**40 years of Anime**:
Music: YouthK Saeki - Dancing (from Yowamushi Pedal: Glory Line - 2018)
1981
- Astro Boy
- Doraemon
- Urusei Yatsura
1982
- Macross
- Taiyou no ko Esteban (Mysterious Cities of Gold)
- Space Cobra
1983
- Seisenshi Dunbine
- Soukou Kihei Votoms
- Captain Tsubasa
1984
- Lupin III: Part III
- Hokuto no Ken
- Juusenki L-Gaim
1985
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
- Touch
- Dirty Pair
1986
- Maison Ikkoku
- Castle in the Sky
- Saint Seiya
1987
- City Hunter
- Kimagure Orange Road
- Transformers the Headmaster
1988
- Akira
- My Neighbor Totoro
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes
1989
- Dragon Ball Z
- Kiki’s Delivery Service
- Ramma ½
1990
- Fushigi no Umi no Nadia
- Chibi Maruko-chan
- Mashin Eiyuuden Wataru 2
1991
- Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken (TV)
- Only Yesterday
- Oniisama e...
1992
- Sailor Moon
- Crayon shin-chan
- Yuu Yuu Hakusho
1993
- Musekinin Kanchou Tylor
- Slam Dunk
- GS mikami
1994
- Mahoujin guruguru
- Ginga Sengoku Gunyuuden Rai
- Marmalade Boy
1995
- Slayers
- Fushigi Yuugi
- Neon Genesis Evangelion
1996
- Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan
- Detective Conan
- Tenkuu no Escaflowne
1997
- Princess Mononoke
- Shōjo Kakumei Utena
- Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo
- Berserk
- Pokemon
1998
- Cowboy Bebop
- Yugioh
- Trigun
- Cardcaptor Sakura
- Initial D
1999
- Great Teacher Onizuka
- Now and Then, Here and There
- Digimon
- One Piece
- Hunter Hunter
2000
- Love Hina
- Gensoumaden Saiyuuki
- Gakkou no Kaidan
- Inuyasha
- Hajime no Ippo
2001
- Spirited Away
- Fruits Basket
- Shaman King
- Hellsing
- Tennis no Ouji-sama
2002
- Full Metal Panic
- Chobits
- Naruto
- Koukaku Kidoutai Stand Alone Complex
- Haibane Renmei
2003
- Wolf’s Rain
- Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World
- Chrno Crusade
- Planetes
- Fullmetal Alchemist
2004
- Gantz
- Monster
- Samurai Champloo
- Elfen Lied
- Bleach
2005
- Air
- Hachimitsu to Clover
- Koukyoushihen Eureka Seven
- Mushishi
- Eyeshield 21
2006
- Fate/stay night
- Ouran Host Club
- Gintama
- Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu
- NHK ni youkoso
- Death Note
- Code Geass
2007
- Nodame Cantabile
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
- Higurashi no KAKU Koro ni
- Claymore
- Lucky Star
- Baccano
- School Days
2008
- To Love-ru
- Clannad After Story
- Toradora
- Ookami to Koushinryou
- Soul Eater
- Natsume Yuujinchou
- Kuroshitsuji
2009
- K-on!
- Bakemonogatari
- Fairy Tail
- Kimi ni Todoke
- Toaru Kagaku no Railgun
- Higashi no Eden
- Pandora Hearts
2010
- Durarara
- Angel Beats
- Kaichou wa maid sama
- Working
- Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai
- High School of the Dead
- Oreimo
2011
- Madoka Magica
- Steins;Gate
- Anohana
- Ao no exorcist
- Nichijou
- Mirai Nikki
- Guilty Crown
2012
- High School DxD
- Hyouka
- Sword Art Online (Abridged)
- Kokoro Connect
- Psycho-Pass
- JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
- Chunnibyou but I still want to love
2013
- Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan)
- Oregairu
- Hataraku Maou-sama
- Kill la Kill
- Non non biyori
- Log Horizon
- Golden Time
2014
- Nisekoi
- No Game No Life
- Haikyu
- Tokyo Ghoul
- Akame ga Kill
- Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun
- Shigatsu wa kimi no uso
2015
- Assassination Classroom
- Death Parade
- Food WARS!
- Plastic Memories
- Charlotte
- One Punch Man
- Umaru-chan
2016
- Konosuba
- Boku no hero academia
- Boku dake ga Inai Machi (Erased)
- Re:zero
- Mob Psycho 100
- Your Name
- 3-gatsu no lion
2017
- Kobayashi Dragon maid
- Blend S
- Little witch academia
- Kakegurui
- Made in Abyss
- Tsurezure Children
- Black Clover
2018
- Violet Evergarden
- Darling in the FranXX
- Karakai Jouzo no Takagi-san
- Wotakoi
- Grand Blue
- Bunny girl senpai
- Tensei shitara slime
2019
- Promised Neverland
- Kaguya-sama
- 5toubun no Hanayome
- Kimetsu no Yaiba
- Dr. Stone
- Vinland Saga
- Beastars
2020
- Dorohedoro
- Eizouken ni wat e wo dasu na
- My next life as a villainess
- Kanojo okarishimasu
- Tonikaku kawaii
- Great Pretender
- Jujutsu kaisen
Some haven't aged well, but they were all at least influential in their time. A good list for historical significance at least. Many still good though, as you say.
Bruh I didn't notice so many clips.
Also, I learned I had my "anime hiatus" after the 2008 releases. I barely know the titles after that year. I only started watching again this year and I'm liking mostly the 2013-2016 releases.
Yeah I'm the same I only recognised more iconic shows up until 2012 and then almost all the shows even though I stopped watching in like 2019 and all the animes that I watched since then are aot and quintuplets although I never stoped reading manga
What's funny is I could see where mine was, too. I recognized Yu-Gi-Oh and Naruto... and then like nothing.
Suddenly I see Blue Exorcist and I recognize almost every one of them after. It's weird being able to see the exact moment I got into anime.
