80's/Early 90's Anime Appreciation Thread (Where Is The Love For The Older Anime)

Man, how did so much crap from the 80's/early 90's get brought over? They didn't bring over nearly as many shows as they do now but still managed to somehow pick out a large amount of duds (which of course then became cult hits because there was nothing better available. I didn't think Akira was anywhere near as good or "essential" as everyone said, and reading the original manga just reinforced my position, but most likely for many it was one of the early gateways so people insist on it for sentimental reasons.)

Anyway one of the greatest series from the 80's (actually more like ever) is of course:

Touch
Comedy/drama/romance about youth, love and baseball. Excellent animation, haunting songs/melodies and deep (at least by today's standards) characterization. It also has the most amazing ******* ever! In case anyone's going to see it (and I recommend that you do!) I wont even write it out but you're going to know what it is when you watch the show, trust me.

Other favourites:

Patlabor OAV
I like this original precursor to the movies best. It had better stories, designs and overall production values than the following series, which probably had something to do with Oshii. Those angular, diamond-shaped eyes in the TV series designs freaked me out a bit.

City Hunter
Good, stupid fun. Can you ever get enough of Ryou? Oh, and it's probably the best-animated TV show from its era; the detail and consistency in character animation is simply stunning, especially since it's essentially just a comedy. In addition the ladies are some of the most attractive ones ever, and a very welcome change from all the annoying green and pink-haired schoolgirls/lolis of today.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

What I wouldn't give for someone to license Galaxy Express 999 and the movies... Captain Harlock and Queen Millennia (TV series and movies) for that matter as well.

And I'd like to see Ashita no Joe someday, if only to be able to see the original "sitting-tired-on-a-chair-in-the-corner-of-the-boxing-ring-with-a-blue-and-white-background"-scene that's been parodied so many times. Although that's 70's material, not 80's/90's.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I believe Eternal Fantasy was never even licensed in the US.

A lot of the old shows were shown dubbed on TV during the 80's but most of them were butchered and messed-up versions a la Robotech, and they've never had any proper releases outside of that. Emeraldas was released on DVD but only half of it. It's a bit sad because with every year, the amount of crap from Gonzo that sells like mad increases, and the classics are further buried under that pile. Though some gems pop up from time to time: last year ADV released the original Area 88 OAV, remastered, and it was quite awesome.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

They're doing Captain Harlock and Galaxy Express 999 as well and I love them for it, but as you say it's going slow. So far they've released 16 episodes of GE999 in almost three years, and at that rate the show won't be finished for close to 20 years.

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