| Recently the concept of what makes an anime a 'classic' has been the centre of attention from the likes of Gigguk, Mother's Basement and other anime youtubers. In your opinion, what anime from this decade would you believe to be classics? Please also include reasons why :) |
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| Kimi no Na Wa Assuming the current ongoing get complete adaptations. It feel wrong to call something classic if they don't get complete adaptations. Attack on Titan SAO OPM BnHA Steins Gate Madoka Love Live Mostly base on the huge positive receptions they got. |
Papa_ScorchMay 22, 2019 5:14 AM
| Steins;Gate because to this day people keep talking favorably about it. Madoka Magica because of the impact it has on the magical girl genre. Sword Art Online because it kickstarted the isekai boom that doesn't seem to end. Kimi no Na Wa because of its sheer popularity and critical succes. To this day people talk about it. Shingeki no Kyojin because of its sheer popularity. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, despite its manga being one from the 80's, because people won't shut up about it and because seemingly everything is influenced by it. Fate series: idem Jojo I'm tempted to put Monogatari on this list but I'm not sure about whether it's just me or if it really is as popular as it seems. also the first season is from 2008. |
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| I don't like Mother basement videos but I will watch his video probably soon. Well let's just answer the topic: K-On!!: Even after almost 10 years no CGDCT series became as popular as K-On in the west and is one of the most CGDCT in Japan and also increased the number of CGDCT shows (also CGDCT series before K-On rarely had those eat and drink scenes but after K-On, we see them in like every show) Madoka Magica: Yep, it's not the first dark mahou shoujo out there but it changed the mahou shoujo genre. SAO: Definitely a classic in Japan at least, increased the number of isekai shows. Your Name: Sales, popularity, its success and everything else is enough to call it a classic Made in Abyss: Became mainstream, Ghibli vibes probably... Love Live: Not sure about this but before Love Live idol shows mostly was just targeted at kids and with so many episodes but after that we see every season a seasonal idol show Kemono Friends: Too early to call it a classic but increased the popularity and number of mobile game adaptations in Japan and also full CGI shows... |
| I'm interested to see what slightly less mainstream anime will be considered a cult classic years on from now. Personally I'd love to see that happen to Houseki no Kuni, its pretty revolutionary for CGI anime and also just an intriguing, unique story with lovable characters. It's already gained a small but dedicated fanbase so I'd say its possible. As for modern classics, people are definitely going to still be making Jojo references until the end of time, it's well on its way to classic status |
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| AoT SAO JoJos hero academia (not yet but has that chance to be) |
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| I agree with Monogatari series and Madoka Magica.. Too bad they are not yet ended for good.. |
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| Oftentimes it can be hard to distinguish between what'll become a classic, and what's ultimately just a trend. Just because a series or film is a cash grab doesn't immediately validate its candidacy in the run for becoming a classic; that just means it was wildly popular during its time and made a lot of sales. And when I say 'its time', that can be referring to 10+ years. Basically, it's really difficult to determine what will be considered a classic from the year 2010 onward, but I think it'll really boil down to the impact on the industry as a whole that the title in question had. Sword Art Online and Kimi no Na wa were huge cash grabs, sure, but will they be remembered in 20-30 years' time as cornerstones of the animated medium? Who knows. HohoVFX said: I'm interested to see what slightly less mainstream anime will be considered a cult classic years on from now. Personally I'd love to see that happen to Houseki no Kuni, its pretty revolutionary for CGI anime and also just an intriguing, unique story with lovable characters. It's already gained a small but dedicated fanbase so I'd say its possible. I can definitely see this being the case for Houseki no Kuni, but even more so for the majority of Masaaki Yuasa's works. Anything that strays from the norm and dares to be different usually ends up with a cult following at the very least, but it's also not uncommon for titles that receive little recognition during their time to see the limelight years down the road, too. |
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| hxh 2011, steins;gate, aot the way i interpret classic is basically what we will tell other people to watch the most if they wanted to watch 2010 anime |
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| In terms of sheer popularity even outside the general anime community then Sword Art Online, Shingeki no Kyojin, Boku no Hero Academia and One Punch Man In terms of generally extremely positive reception ever since they aired without really falling off the radar then also Steins;Gate, Madoka Magica, Hunter x Hunter (2011) and Kimi no Na wa Love Live, K-On and the Monogatari Series are also arguably classics in the sense that they kind of defined their own respective genres I'd maybe also throw in Gintama: while it's always been kind of niche, it's also always been extremely well received within its own limited fanbase and never ceases to go out of fashion considering that it just keeps on delivering top rated seasons. Could maybe make a similar case for Jojo as well, albeit to a slightly lesser extent |
