I know I posted ages ago about doing some manga reviews, which I should hopefully get around to soon as I’ve just finished reading several volumes of Phoenix. Actually I can do a one word review right now: Unbelievable.

So anyway, I was looking around anidb (a slow moment during my work day), and out of curiosity I put in the names of some old series I remember watching on TV in the 80s:

• Dogtanian (called “Wanwan Sanjushi” in Japan)

• Sherlock Hound. I’m pretty sure I remember seeing this on VHS years ago, unless there was another sherlock holmes-based story with anthropomorphic dogs. And this was a Miyazaki work

Obviously, when I saw them at the time I’d no idea they were even Japanese. However I was huge fans of both - especially Dogtanian. So technically this makes me an Anime fan for a lot longer than I’d thought, over 20 years in fact I’ve probably mentioned this before but I normally regard the first Anime I remember as being Anime was Project A-KO, and I first saw that around 1994 or so.

So does anyone remember series that aired here or were released on VHS that you’ve since realised were Anime? The only other obvious ones I can think of were Mysterious Cities of Gold and Ulysses 31.