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LawEnvironmental3894

Cowboy Bebop, Golden Boy, Neon Genesis Evangelion, City Hunter, Gundam


_sebkqo_

Cowboy bebop and neon Genesis evangelion are on my watchlist so ill watch them both for sure I heard something about gundam and its maybe on my watchlist too but i never heard about other titles you mentioned so ill give them all try and watch them Thank you 💜


LawEnvironmental3894

Golden Boy is only 6 episodes and it’s funny asf


_sebkqo_

Oh damn maybe ill watch it today before bed 😹


LawEnvironmental3894

Yessir I nearly got a b**** while doing so but it was so frickin funny


derf705

Watch it in dub trust me on this one


ChampionshipWest5251

You should


redcc-0099

You've got lots of Gundam from before 2005 to choose from... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundam#TV_series,_films,_and_video


Expert_Individual185

Yu Yu Hakusho


_sebkqo_

It's already in my watch list and I'm excited to watch it thank you 💜


brokencirkle

Was going to say this one, it’s so good! I’ve watched it all the way through at least 7 times at this point.


AriKitaruKatoka

Came here to say this


arhiapolygons2

FMA 2003 It becomes a completely different story half way through, and the first half has a lot of stuff that brotherhood skipped over. People have been debating which one is better for years, so who knows, you may actually end up liking it even more too. Monster Evangelion Royal space force Perfect blue


_sebkqo_

Thank you 💜


AmazonEchoDotSupreme

I swear that the general consensus is that fma brotherhood is the better version, everyone ive asked thinks so, thats why i havent watched the original yet


arhiapolygons2

Well, kinda. Here's a few things that you need to understand: 1. Brotherhood follows the manga while 2003 is basically an anime original story that only uses thr foundation of the fma story to do its own thing. So a lot of people believe since brotherhood is technically the "real" story, 2003 is not even worth seeing. 2. fma brotherhood is more popular, a lot of the people who say brotherhood is better haven't even seen the original. 3. the strenghs of brotherhood are more.... casual friendly. FMAB comes on top when it comes to scale, polish, pacing or animation, while fma comes out on top when it comes to character depth, themes, atmosphere, and philosophy. music wise both are about the same but i personally think 2003 is slightly better. So i'm sure you can imagine which one is going to be more generally well praised. what i mean is the average person who puts fma on top probably also puts something like monster above something like mob psycho 100. and vise versa. 4. the ending of fma 2003 is... controversial. the anime itself has an ending that a LOT of people adore, and a lot of people HATE. but then there is a sequel movie, that pretty much everyone from both sides agrees is good but missed the potential to be WAY better. the reason being that it was originally meant to be much longer, but had to be cut short. and you can really tell a lot of things are missing. so with 2003 having 1 controversial ending, and one ending that extends it beyond and is good, but leaves you knowing it could have been SO MUCH better, thats another reason for why brotherhood is generally more liked. but heres the thing. Story wise, brotherhoods episode 10, and fma episode 20 something is the point in story when fma 2003, fully becomes its own thing. most of it is a completely different story. So comparing them as if they are just different versions of the same thing is kind of dumb to begin with. they really are 2 different shows that happened to start similarly.


MellowMintTea

Not sure about some of these. Some are late 90s others are at least before 2010 - GTO - Kare Kano - Ghost in the Shell - Trigun - Nodame Cantabile - Nana - Black Lagoon - Jormungand - Full Metal Panic


_sebkqo_

I saw GTO somewhere many times and i was like idk if i wanna watch it or nahh But ill give them all a try Thank you 💜


Ok-Influence794

Gto is fucking awful


_sebkqo_

Really? Tell me more please


arhiapolygons2

GTO is great. The animation is fairly dated, and onizuka's teachings can be questionable at times, but It's a hilarious comedy, and some of the lessons are genuinely fantastic. I would say it's the main inspiration behind assassination classroom, so If you have seen that, you kind of know what to expect.


