreams by giving him the proper gadgets to achieve goals.

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Brief History Of Anime in the Philippines

It started in the 80s in which the era of Ferdinand Marcos Martial Law was in effect, one of the first and popular anime that was aired on that era is the anime Voltes V in which the story is about 3 brothers in search for their father and colonizers from outer space attacked earth and with the help of the robot Voltes V they retaliated.

After several weeks of airing Ferdinand Marcos banned the program because he sense that the people may revolt against him from what the combining of the body parts of Voltes V means to unite each other to form one big weapon to fight back, Marcos realize that people could revolt and unite so that is why he ban it from that time.

This year was also called the Era of Mecha when in the 1986 when Marcos was exiled in the Philippines more mechanized anime start airing here in the Philippines
  Daimos 
 Voltes 5
 Voltron Lion Force

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