


Instead, they usually repeated same stuff, repeated like a mantra in various places over the Internet, and reacted with hostility towards any counteratgument. So far most of "typical NGE fans" I have met myself in the past couldn't even explain in which way Eva was revolutionary. In modern times, reminding the phrase saying that "NGE deconstructed the mecha genre" became more like a buzzphrase used by people who don't know exactly whether, or - if yes - in which way this show had deconstructed the genre. Sure, it was influential as a show and it had few fresh concepts here or there, but it wasn't as revolutionary as its devoted fans, mostly blinded by nostalgia, claim it to be. My first thought: Neon Genesis Evangelion. Quite right, Instant History is most undoubtedly the first tv anime ever. This is likely the first TV anime ever made, predating Otogi Manga Calendar.

But it is not the first episodic TV anime because Otogi Manga Calendar predated when it started in 1962 and ran for 312 5-minute episodes until 1964.And before that was its prequel, Instant History, which aired in 1961, also for 312 episodes, but they were 3 minutes long.
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If by full length you mean 23 minute episodes, then yes Astro Boy is the first full length TV anime. Many think that Astro Boy was the first anime when in fact Namakura Gatana was the actual first anime and in itself was predated by the few second long Katsudō Shashin.Astro Boy was the first anime TV series with full length episodes (and a story).Toei had already made a few feature length movies with stories, but Astro Boy undoubtedly revolutionized the industry.And not just because it was the first full length TV anime, but also has an intriguing concept that got copied with future inspired titles, such as Dr Slump, and Megaman.
