Shonan Junai Gumi!

Bad Boys | School fights | Gang Violence

Anime series produced before 2000s with a fair amount of scenes depicting Japanese cities in the '80s or'90s providing a remarkable nostalgic feeling, both cities centre or especially suburbs and residential areas.

Anime themed around Yankee, delinquents and Bōsōzoku (youth biker gangs.)..

A protagonist duo that watches each others backs or one of the duo providing support to the more able partner.

Through teamwork they are able to overcome dangerous situations and overcome their opponents, though some duos may start off incompatible but develop throughout the series as they get to know each other better.

1 title per series

Animes that first appeared on Weekly Shonen Magazine as manga and had an adaptation for TV.

Series featuring one or more characters with the classic 'pompadour' hairstyle. Characters must be named and have voiced lines to be included, no sequels/duplicates. Work in progress.

Part 4, this time it is specifically for sequels, sequel's sequels, spinoffs and prequels.

Part One: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/30488
Part Two: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/30490
Part Three: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/30498

Note: Moderators had taken down the stacks before, since it was not wholly information based. I will post this as a note as to why such series are essential in order to defend them all as a blanket statement.

Most of the series featured have some sort of significance in terms of first best or darkest for their era which can be categorized by decennium or part of a decennium (early, middle, late). These are mixed around in order in order to give those who subscribed to list a challenge. While I could give an individual breakdown, I think some research is better left up to those who have subscribed to the stacks, since this allows for additional cultural insight into what was popular in Japan at the time, which is sometimes disconnected from the United States, as well as the rest of North America and Europe in many ways. For example, the Crayon Shin-Chan that aired in the United States and Canada is different to the one that aired in Europe, is different to the one that aired in Japan. By recommending to seek out Japanese versions of series, it grows understanding. I am not the first one to have thought of this. In the United States, there used to be a channel called ImaginAsian TV which had the same purpose of informing people about Japanese popular culture through anime. The San Francisco and San Diego PBS stations did the same thing and NHK World Japan carries this on through series like Little Charo and previously Maiko-san Chi no Makanai-san.

I think it is agreed upon that retro is a niche, but with handicaps on subject matter like availability.

A mix of 80's & 90's ova series that I have seen.
Some great, some not so much... you be the judge of what's good though.

For most of these I recommend also watching all other seasons/movies from that series.

The series are arranged in order from my personal favourite.