Brilliance.

Even in the 80's, anime was far ahead of western animation.

This was before anime became a bit self-replicating and cloned-plot rampant in terms of story after the late 90's.

In this video alone, you can tell several things, even if you've never seen the series:

A: the focus is on the boy, who's personality is already showing

B: he has a friend who is very feminine

C: the dog and robot, secondary characters.

D: the rythm moves perfectly with the music and color. That is difficult to accomplish even with digital programs. this was made about 20 years before anything like Flash was invented. Imagine doing all of those frames by hand.

Very cool.