HaXXspettenMay 22, 2019 8:49 AM
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| Non Non Biyori because it's the best anime ever, unmatched. |
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| Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood Shinsekai Yori (Have not watched it, but it is loved by elitists so I definitely think it will) |
| I honestly think I still need to dig deeper into this still ongoing era of 2010s before I make a list of what I think should be considered classics. However, I'd throw Parasyte The Maxim, Madoka Magica, Steins Gate, and Kill La Kill in this fray. |
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| We are still in the 2010's. If you actually watched the videos they also mentioned something that I agree with: it's too early to decide what's going to mean something 20 years from now. Something can be amazing, but just disappear into the pile of other good seasonals (Ex. Made in Abyss). And something can be a pioneer for a genre, but not be on the level of quality of other current classics (Ex. SAO). At this point, the only anime that I can sort of predict being a classic would be MHA or One Punch Man. I can walk in a crowd and shout "Go Beyond PLUS ULTRA" or "ONE PUUUNCH!!!" and have half of the people there losing their s***. |
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| I would say at least one requirement for being a classic is that they must be sufficiently old but still retained relevance. So I would say that no anime from the 2010's really fits the description of a classic, at least not yet. Well see in a few decades time. I love Bakemonogatari but it feels disingenuous to call it a classic at this point. |
| There are many issues with the way this thread can be approached. I am tempted to just state my favorites because they will surely be the ones I will remember in twenty years, but I know this is not what this thread intends. On the other hand, some define classics in a way that scares me in how strict it is. Like to be a classic something has to shape the medium in some sort of HUGE and bombastic way and honestly you don't need that to get a show that survives through the decades and is remembered fondly. I think the answers to this thread are going to either underestimate or overestimate what the term classic means, inevitably. If we lack the perspective of time, this is impossible to answer. I get that this is just a thread to speculate but we can't even measure our bias at this point. |
| In this context, I think of a classic as an essential or a staple anime that will still be watched by a good amount of people 10 years(from now) later down the line. As already mentioned. SAO, AoT, MyHero, Steins;Gate and HxH are pretty good choices . Depending on preferences, Shigatsu, Ping Pong and The Tatamy Galaxy seem reasonable as well . Granted, it's hard to look that far into the future, especially in fast-paced times like these. |
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holysauron said: Steins;Gate because to this day people keep talking favorably about it. Madoka Magica because of the impact it has on the magical girl genre. Sword Art Online because it kickstarted the isekai boom that doesn't seem to end. Kimi no Na Wa because of its sheer popularity and critical succes. To this day people talk about it. Shingeki no Kyojin because of its sheer popularity. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, despite its manga being one from the 80's, because people won't shut up about it and because seemingly everything is influenced by it. Fate series: idem Jojo I'm tempted to put Monogatari on this list but I'm not sure about whether it's just me or if it really is as popular as it seems. also the first season is from 2008. Completely agree with you here. However, as much as I like Monogatari, I would not say that Monogatari is a classic. It is not something I can recommand to newcomers. I feel like it is the kind of show that everybody knows about, but where only a small portion of these people have seen it. |
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| Surprised no one has said Psycho Pass. I know everything after the first season isn't nearly as good, but the first season was some real good shit. |
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| Hard to say, but maybe: Accel World Ajin Alderamin on the Sky Aldnoah Zero The Ancient Magus' Bride Angel Beats Attack on Titan Barakamon Beyond the Boundary Bunny Drop Chaika: Coffin Princess/Avenging Battle Darling in the FranXX Death Paraqde Erased Fate/Zero Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works TV Future Diary The Heroic Legend of Arslan Highschool DXD/New/Born/Hero Highschool of the Dead Hinamatsuri Kingdom Jormungand/Jormungand: Perfect Order One Punch Man Overlord Parasyte Psycho-Pass Puella Magi Madoka Magica Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai Re:Zero The Seven Deadly Sins Shiki A Silent Voice Snow White With the Red Hair Star Blazers 2199/2202 Steins; Gate Sword Art Online Tokyo Ghoul Violet Evergarden Yona of the Dawn Your Name |
