>browse older anime from 80s and 90s>has Italian dub>has original OP song in Italian >it's italo-disco or something akin to ithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=celEq_E4NcgWhat possesed Italians in the past?
>>291954095I'm glad anime is popular in Italy but I wonder why it happend. Even boomers knows Lupin, Mazinga and other stuff
>>291954159It was cheaper to license than US cartoons.
>>291954095>>291954159>>291954425Prego, amico.
>>291954482That's papa Berlusconi!But what does he have to do with that
>>291954528When he was CEO of some TV station he brought a crap ton of anime to Italy because >>291954425. He pretty much is the reason anime is popular in Europe, as all eupean dubs. dubbed over the Italians one.
>>291954095Ah yes, my favorite anime. Chicho Terremoto.
>>291954482anime were already in local tv before him.
>>291954095i fucking miss Mitico, i still have the entire dr slump run>>291954095you know how american localizers will ruin anime dub/subs with their fanfics and smarmy attitudes? italy has the opposite problem where many dubs are directed by one autist who wants everything to be fathful 1:1, making the works nigh unintelligible.many old dubs also had really akward name changes but at least we had dynamic italia doing some crazy good dubs in the 90s.
