妖怪人間ベム - Big in Italy
I found this weird anime from 1968. It’s called: 妖怪人間ベム or Human Ghost Bem. The art style is crazy, and it looks old as hell. Apparently, the only country it exported to was Italy (why?), so there is a lot of Italian nostalgia to be found. Here are some youtube links to the opening and such.
Youtube 01 Youtube 02 Youtube 03 Youtube 04
an italian page with screenshots of bloopers.
and a japanese site with a little info.
Recently, they even re-made the show with this updated version. It still looks weird. Oh, and to make the internet even weirder, the characters from Human Ghost Bem are on Second Life. What an odd marketing campaign. Does this work? or just freak people out.
Posted: November 26th, 2007 under Anime.
Comment from yogue
Time August 19, 2008 at 7:05 pm
hey, that was hugh in korea too. it was known as monster family. every men over 35(?) remember this one and even names of character!