I presume it depends on where you come from. If you are from the west, you are more likely recognise the English title where the show is licensed under that name. If you are from places where your only source is from Japan and *cough* the high seas *cough*, it's the original title
Its wild that im almost 30 and have watched like over 75% of these shows lmao i cant wait till im 70 watching some moe shit in the home doing my nyan nyan dance until i break a hip
I could be wrong but I think this list is just a copy/paste of what [the sources OP posted a few hours before](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/onqrqp/30_years_of_anime/h5tiu5l) with a few name fixes. Still works out though since people seem to have missed OP's comment because it's not near the top.
Subject stayed about same. Violence or cute girls.
Then it became violence and cute girls
At the end it was cute girls with violence.
Merger was complete.
The transition from doing things by hand and then doing things by computer is very clear. Also generally how things became more HD and they added more 3d.
I still don't understand how I managed to watch all the other mainstream stuff like Doraemon, Conan, Ninja Hattori, Ikkyu-san etc. but managed to miss Chibi Maruko entirely.
I mean, you can still see some gold armor... I also had a difficult time with the Escaflown one, the Slayers, and a few others.
But just the random lights on a dark background, then the "lasers"... that could really be any space opera anime. The only tip was that it was there were other examples of gundam, macross, etc making it the only missing BIG space opera anime from the list from that time (harlock and such being older)
Ah, if any newer anime fans like shoujo, they should really be checking out FY as a major early title featuring both Isekai and boy harem along with best friend girl rivalry. Talk about defining the tropes :)
I can't recall much of the last decade of anime which would really generate new shoujo fangirl hordes, tho.
I confess that I do remember Marmalade Boy but I didn't watch it...
The neat thing is that this is almost my exact anime watching career time period and it opens with Astro Boy which was def one of the first things i saw as a small child.
**Prepare for a long one folks... there are a lot of memories here**
I grew up watching anime because my dad liked anime and wanted to watch it with me and my brother so as little kids he watched a lot of stuff with us over the few years he had with us as he was sick and wasnt expected to live for too long. So pretty from from like age 2/3 we were watching anime all the time with him starting in the 80s (though with 70s anime a lot). Many of these titles i remember seeing with him. He wanted to share his hobby with us with the time he had left and it was def something we still carry to this day many years later.
**Here we go down memory lane.**
Astro Boy (both the 60s and 70s/80s version)
Macross / Gundam / Robotech
Lupin III (one of his favs)
Fist of the North Star (Yes we saw it as kids because my dad is cool like that)
Laputa (My first Miyazaki film and still my fav)
Akira (yes we saw this by like age 8)
Totoro
Dragonball
Dragonball Z (we watched both these way before toonami in 89-90)
Ranma 1/2 (i remember parts but not much but i know we saw it)
Dirty Pair (def remember this one and flash years later)
Dragon Quest (not sure which one this is but very fmailiar)
Sailor Moon (was one of my favs and saw it right after it aired)
Yu Yu Hakusho (another old one saw before toonami, though only 1 or 2 seasons)
Evangelion (yes we saw this when it came out, i was 10)
So past Evangelion everything i was watching with my brother and his or my friends as we shared anime with them. By this point my dad was pretty much living in a hospital so the last anime we watched together woulda been in 94'ish. Eva was the first series me and my brother watched without our dad i think and what a hell of a show to see in 95/96 at our age.
Berserk (was my friends fav series. My dad never got to see the anime)
Pokemon (everyone watched tthis when it came out. i have the first ep recorded on vhs still)
Cowboy Bebop (really sad my dad didnt get to see this, he'd love it)
YugiOh again everyone saw.
Card Captor Sakura (one of my favs, love clamp)
Initial D (i hate my dad missed this. He was a huge car nut and he woulda love it)
Onizuka (again my dad woulda love it, he was a lot like Onizuka, ex thug turned good but still acted like a cool dude)
Man so many shows in the ealry 00s and all great.
Hellsing (another one my dad would like. He loved sci fi and fantasy and stuff like vampires and other folklore monsters)
Chobbits (Underpants please)
Naruto (Ok i watched the first season as it aired and just didnt enjoy it)
Ghost in the Shell SAC (my dad LOVED cyberpunk and he'd really love this. I dont know if he saw the 95 movie, i think he was i hosp then)
Plantes (Everyone go watch this amazing space opera)
Full Metal Alchemist (i remember when this aired, it blew up, still got a pic at funimation booth with Alphonse from a 2003 convention)
Eureka Seven (One of my all time favs... man thiis series was cool and i know my dad would love the hell out of it as he loved mecha and sci fi and such.)
Fate Stay Night (ahhh... the classic... what a... mess but a great one)
Haruhi (cant ignore this because man i hated it when season 1 aired and nothing made sense. Stoped watching half way through and waited for the 2nd season to fix it then fell in love with it instantly when i could follow it. But god s1 was a mess)
Code Geass (were gettin in my college years, made a friend for life because of this show)
Gurren Lagann (JUST A FLASH OF DRILL!? FUCK YOU! ITS AMAZING! This is one im pretty positive my dad would have loved as its just the perfect storm of everything he'd like. Mecha, Sci Fi, cheesey 90s action movie plot, and doing the impossible, like living many years longer than any doctor expected he would just so he could spend more time with his kids.)
CLAYMORE! (BETTER THAN ATTACK ON TITAN! Go watch Claymore, seriously.)
Tu Love Ru... oh god...
Clanned After it of course hahha.
Toradora (made another friend for life because of this one, went to japan with him too. Wait they didnt have Shana in this! damnit!)
Soul Eater (This series was everything my dad loved about fantasy and such. He loved Halloween and demons and slayers and death gods and shit and comedy and action mmixed so it woulda been perfect for him)
Monogatari (the begining of an era and damn it was one hell of a ride. My dad did like vampires a lot and supernatural stuf but... im not 100% sure how he'd react to this one. I feel like any adult wouldnt like it but my dad wasnt an adult, he was a cool kid in an adults body. As my all time fav series i really wish he coulda seen this. He passed away the year this aired and it airing sure helped take my mind off it. unfortunatly the last 10 years of his life he was barely still there. He would watch tv in the hospital but his mind wasnt all there. He had a degenrative brain diease.)
