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Vintage fans of Anime

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Did you grow up on Speed Racer, Star Blazers or Robotech?

Then this might be for you.

Rules:

1> Vintage is in the eye of the beholder but probably pre 2000s is a safe bet.

2> Discussion of new release of old shows is welcome

3> Discussion of unofficial releases should be limited to shows that are not currently available outside of Japan otherwise.

4> Have fun!

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80s Animes (self.oldtaku)
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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 2 years ago

Fist of the North Star and Akira are the only two I specifically know are from the 80's and also kick ass.

[–] peron 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Loved this series back in the late 80s!

In a dystopic and cyberepunkish Tokyo, IA robots are getting rogue. Perhaps that pesky technological GENOM corporation has something to do with the issue.

Bubblegum Crysis (1987) Dir. Katsuhito Akiyama

Awesome aesthetics and mechanical design: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbqlEUu3sSY

Great chases and music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9_zfJ153q8

Charismatic characters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKlxIAa5Tsg

In my country several pirated episodes were distributed with adhoc subtitles and spanish dubbling. Sadly the original series was never finished, but it inspired a complete anime series under the same premise.

[–] peron 1 points 2 years ago

There is this funny cop show, "You're under arrest". (Taiho Shichauzo) It got into animation media on the mid 90s, but its based on a 80s manga.

Two female cops and many funny characters, and great vehicle chases.

https://toobnix.org/w/f6yRpEEx2UYmTPBMFgDeo4

[–] Duckef@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Legend of the galactic heroes

The mysterious cities of gold

[–] xyzzy@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I think anime animation quality peaked in the 1980s. There have been great ones before and after, but I've watched a lot from this period and I think the most impressive series (as far as animation quality goes) might be Zeta Gundam. The visual quality in a TV series is just unreal!

[–] retroryu@mastodon.social 2 points 2 years ago

@xyzzy @peron

I think I would have to agree that overall the best anime comes from the 1980s. I also think there was some great stuff in the 90s and very early 2000s as well before anime started becoming a seasonal thing to watch online.

[–] hitagi@ani.social 3 points 2 years ago

I'm currrently watching Gunbuster.

[–] Vamanos@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Earliest anime memory was vampire hunter d on tbs. I still have a soft spot for that movie.

[–] peron 1 points 1 year ago

Mine was Mazinger Z. At the time it broadcasted, all we have was these naive 1930s/40s american Merry Melodies, or Hanna's Barbera Yogi bear. Watching a japanese dude driving that gigantic colorful robot, and fight a mechanical monster by the name of "Genocidal R-4", who destroys entire cities, was pure insane. It was a funny show for the age I watched it.

[–] peron 1 points 2 months ago

I got the DVD release of Royal Spacial Force, "The Wings of Honeamise".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpHPizOiRbE

Just check it out!