Instant History

Synopsis

Each three-minute episode features characters discovering significant historical events linked to that specific date. This series, which aired on Fuji Television, regularly incorporated photographs and video clips obtained from the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper. Furthermore, that same newspaper hosted Ryuuichi Yokoyama's ongoing comic strip at the time.

Background

Instant History was broadcast by Fuji Television and is considered to be the first anime series to air on television in Japan. The series was broadcast seven days a week when it first began airing, but it did not air on Saturdays beginning in October 1961.