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Sep 11, 2:00 PM
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Panty and Stocking is good and looks more like a 98-2005 Cartoon Network show like a Craig McCracken show

Lots of anime up to the 80's look very Disney-esque. Sherlock Hound, Little Nemo, Ringing Bell, Tezuka's work

A lot of the mor independent experimental stuff like Working Buddies and Inferno Cap resemble a flash animation you'd see on a NewGrounds.

Which sticks out most to you?
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Sep 11, 2:06 PM
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Panty & Stocking as well, but otherwise probably https://myanimelist.net/anime/974/Dead_Leaves
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Sep 11, 2:08 PM
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Panty and Stocking is literally a cartoon network show for adults, it channels the classics of power puff girls and dexter laboratory to make itself memorable.

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Sep 11, 2:14 PM
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Ox Tales



I guess it's probably because it was more aimed at a European market?
Sep 11, 5:12 PM
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Space Dandy really didn't feel like an "anime" anime. It was a show about a dandy guy in space that happened to be anime.
Sep 11, 5:25 PM
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Not sure if it qualifies, but Samurai Jack was a western series that incorporated just about every anime trope ever written. And then created some more of its own.
Sep 11, 5:48 PM
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Love Panty & Stocking, especially this new season. I would also like to mention The Big O, it was inspired by Batman The Animated Series/Bruce Timm's artstyle.
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Sep 11, 7:55 PM
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I always thought P&S evoked the style of Johnny Test. Not that I watched much of either tbh

I'm sure someone will mention FLCL for its South Park reference, though that was only like 20 seconds in a single episode.
Sep 11, 8:04 PM
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I love Art Deco/noir, and I love Bruce Timn, and The Big O feels like if you had Bruce Timn make a super robot anime.

Angel has to be up there with some of my favourite female character designs in the medium. Super attractive art style in general. I love the atmosphere in that show.

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Sep 12, 12:40 AM

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https://myanimelist.net/anime/2251/Baccano
Not in terms of the designs, but the overall feel.
Sep 12, 5:06 AM

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I can't think of too many examples, but as already said, it's gotta be Panty and Stocking for me. The movie Redline has always kinda too. Years ago when I first seen bits of it, I didn't even know it was an anime, so I gotta say that one as well.
Sep 12, 5:52 AM

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The Tatami Galaxy looks a hell of a lot more like arthouse European animation than anime.
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Sep 12, 6:15 AM

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I know its very Japan for its period, but does Doraemon count?
Sep 13, 7:31 AM

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Probably something from Trigger.
Not so much the content, but the aesthetic is pretty far removed from Japanese animation stereotypes in most cases.
Sep 13, 7:51 AM

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Kaiba is probably my favorite

Some other series like Kaiji and Pop Team Epic are pretty good too
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Sep 13, 10:02 AM
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I've not watched much of it, but I feel like Super Milk Chan would fit the bill for resembling western animation.

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