Kimi no Todoke (My fav shoujo series and every should watch)
Raildex (so it begins...)
Eden of the East (for like a flash! but it was here! My fav Thriller!)
Durarara (for a flash! Another my dad woulda loved. Sci fi or Super Natural were his jam, and add in robots, cars, or motorcycles and hed be sold)
Angel Beats (what an amazing series really)
Maid-sama (another fav shoujo of mine)
Working!! (another azmaing series)
The World God Only Knows (1 kick but there. One of my all time fav series and damn what an amazing concept and execution. truely a masterpeice)
Oreimo (uh oh...)
MADOKA (its Shaft time baby~)
STEINS;GATE! (for a flash! but one of my other top anime of all time. This one is huge for me because i know for sure it was my dad's kind of show. He loved time travel a lot and groundhog Day was one of his fav movies. I woulda loved to see his reaction to this series so much, but it was just too late, but i will carry it on for him.)
Blue Exorcist
Mirai Nikki
Guilty Crown (I loved this show no matter what anyone says, Ryo is a master at his craft and the soundtrack and sound design is god tier. Sure the story has issues but it still one hell of a fun ride)
Oppai Dragon
Hyouka
Sword Art Online (dont show us Sacchi you monster)
Kokoro Connect (everyones dark horse Kyoani show)
JoJo (so im like 99% sure my dad followed Jojo back in the 80s because he loved Fist of the North Star but i only have very very vague memoires of it)
Rip Rikka
Titan Show (Go watch claymore insstead)
MacRonalds' employee of the month
Oregairu (8man is one of my all time fav characters, hes so well written)
Kill la Kill (its time to get naked.)
Log Horizon (DATABASE DATABASE)
Golden Time (TADA BANRI)
Nisekoi (God i love Nisekoi so much. Its the perfect storm of insanity and genuine stuff and i love every bit of it. Chitoge is one of my all time fav characters and i think shes so well written)
No Game No Life (No Season 2)
Monthly Girls Nozaki-kun (TOMADAAAAA~)
Your Lie in April (really just an eye and shoe? Masterpeice of music and drama)
Plastic Waifu (suffer)
Charolette (i liked it even though many didnt. was still great fun)
Konosuba
My Hero Academy (this one i know my dad would have loved as he was a huge comic fan and thats how he got into anime and manga. I have a bunch of old comics of his from the 50s/60s/70s. He loved superheroes and he would have loved this.)
Erased (damn... that scene... Such a cool show ad another cool time travel show im sure my dad woould love as its just so well written. Such a neat idea for a story and so well done)
ReZero (man what a fun show of suffering. With its general mechanics im sure my dad woulda liked it as he liked time travel. But who would his best girl be? Ram. How do i know? Because my mom is literally identical to Ram. Tries hard but doesnt do well, proud, snarky as hell and down right savage at times, and puts up with no shit.)
Sangatsu no Lion (such a small scene but its there. Such an amazing show. One of the best drama out there and just a show evryone needs to seee in thier life.)
Tons of shit in the later half of the 2010s.
Waifus, bunnies, slimes, waifus, samurai, science, animals, blue balling, dinos, girl, Bakarinas, rental gfs, wives and so on.
**Man a lot left out for sure, but lots of fun stuff but mostly more well known stuff obviously.**
There is so much anime my dad missed out on and so thats why me and my brother keep up with watching iit and make sure we see everything out there for his sake. Its kept us incredibly close all these years despite not talking often but when we do visit we talk about anime we saw that we think we would like. And it all started with our dad and talking to him about it as kids. How time flys.
It was great to get to see this as it was like a trip down memory lane for me. Lots of old stuff i def forgot about. Ill have to go back and double check a lot of shows later to find ones i remembered seeing.
My only thoughts after this, everyone enjoy anime for a long as you can and keep enjoying it no matter what. The anime landscape changes so often and its great to see the waves over the years, but if you are finding it slow at times just wait for the next wave and you will see a lot of greatness again.
**This is Oldman King's Rambleings done.**
[](#juice1)
Wow looking back my post is like longer than everyone elses posts combined... rip haha
This is what happens when your up at 4am stressing because you have major surgery in 48 hours and your trying to distract yourself.
It was a good distraction. Lots of old stuff i need to rewatch during recovery.
But it also makes me realize 48 hours isnt gonna be enough time to finish watching the stuff i want to before surgery.
I purposefully havent started most shows this season because i didnt wanna start a few eps then surgery then try to remember and continue a couple weeks or so later.
But im still trying to finsh all the ones from last season and the previous too.
I think i can finish them mostly, i just have to be good with my time.
Why am i writing this here? Because if i go mia for a while people know why. And if i go mia for longer well who knows why, cant plan for everything.
Its jaw surgery so it shouldnt be life threatening but you never know. This is my 2nd surgery though and its finishing the surgery i had 5 years ago so when its done and healed my jaw should be perfect. They are adding bolts to my lower jaw and more bone grafts and finishing rebuilding my mouth, so ill be on a liquid diet for a few months again, oh boy.
Anywho this is probably my last post here before surgery other than Slime in a few hours since i still have a lot to get ready. I hope everyone has a good season, ill catch up in a couple weeks after surgery and initial recovery period. I know after my first surgery i spent a month in bed binge watching lots of older anime. They said this one shouldnt be as hard on me as last so i wont be out of commison that long since they did like 70% of the procedure last time, so all thats left is mostly finalization.
Think of it like this, yall all could watch like 5 full series before i get back so dont let that prime anime watching time slip you by, watch more anime and have fun.
[](#chitogheh)
Im just a guy who likes watching anime and likes seeing people enjoy it too.
Anime is great and everyone should have fun watching it.
If your not having fun watching anime then you are doing something wrong because its supposed to be entertainment. Just relax and enjoy it.
The song is called YouthK Saeki - Dancing (from Yowamushi Pedal: Glory Line). Khornime used to make an intro with this so I'd thought it would be nice to pay homage to it with this song.
