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Recommend Anime gems from the 80's
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Gunbuster (6 episode OVA): probably one of the best mecha animations ever made with the agreeably most impressive and powerful ending in the whole medium. Don't let the beginning fool you, it just shows-off the concepts behind the characters' motivations and their personalities.
Patlabor (TV series): amazing police show with a really human background behind the whole mecha fanfare. The movies are excellent, if not even better, too.
Captain Harlock (TV series), space-opera by the best mangaka the genre has ever seen.
Peter Pan no Bōken (TV series), incredible un-canon but extremely fun adaptation of the classic book. The animation gets brilliant at times.
You should also check out most Ghibli movies during this era.
Patlabor (TV series): amazing police show with a really human background behind the whole mecha fanfare. The movies are excellent, if not even better, too.
Captain Harlock (TV series), space-opera by the best mangaka the genre has ever seen.
Peter Pan no Bōken (TV series), incredible un-canon but extremely fun adaptation of the classic book. The animation gets brilliant at times.
You should also check out most Ghibli movies during this era.
DarknessTear
Banned
Ranma
Witchfinder General
punched Wheelchair Mike
Lensmen (If you can find it)
Fist of the North Star
Marzinger Z
Devil Man
Starblazers
Fist of the North Star
Marzinger Z
Devil Man
Starblazers
Rahxephon91
Banned
Gundam Zeta..
Sweedishrodeo
the smegma spreader
Lensman
kind of like star wars. its totally amazing.
kind of like star wars. its totally amazing.
Whimsical Phil
Ninja School will help you
This is by far the most correct answer. I am proud to own the entire series on DVD. It may have taken AnimEigo a decade to get it out, but they finally did it!MattKeil said:
Space Runaway
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<==Space Adventure Cobra tv series
Macross(If you somehow missed it)
Golgo 13: The Professional
Maybe mecha stuff like Megazone 23, Sasuraigar or Dolbuk?
Macross(If you somehow missed it)
Golgo 13: The Professional
Maybe mecha stuff like Megazone 23, Sasuraigar or Dolbuk?
rollingstart
Banned
Hokuto no Ken!
70's/80's anime is awsome, there are so many scenes that are drawn out to fill up time and so many reused scenes.
70's/80's anime is awsome, there are so many scenes that are drawn out to fill up time and so many reused scenes.
Phantast2k
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please watch Future Boy Conan. It's from 78, but I don't care..
It was directed by Ghibli's Miyazaki and Takahata
It was directed by Ghibli's Miyazaki and Takahata
Locke the Superman
Record of Lodoss War [Not 80s but it did show up as an OVA in 1990, close enough!]
Bubble Gum Crisis [my fav of the bunch]
Also another vote for Devil Man
Record of Lodoss War [Not 80s but it did show up as an OVA in 1990, close enough!]
Bubble Gum Crisis [my fav of the bunch]
Also another vote for Devil Man
Walter Matthau
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Wicked City is very 80's
Also: Golgo 13
Also: Golgo 13
SonicMegaDrive
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I can watch just about anything from the 80's. Everything just seemed fun and original back then.
A far contrast to how things seem today.
My favorites from that era:
Maison Ikkoku(Takahashi's best, no doubt)
Urusei Yatsura(just as great, for different reasons)
Kimagure Orange Road(Just solid storytelling)
Zeta Gundam
Hokuto no Ken(You Wa SHOCK!)
Dirty Pair(anything, really)
City Hunter(particuarly the first two seasons)
Aura Battler Dunbine(A commercial flop in America because of it's age, but it's oh, so good. At least, I think it is. I can't seem to locate the impossibly rare final volume. =( If somebody has a copy of it, please PM me
)
Bubblegum Crisis(if only for the first few OAVs. Cyberpunk anime at it's best.)
Also, just about any obscure OAV or film from that period. Ariel, Tank Police, Genocyber, Appleseed, Black Magic, Windaria, Girl From Phantasia, Golgo, Iczer-1, Harmageddon...I'll watch just about anything from that era. Even the 'shit'. :lol
A far contrast to how things seem today.
My favorites from that era:
Maison Ikkoku(Takahashi's best, no doubt)
Urusei Yatsura(just as great, for different reasons)
Kimagure Orange Road(Just solid storytelling)
Zeta Gundam
Hokuto no Ken(You Wa SHOCK!)
Dirty Pair(anything, really)
City Hunter(particuarly the first two seasons)
Aura Battler Dunbine(A commercial flop in America because of it's age, but it's oh, so good. At least, I think it is. I can't seem to locate the impossibly rare final volume. =( If somebody has a copy of it, please PM me
)Bubblegum Crisis(if only for the first few OAVs. Cyberpunk anime at it's best.)
