# Early Anime ID needed (70s/80s?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 4, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-anime-id-needed-70s-80s/243458 "2004-05-04T13:16:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![swannguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@swannguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swannguy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-anime-id-needed-70s-80s/243458/1 "2004-05-04T13:16:14Z")
Well once again I turn to my most trusted source on finding out what I’m looking for… I’m trying to find the name of a cartoon series that I used to watch as a kid in the Netherlands. It had a distinct anime feel to it, and I believe it was from either early 80s or late 70s. It might however have been french as well, but definitely had a anime feel to it… There were huge spacehips, travelling to different planets all the time. The 'heroes were a young boy, young girl, older boy and older girl accompanied by this robot. The robot looked a bit like an upside down pineapple (his body consisted of triangular ‘scales’) and a long pointy nose - he could fly and use his ‘scales’ as a weapon. The ‘villains’ were two clumsy guys - one very weasily and the other rather brutish with a big red nose (like an alcoholic). I believe there was also a spinoff were they all lived inside the human body, and their adventures were used to illustrate how parts of your body worked… Somebody please help me identify this cartoon/anime series… Thank you ---
**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-anime-id-needed-70s-80s/243458/2 "2004-05-04T13:56:54Z")
I think you mean the french series[’Il etait une fois…’](http://animeguides.free.fr/series/iletfoisespace/listing.htm). There were several series iirc including space, the human body and history. The dutch version was called ‘Er was eens…’ ---
**Author:** ![swannguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@swannguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swannguy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-anime-id-needed-70s-80s/243458/3 "2004-05-04T14:47:53Z")
Ah Yes, That’s the one… Thank you so much