Underexposed "Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin" (1986)

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One really really underexposed anime in the US is "Silver fang" (Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin, 1986), this was my first anime and it also really got me, it was even before i knew about anime/manga, I am not a good reteller of the story so read it on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginga:_Nagareboshi_Gin instead.

One of the reason it never got to the states is because the uncut version is rather bloody but it was targeted to a younger audience in japan, here is Sweden it was cut down and dubbed for a younger audience, originally 22(uncut, jap) episodes and cut down to 18 episodes because of all blood and death.

One of the reason it was really popular here in Sweden was it really got a epic story with strong feelings, they really did a good story and they did not dumb it down or hide what happens, as they usually do.

If you have seen the rather bleak sequel "Ginga Densetsu Weed" an liked it, Silver fang (1986) is way better, but a bit old-school.

It was released here in Sweden (and Finland) in a uncut box (proud owner!) in 2003, but i haven't seen any releases for the states.

I feel a bit sad for all Americans that it never was released in the states, because it really is a big loss for the US

If you cant find it you can search youtube "Ginga Nagareboshi Gin Episode 1 Part 1" or something similar, the series isn't even licensed in the US and probably never going to be, so you can find it on bittorrent from http://www.animesuki.com/series.php/350.html that only deals with unlicensed fan-subbed anime.

Hope it get picked up by AnimeTV and get more expousure in the states.