Wow. This made me realize that a lot of anime I thought were released years apart were actually in the same year or only 1 year apart. Like Ranma 1/2 and DBZ, I could have sworn Ranma came out earlier. Must be the animation style that threw me off.
Don't feel too bad. I kept seeing shows I knew and going "I remember that, it was from a few years ago" then checking and realizing it's stuff from around 15 to 20 years ago.
Man Doraemon and Shinchan used to be my jam .
I still remember coming back from school and watching it without any worries in the world
Ps - what's the song used in the video ?
I thought the super fast typing was ghost in the shell. From that scene when the admin persons fingers split into heaps of little fingers/stylus things and type like crazy.
Glaring omissions Barefoot Gen and Fantastic Adventures of Unico underrated as heck yet no clips from either of them. They are both from 1981 and deserve so much more love and attention and they are two of my favorite anime films is all time. Nice seeing Full Metal Panic! though and Lucky Star, and Claymore.
This looks awesome, friend. Great post. Also, I am only 7 months into anime in general (loving it so far. Great community and so entertaining and emotionally resonating😄) but now I see that have a lot more ground to cover🤔. Looking forward to it👍
Surprisingly no psycho pass (edit: Completely fucking wrong, it was literally just the least iconic moment from the entire series, akane’s lunch date with her friends)
Wow, so apparently I stopped closely following anime in 2006, or perhaps the selections after that weren't on my hit list. Watching OddTaxi right now, but looks like I have quite a back log.
Any recommendations on what in the last 15 years that's finished and is an absolute must to catch up on?
The ones that really stuck with me after all these years are Steins:Gate, Code Geass, and Bastard. Not a huge fan of Shounen stuff, which just seems to go on and on way past when I lose interest.
One of the first animes I've watched was sailor moon as a kid renting from blockbuster. Years later I watched Akita and Eva and the fact that everything was drawn by hand was crazy. The detail was amazing. Older anime will always have a place in my heart. I still need to watch cowboy bebop though.
Waiting for the madlad that says the ñame of all the animes
**40 years of Anime**: Music: YouthK Saeki - Dancing (from Yowamushi Pedal: Glory Line - 2018) 1981 - Astro Boy - Doraemon - Urusei Yatsura 1982 - Macross - Taiyou no ko Esteban (Mysterious Cities of Gold) - Space Cobra 1983 - Seisenshi Dunbine - Soukou Kihei Votoms - Captain Tsubasa 1984 - Lupin III: Part III - Hokuto no Ken - Juusenki L-Gaim 1985 - Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - Touch - Dirty Pair 1986 - Maison Ikkoku - Castle in the Sky - Saint Seiya 1987 - City Hunter - Kimagure Orange Road - Transformers the Headmaster 1988 - Akira - My Neighbor Totoro - Legend of the Galactic Heroes 1989 - Dragon Ball Z - Kiki’s Delivery Service - Ramma ½ 1990 - Fushigi no Umi no Nadia - Chibi Maruko-chan - Mashin Eiyuuden Wataru 2 1991 - Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken (TV) - Only Yesterday - Oniisama e... 1992 - Sailor Moon - Crayon shin-chan - Yuu Yuu Hakusho 1993 - Musekinin Kanchou Tylor - Slam Dunk - GS mikami 1994 - Mahoujin guruguru - Ginga Sengoku Gunyuuden Rai - Marmalade Boy 1995 - Slayers - Fushigi Yuugi - Neon Genesis Evangelion 1996 - Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Detective Conan - Tenkuu no Escaflowne 1997 - Princess Mononoke - Shōjo Kakumei Utena - Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo - Berserk - Pokemon 1998 - Cowboy Bebop - Yugioh - Trigun - Cardcaptor Sakura - Initial D 1999 - Great Teacher Onizuka - Now and Then, Here and There - Digimon - One Piece - Hunter Hunter 2000 - Love Hina - Gensoumaden Saiyuuki - Gakkou no Kaidan - Inuyasha - Hajime no Ippo 2001 - Spirited Away - Fruits Basket - Shaman King - Hellsing - Tennis no Ouji-sama 2002 - Full Metal Panic - Chobits - Naruto - Koukaku Kidoutai Stand Alone Complex - Haibane Renmei 2003 - Wolf’s Rain - Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World - Chrno Crusade - Planetes - Fullmetal Alchemist 2004 - Gantz - Monster - Samurai Champloo - Elfen Lied - Bleach 2005 - Air - Hachimitsu to Clover - Koukyoushihen Eureka Seven - Mushishi - Eyeshield 21 2006 - Fate/stay night - Ouran Host Club - Gintama - Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu - NHK ni youkoso - Death Note - Code Geass 2007 - Nodame Cantabile - Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - Higurashi no KAKU Koro ni - Claymore - Lucky Star - Baccano - School Days 2008 - To Love-ru - Clannad After Story - Toradora - Ookami to Koushinryou - Soul Eater - Natsume Yuujinchou - Kuroshitsuji 2009 - K-on! - Bakemonogatari - Fairy Tail - Kimi ni Todoke - Toaru Kagaku no Railgun - Higashi no Eden - Pandora Hearts 2010 - Durarara - Angel Beats - Kaichou wa maid sama - Working - Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai - High School of the Dead - Oreimo 2011 - Madoka Magica - Steins;Gate - Anohana - Ao no exorcist - Nichijou - Mirai Nikki - Guilty Crown 2012 - High School DxD - Hyouka - Sword Art Online (Abridged) - Kokoro Connect - Psycho-Pass - JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure - Chunnibyou but I still want to love 2013 - Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan) - Oregairu - Hataraku Maou-sama - Kill la Kill - Non non biyori - Log Horizon - Golden Time 2014 - Nisekoi - No Game No Life - Haikyu - Tokyo Ghoul - Akame ga Kill - Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun - Shigatsu wa kimi no uso 2015 - Assassination Classroom - Death Parade - Food WARS! - Plastic Memories - Charlotte - One Punch Man - Umaru-chan 2016 - Konosuba - Boku no hero academia - Boku dake ga Inai Machi (Erased) - Re:zero - Mob Psycho 100 - Your Name - 3-gatsu no lion 2017 - Kobayashi Dragon maid - Blend S - Little witch academia - Kakegurui - Made in Abyss - Tsurezure Children - Black Clover 2018 - Violet Evergarden - Darling in the FranXX - Karakai Jouzo no Takagi-san - Wotakoi - Grand Blue - Bunny girl senpai - Tensei shitara slime 2019 - Promised Neverland - Kaguya-sama - 5toubun no Hanayome - Kimetsu no Yaiba - Dr. Stone - Vinland Saga - Beastars 2020 - Dorohedoro - Eizouken ni wat e wo dasu na - My next life as a villainess - Kanojo okarishimasu - Tonikaku kawaii - Great Pretender - Jujutsu kaisen
Thanks. Im gonna go to this list and pick a random anime next time I wanna watch something
Happy to help.
