Favorite Classic Anime

[Wolf Kanno]

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Been watching a bunch of older anime lately and getting nostalgic. So what are some of your favorite "classic" anime. I am also completely aware of the fact that I am setting myself up to feel really old when people start listing off series I watched in college as classic. ^^;

[Fynn]

Evangelion, Sailor Moon and Cowboy Bebop come to mind. They’ve all passed the ten-year mark, so that’s enough time for them to be a classic in my mind ;)

[Ayen]

Sailor Moon, Slayers, Record of Loddos War, Ranma one half, and Utena are the first ones to come to mind.

[WarZidane]

Ten year mark? Those three have all passed the twenty year mark too. :p

It's hard to really figure out when something's old enough to call classic, I'll just stick to pre-2000 stuff.

Gunbuster, Macross Plus, GaoGaiGar, all the pre-2000 Gundam series, Nadesico, Trigun

That's about all I can think of at the moment. Yes, I may be somewhat of a mecha fan. :p

[sharkythesharkdogg]

It's not my favorite, but one that I love is Dominion Tank Police.

New Dominion Tank Police was pretty solid.

I enjoy Dirty Pair, Bubble Gum Crisis, Here is Greenwood, Devil Hunter Yoko, stuff like that.

I recently came across Kimagura Orange Road, and it's cute and fun.

As for newer classics, Ninja Scroll, Bubble Gum Crisis 2040, Gun Smith Cats, Evangelion, Noir, Ghost in the Shell, ex-Driver, stuff like that.

[Lord Golbez]

Not sure what you actually mean by classicm. I didn't watch much anime beforencollege, so chances are most ones Ibwould think about are ones I saw in college. Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, and Evangelion top the list for me. Those probably aren't old enough to qualify as what you would consider "classic" but then I'm not really sure which animes do or if I've even seen them or care about them.

[Wolf Kanno]

Classic is whatever you think it is. :cool:

[Lord Golbez]

Well, I could easily classic anime referring to like 60s and 70s, but I don't know too much from that era that I've both seen and liked. Probably my favorite of that era would be Lupin III or something like that. I've also seen Speed Racer, but meh....

[Chibi Youkai]

The Slayers. So many fond memories of that series. Someday, I'll get around to making that Lina cosplay. Going to blame the eternal procrastination on those pauldrons.

The original Macross Saga has a soft spot in my heart, and if you're willing to go a little newer, Generator Gawl, as bad as it was, was also one of my younger self's favorites.

[Ergroilnin]

Oh god yes, I love Slayers so much. One of my very first animes and till today, one of my all time favourite (well the 3 main series, not so much the offspins).

[Rez09]

Sailor Moon and Kenshin were totally my jam as a kid, and I still like them today, even if Kenshin manages to embody almost everything I hate about anime.

The original Gundam is . . . so much better than I had expected, so that's up there for me.

Armitage III gets a lot of flak, but I love it a lot.

Ninja Scroll and Princess Mononoke are still fantastic.

Excel Saga, Digi Charat, and Galaxy Angel are gag series I am ALWAYS down for.

[cloud_doll]

Sailor Moon for sure! I just watched like a 40 minute youtube video that went through the entire anime storyline haha

And then Inuyasha. This is classic for me as it was the first thing I ever watched an adult swim way back when.

[sharkythesharkdogg]

The Slayers. So many fond memories of that series. Someday, I'll get around to making that Lina cosplay. Going to blame the eternal procrastination on those pauldrons.




Oh god yes, I love Slayers so much. One of my very first animes and till today, one of my all time favourite (well the 3 main series, not so much the offspins).

Oh ho ho ho ho!!! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbfaF5otJv0)

[Chibi Youkai]

Yes, even Naga's laugh. Which sounds almost the same in both Japanese and English. It's kind of impressive, actually.

[Cell]

no love for Cyber City OEDO 808, Dragon Half, Patlabor or Airbats?

[Chibi Youkai]

Can't say I've seen them, but will add them to the queue.

[Mr Gashtacular]

im not really an anime person and haven't seen all that many shows, but evangelion is one of my favorite all-time things.

i started with end of eva from a friend. i had no idea wtf was going on.

the whole franchise is in a big weird mess, with a bigger and weirder fandom, but i still love it for all its faults

[Chibi Youkai]

There are a couple episodes of Evangelion that I enjoyed, but Japan kind of burned me out on it. You couldn't turn around without seeing something Eva-themed. Even bars and pachinko parlors had Eva stuff.

[Mr Gashtacular]

Yep, that's part of the franchise mess. It's worse than The Simpsons merch in the 90s. People will, of course, buy anything :shruggo:

[Wolf Kanno]

There is actually an amusing YouTube video that asks the question: "Can you survive a whole month on just Eva merch?".

[Fynn]

I've seen it and it is glorious The answer is yes

[ShadowNINku]

Damn some of these are classic, and then are really CLASSIC

[Sarisa]

I just consider a classic anime to be a (usually) older anime that was decently popular, but there are some newer things I'd consider classics because the hype didn't die down when the next big anime came along. I'd consider SAO a classic even though it's relatively newer than most "classic" animes. I don't consider an old anime by itself to be a classic because old doesn't always equal good. I'd probably consider most of the Ghibli movies classics also.

As for my favorites though...that's tougher. I remember Sailor Moon & Digimon being some of the first animes I ever watched, but I think I have fonder memories of stuff like Pokemon (up through gen 3) and Yugioh (the original; GX was garbage and I unfortunately never caught up with 5Ds). I also got super into Naruto so I feel like that deserves a mention.

[qwertysaur]

Higurashi no Naka Koro ni is still one of my favorite series that I find myself going back to rewatch every couple of years.

[escobert]

Gundam Wing, Outlaw Star and .Hack//sign are my three all time favorite anime. I dunno if they're considered classic anime though.

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

Without picking a specific show, some of my favorite classic anime memories are stitched together commercials from Toonami. I remember back in the day there would be inspirational or motivational speeches or concepts attached to drum & bass music.

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[DMKA]

Sailor Moon, especially the first three seasons. :love:

[(the) pterodactyl king]

Attack on Titan and Geass are 2 of my all time favorite classic Anime.

[Whelming]

Initial D, one of my favorite classic anime. Since I love cars. And since I love it, I am also into knowing the helpful tools for my car. Just like my ObdLink LX Bluetooth Scan Tool https://bestobd2scanners.com/obdlink-lx-bluetooth-professional-obd-ii-scan-tool-for-android-windows-review/ that is really of great help.

[tidus79]

These are my favorites: Saint Seiya,Hokuto No Ken, Captain Tsubasa!