Suggestions - Good anime before 2000

bakum4tsu

bakum4tsu

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I like old anime but not that old, between 90 and 99 is ok. Older than that just if is a must see. I feel more than ever that old anime has a different feeling from the one nowadays, which is obvious of course due to a lot of things. I do enjoy some of the nowadays anime but still, i cant find good stuff like i did between 2002 and 2009 maybe.

So regarding before 2000, I've seen, Akira, Gits, Ninja Scroll, GTO, Cowboy Bebop, Dragon Ball (obvious), Rurouni Kenshin, Evangelion, Golden Boy, Initial D first stage, Grave of the fireflies, Barefoot Gen 1 and 2, Jin-Roh, Perfect Blue,Spriggan and I'm currently watching Outlaw Star and i still have to see Berserk. Yes i know i should have already seen this one. :mrgreen:

So can anyone give me good classic names to watch please? (before 2000)
 
Few off the top of my head, forgive me if they aren't what you'd call good....but hey, we all have different tastes!

3 x 3 Eyes
Black Jack the Movie
Bubblegum Crisis/Tokyo 2040
Burn Up W
Cardcaptor Sakura
Cat Girl Nuku Nuku
Dirty Pair Flash
Fushigi Yuugi
Gunsmith Cats
Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
Kimagure Orange Road OVA (1989)
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
Macross Plus
Magic Knight Rayearth
Martian Successor Nadesico
Ocean Waves
Pom Poko
Porco Rosso
Princess Mononoke
Ranma 1/2 (1989)
Saber Marionette J
Sailor Moon
Shadow Skill
Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie
Street Fighter II V
Tenchi Muyo!
Whisper of the Heart
You're Under Arrest!
X - The Movie

Edit: Removed the duplicate titles
 
Guyver
You're Under Arrest
Patlabor 1 & 2
Dominion Tank Police
New Dominion Tank Police
Bubblegum Crisis
Bubblegum Crash
Cyber City Oedo 808
AD police
Slayers
Rayearth
Appleseed
Vampire Hunter D
Trigun
Street Fighter 2 the movie from the 90s
Macross Plus
Landlock
Shadow Skill
any Studio Ghibli stuff from before 2000 will probly be ok some of my stuff has already been list but some has not ;P
 
I highly recommend El Hazard - The Magnificent World. An example of a "travel-to-another-world-fantasy" done right, with a proper romance at its core, lots of comedy and one of the most ridiculously satisfying endings ever. Ignore El-Hazard 2 and Alternative World though, they can't live up to it. There's a retelling called The Wanderers which is pretty good though.

DNA^2 is a lot of fun as well, it was popular enough to inspire the infamous SimGirls flash game on Newgrounds ;) Video Girl Ai from the same author is one of the best romances out there as well.

For a proper Sci-Fi/Space Opera, go for Crest of the Stars and its follow up Banner of the Stars. Great atmosphere, some wonderful dialogue and a terrific central pair of protagonists.

I can't recommend Now and Then, Here and There enough as well, it's one of the most harrowing shows I've ever watched, but I'm so glad I watched it. The main character's relentless determination got me through it.

Martian Successor Nadesico for sure, it's easily one of my favourites. The way it switches from comedy to drama is excellent and it has some really interesting things to say. GEKIGAN FLARE!!!!!! Ignore the movie though.

Finally, any of the old MangaUK stuff will usually be worth a watch for the dub alone. I'm talking Angel Cop, Mad Bull 34, AD Police files etc. Angel Cop even manages to quote Ian Hislop! (If that's justice then I'm a banana), you won't get that in dubs nowadays ;)
 
Some more stuff (maybe I repeated some titles from other suggestions):


60s

Tiger Mask
Cyborg 009
Judo Boy
Kamui the Ninja
Star of the Giants
Ogon Bat (most trash series ever)



70s

Future Boy Conan
Gundam 0079
Ashita no Joe
The Rose of Versailles
Galaxy Express 999
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
Lupin III (first series)
Kotetsu Jeeg
Space Battleship Yamato
Aim for the Ace!



