Top Striker isn’t very good, yet it has its charms. It often feels like a weird hybrid of World Masterpiece Theatre and a sports anime. A big part of this is due to it being a Nippon Animation production, but the design by Nobuhiro Okasako comes across as an odd choice. While, to my knowledge, … Continue reading "1990’s TV Anime – Top Striker Episode 1 (1991)" The post 1990’s TV Anime – Top Striker Episode 1 (1991) appeared first on AWESOME ENGINE.
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