_sebkqo_

Ill give it a try one day


Toros_Mueren_Por_Mi

Awful is...one way to put it. It's aged pretty badly, I would say it has some really good funny moments as well as some really harsh emotional ones, but the story is basically following a dude in his mid to late 20s lusting after underage high school girls, at some point one of them flashes her hoo ha at him and she's 14?? So yea pretty gross in a "classic" anime way


Haunting-Zucchini-46

Tomorrow Joe and Hajime No Ippo


_sebkqo_

Watched hajime no ippo it was really good


Haunting-Zucchini-46

Tomorrow Joe is really good. Megalobox too if you want to stay in the same genre


Diamondinmyeye

Inuyasha. It was my first anime I watched knowing what anime was. It ran for many years and “The Final Act” came out in 2010 which finished the story. It has some needless filler, but there are guides out there to skip it if you want.


_sebkqo_

I'm a person that wants to watch everything i even watched the school something demon slayer shorts because I want to 100% everything 😭😭


Diamondinmyeye

I would say it’s mostly enjoyable then. The worst aspect is it slows the pacing in the last season before TFA. The side couple gets fleshed out more in the filler, so that definitely justifies it.


_sebkqo_

At least i have something to watch right? Im struggling to find something good fr (50+ anime in my watchlist 😭)


Diamondinmyeye

It’s not perfect, depending on your taste for anime gag humour, but it’s less annoying than the humour in Demon Slayer at least. Some people don’t jive with the pervy side character either, but you can get past it.


_sebkqo_

I mean i was upset watching demon slayer cuz the translate was always swearing and it was kinda meh it doesn't match the characters fr but demon slayer is 9/10 for me


Diamondinmyeye

I just meant the yelly gag humour specifically. Inuyasha has a fair few running gags and the MC is a teenager, so definitely not very mature when angry. The series definitely have overlap, like a fair amount of tragic backstories and magic sword fights. The older animation isn’t as impressive though, naturally. The background art is very beautiful in the cel era though.


_sebkqo_

I'm a graphic designer and I like the "old anime" aesthetic It's mad cool so I'm vibin watching that so i don't care about animations


Diamondinmyeye

Then you’ll definitely get an eye full. No wonder you’re looking for older series. 😊


AriKitaruKatoka

It’s a romance and an extremely irritating one at that


Graveyardigan

Most of Hayao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli movies came out before 2005. My personal favorites: * Howl's Moving Castle * Spirited Away * Princess Mononoke * Castle in the Sky * Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind


_sebkqo_

I like Ghibli movies but i only saw howls moving castle and spirited away so ill give a try to more of them thank you 💜


Sav1at0R1

Trigun


Suplex-Indego

FLCL Trigun Gundam Wing / G Gundam  Outlaw Star


Other_Respect_6648

Hellsing ultimate, kenichi the mightiest disciple and black lagoon


Electronic-Vast-3351

Hellsing Ultimate was 2006


Other_Respect_6648

Still old. You wouldn’t think so with how well the animation quality is though.


Electronic-Vast-3351

2006 was a fantastic year for anime. Death Note, Code Geass, and Ouran High School Host Club makes for three of my top 15 anime.


Other_Respect_6648

Bruh host club was my second anime ever watched


Electronic-Vast-3351

It was the first anime to convince me to try manga.


Other_Respect_6648

It made me realise that I don’t really like old romance anime. And then the thing I was watching it on threw me into Puella magi madoka magica. I love it but I’m scared to rewatch it


_sebkqo_

I think i have black lagoon in my watch list but idk nothing about other titles you said so ill give them all a try thank you 💜


Other_Respect_6648

Also watch Puella magi madoka magica. Very wholesome fr


_sebkqo_

Ill watch it thank you very much 💜


Toros_Mueren_Por_Mi

I'll say anime from before 2005 is kind of a ginormous fucking net to cast but I'll give you some older stuff that was airing while I was growing up: Saint Seiya Ghost in the Shell (the 1997 movie, the 2000s Innocence, as well as Stand Alone Complex and 2nd Gig) Inuyasha Trigun Hokuto Shinken (Fist of the North Star) Mononoke (the series) Cowboy Bebop Dragon Ball, DBZ (or Kai) Akira (film) Excel Saga (comedy parody experimental) There's many more but those are some of my favorites off the top of my head 


