compiling a list of anime classics (films only). list yours.

I'll start: Vampire Hunter D (1985)

dont judge, I like english dub.

- Akira
- Grave of the Fireflies
- Spirited Away (Yeah, I like it, big whoop wanna fight about it?)
- Princess Mononoke
- Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door

I'm into the more generic ones, anyone have any good indie/cult recommendatons?

- Ghost in a Shell
- Cowboy Bebop

one piece
FMA
FMP

Does ninja scroll count?

Gatchaman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjuN5Bn-RCo

Uchū Senkan Yamato(Star Blazers)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08LfHAh0jAY

Chō Jikū Yōsai Makurosu (Macross)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otv28eZYmb8

man all you guys pics aint that old!

Now I feel old :o

Akira
Esacaflowne
Ronin Warriors (:D)
Intial D

Yurusei Yatsura
Macross
Ranma
Otaku no Video
Dragonball Z
Zeta Gundam
Bubblegum Crisis OVA

That reminds me, I still need to watch my Giant Robo and Gunbuster DVDs.

Only if you're talking about late 80's, early 90's. If "anything goes."

Just go here (http://thesubwire.com/users/1713/Suby_Snacks?module=favorites).

Ghost in the Shell
Azumanga Daioh
Ranma 1/2
Neon Genesis Evangelion
serial experiments Lain
Macross

evangelion ftw!

oh and boogie pop phantom!

there's just too much good anime that's come out recently too which I'd rank just as good as some of the great classics. Such as

Darker Than Black
Mushishi
and others

Akira is the grand daddy
Ninja Scroll and Ghost in the Shell took up many of my college days
Macross was/is just awesome

Macross Frontier (the newest Macross) is frickin' awesome. It pays homage to all the previous Macross series here and there.

Huh, will have to check out Macross Frontier then :)

For me:
Ghost in the Shell (the 2nd one was a little...different)
Wicked City
Ranma 1/2
Macross (and all the takeoffs of it)
Ninja Scroll
Battle Angel Alita (I think)

then there was that really perverted one with all the demons having sex with the hot anime chicks...can't remember the name - really long and strange sounding. ;)

then there was that really perverted one with all the demons having sex with the hot anime chicks...can't remember the name - really long and strange sounding. ;)

That really doesn't narrow it down much. :eyebrows: However, you might mean this one (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urotsukidoji).

yeah, that's the one :D

"Classic" anime movies, right?

Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise
Appleseed (the original)
The Heroic Legend of Arislan
Patlabor: The Movie 1 & 2
Gundam anything

And as a bonus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyVqIkJ69VA&feature=related

And as a bonus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyVqIkJ69VA&feature=related

Speaking of Daikon. Hey, you seen Densha Otoko?

"Classic" anime movies, right?

Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise
Appleseed (the original)
The Heroic Legend of Arislan
Patlabor: The Movie 1 & 2
Gundam anything

And as a bonus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyVqIkJ69VA&feature=related

aw man, everything you just said, and thanks for the vid, I was waiting to see what you'd post!

BTW when you gonna come hang wit us one of these weekend Ryan! :D

Gatchaman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjuN5Bn-RCo

Uchū Senkan Yamato(Star Blazers)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08LfHAh0jAY

Chō Jikū Yōsai Makurosu (Macross)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otv28eZYmb8

My three favorites as well. I have all the Star Blazers and Macross series on DVD. I used to jam home from school each day to watch Star Blazers when I was a kid. :)

Gatchaman/Battle for the Planets/G Force is being remade for the big screen. It's being made by Americans using the Gatchaman name that was never used in the US - go figure. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0818257/

Porco Rosso
Castle of Cagliostro
Macross- Do you Remember Love?
Macross Plus Movie or OVAs (Both are classics)
Patlabor Movies 1 & 2 (+2)
Patlabor TV series- Not a movie but classic.
Zeta Gundam (+1)
Gundam 0083: Stardust Memories Movie or Full OVAs (better one)
MSG: Char's Counterattack
Gundam F91
Record of Lodoss War (The original one)
Bastard
Otaku no Video- Not a movie but a must see if you are a true anime fan(boy) :p
Tenchi Muyo (The original one)- Again not a movie but classic anime.

