Hong Kong in the 1980s: I’m the King of Anime

Thanks to Li You, Hong Kong comics underwent a revolution. Manga fans around the world began casually tossing around words like “Titan,” “Bankai,” “Shinra Tensei,” “Turtle Ki Blast,” and “alchemy”...

Thanks to Li You, the wuxia era ended early, and genres like tomb-raiding, supernatural powers, fantasy, and xianxia took the world by storm ahead of schedule...

Thanks to Li You, cute anime arrived ahead of time, and a whole generation of otaku showed up early, shouting that some anime heroine was their wife...

Thanks to Li You, the Red Alert battle theme rang out, Warcraft roared, Mario bonked mushrooms, and The King of Fighters fighters swung their claws...

Thanks to Li You, the age of movie franchises arrived early. The Ultraman Universe, the Zombie Universe, the Marvel Universe, the Pangu Universe, and many others were established.

Thanks to Li You, the world's electronics and semiconductor industries flourished, ushering in the electronic and internet age ahead of schedule.

After the new century began, countless otaku cried out: “The 1980s were Li You's era.”

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