Nostalgia: My Life As a Four-Year-Old Japanime Fan

Prince Planet was the proto-Anime cartoon hero and my favorite superhero at age four. His otherworldly power resided in his medallion but in every episode it managed to run out of juice, putting Bobby--that's his adopted earth name--in mortal peril. I remember once telling Mom that I would be back as soon as I saved Prince Planet. Then I tried to climb into the TV screen. When that didn't work, I screamed at Bobby to watch out and that I was really, really trying to get to him. I screamed for Mom, too, crying that I wasn't going to get to Bobby in time and that he really, really needed my help and she should get me into that TV asap.

Maybe I was feverish, but god he was cool. And definitely worth rescuing. His theme song was pretty kickass, too.