Also, just about any obscure OAV or film from that period. Ariel, Tank Police, Genocyber, Appleseed, Black Magic, Windaria, Girl From Phantasia, Golgo, Iczer-1, Harmageddon...I'll watch just about anything from that era. Even the 'shit'. :lol
teruterubozu
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Dr. Slump
oh yes
Kimagure Orange Road and Maison Ikkoku
two of my alltime favorites.
also (of course) zeta gundam
and legend of the galactic heroes also started in the 80s i think
Lupin the 3rd TV series is great too
the characters back then had so much charm and charisma
todays often feel empty compared to the ones back then :/
Kimagure Orange Road and Maison Ikkoku
two of my alltime favorites.
also (of course) zeta gundam
and legend of the galactic heroes also started in the 80s i think
Lupin the 3rd TV series is great too
the characters back then had so much charm and charisma
todays often feel empty compared to the ones back then :/
Tyrone Slothrop
Banned
its really weird to think inuyasha is from the same creative mind that would make something as down-to-earth as maison ikkoku. (which i too recommend)
as for overlooked 80's anime, check out moto hagio's They Were Eleven. if youre into romantic girly stuff, not the blood n guts DBZ stuff
as for overlooked 80's anime, check out moto hagio's They Were Eleven. if youre into romantic girly stuff, not the blood n guts DBZ stuff
IfAllElseFailsUseFire
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captain harlock (leiji matsumoto) and ranma 1/2 (rumiko takahashi)
I nearly stopped watching Yawara after the fan-service comedic first episode, but if you stick with it, it is a great show with a relatable cast of characters. I really like how you feel like you grow up with her. The first episode, she's in jr high, but by the end of the series, she's in college. It's quite a fun journey.
My contribution to the thread:
銀河英雄伝説 (Legend of Galactic Heroes)
Space opera at its finest. Anything from one-sided, this shows very human characters caught up in a massive war. Sometimes an episode will focus on one side, and the next two episodes will be on the other. It's complicated and incorporates all sorts of grey areas - it's not simply the good guys vs the bad. One of the best shows ever made.
My contribution to the thread:
銀河英雄伝説 (Legend of Galactic Heroes)
Space opera at its finest. Anything from one-sided, this shows very human characters caught up in a massive war. Sometimes an episode will focus on one side, and the next two episodes will be on the other. It's complicated and incorporates all sorts of grey areas - it's not simply the good guys vs the bad. One of the best shows ever made.
karasu
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Tsubaki said:My contribution to the thread:
銀河英雄伝説 (Legend of Galactic Heroes)
Space opera at its finest. Anything from one-sided, this shows very human characters caught up in a massive war. Sometimes an episode will focus on one side, and the next two episodes will be on the other. It's complicated and incorporates all sorts of grey areas - it's not simply the good guys vs the bad. One of the best shows ever made.
That sounds amazing.
chibcicylist
Banned
7Th said:
Seconded.
The Snow White noncanon anime was pretty cool, too.
Great Rumbler
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7Th said:
Definitely, and don't forget the two movies directed by Mamoru Oshii.
Also, Robotech. Or Macross, if you prefer the original.
krypt0nian
Banned
Phantast2k said:please watch Future Boy Conan. It's from 78, but I don't care..
It was directed by Ghibli's Miyazaki and Takahata
Listen to this!
ALSO: Armored Trooper VOTOMS!
Yep, this and Maison Ikkoku show how anime endings/epilogues should be done.Phantast2k said:please watch Future Boy Conan. It's from 78, but I don't care..
It was directed by Ghibli's Miyazaki and Takahata
I really liked Megazone 23 for the really nice character designs by Toshihiro Hirano (Iczer-1, Dangaio, etc.). In fact, I really liked that time in anime and US localizations (US Renditions, early AnimEigo, etc.), when we were getting stuff like the (unedited) Gunbuster, etc. Cool clamshell packaging, too (I hate cardboard slipcases).
For something strange, check out Project A-ko. What makes this kinda unique is the English soundtrack... some of it is worse than Tiffany singing at a mall food court, but it gives this anime a unique touch regardless.
SlaughterX
Banned
karasu said:
Good you listened to that recommendation, Gunbuster is indeed amazing. As I said in the Spring Anime Thread Diebuster is also pretty impressive, specially if you've seen the prequel before, and takes that already incredibly emotive conclusion to a whole new level of involvement.
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Le petit castor
Tao Tao
Unbelievably awesome. I doubt you can find any of them in English sadly, and they are all long running series (the musketeers one is an actual continuous story line, it's the one I recommend the most, the rest is more for kids).
Le petit castor
Tao Tao
Unbelievably awesome. I doubt you can find any of them in English sadly, and they are all long running series (the musketeers one is an actual continuous story line, it's the one I recommend the most, the rest is more for kids).
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