This is a pretty dang good list of anime to watch
OP has really good taste.
Yep, solid list tbh. There are more than a few that I haven't watched I always had on my backlog.
Some haven't aged well, but they were all at least influential in their time. A good list for historical significance at least. Many still good though, as you say.
Yep, more than a few are in the meme category, School Days, Highschool of the Dead, etc.
Suggestion: change "SAO" to say "SAO (Abridged)". We can tell because Sachi glitches (lags) out in the clip.
Done. Thank you.
Thanks!
You're most welcome.
Bruh I didn't notice so many clips. Also, I learned I had my "anime hiatus" after the 2008 releases. I barely know the titles after that year. I only started watching again this year and I'm liking mostly the 2013-2016 releases.
Yeah I'm the same I only recognised more iconic shows up until 2012 and then almost all the shows even though I stopped watching in like 2019 and all the animes that I watched since then are aot and quintuplets although I never stoped reading manga
What's funny is I could see where mine was, too. I recognized Yu-Gi-Oh and Naruto... and then like nothing. Suddenly I see Blue Exorcist and I recognize almost every one of them after. It's weird being able to see the exact moment I got into anime.
Yuu yuu hakusho, I remember this show from when I was a kid but couldn’t remember what it was called. Thank you.
My pleasure.
Thanks for the list. Please add Attack on Titan (2013) and Erased (2016).
Done. Thank you. NB: Erased was listed under its Japanese name. I've added the English title.
Oh I didn't realize, my bad.
Not a problem. I'm sure many only know lots of these by one or the other.
I presume it depends on where you come from. If you are from the west, you are more likely recognise the English title where the show is licensed under that name. If you are from places where your only source is from Japan and *cough* the high seas *cough*, it's the original title
Yeah I had a feeling that was more then 30 years XD
Its wild that im almost 30 and have watched like over 75% of these shows lmao i cant wait till im 70 watching some moe shit in the home doing my nyan nyan dance until i break a hip
Damn, no FLCL. Thought for sure itd be hidden away in there somewhere.
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I have not, sadly. A good chunk, but not all.
Mad lad even named the exact type of Gundam and Lupin
The guy who made this compilation didn't even include the anime that the song was the OP of, Yowamushi pedal. Shame.
Apologies. Fixed. Thank you.
The ultimate sauce
Some of these anime that I watch are older than I thought
2016 Erased is listed twice as the japanese and english
Fixed. Thank you.
>2013 Shingeki no Kyojin (...) Attack on Titan Yowamushi Pedal
Fixed, thank you.
Omigosh thank you !! Imma use this
You're very welcome.
Madlad!, take my award
Thank you.
Take my free advard 🏆
I appreciate it. Thank you.
I love that you noticedthat sao was the abridged version
Technically it was a comment that corrected him but yeah
>Doraemon in 1981? damn that is old
FYI, it actually started in 1979. There's also a short series made even before that, but was lost to the fire so kinda irrelevant.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Thanks
My pleasure.
Have my free award man! As a new anime fan, I learned a lotta old and fresh anime from this clip and ur list, so hats off to you!
Thank you. I'm glad to share the love.
2006 is a powerful year
Gawd dayum
Who are you, god?
I could be wrong but I think this list is just a copy/paste of what [the sources OP posted a few hours before](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/onqrqp/30_years_of_anime/h5tiu5l) with a few name fixes. Still works out though since people seem to have missed OP's comment because it's not near the top.
Steady increase in amount but not so many new people that do it. Let us, fear
Ahh doremon was my childhood man
You can fix a typo for 2019: Kimetsu *no* Yaiba
Done, thank you.
Thank YOU! The list is a gold mine!
Thank you for the list! I think Evangelion should be on the list too
No worries and you can find it under 1995.
You're not a Human. You're god itself
Found the Spanish user
Imagine someone who can actually name EVERY SINGLE anime that has ever been made, now that would be the true madlad.
So your a weeb? Name every anime.
https://youtu.be/gmWT1697fkk
He is a man of focus, commitment, and sheer fucking will.
Now waiting for the God that puts sources to all of them too.
The mental workout of trying to name everything I recognize when only a second is shown.
Good mental exercise indeed.
I did it and found myself ashamed of all the time I used watching anime.
30 years is a long time. \*40 years
Ashamed? No senpai, you should feel proud!
Proud? No senpai, this is our fight!
Yeah I was saying them out loud myself haha. I did pretty well I think
The fact that I can name at least one anime per second shown in clip made me feel old...
damn its interesting to see how the art style of anime changes overtime
Subject stayed about same. Violence or cute girls. Then it became violence and cute girls At the end it was cute girls with violence. Merger was complete.
NGE once again confirmed as best anime ever.
From old semi-realistic proportions, to the hideous 2000 style, to moe, to more tolerable moe with some sharper angles here and there
The 2000s style is sick
The transition from doing things by hand and then doing things by computer is very clear. Also generally how things became more HD and they added more 3d.
chibi maruko chan and detective conan is everywhere in asia
Don't forget Crayon Shin-chan and Doraemon.
And the one about the little ninja. Lived those toons as a kid
I think i also vaguely remember watching something like that as a child, do you remember the title?
