Meteo Xavier Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Evidently this is what gives my life its most meaning, so I intend to seek it out a little further. I already have Wrath of the Ninja, the Iria series, The Street Fighter II movie, Akira and Shinesmen, and this is, apparently the anime era I'm most interested in. I'm doing a huge trade thing at McKays in Knoxville and they usually have a lot of stuff from around this era. Any recommendations? I'm not really looking to indulge in a long series (anything that has more than 4 videos or volumes to it) but I have some time on my hands and I would appreciate any ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleck Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Fist of the North Star Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteo Xavier Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 Wiki tells me there are 109 episodes in that series. A good recommendation, as I had forgotten that name for a long time, but its a bit long for me. The OVAs look more interesting. Which one should I look for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. Guderian Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Limiting yourself to OVAs and movies really narrows the quality pool. You should post what genres you're into as well. There's also a ton of OVAs that are part of a larger story. Just as an example, fitting your criteria would be both Gundam 0080 "War in the Pocket" and Gundam 0083 "Stardust Memory", though they're both from the Universal Century (UC) timeline. The UC timeline starts back with the original Mobile Suit Gundam (1979), the classic Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985) ZZ Gundam (86-87). Victory Gundam in 1991 ends what there is for UC Gundam I can name merely offhand, the movie Char's Counterattack (1998-9) is a good movie but is enhanced by knowing a few of the relationships and terms, as it is the end of early-mid UC. I haven't personally seen Gundam F91, but I heard it felt very rushed so I can't recommend it. 8th MS Team is 1994, and is very good for standing its story alone in the UC timeline. As for what you're looking for, Gunbuster (1988) is 6 episodes from a brand new studio we now know as Gainax, which is probably some of the most concentrated goodness in 6 episodes thats really hard to match, a bit of fun, and bit of awesome. I wholly can't recommend that enough. Yoroiden Samurai Troopers and Dancouga I'd also recommend, they have OVAs, they're both late 80's, but they're both 36-ish and 50-ish episodes a peice. I can't think of more right now, but I'll surely be back. 13 episode shows were rarer back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoke39 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Bubblegum Crisis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abadoss Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Anything Miyazaki, really. Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta {1986} [Castle in the Sky], Tonari no Totoro {1988} [My Neighbor Totoro], Majo no takkyûbin {1989} [Kiki's Delivery Service]... those are just the ones in your year range. I know they're rather mainstream now, but they're really good films. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverCoat Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Shinesmen Try and find an OVA called Mad Bull 34. You won't regret it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedTigrr Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I would also add BAOH to that list as well. Riding Bean, Gunsmith Cats, Record of Loddoss War (the original series). These are a few that I can think of off hand right now. If I think of anymore, I'll definitely post them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteo Xavier Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 Limiting yourself to OVAs and movies really narrows the quality pool. You should post what genres you're into as well. There's also a ton of OVAs that are part of a larger story. Understandable, but I just don't have as much time as I used to, and it would be very hard to try and get into another large series. I barely even care much about stories either, I can just wiki that stuff. As far as genres are concerned.... I really don't know what I'm looking for. I know I get the most positive response when I see certain character designs like beautiful, multi colored villians with large cloaks and horns, combinations of fantasy and space elements, stilted animation, ridiculous fight scenes and energy beams and such... I'm not really into mech animes or realistic animes or anything. Mostly I just want to really rediscover that feeling I got when I started getting into JRPGs back in the early 90s and very, very trace elements of anime, whenever it was available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteo Xavier Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 I would also add BAOH to that list as well. Riding Bean, Gunsmith Cats, Record of Loddoss War (the original series).These are a few that I can think of off hand right now. If I think of anymore, I'll definitely post them up. Oh! I have Gunsmith Cats somewhere and completely forgot about it. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Try and find an OVA called Mad Bull 34. You won't regret it. My god, how can you recommend that? I've seen it, and it's nothing but gratuitous violence and gore, with minimal plot and characterization. The only reason you might watch it is for the comedic value of the dub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverCoat Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 The only reason you might watch it is for the comedic value of the dub. Yeah good idea that I forgot to mention, get the dub. It's actually a great dub considering the subject material of the show. Unlike most people though I genuinely enjoyed Mad Bull 34, because I watched it for what it was :3 Seconding Bubblegum Crisis also. Cyberpunk for the win. There's also good cyberpunk detective adventure game by Konami from around that time too, look for Snatcher for the Sega CD [you can emulate it with Gens fine]. You even have a little robot companion named Metal Gear <3 Also, look around for Project A-ko, Dominion Tank Police, Gall Force, and since you liked Akira I really recommend Roujin