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Any 80's & 90's anime recommendations?

AK-12

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I've recently found a Gunsmith Cats clip on YouTube and with that the series got my attention. The art style also gave me some OG YuGiOh nostalgia & since I am also an 80's, 90's fag and believe that all niche hobbies like games, weeb stuff and the net were better back then. Aside from the OVA I also found a torrent with translated manga.

Now I am in a mood for some stuff from the era that I wasn't able to experience. I already am planning to watch:
  • Serial Experiments Lain (1998)
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995)
I'm a sucker for some underground criminal & assassin stuff, but I also don't mind other stuff as long as it's enterntaining & interesting.

Any good recommendations would really be appreciated.
 

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Some of my favorites while growing up were:

Ranma 1/2
Oh My Goddess!
Yu Yu Hakusho
Tenchi Muyo!
The Slayers
Grave of the Fireflies
Escaflowne
Perfect Blue

This is a wide range of shows, but I don't believe they fit into what you're looking for.

A couple others that I don't remember well, but ate from that era:

Spriggan
Patlabor movies (there's tv shows too)
If I think of anymore, I'll post them.
 

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Gunsmith Cats is pretty good if you like badass girls doing badass things. Only 3 episodes so its a quick watch too
Also makes fun of the ATF so thats nice
 

Narbray

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well, I have seen very few anime from those times, I was looking and I really did not find almost anything

Sakura Tsuushin
this is one that I watched a while ago, when it occurred to me to see all Shaft studios anime
I have my doubts whether to recommend it or not :hibiki-chew:

Perfect Blue
this movie is a masterpiece:cultured:

Great Teacher Onizuka
I don't know why but I fell in love with this series completely when I watched it.
I expected it to be very bad and that all those chapters were boring, but I ended up finding a series that could easily be among my favorites and when it finished I wanted there to be more episodes.

FLCL
I know it's from the year 2000, but is very funny and curious, it has 2 new series that, if I remember correctly, they came out in 2017 that although they are fun they were not up to par for me.
I think this thread will work for me too hahaha
 

AK-12

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> Great Teacher Onizuka
> Perfect Blue
You sir have a very good taste. I watched them both and yes, thats what you call a masterpiece
 

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try some of these if you haven't seen them.


Macross
Votoms
First of the North Star (season 1)
Dirty Pair
Vampire Hunter D
Bubblegum Crisis
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Urusei Yatsura Movie 5: The Final Chapter
Gunbuster
Record of Lodoss War
Legend of the Dragon Kings
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor
Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files
Genocyber
DNA²
Fushigi Yuugi
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team
The Vision of Escaflowne
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Vampire Princess Miyu
Outlaw star
Trigun
Initial D First Stage
Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective
Shadow Skill
His and Her Circumstances
Crest of the Stars
Betterman
The Big O
Trouble Chocolate
Generator Gawl



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One of the main things that come to mind when I think about 80s & 90s anime is the violence in them was a lot more brutal. I haven't seen many pre-00s shows but the violent & gory shows i remember off the top of my head are

Violence Jack, Angel Cop, Urotsukidouji, Genocyber, Fist of the North Star and (the most obvious one) Berserk. I guess even akira might count but i don't remember it that well
 

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One of the main things that come to mind when I think about 80s & 90s anime is the violence in them was a lot more brutal. I haven't seen many pre-00s shows but the violent & gory shows i remember off the top of my head are

Violence Jack, Angel Cop, Urotsukidouji, Genocyber, Fist of the North Star and (the most obvious one) Berserk. I guess even akira might count but i don't remember it that well

There was still a couple shows with brutal violence in the 00's. Elfen Lied and Mnemosyne come to mind.

From what i remember it went out of style due to violent shows not selling well in Japan.
 

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I've always heard TV regulations got in the way of a lot of violence potential on television over in Japan; the death of the OVA market and the rise of the late-night slot probably contributed to anime toning itself down. Anyways:
Kite (1998)
Key: The Metal Idol (1994)
Megazone 23 (1985)
Hades Project Zeorymer (1988)
Iczer-1 (1985)


Are all less obvious ones of fluctuating quality that I've enjoyed. Also nobody recommended Cardcaptor Sakura? Are you people even lolicons?
 

Tsaine

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I'm a sucker for some underground criminal & assassin stuff, but I also don't mind other stuff as long as it's enterntaining & interesting.
Consider Juubee Ninpuuchou. I’ve seen a part of it on TV a long time ago and helplessly searched for it later, finding only Basilisk: Ninja Kouga manuscript. But that was a TV series, and though with a similar plot, only passable, while the original, that I was searching for, was more serious. Thanks to the damn ‘Merican translators, which give shows confusing names. I’ve found the film only now, while remembering it again.

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Surprised I don't see Armitage III in the thread.

iu


Feminism polarizes society and takes over Earth, much to the dismay of the many men who ventured to Mars to colonize it for Earth. There are not enough women on Mars to breed, and they're tired of the feminist shit anyway, so rogue scientists on mars illegally create a line of androids that are capable of gestation and child birth. Martian detectives Armitage and Ross begin an investigation into the origin and whereabouts of the illegal androids and stop their manufacture.

Borrows a lot from Bladerunner, sure, but cute lead and nice action. There was a sequel produced in the early 2000s, and has some decent action, but is otherwise very meh.
 

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Surprised I don't see Armitage III in the thread.

iu


Feminism polarizes society and takes over Earth, much to the dismay of the many men who ventured to Mars to colonize it for Earth. There are not enough women on Mars to breed, and they're tired of the feminist shit anyway, so rogue scientists on mars illegally create a line of androids that are capable of gestation and child birth. Martian detectives Armitage and Ross begin an investigation into the origin and whereabouts of the illegal androids and stop their manufacture.

Borrows a lot from Bladerunner, sure, but cute lead and nice action. There was a sequel produced in the early 2000s, and has some decent action, but is otherwise very meh.
"Feminism polarizes society and takes over Earth" and they're tired of the feminist shit anyway".
Just like nowadays but they're in America, UK, Europe, China and Japan for now...
 

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I'll throw in a couple,

Blue gender - 1999
Demon City Shinjuku - 1988
3x3 eyes
Couldn't find a trailer for this series.
Bastard!!
Mahōjin Guru Guru - 1994 - very underrated anime because it looks kid like, but was very funny back in the day.
Blue Submarine no6 - 1998
 
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