I miss the fansub days :)

Nausicaa of the valley of the wind
Golden Boy

I think you guys covered most of the other ones.

Hajime no Ippo

You all have to read it

onemanga.com

Brave Raideen
Char and Sayla
D.I.C.E
Gad Guard
Detonator Orgun
Hades Project Zeorymer
Great Teacher Onizuka
City Hunter
Flag
Skull Man

Ninja scroll
Love the girl with the poison Va J J

Akira
so much blood and guts

Vampire Hunter D
First one I ever watched

Ranma 1/2
still havent watched all the movies but love the movies and series

Gunbuster
Girls that control big things is always a plus..

* there is more but i cant think of anything right now...naruto and eyeshield 21 is blocking my brain...

Akira

Appleseed

Dagger of Kamui - the original Japanese language with subtitles, not the weird English dub bastardizations of it that came out later.

Edit: Ghost in the Shell is one of my favorites, but I'm not really sure what is qualifying as classic here.

For Me

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Akira
Steamboy
Ghost in the Shell
Gundam, Zeta Gundam, Stardust Memory, Chars Counterattack, 08th MS, War in the Pocket. (Yea I like Gundam)
Ranma 1/2
Rurouni Kenshin + Samurai X movies
Almost all of Miyazaki's work.

Oh man, I just remembered one more that I really liked. It's one of the few CLAMP related projects that I'm familiar with and gleefully watched.

X The Movie, fuggin' awesome. Since there's a lot of Gundam mentioned here. About a month ago, the first half of Gundam 00 (episodes 1-25) just finished airing. That was an AWESOME Gundam series and exceeded my expectations (Gundam Seed Destiny was utter crap, IMO). It was directed by the same dude who directed Fullmetal Alchemist. I can't wait until the second half this fall. In the meantime, Code Geass R2 fills that time slot. A cookie goes to anyone who understood what the hell I just said. :nerd:

Oh yeah, forgot to mention the oldie non-movie soap opera stuff.

Maison Ikkoku
KOR

Speaking of Daikon. Hey, you seen Densha Otoko?

Yeah, the intro tribute was pretty sweet!

Oh, and Clamp stuff is for girls :p :D

aw man, everything you just said, and thanks for the vid, I was waiting to see what you'd post!

BTW when you gonna come hang wit us one of these weekend Ryan! :D

That's right, we really oughta hang... considering that I might be defecting to HIIC soon ;)
I'll give ya call, bud!

Oh man, I just remembered one more that I really liked. It's one of the few CLAMP related projects that I'm familiar with and gleefully watched.

X The Movie, fuggin' awesome. Since there's a lot of Gundam mentioned here. About a month ago, the first half of Gundam 00 (episodes 1-25) just finished airing. That was an AWESOME Gundam series and exceeded my expectations (Gundam Seed Destiny was utter crap, IMO). It was directed by the same dude who directed Fullmetal Alchemist. I can't wait until the second half this fall. In the meantime, Code Geass R2 fills that time slot. A cookie goes to anyone who understood what the hell I just said. :nerd:

You really should watch X the series. MUUUUCH better than the movie.

Other's I like were:

Gungrave (made after a video game, but very well done!)
Berserk (you have to follow the manga after the anime leaves you hanging)
Golden Boy (Bimo Baby!)
Trigun

Finally saw Tekkon Kinkreet tonight on BlueRay... OMFG! Slots up there with GITS and Akira. Amazing, simply stunning. I rarely watch DVDs more than one time but I think I may have to sit on this for a few more viewings. So much to take in. Blown away.

Finally saw Tekkon Kinkreet tonight on BlueRay... OMFG! Slots up there with GITS and Akira. Amazing, simply stunning. I rarely watch DVDs more than one time but I think I may have to sit on this for a few more viewings. So much to take in. Blown away.

