Robot Carnival

After watching just about all of the OVAs released in the 1980s, I rated (or plan to rate) all of these OVAs a 7 or above and consider them to be the best of the bunch.

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The new anime release format that appeared in the mid-80s brought new opportunities for studios and various works began to be released on videotapes. Some of them were frankly terrible, but some became classics with a recognizable style and aesthetics. I bring to your attention works worth viewing.

Arranged by score

This is an early list that I made and quite frankly it's a mess, I decided to make a more comprehensive thematic series, check them out:

- An introduction to short animations
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/29151

- Short animations getting artsy
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/29178

- Short animations getting dark
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/29194

- Short animations getting scientific
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/29216

Mecha? Super robot? Real robot? Androids? Cyborgs? Mechanical suits? All of them, fuck it. All have their merits and should be appreciated by all. Only really recommending stuff I have seen or have general enough knowledge of! (i'm pretty new to this sorry)

List of anime with attractive aesthetics and story for young and old. They stand out for having a western or remarkable visual aesthetic from the rest.

This list includes arthouse/avantgarde anime movies, so that's anything over 50 minutes, for example: Angel's Egg, Mindgame, Belladonna of Sadness.

Featuring little to no dialogue and/or characters and the experience is carried by the music and/or visual atmosphere.

Part 1 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/311
Part 2 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/5128
Part 3 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/8036
Part 4 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/8173
Part 5 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9135
Part 6 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9240
Part 7 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9448
Part 8 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9461
Part 9 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/20874

Welcome to my Obscurity series, which I hope will help you delve deeper into the depths of anime, particularly the classics.

The criteria here is simple: Anime released in 2001 or earlier, with under 35,000 MAL Members, and which I've rated a 7 or higher.

I'm also not including anything that I've already included on my Good Stuff list: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9517

It is perhaps worth noting that I rate things entirely on gut feeling. It's just, "I like that, that was good, it gets a 7.", that's the whole process. I can also find enjoyment in just about anything and there's very little that bothers me.

Ascend: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9834
Descend: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9615

Tags: Old, Obscure, Oldtaku, Retro, Underrated, Hidden Gems

just from some quick research. almost certainly incomplete.

This is a collection of anime that I think is important/useful, or just awe inspiring in terms of its animation. If you are looking to study animation or even just want to appreciate the craft, this stack is for you.

Animator's names of note to pay attention to regarding specific pieces.

Grupinho de amigos vendo filmes aleatórios
Little group of friends watching random movies



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🐭Hanabi (https://myanimelist.net/profile/Kiridoo)

『Perfect Blue
    Tenshi no Tamago
    Mind Game
    Summer Wars
    Tsumiki no Ie
    Sennen Joyuu
    Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda.
    Koukaku Kidoutai』


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🐷Under (https://myanimelist.net/profile/UnderlineN)

『Penguin's Memory: Shiawase Monogatari
    Dead Leaves
    Giovanni no Shima
    Inaka Isha
    Buttobi! CPU
    Macross: Do You Remember Love?
    Mimi wo Sumaseba
    Robot Carnival
    Memories』


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🐶Lupagon (https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lupagom)

『Hello World
    Boku no Hero Academia the Movie 3
    Howl no Ugoku Shiro
    Majo no Takkyuubin
    Kaguya-hime no Monogatari
    Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel - I. Presage Flower
    Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel - II. Lost Butterfly
    Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel - III. Spring Song
』


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🐮Gabriel (https://myanimelist.net/profile/Gabriel10419)

『Genocyber
    Nakitai Watashi wa Neko wo Kaburu
    Hotarubi no Mori e
    Saint☆Oniisan (Movie)
    Blame! Movie
    Juubee Ninpuuchou』


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🐵Caroline (https://myanimelist.net/profile/Caroline32)

『Lupin III: The first
    Ongaku
    Lupin III: Fuuma Ichizoku no Inbou
    Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo
    Tenki no Ko
    Entotsu Machi no Poupelle
    Hadashi no Gen』
   

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In the dawn of the digital age, many creators have expressed their hopes and fears about technology and its influence on human society through science fiction anime, creating many interesting interepretations of what our future could be (or even what our present is) with regards to the ever accelerating integration of technology into our lives.

Some of these anime may explore technological revolution in a military or political context, some others in intimate personal dramas. Some are hard, realistic, grounded sci-fi with a lo of genuine scientific backing and others are bordering in fantasy. Some of these are true cyberpunk, and others are entirely opposed to it. Some of these works are pessimistic and fearful about tecnhology, whereas others present hopeful and idealistic possibilities, and some others simply present a grey future with as many advantages as disadvantages. But the main connecting aspect here is the exploration of sci-fi as a fundamental theme and the exploration of te philosophical, sociopolitical and/or psychological consequences of technology whether directly or indirectly, seriously or lightheartedly.

Common tropes & themes: artificial intelligence & meaning of being human, technological implants/bodily enhancements, virtual/augmented reality, social media & deep internet, space travel & space war, extreme capitalism and urbanism in the digital age, personal relationships between humans and androids, discrimination and opression between humans and androids, psychological/physical deterioration due to use of experimental technology

Notes:
- For Blame! read the manga instead
- For The Animatrix, watch The Matrix movies first
- For Blade Runner: Black Out 2022, watch the Blade Runner movies first

Anime I have seen in vaporwave/future funk videos or thumbnails


Nothing after 2005

...high tech, low life
Already watched anime in this genre.

Here are only the anime I watched, I will fill it as I watch it. I'm still add here, but not very fast and don't repeat for several seasons, only the first one is indicated.

Anime that is not in the catalog:Exaella.

Back before moe blobs, harems, fanservicey slices-of-life, academia settings, and copy-paste isekai took over the world. Back when anime was less sterile and less safe.