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The Robot Kingdom reduced to 5 trite archetypes:

• Origin : classic reality-be-damned designs
• Henkei : the transforming and toy-oriented
• Mecha : the "perfectly" functional
• Ningen : dressed in spandex and latex
• Comic : the snuggilicious

• 1944

  Nakamura Mitsuki is born

• 1966

  Ninja Hattori-kun (live action) debuts

• 1972

  Ultraman Ace debuts

• 1972

  Ninja Arashi debuts

• 1973

  Lionmaru ends

• 1973

  Devilman (TV) ends

• 1976

  Ninja Captor debuts

• 1979

  Gundam debuts

• 1981

  PLEX is born

• 1981

  PLEX is born

• 1984

  Chicken Takkun debuts

• 1986

  Spielban debuts

• 1989

  Granzort debuts

• 1995

  Gundam Wing debuts

• 2002

  Digimon Frontier debuts

• 2002

  Hikarian (2002) debuts

• 2004

  Tetsujin 28 (2004) debuts