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| if kill la kill ever gets treated as a classic i'm going to kill la kill myself ba dum tiss ----- Iunno and I don't care to try to predict. Let time run its course on that one. What's considered a classic doesn't necessitate any kind of viewing or reverence in of itself, and it's just something being remembered by the consensus as either impactful on the medium its a part of, or something being considered quite good and is treated with a large degree of praise over a longer period of time than the average life-span of a piece of media. I consider it to be a bit of a worthless designation in terms of how I look at media, because I don't care to LARP as a professional critic. Which, analyzing and trying to understand why the desigination is being applied to a given to a work in the (then) present is probably where I'd understand that designation having the most value. Anitubers trying to make this a focal point of discussion so often is something I view with distrust. Like, it just feels it's trying to get people to pre-emptively deem modern works they want to be considered classics in the future to be as much too far ahead of time. The mixture of the breadth of their platform, recurring audiences that have a noted tendency to reiterate/parrot their preferred anitubers' stances and opinions quite heavily, and my impression that even the better ones come off as being self-absorbed pricks that seek to mold their audiences into their image, with any sort advocation of self-determination tending to come off as a two-faced lipservice to that obnoxiously loud sect of the fandom that rails against critical analysis on the basis of relativism and subjectivity, kind of compounds to form something that feels like a pit in my stomach. But maybe I'm just being far too cynical for my own good with that, so I'll go as far as to take myself with a grain of salt with this second paragraph. |
ManabanMay 22, 2019 1:46 PM
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| Can something with a generalized bad reputation despite its popularity be considered a classic? I can't see as a classic something that doesn't carry a positive connotation, so I can't think of something like SAO as a future classic, despite being a hit and it's influence in the isekai trend. |
Arkab said: Can something with a generalized bad reputation despite its popularity be considered a classic? I can't see as a classic something that doesn't carry a positive connotation, so I can't think of something like SAO as a future classic, despite being a hit and it's influence in the isekai trend. It depends more on how people respond to it in the future than the here and now. Something can be met with widespread applause in the present can be met with contempt down the line, and on the other hand, something can be controversial or met with disgust at the time it's released and then almost universally lauded down the line. The latter can be kind of more cult-status-y than classic in many cases, though, albeit I've always kind of interpreted that as being just a variant on titling something a classic in the first place. Really, this discussion is good for predictions and that's about it, we're not going to be able to establish the perception of a series a couple of decades from now based on the current environment. And, mind you, I'd question whether or not it was appropriate to do so if the attempt was being made or if that was the desire in this discussion being established. Viewing it from a present-only perspective seems like it misses the point, though. |
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| Reason is because these are the current popular, top and favorite anime series of the majority. Mirai Nikki Sword Art Online Shingeki no Kyoujin Tokyo Ghoul Boku no hero academia Made in abyss Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai And "Steins gate" maybe |
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petran79 said: Tale of Princess Kaguya definitely, despite the low popularity. Classic not just for Japan but world animation. I doubt anything similar will be produced again. Too expensive to make and it was a commercial failure. This one I quite agree with. The movie is big particularly among Western film critics. It's almost guaranteed to transcend. |
| I feel like any anime that could be call a classic came out in the earlier part of the decade Not that I think the quality went down but I really can't think of anything that really had any real longevity pass 2015. Even things like made in abyss or kimi no na wa haven't passed the 2 to 3 years mark and so my list will be Hunter x hunter 2011 K on Steins gate Fate zero Jojo bizarre adventure Monogatari series Attack on titan |
I'm probably missing stuff, but I would consider these to be overall Classics in anime for one reason or another:
This next list of anime straddle the line between classic and cult classics anime to me:
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BigAristotle94May 22, 2019 7:11 PM
| houseki no kuni first full cgi anime that has way better animation than most of anime in this decade |
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| i say Devilman Crybaby just because its like the most nihilistic show i have seen on any media |
deg said: i say Devilman Crybaby just because its like the most nihilistic show i have seen on any media Wait, isn't it already a classic before it got its remake? I'm sure that series inspired a lot of manga back in the 80s I believe? |
keragamming said: deg said: i say Devilman Crybaby just because its like the most nihilistic show i have seen on any media Wait, isn't it already a classic before it got its remake? I'm sure that series inspired a lot of manga back in the 80s I believe? yep but anime is not so close to being mainstream back then |
deg said: keragamming said: Wait, isn't it already a classic before it got its remake? I'm sure that series inspired a lot of manga back in the 80s I believe? yep but anime is not so close to being mainstream back then Well, the manga is and the devil cry baby anime isn't even close to mainstream. |
operationvalkyri said: Fate/Zero A modern tragedy. I absolutely love how that sounds! Could you please develop this idea. |
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its just a prediction of mine, for example Gundam when it first came out flops i heard but years/decades later it started going mainstream |
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