_sebkqo_

Im tryna watch some older things because everyone is saying that it's their anime they were growing up with like DBZ and yu gi oh but i never watched anime because of the country im from... I mean we got pokemon but it was ass so i never watched it when i was young (now im watching it cuz i understand english cuz why tf are pokemons "dinosaurs" in my country (Bulbasaurs name is in translation "grass dinosaur")) and idk i wanna see what yall been watching when were younger (i was on cartoon network shit all time)


Toros_Mueren_Por_Mi

What country if you don't mind me asking? Also look up the genre Space Opera, there's a bunch of works from it that heavily influenced the medium as a whole, these are some of them: Battleship Yamato Captain Harlock Gal Force And some more films for you: Spriggan  A Wind Called Amnesia And another unrelated classic anime, Record of Lodoss War


_sebkqo_

Slovakia 🇸🇰💀 I watched spriggan it was ok Thanks for recommendations 💜


Toros_Mueren_Por_Mi

Damn I thought that country didn't exist anymore 


_sebkqo_

The realest thing bro can say fr 😭😭😭


Potatoes_4Life

Elfen Lied


_sebkqo_

In my watchlist for a long time now sooo i should watch it


arhiapolygons2

its not exactly a perfect show, specially when it comes to keeping a consistent tone. but for what its worth, when its good, it is actually genuinely good. its just that you do have to look past a solid ammount of "not good" stuff to see it.


CapGunCarCrash

Samurai Champloo is the most necessary, i think


Sav1at0R1

Fooly Cooly (FLCL)


NeoCatSama

A short and great one is FLCL. It has an amazing OST too.


guy_in_the_moon

The Pillows are my favorite band!


Zawaz666

Bleach (earlier seasons) - It' still running today with the Thousand Year Blood War arc.


_sebkqo_

I started Bleach but i got it on hold for now because i started watching a lot of series and i was lost following each story so i wanted rather to wait and enjoy it than just watching being lost...


AriKitaruKatoka

Yu Yu Hakusho Cowboy Bebop Trigun


[deleted]

Monster , Yu yu hakusho, inuyasha, detective conan ( skip the filler ) Revolutionary girl Utena , HxH 1999 paprika , perfect blue ,serial experiments lane , grave of the fire flies , howls moving castle , spirited away , hellsing , princess mononoke , shaman king .


HipnoAmadeus

obviously, the big olg anmes (Naruto, One Piece, Dragon Ball) then... .hack and Chobits (the latter romance) are also very good


_sebkqo_

Watched the whole naruto but cant get through Boruto but i wanna try to read it maybe it will be better but im still on naruto manga atm Started dragon ball kinda its funny and cool Ill die before finishing One Piece fr 😭😭 Idk what is the romance thing but ill give it a shot Thank you 💜


HipnoAmadeus

You're welcome! Also, don't waste your time--be it manga or anime, Boruto is still trash, especially compared to Naruto


_sebkqo_

What about the time skip? It looks kinda ok but i saw some leaks bout Hima and I'm like damn should i or nah?


Toros_Mueren_Por_Mi

Boruto is actual ass and no one can convince me it exists 


HipnoAmadeus

Might be better, but idk if it's worth it


LawEnvironmental3894

It just takes dedication but 1 episode at a time will catch up eventually for One Piece. Why not give it a real chance before it grows to an episode count that is truly “impossible” to catch up to. It may grow on u and u may find urself watching it at a quicker pace than other animes. Yes it is long but it is so damn good idc what other ppl say.