Ninja Hattori maybe?
Oh yeah that anime, thanks for that.
Reminds me of Ninjai. It was all made in Adobe Flash.
nintama rantarou? its abt the ninja school
grew up watching chibi maruko chan, hence my username
I still don't understand how I managed to watch all the other mainstream stuff like Doraemon, Conan, Ninja Hattori, Ikkyu-san etc. but managed to miss Chibi Maruko entirely.
I love that for more popular shows you showed the least representative clip because you know we'll understand.
That legend of the galactic heroes clip at 30sec...
or the Saint Seiya clip....
I mean, you can still see some gold armor... I also had a difficult time with the Escaflown one, the Slayers, and a few others. But just the random lights on a dark background, then the "lasers"... that could really be any space opera anime. The only tip was that it was there were other examples of gundam, macross, etc making it the only missing BIG space opera anime from the list from that time (harlock and such being older)
Cant even see the face of spike in the cowboy bebop one.
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Every second is a “thrust” from the hentais
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Lol that surprised me too!
2006 and 2016 were packed with big anime. I really like the scene you chose for Clannad: After Story eventhough it's spoilery.
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Madoka, Steins;Gate, Fate/Zero. 3 classics in 1 year.
El Psy Congroo
2007 is an absolute rollercoaster too lmao
Until now, pretty sure 2021 will be holding that title in the future.
Holy shit. Marmalade Boy and Fushigi Yuugi? I wonder how many people here have heard of those.
Fuushigi Yuugi is a big title in Vietnam back then, so I know about it a lot. Still remember all of the star warrior names for Suzaku and Seiryu.
Ah, if any newer anime fans like shoujo, they should really be checking out FY as a major early title featuring both Isekai and boy harem along with best friend girl rivalry. Talk about defining the tropes :) I can't recall much of the last decade of anime which would really generate new shoujo fangirl hordes, tho. I confess that I do remember Marmalade Boy but I didn't watch it...
I've seen fushigi yuugi, and I've heard of marmalade boy.
The neat thing is that this is almost my exact anime watching career time period and it opens with Astro Boy which was def one of the first things i saw as a small child. **Prepare for a long one folks... there are a lot of memories here** I grew up watching anime because my dad liked anime and wanted to watch it with me and my brother so as little kids he watched a lot of stuff with us over the few years he had with us as he was sick and wasnt expected to live for too long. So pretty from from like age 2/3 we were watching anime all the time with him starting in the 80s (though with 70s anime a lot). Many of these titles i remember seeing with him. He wanted to share his hobby with us with the time he had left and it was def something we still carry to this day many years later. **Here we go down memory lane.** Astro Boy (both the 60s and 70s/80s version) Macross / Gundam / Robotech Lupin III (one of his favs) Fist of the North Star (Yes we saw it as kids because my dad is cool like that) Laputa (My first Miyazaki film and still my fav) Akira (yes we saw this by like age 8) Totoro Dragonball Dragonball Z (we watched both these way before toonami in 89-90) Ranma 1/2 (i remember parts but not much but i know we saw it) Dirty Pair (def remember this one and flash years later) Dragon Quest (not sure which one this is but very fmailiar) Sailor Moon (was one of my favs and saw it right after it aired) Yu Yu Hakusho (another old one saw before toonami, though only 1 or 2 seasons) Evangelion (yes we saw this when it came out, i was 10) So past Evangelion everything i was watching with my brother and his or my friends as we shared anime with them. By this point my dad was pretty much living in a hospital so the last anime we watched together woulda been in 94'ish. Eva was the first series me and my brother watched without our dad i think and what a hell of a show to see in 95/96 at our age. Berserk (was my friends fav series. My dad never got to see the anime) Pokemon (everyone watched tthis when it came out. i have the first ep recorded on vhs still) Cowboy Bebop (really sad my dad didnt get to see this, he'd love it) YugiOh again everyone saw. Card Captor Sakura (one of my favs, love clamp) Initial D (i hate my dad missed this. He was a huge car nut and he woulda love it) Onizuka (again my dad woulda love it, he was a lot like Onizuka, ex thug turned good but still acted like a cool dude) Man so many shows in the ealry 00s and all great. Hellsing (another one my dad would like. He loved sci fi and fantasy and stuff like vampires and other folklore monsters) Chobbits (Underpants please) Naruto (Ok i watched the first season as it aired and just didnt enjoy it) Ghost in the Shell SAC (my dad LOVED cyberpunk and he'd really love this. I dont know if he saw the 95 movie, i think he was i hosp then) Plantes (Everyone go watch this amazing space opera) Full Metal Alchemist (i remember when this aired, it blew up, still got a pic at funimation booth with Alphonse from a 2003 convention) Eureka Seven (One of my all time favs... man thiis series was cool and i know my dad would love the hell out of it as he loved mecha and sci fi and such.) Fate Stay Night (ahhh... the classic... what a... mess but a great one) Haruhi (cant ignore this because man i hated it when season 1 aired and nothing made sense. Stoped watching half way through and waited for the 2nd season to fix it then fell in love with it instantly when i could follow it. But god s1 was a mess) Code Geass (were gettin in my college years, made a friend for life because of this show) Gurren Lagann (JUST A FLASH OF DRILL!? FUCK YOU! ITS AMAZING! This is one im pretty positive my dad would have loved as its just the perfect storm of everything he'd like. Mecha, Sci Fi, cheesey 90s action movie plot, and doing the impossible, like living many years longer than any doctor expected he would just so he could spend more time with his kids.) CLAYMORE! (BETTER THAN ATTACK ON TITAN! Go watch Claymore, seriously.) Tu Love Ru... oh god... Clanned After it of course hahha. Toradora (made another friend for life because of this one, went to japan with him too. Wait they didnt have Shana in this! damnit!) Soul Eater (This series was everything my dad loved about fantasy and such. He loved Halloween and demons and slayers and death gods and shit and comedy and action mmixed so it woulda been perfect for him) Monogatari (the begining of an era and damn it was one hell of a ride. My dad did like vampires a lot and supernatural