80s

Patlabor (everything)
Area 88
Gunbuster
Gundam (almost everything)
Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise
Fist of the North Star
Space Runaway Ideon
City Hunter (first 2 seasons)
F
Cobra
Dr. Slump



90s

Nadia - Secret of Blue Water
Serial Experiments Lain
Patlabor (everything)
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Master Keaton
Infinite Ryvius
Now and Then, Here and There
Only Yesterday
Memories
Giant Robo
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team



Teo
 
There's not much more I can recommend.

I'll second Nadesico, You're under arrest! and Ah!(Oh!) My Goddess

I'll add or second

Riding Bean
Tenchi Muyo
Ranma 1/2
Bubblegum Crisis
Bubblegum Crash
Armitage III
Blue Submarine number 6
Black Magic M66
Dominion and new Dominion Tank Police
Fist of the North Star
Memories
Appleseed
Excel Saga (add Puni Puni Poemy to that even though it's post millenium)
All Lupin films
Any Ghibli
Record of lodoss and legend of crystania
Roujin Z
Slayers
Street fighter 2 The movie
Wings of Honneamise
 
Wow a lof of sugestions! Thanks!!

Yeah i forgot to mention that i would prefer action/violence/sci-fi but its ok. I know the name of a lot of them but never got around to see them. Tonight i will see all of your sugestions and see what are the ones that might interest me.

If anyone thinks that that great title has not been mentioned yet, just feel free to share with us.

By the way, this thread could almost work out as an important thread for anime before 2000 I guess.
 
bakum4tsu said:
By the way, this thread could almost work out as an important thread for anime before 2000 I guess.
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Most of the OOP anime is Pre Millenia. Not strictly but mostly. I was just thinking that (with a bit of a bend of the rules as it were) that info contained in one can answer questions in the other. Just a thought though.
 
Some lesser known, though no less brilliant titles for your consideration:

Photon: The Idiot Adventures
Dog Warriors: The Hakkenden
The Wanderers: El Hazard
Gokudo
Phantom Quest Corporation
Tsukikage Ran
 
@Yakumo

Thanks for those names.

I only heard about Hakkenden and Tsukikage Ran and as a samurai fan, i should have watched those two long time ago. I'll try them soon. Thanks
 
I've started Roujin Z the other day but I've stopped in the middle cause I was falling asleep. I still have around 20/30 minutes to watch but I dont feel like it.

Im planning to watch in the next days Riding Bean. I've seen some trailers and it seems ok.

I've seen Black Magic M66 and it was fun.
 
Love riding bean, but its only short. I found Roujin Z a little dull tbh.

I think all the titles I am gonna suggest are pre 2000 but sure somebody will be kind enough to point out if not

Knowing you like action & violence
Devil Man
Demon City Shinjuku
Ninja Scroll
Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust
Samurai X (although I can't remember it much, I seem to remember really liking it)
Street Fighter II: the Movie (might wanna wait for the Blu-ray release coming soon)
Battle Angel Lita
Goku Midnight Eye
Spriggan
Akira
AD Police
Cyber City Oedo 808
Angel Cop
Red Hawk
Berserk (Series)

Not sure i liked these but
Armitage III: Poly Matrix
Armitage Dual Matrix
Doomed Megalopolis
Black Lion
Pet Shop of Horrors

Others (not violent as far as I can remember):
Patlabor 1&2
Vampire Princess Miyu OVA (could be violent, I can't remember)
Mega zone 23
8 Man After
Black Jack OVA
Venus Wars
Darkeside Blues
City Hunter (I only like The Motion Picture but there are others and a series)
 
I've seen a few from that list and I already have a big list to see at the momen but Im gonna check some of those titles and add them to the list if I like them from what im gonna see through trailers.
 
bakum4tsu said:
I've seen a few from that list and I already have a big list to see at the momen but Im gonna check some of those titles and add them to the list if I like them from what im gonna see through trailers.
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Let me know what you think, when you watch them.
 
From your list I've watched Akira, Spriggan,Samurai X and Ninja scroll. Not much but I want to watch some in the over the next weeks.
 
Just saw Bio Hunter. A bit too much of monsters but it was ok overall.

My preferences are more like "real" things with action and blood.
 
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