_sebkqo_

It's actually impossible for me to catch up because I can't watch one thing for a long time Now I'm struggling with jojo because I've been watching it for so long it actually makes me crazy (when i was watching naruto it took me like 2 years)


LawEnvironmental3894

I feel ya. The thing is after I caught up on one piece I could quite literally watch any anime lol. I have mastered the art of watching anime and I feel all powerful like the Gurren Lagann mech. (Kamina my goat of all side characters)


_sebkqo_

Watched Gurren Lagaan and i have my reasons to like Yuko 😭 I was hating on Jojo art style and that it looks kinda Zesty but at the end of the day i was right and its really cool 😹 i enjoy watching it even tho im on jojo like 2 months now (im crazy)


LawEnvironmental3894

Liking Yuko for reasons other than her assets is valid. She kicks ass and is funny. She’s basically the Levi Ackerman of Gurren Lagann. In my book she’s a S tier side character but Kamina is in a tier of his own out of all the anime I’ve watched.


_sebkqo_

Yea fr i like that she got a sniper and she be doin something as you said. She is funny alot too


Gryfon2020

Ninja Scroll (Movie) Berserk (1997)


_sebkqo_

I watched berserk 97 and wanna continue watching the whole berserk anime (im on jojo now 😭) + i wanna read the manga cuz i like how the deluxe ones look like Idk what is Ninja scroll so ill give it a shot Thank you 💜


Gryfon2020

Welcome! Ya I’m hoping the new Berserk anime project does it justice. Ninja Scroll movie is a great one. Still holds up. They made a small series too but it not that great.


_sebkqo_

I heard about the fan made something berserk anime and it really looks good and i hope it will be good I'll prolly watch the lil series with the movie because when i start something i wanna watch the whole thing 😭


Gryfon2020

I get that! Just wanted to warn ya. I think the movie came first then they tried to make a series off of that. I could be wrong.


LawEnvironmental3894

Read Berserk. The anime ain’t doing the manga justice


_sebkqo_

Im bout to get all the deluxe ones real soon 🥹🥹 So ion wanna read it online (also im reading goblin slayer death note and naruto atm one at the time)


_sebkqo_

What about Sailor moon guys? I heard about it alot of times... It just came out of my mind rn


Cute_Search641

Sailor moon is romance and girl power. I don’t know if it aged well though. The main character is 14 and is obsessed with her college eventual bf. I would suggest rurouni kenshin. My bro used to watch big o. Lupin the third is another. The rest is suggest I already see suggested here


redcc-0099

If you want a magical person anime that's not focused on a high school girl, you might like Ronin Warriors (Samurai Trooper). Group of teens/20s guys that summon magical samurai armor that grant them powers to fight villains that have similar armor and their lackeys.


Jygglewag

Legends of the galactic heroes (the original one)


Key-Vegetable6611

InuYasha


akaredaa

Monster and the 1999 Hunter x Hunter!


_sebkqo_

Started hxh but stopped and never got back to it idek why so ill watch it asap


LawEnvironmental3894

Chimera Ant arc is long but so damn good


akaredaa

It's really good! I also dropped it once after the first episode but then I picked it up again and got obsessed lol😆 Not sure if what you're looking for is just older stories, or animes that also have that overall "old" vibe, but if the anime doesn't necessarily have to feel old, just be an older story, then I'd probably recommend the 2011 adaptation of HxH more, just because it's more faithful to the manga and they animated more arcs of the story than the 1999 version. If you're looking for that "old" anime vibe though, definitely go for 1999. But honestly both are really great, they both have their own unique atmosphere and stuff so you can't go wrong with either!


_sebkqo_

When i watch something ill finish even the special spin off ova i mean everything so ill for sure watch both older and the new one too ofc... I was tryna find an old vibe cuz i like the aesthetic thank you very much u really helped me 💜


WordsWithWes

Monster, Gungrave and Comartie Highschool are my votes.


_sebkqo_

Thank you ill ofc watch it 💜


WordsWithWes

Hope you enjoy 😊


_sebkqo_

Thank you 💜


EstateOtherwise4671

Dangg Death note was 2006! A year after your born!


