My Journey Through Animé: Episode 3

In 2007 or so, my interest in animé came back like the villains of Power Rangers. Speaking of that, it was Power Rangers that turned me on to animé again.

I learned that Power Rangers was a reproduction of a Japanese live-action series called Super Sentai. Power Rangers was made when American producers borrowed footage from Super Sentai and mixed it with American-made footage to conceal its Japanese origin. This trick was very successful, and so I, along with many other American kids, fell for it at the time the show was first aired.

My interest in Super Sentai and Power Rangers prompted me to do some research on Japan and the Japanese language. I have learned a lot since then, and the more I learned, the more enthusiastic I became about Japanese television shows and animé.

And now, finally, here I am, an official fan of Japanese cartoons, otherwise known as animé.