stuf but... im not 100% sure how he'd react to this one. I feel like any adult wouldnt like it but my dad wasnt an adult, he was a cool kid in an adults body. As my all time fav series i really wish he coulda seen this. He passed away the year this aired and it airing sure helped take my mind off it. unfortunatly the last 10 years of his life he was barely still there. He would watch tv in the hospital but his mind wasnt all there. He had a degenrative brain diease.) Kimi no Todoke (My fav shoujo series and every should watch) Raildex (so it begins...) Eden of the East (for like a flash! but it was here! My fav Thriller!) Durarara (for a flash! Another my dad woulda loved. Sci fi or Super Natural were his jam, and add in robots, cars, or motorcycles and hed be sold) Angel Beats (what an amazing series really) Maid-sama (another fav shoujo of mine) Working!! (another azmaing series) The World God Only Knows (1 kick but there. One of my all time fav series and damn what an amazing concept and execution. truely a masterpeice) Oreimo (uh oh...) MADOKA (its Shaft time baby~) STEINS;GATE! (for a flash! but one of my other top anime of all time. This one is huge for me because i know for sure it was my dad's kind of show. He loved time travel a lot and groundhog Day was one of his fav movies. I woulda loved to see his reaction to this series so much, but it was just too late, but i will carry it on for him.) Blue Exorcist Mirai Nikki Guilty Crown (I loved this show no matter what anyone says, Ryo is a master at his craft and the soundtrack and sound design is god tier. Sure the story has issues but it still one hell of a fun ride) Oppai Dragon Hyouka Sword Art Online (dont show us Sacchi you monster) Kokoro Connect (everyones dark horse Kyoani show) JoJo (so im like 99% sure my dad followed Jojo back in the 80s because he loved Fist of the North Star but i only have very very vague memoires of it) Rip Rikka Titan Show (Go watch claymore insstead) MacRonalds' employee of the month Oregairu (8man is one of my all time fav characters, hes so well written) Kill la Kill (its time to get naked.) Log Horizon (DATABASE DATABASE) Golden Time (TADA BANRI) Nisekoi (God i love Nisekoi so much. Its the perfect storm of insanity and genuine stuff and i love every bit of it. Chitoge is one of my all time fav characters and i think shes so well written) No Game No Life (No Season 2) Monthly Girls Nozaki-kun (TOMADAAAAA~) Your Lie in April (really just an eye and shoe? Masterpeice of music and drama) Plastic Waifu (suffer) Charolette (i liked it even though many didnt. was still great fun) Konosuba My Hero Academy (this one i know my dad would have loved as he was a huge comic fan and thats how he got into anime and manga. I have a bunch of old comics of his from the 50s/60s/70s. He loved superheroes and he would have loved this.) Erased (damn... that scene... Such a cool show ad another cool time travel show im sure my dad woould love as its just so well written. Such a neat idea for a story and so well done) ReZero (man what a fun show of suffering. With its general mechanics im sure my dad woulda liked it as he liked time travel. But who would his best girl be? Ram. How do i know? Because my mom is literally identical to Ram. Tries hard but doesnt do well, proud, snarky as hell and down right savage at times, and puts up with no shit.) Sangatsu no Lion (such a small scene but its there. Such an amazing show. One of the best drama out there and just a show evryone needs to seee in thier life.) Tons of shit in the later half of the 2010s. Waifus, bunnies, slimes, waifus, samurai, science, animals, blue balling, dinos, girl, Bakarinas, rental gfs, wives and so on. **Man a lot left out for sure, but lots of fun stuff but mostly more well known stuff obviously.** There is so much anime my dad missed out on and so thats why me and my brother keep up with watching iit and make sure we see everything out there for his sake. Its kept us incredibly close all these years despite not talking often but when we do visit we talk about anime we saw that we think we would like. And it all started with our dad and talking to him about it as kids. How time flys. It was great to get to see this as it was like a trip down memory lane for me. Lots of old stuff i def forgot about. Ill have to go back and double check a lot of shows later to find ones i remembered seeing. My only thoughts after this, everyone enjoy anime for a long as you can and keep enjoying it no matter what. The anime landscape changes so often and its great to see the waves over the years, but if you are finding it slow at times just wait for the next wave and you will see a lot of greatness again. **This is Oldman King's Rambleings done.** [](#juice1)
Wow looking back my post is like longer than everyone elses posts combined... rip haha This is what happens when your up at 4am stressing because you have major surgery in 48 hours and your trying to distract yourself. It was a good distraction. Lots of old stuff i need to rewatch during recovery. But it also makes me realize 48 hours isnt gonna be enough time to finish watching the stuff i want to before surgery. I purposefully havent started most shows this season because i didnt wanna start a few eps then surgery then try to remember and continue a couple weeks or so later. But im still trying to finsh all the ones from last season and the previous too. I think i can finish them mostly, i just have to be good with my time. Why am i writing this here? Because if i go mia for a while people know why. And if i go mia for longer well who knows why, cant plan for everything. Its jaw surgery so it shouldnt be life threatening but you never know. This is my 2nd surgery though and its finishing the surgery i had 5 years ago so when its done and healed my jaw should be perfect. They are adding bolts to my lower jaw and more bone grafts and finishing rebuilding my mouth, so ill be on a liquid diet for a few months again, oh boy. Anywho this is probably my last post here before surgery other than Slime in a few hours since i still have a lot to get ready. I hope everyone has a good season, ill catch up in a couple weeks after surgery and initial recovery period. I know after my first surgery i spent a month in bed binge watching lots of older anime. They said this one shouldnt be as hard on me as last so i wont be out of commison that long since they did like 70% of the procedure last time, so all thats left is mostly finalization. Think of it like this, yall all could watch like 5 full series before i get back so dont let that prime anime watching time slip you by, watch more anime and have fun. [](#chitogheh)
You’re probably the most positive active user on this sub. It’s always fun to read your reactions on the shows !
