80's Anime Kicks Ass
I'm talking about shows like
Touch, Kimagure Orange Road, Maison Ikkoku, and
City Hunter. They had everything:
| Well developed minor characters |
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All |
| Simultaneous subplots |
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All |
| Unforeseeable plot twists |
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All |
| Comical victimization |
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All |
| Regular victimization |
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All |
| Recurring random character(s) |
|
KOR |
| Badass mid-episode transitions |
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KOR |
| Soundtrack by Yuki Kajiura |
 |
KOR |
| Fade into intro/ending |
|
CH |
| Catchy dance sequence |
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MI |
| Themes of Hatred/Suffering/Revenge |
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CH |
| Topics of Hatred/Suffering/Revenge |
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All |
| Lesbians |
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KOR |
| Hilarious ambiguously gay dude |
|
Touch |
| Stylish visual effects |
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All |
| Dinosaurs |
|
Touch |
| Giant Robots |
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Other |
| Tournament Competition |
|
Touch |
| Non-tournament based competitive activity |
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All |
| Rivalry |
|
Touch |
| Graphic violence |
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CH |
| A character vaguely resembling myself |
|
Touch |
| Failed Confessions |
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MI |
| Misunderstandings |
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MI |
| Mangled English |
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All |
| Pimp in a white suit |
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MI |
| Disheveled journalist/photographer |
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KOR |
| List of progressively revealed elements |
|
KOR |
| Rampant Pedophilia |
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None |
| Time Travel |
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KOR |
| Interdimensional travel |
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KOR |
| Supernatural Power |
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KOR |
| Showdown in a warehouse |
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CH |
| Poetic dubbing |
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MI |
| Fight in a Ballroom/Casino/Cathedral/Theatre |
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CH |
| Shameless advertisement |
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CH |
| Catch phrases |
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CH |
| Alternate universe filler |
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KOR |
| Self-parody |
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KOR |
That's right � 80's anime even had Yuki Kajiura. Didn't think she was on the scene back then? Well, she wasn't, but
the second Kimagure Orange Road movie (1996) still counts as being part of an 80's series. After all, a
decade didn't define 80's anime; 80's anime defined a decade.
It's not the time period, but the style that makes 80's anime so badass. Look no further than the music (even without Yuki Kajiura).
You never heard crappy synthesized saxophones in the 80's.
Everything that was supposed to sound real was recorded live, and everything electronic was unmistakeably fake. Nobody tried to fool
anyone.
The only downside is that all that sweet 80's music was wasted on the dance floor,
because everybody in 80's anime had the same shitty dance moves:
Unlike modern anime, 80's anime discouraged pedophilia.
City Hunter's Ryo Saeba, who I assume to be the prominent sexual icon of the times, always rejected the advances of high school girls
and only went after mature women:
They had the "aho" birds back then too.
In 80's anime, men were manly enough to grow sideburns, which seem to have gone extinct circa 2000.
You could also judge somebody's coolness just by knowing his or her hair color:
1. Blue hair
2. Brown hair
3. Nobody else mattered
In summary, if you don't like 80's anime, you're a pedophile.
Oh wait, Maddox said that
everything in the 80's sucked.
Nevermind that pedophile thing...
10141 people realize there's a selection bias in my evaluation of 80's anime