God Mazinger

Series I hope will get added to future super robot wars games.

Titles from the Mazinger Z series, either being sequels to the original anime or remakes/ reboots of it

List of pre 2000's isekai anime

Anime with mecha that's less sci-fi (or not at all) and more fantasy-based where the mechs are more like mechanical or magical giant suits of armour and feudal knight-like. Anime likes to blend sci-fi and fantasy together so some of these are going to be kinda' specious, especially towards the end. For series I will only link the first or base anime rather than listing all the sequels.

Adaptations that share nothing with their source material but the title, some characters' names, and maybe even the premise, to the point you could change the title and no one would tell it's an adaptation. Remakes/reboots/sequels/localizations also included.

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.

In this stack you will find all debatable isekai anime, by debatable I mean anime that a lot of people consider isekai even though they are not explicitly stated like ones here on MAL. This list also includes OVAs, ONAs, specials and movies. There is some not yet aired stuff on here too!

How many have you seen? Have fun discovering your new favourites!

Isekai Anime Stacks:
Part 1: myanimelist.net/stacks/32968
Part 2: myanimelist.net/stacks/32972
Part 3: myanimelist.net/stacks/32974
Part 4: myanimelist.net/stacks/32980
Part 5: myanimelist.net/stacks/32982
Part 6: myanimelist.net/stacks/32983
Part 7: myanimelist.net/stacks/32985

Reverse Isekai: myanimelist.net/stacks/32986

These are old anime on Crunchyroll, at least as far as MAL identifies them. The stack is ordered newest to oldest.

I started with the oldest anime on MAL: Winter 1917 (hard to believe but there are actually two entries). I scanned through the seasons and years, looking for anime with the Crunchyroll logo and stacked them here. The oldest is Lupin III from Fall 1971. I stopped stacking after Fall 1989. Sadly, it appears the link from the CR icon to the series on CR is broken. The links for HIDIVE and Funimation seem to work.

As to accuracy or completeness, there are no guarantees either way. MAL could be mistaken about a show being on CR and conversely, there are anime on CR that MAL doesn't flag. On top of that, the shows licensed by CR change over time so this stack will go out of date and I don't have firm plans to maintain it.

In passing, I noticed a few things:
-- there are no MAL entries for Fall 1918 through Summer 1926.
-- there are no MAL entries for Summer 1945 through Spring 1947
-- the first multi-season series was "Instant History" in Spring 1961
-- prior to Spring 1961, there were many seasons with no anime; after Spring 1961, there was at least one show each season

And here's something else I just discovered: click on the Anime menu on the left of the main menu bar, then click on Anime Search. Not only will you get a search box, you'll also see a bunch of links that will take you to lists of MAL entries based on the link title. The lists can be sorted by Title, Score, Start Date, and Members. In the Anime Seasons group, click the View More link to get the list of seasons going back to 1917. I'm impressed, MAL.
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I don't have a good reason for doing this. I just thought it would be interesting.

This stack include all anime that are set in a world similar to ancient greece.

Mazinger is a mecha franchise created by Go Nagai. Credited as the creator of the super robot subgenre, the original series follows Koji Kabuto protecting the earth from the mechanical beasts sent by Baron Ashura and Doctor Hell using the invincible robot created by his grandfather, the Mazinger Z. Since then, the franchise has cemented itself as one of the most influential anime of all times, with many series spawning from it.