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What is your favourite old school Manga/ Anime series?
What are your top five old school anime or manga series?
To quality the series must be 'over' 15 years of age.
Therefore, people who state Naruto, Death Note or even One piece for that matter, will be shot on the spot ( No rhyme intended)
My personal top five:
1.Berserk(1989)- 20 years, and still going strong.
2.Lupin III(1967)- Possibly the best crime/ detective series ever made.
3.Fist of the North Star(1983)- A decent combat based series.
4.Black Magic(1983)- Cyberpunk/ mechanoid manga at its finest.
5.Blade of the immortal(1994)- A true samurai manga, only rivaled by Vagabond.
Kind Regards.
Yes, I know many of you will say Dragonball(1984) ._. or Sailor moon(1992) =D
In response to ~Nyaa~ : It is invevitable that animation will become more sophisticated over time, but comparing them on story line and depth, the older stuff far outshines the series out today, many of which are purely made for profitable gain and aimed towards a young pre teenage audience. In fact older mangas possess better art in my opinion, it is only the anime that differs.
You are very welcome cappucci.... I just feel that most discussion nowadays in C&A is focused on recent Shounen pieces, people tend to forget these gems.
and yes Lupin III is awesome^^
At Katou Asuka : Yes, but it is always a challenge to pick a few, and I stated top five as I didn't wan't you to waste 'too' much time pondering over my questions.
BTW Vagabond is 1998 =D Otherwise it would have been on my list, beautiful piece of work though.
19 Answers
- foxtreoLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
1. Slam dunk - best ever sport anime ( too bad they never contiuned it)
2. Macross -- c'mon the best mecha anime there
3. astroboy -- loveee it.
4. space battleship yamato --- also known star blazer
5. yu yu hakusho ---- gotta love this one for sure
---theres more but u only said top 5!!!!!
AGREE!! the old stuff were pretty good , they are deeper in stories and right on the ball !!! :))))
- 1 decade ago
1. Lone Wolf and Cub - The best samurai manga ever. pre dates Blade of the Immortal and Vagabond.
2. Macross
3. Robotech
4. Universal Century Gundam (along with the two aformentioned forms the core of real robot series)
5. Gatchaman
6. Voltes V
7. Voltron (adapted from Beast King and Dairugger)
8. Mazinger
9. Grendizer (Grandizer)
10. GaiKing
11. Danguard Ace
12. Legend of the Galactic Heroes (the most massive space opera followed only by...)
13 Space Battleship Yamato/Star Blazers
Source(s): 20 years of being a mecha/military fiction fan - 1 decade ago
X/1999 (1992)- A classic CLAMP series. Slight shonen-ai, but the apocalyptic theme makes it bothe interesting and different.
Yu Yu Hakusho (1990)- Both hilarious and clever. It appeals to boys because of the awesome fight scenes, and girls because of the various pretty boys who pop up.
Vagabond- Classic samurai epic. 'Nuff said there.
Cowboy Bebop- Clever, with a good blend of comedy, tragedy, sci-fi, and great character development.
Gundam- I'm not talking about the latest series, I mean THE original Gundam. Art is a bit shaky, but the plot and characters are interesting.
Tokyo Babylon- Prequel to X/1999. More pretty guys, and great art by CLAMP.
Descendants of Darkness- I know, I know, it's kinda shonen-ai-ish, but the characters and plot are great, and the smatterings of comedy and tragedy make it interesting.
Black Jack- Classic. Absolutely classic.
Sailor Moon- The classic girl's anime series. Trying watching it again, and I promise that it's just as interesting as it was when we were only six
There are probably way more that I haven't put on this list, but you get the point. If these hadn't been created, a lot of the manga that we enjoy lately probably would be way different.
I also realize that there are more than five here, but it's so HARD to narrow it down to only five.
- cappuccino_lavaLv 61 decade ago
1. Dragon Ball -- It's a classic. Even though now if I see it again, I'll be like what was I thinking? LOL
2. Sailor Moon -- I'm a gal and a gal always have a Magical Girl phase when they're younger and no I will not reveal my age!!! LOL
3. City Hunter -- Hilarious! I remember LMAO everytime I read the manga. Not really a fan of the anime tho. It started at 1985 but I didn't watch it that early. I'm not that old.
4. Mari Chan series by Kimiko Uehara-- I was young and naive...I love ballet too so...LOL
5. Doraemon -- My Sunday morning routine back home always started with Doraemon instead of church. LOL
^_^
NB: That brings back a lot of memories! Thanks
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- Amber1020Lv 71 decade ago
My fav old school animes:
1) Dragonball Z
2) Ronin Warriors
3) Voltron
4) Sailor Moon
5) Fist of the North Star
- -Lv 51 decade ago
1.Berserk (1989)
2.Dragonball! (1984)
3.YuYu Hakusho (1990)
4.Mobile Suit Gundam (1979)
5.Sailor moon (1992)
- 1 decade ago
Maybe it's just me, but does anyone remember Urusei Yatsura? Whenever a discussion comes up like this, some people don't even know what I'm talking about ... between that Macross, Robotech, and Bubblegum Crisis I was sold on anime.
- EvaのLv 61 decade ago
Oh yes, Lupin The Third!!!
I remember watching the anime early in the morning on Adult Swim, years ago.
EDIT:
Oh yes dear, Lupin is incredible.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Dragonball Z and Yu Yu Hakusho
- 1 decade ago
A Berserk fan, yay!
I looovee Berserk! My favorite manga and still the best one I've ever read. ^_-
And for anime, Nadia: Secret of Blue water, plus others I can't remember at the moment.