Z, a really good self-parody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brycepops Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Wiki tells me there are 109 episodes in that series. A good recommendation, as I had forgotten that name for a long time, but its a bit long for me. The OVAs look more interesting. Which one should I look for? That's only the first part. There's 152 episodes total. As for the OVAs...watch them ALL ._. If you're going to get into Hokuto no Ken, you better not skimp on anything. Also, lolbleckgotbannedagain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 This is my favourite era for anime too. People I know wonder why I watch "that old shit", but it's so full of charm, and the music is usually awesome as well. Big sucker for cyberpunk stuff, too. And, like-wise, I tend to stick to movies, OVAs and short series. The only big series I've watched to completion is Ranma. Some faves of mine: Bio Booster Armour Guyver, Appleseed OVA, Battle Angel Alita (1993, close enough, the american dub sucks so get the mangavideo dub if you can), Robot Carnival, and Ranma too. AD Police, Tank Police, Cybercity Oedo 808 and Project A-Ko stuff is all good fun too. Of course any Miyazaki stuff is great to watch as well. They're showing Howl's Moving Castle here over xmas, and I haven't seen that yet. Funtimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abadoss Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Of course any Miyazaki stuff is great to watch as well. They're showing Howl's Moving Castle here over xmas, and I haven't seen that yet. Funtimes. Howl's Moving Castle is one of my favorites, actually. I still can't believe that they pulled in Jean Simmons (not of KISS fame) to voice Old Sophie in the English dub. Pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziellink Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 How about Teknoman? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatar of Justice Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Evidently this is what gives my life its most meaning, so I intend to seek it out a little further. I already have Wrath of the Ninja, the Iria series, The Street Fighter II movie, Akira and Shinesmen, and this is, apparently the anime era I'm most interested in. I was going to suggest Iria, but you already beat me to it. Iria was my starter anime (Saturday Anime on Sci-fi back in 1997), and thankfully it has stood the test of time and I still find it good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abadoss Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I think my first anime was Robotech... either that or Ghost in the Shell... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rAnDOm_rOguE Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 How about Teknoman? Seconded, I got the full series of Teknoman (also known as Star Knight Tekkaman Blade) a while ago, since it was the first anime I ever saw when I was a kid. It hadn't aged quite as well as I'd hoped, but it was still a lot of fun to watch. Also, it's a couple of years earlier than you're looking for, but the Captain Herlock film The Arcadia of My Youth and the slightly earlier series are fun space opera that I still enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue123 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 What about Nausicaa? It's 1984, which is a year early but it's not a bad film... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halt Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I say Lupin the 3rd, Funny and awesome at the same time. :] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteo Xavier Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 What about Nausicaa? It's 1984, which is a year early but it's not a bad film... Are you expecting me to go "NO! Can't you fucking read!? Its 1985-1992!! Not any of this 1984 shit!!!"? Its cool, 1985-1992 are just numbers I put in for that general era. Nausicaa sounds familiar anyway, I'm going to look it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megaman1985 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I say Lupin the 3rd, Funny and awesome at the same time. :] Lupin III - Original run 24 October 1971 –26 March 1972 Lupin III Part II - Original run 3 October 1977 – 6 October 1980 Lupin III Part III - Original run 3 March 1984 – 28 September 1985 still a great series though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC Ricers Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, though I didn't get the backstory at the time, was enjoyable to watch from its action and especially suspense. It was one of the first anime series I acquired before using the net became popular, through borrowing videotapes from a fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampire Hunter Dan Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I'm going to step a little bit out of bounds here too..haha. I can't possibly recommend Giant Robo (7 episode OVA series, the last of which was delayed for a long time) enough. It has some quirks, but the music has inspired me to no end, and it's one of the most dramatic..anythings I've ever had the pleasure of viewing multiple times. It's quite vulgar, but I'm a *huge* fan of Ninja Scroll (film), as well as Wicked City. The Gunsmith Cats OVA series springs readily to mind, Bubblegum Crisis for the *fantastic* music (I'm honestly not a huge fan of the anime itself), and ditto for Macross II (not a big fan of the anime, as the art and animation are..a bit odd for me, but the soundtrack is simply unreal). If you like to go old-school OVA, then Outlanders and Iczer-One are both ones I found really fun when I was younger. Naturally, I'm a huge fan of the original Vampire Hunter D OVA, but I find it doesn't go over as well as the more recent film with most people. Also, though it again has its quirks, Record of Lodoss War OVA = a big yes from me. Macross Plus (4-episode OVA series) is..I can't even come up with words to adequately describe it. I'm also really fond of 8Man After, anything Dirty Pair, and 3x3 Eyes. I could spend forever listing things, because this is the era I grew up watching and just generally being obsessed with. Good luck in your hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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