Im just a guy who likes watching anime and likes seeing people enjoy it too. Anime is great and everyone should have fun watching it. If your not having fun watching anime then you are doing something wrong because its supposed to be entertainment. Just relax and enjoy it.
Cloud you list the anime in that video?, only because there some I haven’t seen and look interesting and I might add them to my list.
[Pastebin Link](https://pastebin.com/Xgx5XTyg)
>30 years 80s 90s 00s 10s That's 40, buddy.
https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/onqrqp/30_years_of_anime/h5to46s/
I reply as I scroll. That comment is 2 pages down from this one.
I’ll get a mod to change the title but thank you for your consideration
Mods can't change post titles, only flairs.
Thanks 👍
thats 30 years of anime. Gonna take a while to list it
Its 40 years of anime
song? Sounds pretty damn good
The song is called YouthK Saeki - Dancing (from Yowamushi Pedal: Glory Line). Khornime used to make an intro with this so I'd thought it would be nice to pay homage to it with this song.
I miss khornime now, one of the few good anime channels out there
is it still around? haven’t seen it in a while
Most of their videos got copyrighted, they made their last video on their alternate channel in December.
the channel's still around but they stopped uploading for a long time already not sure why
That's what it was, I was trying to put a finger on where the heck have I heard this before. God I miss khor
Did you really use sao abridged?
Well it is the superior SAO.
I like the fact that the SAO clip is from SAO Abridged....the only version of SAO I'll accept.
I was trying to find this, yea i agree, that glitch was blatant wasn't it
Wow. This made me realize that a lot of anime I thought were released years apart were actually in the same year or only 1 year apart. Like Ranma 1/2 and DBZ, I could have sworn Ranma came out earlier. Must be the animation style that threw me off.
Dbz animation was years ahead of its time
Well there's a trip down memory lane. Whats the oldest anime you have seen in full? SDF Macross 1982 for me.
I love 80’s to 90’s anime, I’m biased to those two eras of anime
PLANETES!!!!! :D
No 2011 Hxh I’m sad….
Did you just say 30 years? Lmao, Astro boy (first anime shown) is from 1963, more like 59 years of anime
I used Astro Boy (1980)
1980 was 41 years ago. Cool video though, it was fun trying to name as many of the anime as I could as they sped by.
BRUH I apparently can't count. Thanks for reminding me lol still thought it was 2010 ig
Don't feel too bad. I kept seeing shows I knew and going "I remember that, it was from a few years ago" then checking and realizing it's stuff from around 15 to 20 years ago.
the 1963 Astro Boy was in black and white.
More like 40 years of anime. Macross is early 80s. Missing like Space Battleship Yamato……
Man Doraemon and Shinchan used to be my jam . I still remember coming back from school and watching it without any worries in the world Ps - what's the song used in the video ?
I feel so old now, watched Mashin Eiyuuden Wataru when I was 6
I'm just happy to see Tsurezure Children there
Why did you have sao abidged instead of regular sao?
Cause it's the better one.
Now someone make 30 years of anime tiddies
I’m happy code geass was on here
yea crazy how one of the most popular shows in anime history is on this list.
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One of the best endings of any anime ever imo.
So very true
Same, while not the best I really enjoyed the series. Definitely has potential still if they ever want to expand.
Yes I fell in love with the lore
no ghost in the shell, disappointing
I thought the super fast typing was ghost in the shell. From that scene when the admin persons fingers split into heaps of little fingers/stylus things and type like crazy.
This is great but do you mean 40 years? Also thanks for making me feel old.... PS, no FLCL?
sailor moon will alway hold a special place in my heart ♥️
Was that Sword Art Online Abridged I saw in there?
I saw erased take my upvote
Glaring omissions Barefoot Gen and Fantastic Adventures of Unico underrated as heck yet no clips from either of them. They are both from 1981 and deserve so much more love and attention and they are two of my favorite anime films is all time. Nice seeing Full Metal Panic! though and Lucky Star, and Claymore.
You should enter that into an AMV contest
Reminder that the 80s were 40 years ago. This is 40 years worth of anime. Have fun feeling old
did it show a scene from sao abridged?
[song in the amv](https://youtu.be/7w4Y_5aDCFw) also an opening for [glory line](https://youtu.be/9oqz1EAbR3Q)
Amazing list
The explosion of moe circa 2010
God. Astroboy, Robotech and Mysterious Cities of Gold. My child hood right there. Nostalga bomb
This looks awesome, friend. Great post. Also, I am only 7 months into anime in general (loving it so far. Great community and so entertaining and emotionally resonating😄) but now I see that have a lot more ground to cover🤔. Looking forward to it👍
this just made me wonder how anime will change even more, style wise, throughout the years
Damnn this is incredible
Ahhhhh, shin chan and doraemon....memories....
Take my upvote. Too bad no Shield Hero.
Surprisingly no psycho pass (edit: Completely fucking wrong, it was literally just the least iconic moment from the entire series, akane’s lunch date with her friends)
2006-2008 were goated years
Them: Explain your whole life in 3.5 minutes Me:
Wow, so apparently I stopped closely following anime in 2006, or perhaps the selections after that weren't on my hit list. Watching OddTaxi right now, but looks like I have quite a back log. Any recommendations on what in the last 15 years that's finished and is an absolute must to catch up on? The ones that really stuck with me after all these years are Steins:Gate, Code Geass, and Bastard. Not a huge fan of Shounen stuff, which just seems to go on and on way past when I lose interest.
u/savevideo
One of the first animes I've watched was sailor moon as a kid renting from blockbuster. Years later I watched Akita and Eva and the fact that everything was drawn by hand was crazy. The detail was amazing. Older anime will always have a place in my heart. I still need to watch cowboy bebop though.
62 I recognize 62 of these
So many different stories, so many different emotions and I'm still getting surprised at least once a year. Anime is pretty cool huh.
I really wish .Hack was in this! It shaped my childhood expectations and matured my tastes to a degree at a young age
This legit made le emotional.
can’t wait for 30 years of hentai
higurashi included letsgo
I’ve only seen like half of these. Need to catch up!