A kid with a toolbox fights alien invaders before anime even knew what it was. The action stops mid-punch for slapstick, then restarts like nothing happened. This is proto-mecha comedy built on the assumption that science can solve anything if you hit hard enough. Pyuta works because it never pretends to be serious, never stops moving, never lets you catch your breath between the gags and the explosions. Made in 1968, it feels like someone just gave a hyperactive child a camera and said "go make something weird." The show moves so fast it doesn't have time to age.

A young boy puts his scientific skills to work in the fight against a string of enemies. Fight Da!! Pyuta is a 1968 TV anime that ran for 26 episodes, and it mixes action, comedy and science fiction. The action comes from the battles, the comedy keeps the mood light, and the science is what the boy relies on each time he faces a new foe.