The creator of that film was at Anime Expo last year. They auctioned off signed sketches and artwork of his. The character designs looked a bit wacky to me, but I'll put it on my Netflix queue. The artwork for the backgrounds were quite impressive, however.

ok heres mine

Akira
Evangelion
Rurouni Kenshin (samurai x)
Bubblegum Crisis
Princess Mononoke
Basilisk
Gundam Chars Counterattack
Yukikaze
Karas
Death Note
Cowboy Bebop The movie
Hellsing Ultimate OVA
Blade of the phantom masters
Macross series
Patlabor
Fushigi yugi
Flame of recca
Yuyu hakusho
5 centimeters (drama)
voices from a distant star
Macross Frontier

well most of them are series but what the heck i forgot alot since ive been watching anime ever since i was a kid LoL

oh Gundam 00 is by far the best Gundam series to date IMO its unpredictable
the 2nd season will start in 5 months and code geass R2 already started :P

No one mentioned it yet?

Fist of the Northstar!

Hajime No Ippo
Trinity Blood
Ruroni Kenshin
Initial D
Bleach
Deathnote

Wait, wait, wait, wait, didn't he say MOVIE and CLASSIC?! :D

lol yeah i just noticed that LoL but some of what i mentioned are movies

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/4033/rwdvddr4.jpg

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/0/03/200px-Super_Saiyan.jpg

awww man, iam pushed to the 3rd page...anyways
listing classics only ^_^

1. Slam Dunk
2. Fist of the Northern Star
3. Dragonball Z
4. Dragonball
5. Dragon Quest
6. Voltron

I dunno if it counts as a classic...

but my all time favorite is

Inuyasha!!!!

I dunno if it counts as a classic...

but my all time favorite is

Inuyasha!!!!

FAIL! :lol:

I thought only girls and furries watched Inu Yasha.

I thought only girls and furries watched Inu Yasha.

well, hes not a girl, so.... :D

Dragonball Z?...

man all you guys pics aint that old!

Now I feel old :o

My first anime I really like was robotech season 1. Is that old enough? haha

Other than that, voltron (if you consider that an anime), full metal panic, ichigo 100% (yeah, it's kind of a perv anime), and probably other that I can't think of right now.

Wrath Of The Ninja (Yotoden Movie)
Street Fighter 2 Victory
Ninja Gaiden (OVA)

Hajime No Ippo!!!

I just watched the first 6 eps of Macross Frontier

Haha I love it. Stereotypical mech anime FTW.

- seemingly random high school kid (it has to be a high school kid), but it's revealed he actually has great potential. Throughout the series a hidden, dark secret past of his is hinted at.
- After the pilot of a top secret craft is killed, he get in it and naturally is able to pilot it. All members of the top secret squadron marvel at his raw, but unrefined skill
- The first time they meet the enemy, of course it is indestructible to all weapons, including rockets and machine guns. Of course, there's some dude with a badass sniper rifle who can blow them away with one shot. There's ALWAYS a dude with a badass sniper rifle. And of course, where advanced guns fail melee weapons slice through the enemy with ease
- after the main character finds out about the secret force, it turns out his schoolmates are actually already in it
- On his first training mission, the main character unexpectedly runs into a live enemy. Everyone tells him to run away, but somehow he goes berserk and defeats the enemy


Holy **** I just described just about every anime made about powered suits/mechs/secret societies

Those aliens that were impossible to kill the first few episode, you know by the end of the series they'll be killing like 50 of them with one shot LOL

^^^
Don't forget "main character's best buddy gets killed", although that only happens about 80% of the time :D

Full Metal Panic. . .uh, initial d. . .akira. . .and more but i forgot.

^^^
Don't forget "main character's best buddy gets killed", although that only happens about 80% of the time :D

Yea, those "best friend" or "like a brother to me" types are always the first to die. It's always in a blaze of glory. Also, there's a love triangle brewing in Macross Frontier too between the "girl next door" type and the "OMG hawt" older chick. He has to choose, just like Hikaru in the original Macross (or most other anime with robots). Frontier is all the Macross thrown into one. The basic storyline is similar to the original. It's got the music (Yoko Kanno) and director (Shoji Kawamori is supervising) from Macross Plus. Music plays a huge role once again. The energy and spunk from Macross 7. Then all the up to date computer animation from Macross Zero.

^^^
In a blaze of glory, plus the main character is powerless to do anything about it :lol: