Vintage Anime Thread

[joannekwan]

I LOVE Monster! I read it first, finished the whole manga series in 3 days, went out and bought all the volumes, and then watched a few episodes on TV. I really wish they'd come out with a complete dvd/blu-ray set though.

[Chuu]

I'm feeling so nostalgic looking at these omg most of you guys already listed my top favorites. ( Ranma 1/2, Slayers, Big O, Outlaw Star )

Here, I'll name two runners ups in case if they sound mainstream: Hellsing ( COOL VAMPS BLOOD EVERYWHERE ACTION SCENES RLLY NEATO GUNS A BLAZIN WOWEE ) and Tenchi Muyo/Universe ( Omg the harem that most kids had seen in the 90's--- THESE TWO SEASONS WERE SOILD )

Like space? Like comedy and cute character designs? Well Irresponsible captain Tylor is for you! Basically, you journey around space with this happy-go-lucky idiot. I think the anime came out in 1993 if i am not mistaken. BTW THE ALIEN PRINCESS IS HOT.

Look at that happy face on his jacket! Isn't he so adorable?

Now this one is really, really, really good. This here is called Soul hunter aka houshin engi
It has a huge cast of characters, a really good backstory and history of china-- and well-- the namesake I had when I first entered the internet! There is this villianness named Dakki and she is the bees knees. THE THEME SONG IS REALLY GOOD.

Now if you guys like shojo-- but well done shojo that captivates emotions quite nicely and it just feels natural-- you should check out Kare Kano aka His and Her Circumstances. I RECOMMEND THIS IF YOU LIKE JELLYFISH PRINCESS!!!!

Dang, I really just want to watch all of these shows all over again. Thanks guys. XD

[Menbung]

Oh yeah!, Soul Hunter is super good, how could I forget it?, Dakki was my love XD. I've been meaning to watch Kare kano! (mostly coz it was directed by Hideaki Anno), everybody says it's darn good. On a side note, also I should read some manga by Akiko Higashimura (jellyfish princess), she's so pretty and has an awesome style, sorry not sorry.

[J.Z.Castillo]

@Chuu SOUL HUNTER!!! I completely forgot about that anime! I never saw it in order or understood the plot when I was a little kid. Another one to add to the list!

[Kura]

@Chuu I still listen to the opening and Ending for Houshin Engi once and a while. Raishinshi was my favourite character haha! I was thinking of adding that one but decided against it because I didn't' care for the ending.

@apurviance Roujin Z was a really good one so I second you on that.

[Tentakustar]

AHH love this thread! everyone pretty much posted the ones I really liked anyway haha.

[Wolven_Sister]

Omg right?? It's so gosh darn good!! There's a channel on Youtube that has the episodes, they pitched the voices to they sound a little higher pitched, but it's all that's available from what I've seen around : ( I would love to buy it too! The backgrounds which look like they were hand painted, still hold up! And for the time it came out, very early 90s, the animation isn't half bad, considering cartoons at that time had really low budget animation.

[Wolven_Sister]

What???They had it on Netflix?? Where was I! If they offer it on Netflix or Hulu I'm definitely gonna binge watch it and pretend I'm a kid all over again haha!! omg, do you remember the opening song? Sooo addicting.

OMFG you're like the first person I know who has seen the Blue Seed anime! It's nice to know I'm not crazy or anything XD

[Wolven_Sister]

oh my jeepers yes! it's so hilarious!!

[J.Z.Castillo]

NAAAH Blue Seed's opening was actually the first song in Japanese that had me like "WHAT. IS. THIS?!?! I must learn these lyrics!!" lmao, I still know them today! Shall we reminisce?

[phen]

Let's get proper vintage, yo, Cyber City OEDO 808! This is actually something I found digging through PC Engine game soundtracks one night. My brother looked it up and found out it's a very stylish but very poorly dubbed anime (they took ridiculous liberties "translating" these lines -- check out the youtube link, WARNING!! which has pretty hardcore language, oh my god).

[J.Z.Castillo]

LMFAO!!! Gotta love them 90s dubs! This looks awesome!!! I'll add it to my list!

[zaksimmondshurn]

Giant Robo: The Day the Earth stood still.

I picked up a Dutch DVD of this in a bargain bin at Schiphol airport. I remembered that Joe Mad was inspired by GR when he designed Callibretto for Battle Chasers (one of my favourite comics), so it was a curiosity purchase, but man, it was amazing! I've never seen an english Dub, so I'm not sure exactly what's even going on in it, but the amimation, designs, art style and action are so on point that it's incredibly enjoyable nonetheless.
I've no idea where you can watch it, but if you find a dub anywhere, please let me know!

[6ooey]

I'm not sure if OVAs fall under the category as well, but I'd like to put out one of my faves which is the 1993 adaptation of Black Jack. Now this isn't in your typical Tezuka style either, it's more mature-ish but it still follows the plot and takes inspiration from some of the manga chapters for each episode (12 total+ a movie).

For those who don't know, Black Jack is an "unlicensed" surgeon but he's done a lot of miraculous surgeries which makes him a legend in the medical field. He pretty much goes all out to help their patients out as well.

The animation is just so GOOD. I like to rewatch it annually. x)) The other anime adaptions of Black Jack are very nice as well, but those were made after 2000.

Also another one of my faves is Shadow Skill: Eigi. it has one of my fave openings and my god the fighting scenes are just awesome + BEST GIRL MC

Shadow Skill is about these fighters who fight for the title "Sevaar" which is pretty much 'the strongest warrior in the land'. Focuses on a warrior name Elle Ragu (nicknamed Shadow Skill) and her brother Gau. If you're gonna check this out I highly suggest watching this series first cause it's the best amongst the ovas.

[TheVoidchildProject]

Let's get proper vintage, yo, Cyber City OEDO 808! This is actually something I found digging through PC Engine game soundtracks one night. My brother looked it up and found out it's a very stylish but very poorly dubbed anime (they took ridiculous liberties "translating" these lines -- check out the youtube link, WARNING!! which has pretty hardcore language, oh my god).

OMG, I watched so much (of the same three episodes that I owned) of Cyber CIty Oedo 808.

As for classics, I don't know how well known this one was. A three-part OAV.

Detonator Orgun

Basically the anime that opened me up to mecha. Nothing partiulcar about the story. Dude in future-tokyo dreams big, lives small. One day a super awesome robot (Orgun) comes to town and brings with it an evil super awesome robot that starts tearing stuff up. Dude + ORgun rips evil super awesome robot a new one and a battle for earth starts after that. Some wonderful melodrama in this one.

Trigun

Trigun is Trigun. Awesome western-sci-fi and pressure cooking on melodrama! RIP Wolfwood and thanks for the anime feels.

Dominion Tank Police

A anime cop show about cops in the future driving tanks, which usually leads to massive collateral damage. Followed up by the show "New Dominion Tank Police". I still have these VHS'.

Appleseed

Kind of similar in style to Dominion Tank Police.I remember loving the dynamic between the two main characters.

Now, let's go reeeeaaally far back:

Starzinger

This one I grew up on and watched as a kid. It's called Starzinger in Sweden, wher I live. But I think in the US it was called Spaceketeers or something. However, this one is responsible for the earliest feels in my life and I still appreciate it to this day. I mean, it had grown mean expression powerful emotions, crying their hearts out over tragedies. I'd never seen that in any cartoon before, and it stuck with me. The action was really good for it's time andt the music... oh my god the music... Youtube that sh*t right now!

Other honorable mentions that have been brought up here are Kenshin and slayer.

[Inspector_Spinda]

YES! I LOVE LUPIN! I adored green jack and Mystery of Mamo. I have the whole manga collection

[Inspector_Spinda]

Black Jack is the best. I like the ovas. Young Black Jack was disappointing, but ok

[Inspector_Spinda]

OMG! 20th century boys is my fav manga and monster is my favorite anime! second only to lupin iii

[Cherry_sama]

I am upset that nobody has brought up Escaflowne yet, SO I WILL!

This one is one that ran around the same time as Pokemon did (when it first aired), and I think it probably shouldn't have been on the same time slot because this show is not for kids--teens at the youngest! XD

It's a Girl-Gets-Sucked-To-Another-World story done right because the world she goes to is at WAR. It's a medieval fantasy with steam-punk mecha, a memorable cast of characters, and the atmosphere is to DIE for (made male choirs cool before Skyrim did). Some people get lost in Harry Potter, I get lost in Escaflowne.

Though, I have to warn you, the show was apparently supposed to go for two seasons, but only got one. So, they very obviously crammed a lot of stuff into the second half of the show to finish the story. Like, as soon as they go to a place called the Mystic Valley, you can say the show jumped the shark. Not that there isn't good stuff in the second half, but it just wasn't as solid as the first half. Also, the ending is complete bull. The end of the Escaflowne Abridged series is my head canon for what happened because the actual ending was so frustratingly dumb.

But the fact that I'm still recommending this series despite these big flaws should say a lot about my respect for it. I love how every time I watch it, I noticed new details--definitely a show to watch more than once. Also, they're apparently going to redub it soon, so that's something to look forward to.

[6ooey]

yea I think that Young Black Jack is prolly the weakest adaption among the other Black Jack anime that came out. I still enjoyed it though