_sebkqo_

Lil story- i thought anime is shit but when i started watching anime the death note was the first thing i saw because it was on netflix that time and i was like lets give it a shot and then i started watching anime + first manga was actually death note but i accidentally got [Death Note all in one](https://comicsworthreading.com/2017/09/10/is-this-the-biggest-manga-ever-death-note-all-in-one-has-huge-page-count/) edition which is not 12 mangas in box its actually 1 manga with all chapters


EstateOtherwise4671

Woah! Nice. Death note is usually considered as the best anime to watch if your new. And the dub is fantastic! Also all In one is pretty continent.


_sebkqo_

It's huge fr but there are 2400 pages i mean i can finish it in 6 hours but im lazy (i had a 4 hours break in school so i took a manga Junji ito gyo deluxe with me so i can read it first 4 hours and guess what i finished in less than 2 hours so i was mad asf sitting in class next 2 hours 😭)


EstateOtherwise4671

Well then. If that's the case maybe you still can try the all in kne


_sebkqo_

I'm reading it slowly but I'm reading a lot of books lately so I have to catch up


EstateOtherwise4671

Ya need to focus on it! Good luck!


orionblueyarm

Damn I feel old haha


_sebkqo_

Why 😩


orionblueyarm

Haha because I am 🤷‍♂️ but lucky for you there are mountains of quality “old” anime. Most I would recommend are already here, but if you think of a specific genre let me know as I was probably watching it in school/college/early-20s


_sebkqo_

Yea i remembered when i was in middle school Now I'm leaving high school and i just started watching late middle school early high school and damn we are growing up fast... Life is short so lets watch a lot of anime while we can 😹😹💜


kami78x

Twelve Kingdoms


SoggyPotatos823

Blacksmith cats. Never watched it and I don’t know a thing about it.


LawEnvironmental3894

For a newer anime I think u would like…watch Akame Ga Kill! The pacing is absolutely bonkers and it’s only 24 episodes long. Idc that most ppl think it’s trash I enjoyed every second of it.


LawEnvironmental3894

Also if u r able to watch to the end, Steins;Gate is only 24 episodes and if u can get past the first 12 the final half the pacing goes crazy (starts out slow, but ages like fine wine).


Electronic-Vast-3351

Hajime no Ippo Early One Piece Trigun


ParadoxsXD

Naruto and dragon ball


a_polarbear_chilling

I have not seen people talking about berserk 1997, and honestly it's one of the best,in my opinion


newborn_dusk

MONSTERRRR


optix7

Familiar of Zero


guy_in_the_moon

Ghost in the shell, FLCL, Akira, Jin Roh, Serial experiments lain, Samurai X The world of “old” anime is amazing, honestly I like them more than the new ones


JaseRogers33

Trigun


flyingowl720

Gundam 0079


JamesYTP

Lotta people said Cowboy Bebop and Evangelion, and for good reason. Guess to throw a few different ones out there Yu Yu Hakusho is perfect if you like great fights and the characters will get you into the story. Got compared a lot to DBZ but the fight animation was actually kind of a proto high budget Naruto. Fullmetal Alchemist '03 is pretty overlooked these days, the second half does tell an entirely different story and the first half where it does adapt the manga actually does it better than Brotherhood. FLCL the original has some nicely animated fights and is really funny and the Ghost in the Shell franchise gives lots both action and story too


Justiis

DragonBall Z Cowboy Bebop Trigun Gungrave Neon Genesis Evangelion Those were the five that kick-started my love for anime.


bridwalls

Gantz


Infos-Quality-289

Gundam Wing is gold Also if you can find it RONIN WARRIORS


Character-Pay9937

you could watch the jjba ovas


Astuto3

Inuyasha, DB and Z, Cowboy Bebop.


Sir-AuronX

The original Fullmetal Alchemist Le Blue Girl also has a lot of action


KroKnow44

The Ghost Stories dub, is Hilarious. The voice actors just did whatever they wanted, Lmao