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Following the same theme as the other two threads for the 2000s and 2010s, what do you think of it? Do you prefer one decade over another or like both equally? What are some of your favorites from those decades? Did you actually watch them way back when they aired or are you watching them now decades later?
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OH THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL
Especially 80's crisp celluloid animation and that semi-realistic mature artstyle.
I watched most of the 80s and 90s anime that i love in the 2000s.

my fave anime from that era:

Bubblegum Crisis
Capricorn
Cream Lemon
Choujigen Densetsu Rall
Choujin Gakuen Gowcaizer
Dirty Pair
Dragon Half
Dream Hunter Rem
Elf 17
Gall Force
Genmu Senki Leda
Haja Taisei Dangaiou
Jungle de Ikou
Kouryū Densetsu Villgust
Legend of Lemnear
Majuu Senshi Luna Varga
Maps
MAPS Densetsu no Samayoeru Seijin-tachi
Maris the Choujo
Megami Paradise
Mujigen Hunter Fandora
New Dream Hunter Rem
Outlanders
Ozanari Dungeon
Princess Minerva
Project A-Ko
Rakushou Hyper Doll
Slayers Films & OVA
Tatakae!! Iczer-1
Time Slip Prime Rose
Tobira wo Akete
Voogie's Angel
Wanna-Be's
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I think my opinion is unpopular but I prefer 80s Anime over 90s Anime even if I rated high a few 90s shows. It's when Anime really started to take form in genres, themes, characters and even animation, 60s and 70s Anime has very very few iconic shows and Anime was still being experimented and 90s Anime was a mix between 70s Anime with a downgrade from 80s Anime except very specific shows. Won't talk about extremely subjective things like plot or writing from each decade and compare them but I prefer 80s Animation over 90s Animation. It looks retro but it doesn't look old or ugly like the 90s, its feel like it was made for that era and I think it even aged better than most 90s and early 00s shows which they have my least favourite animation style.

Few 80s Anime I like the most: Tokimeki Tonight, LOTGH, Gundam ZZ.
Few 90s Anime I like the most: Evangelion.

And no I didn't exist when they aired, I was born in the 2000s.

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It's most of what I look for when I'm looking to watch something I haven't seen before. Early digipaint anime specifically have been popping up on my radar more often, which tends to result in some rather unique feeling anime.

Opinions are opinions, and differing opinions can co-exist. 🙂 But I don't do debate, life's too short to spend time debating people.

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Animation-wise 80s and especially 90s anime are more preferable to modern ones for me, but that's pretty much it.
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I simply think that they're peak.
Do you prefer one decade over another or like both equally? They're both good.
What are some of your favorites from those decades? Too many to name.
Did you actually watch them way back when they aired or are you watching them now decades later? I saw some 90s series when they aired but the majority I've watched decades later.
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The Golden Age of Anime the peak, the story was matured, the characters are matured like City Hunter, Cat's Eye, Gunsmith Cats, Desert Rose, Dirty Pair, Patlabor, Bubblegum Crisis, Riding Bean, Iria, Tank Dominion, You're under the arrest.

Man so good anime on the ere it's so hard to count But I give some favorites.

My 80s

Patlabor series
Esper Mami
Yawara
City Hunter
Cat's Eye
Bubblegum Crisis
Dirty Pair
The Studio pierrot Magical girls
Riding Bean
Dream Hunter Rem
Masson Ikkou
Kimagure Orange Road
Miyuki
Touch
Tokimeki Tonight
Tank Dominion

The 90's anime they were many

Slayers
Soar High Isami
Zenki
El Hazard The Magnificent World
Magic Knight Reyearth
Lost Universe
Those who hunt Elves
Outlaw Star
Blue Seed
Key the Metal Idol
Gunsmith Cats
Hyper Police
Nurse Angel SoS
Record of Lodoss
And many more.

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