You and everyone else. Or do you not browse /a/ enough to tell the anime industry is in a creative slump right now?

Me too man, me too...
Anyway, Macross Plus is overrated

>Macross Plus

I still think the Macross Plus soundtrack was Yoko Kanno's best work easily.

>>37318202
So many classics back then.

>>37318264
>the anime industry is in a creative slump right now?

DAT' BE ONE BOLD STATEMENT YOU BE MAKIN' DE'RE BOY.

Anime is dying.

I miss luck stat in my RPGs.

>You and everyone else.
>everyone else
Unfortunately the vast majority of the anime watchers nowadays is composed of newfags who don't even know what is a good anime.

>>37318322

Case in point

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW8Pbaf_9pU&feature=related

I'd link Pulse, but it has such a long build up to the first bridge.

>>37318427
Obviously it isn't if foreign companies think there's money to be made there.

No company would invest so much in something if there was even a slight sign of it failing.

Helmet in a helmet.

>>37318498

You just miss being a kid.

>>37318264
High School of the Dead is the best thing I've seen in a while. God damn the anime industry is in something much worse than a slump right now.

Oh look, its this thread again....

There's good shows both in the 90s and after the 90s. I can list just as many good shows that came after the year 2000 as there was in the 90s.

The only real 'slump' Anime was in was that short period between 1999-2004. And even then, some of the best shows Anime has ever seen came out of that period like CardCaptor Sakura, Hajime no Ippo and more.

One of my skills is shouting "Ore no uta wo Kike!"

>>37318493

>Implying market saturation isn't one sure-fire way to kill an industry.

>>37318578
>High School of the Dead is the best thing I've seen in a while

>>37318578
Wow, talk about low standards

>>37318578

>>37318202
Macross Plus! One of the most splendid 90's anime out there. Many people said it was overrated but this is one of my all-time favorite. The animation was top-notch, the music was great, too. Looking at CG shit Frontier has (or at least another mecha anime) I really miss 90's style.

inb4 2fast2furious

>>37318578
Sure is summer

goddamit, I just recently heard "luck is one of my skills" in an anime/video game or movie but can't remember what was it

>>37318591
>I can list just as many good shows that came after the year 2000 as there was in the 90s.

Please do. Because the only anime i've enjoyed within the last decade is anything by Production I.G.

>CCS and Ippo

Fuck off.

>>37318622

If market saturation was a sure fire way to kill an industry, then Madden, Final Fantasy and Metal Gear SOlid would have killed gaming by now.

>>37318473
Also "Voices"

ITT nostalgiafags

anime hasn't changed, you grew up

ITT: nostalgiafags.

>>37318860

I think you should be a stock broker.

>>37318827

>Because the only anime i've enjoyed within the last decade is anything by Production I.G.
>hates CCS and Ippo

>>37318827
You have a problem with Ippo? Seriously?

Sure is nostalgiafag in here.

>>37318591

No, the slump happened in the early 90s. The industry nearly collapsed at that point. Anime boomed in the late 90s and then boomed again in the early-mid 00s.

>>37318827

>I am a newfag who has probably seen 5 anime.

>hating on CCS

Your opinion is worthless.

>>37318827
>Implying CCS isn't god tier

>>37318860
But they have killed competition in their respective genres

>>37318923

>Implying if Macross Plus wasen't released for the first time today with updated animation, it wouldn't be head and shoulders above the other shit right now.

>>37318909
>>37318473
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjZH_h_0GQs

>>37318827
baccano, planetes, detroit metal city, black lagoon, hellsing OVAs, kaiji, gurren lagann

but seriously, what is wrong with ippo?

>>37319027

That doesn't even make any sense.

And Macross Plus doesn't need to be updated unless for Blu-Ray. It's aged well.

Macross Plus's animation is still top-notch. Within the mech genre at least, the only things recently that compare are Rebuild and Gundam Unicorn, and I'd say Plus is better animated than the latter.

>>37318923
Please, I watched Gundam 08th MS team and Stardust memory for the first time a couple of years ago and Find it much better than the newer stuff. Let's see you explain that.

>>37318998

>No, the slump happened in the early 90s. The industry nearly collapsed at that point.

I'll give you that. What I was talking about was 'creative slump'. Aka, much of what was coming out between 1999-2004 were clone shows (mostly thanks to studios like Gonzo) and, after Love Hina and Mahoro, just quickly done Ecchi comedies with no substance.

Things started picking up around 2004-2005 with more original shows. Which, you could kind of compare to the trend of the 90s which had its boom around 1995.

>>37319027
Personally, I found the plot and characters of Plus somewhat unlikable. Even Frontier had characters I could enjoy on a shallow level, which is the level at which I like to enjoy Macross.

But despite that (and despite my not being so hot about Yoko Kanno's work in Plus), it's still god tier mecha porn that rivals and exceeds modern animation.

>>37319095
Nothing is wrong with it, except that the manga should have ended a million years ago.

>>37319111
>That doesn't even make any sense.

Of course it does. It means current anime shows and films are plenty worse than Macross Plus.

>>37319146

Rebuild of Eva isn't nearly as well-animated as Macross Plus.

Maybe if it was Gainax instead of Khara it would have been a masterpiece, but it isn't.

>>37319156

>I like 2 anime from two older anime therefore all older anime are good.

No, that's not how it works.

>I found the plot and characters of Plus somewhat unlikable

Of course you did. Isamu and Guld are dicks to pretty much everyone.

>and despite my not being so hot about Yoko Kanno's work in Plus

You're honestly the first person i've seen to say that. How come?

>>37319280
Those were two examples of older shows I prefer over newer and am not tainted by nostalgia.

>>37319146
Don't let Rebuild's pretty visual effects fool you. Gorgeous to look at during some parts, but not that well animated overall. Plus is still better.

ITT: people that don't realize that way too much anime being produced in the early 00's is the reason for the current "slump"

>>37319388

2 good shows don't redeem a whole decade.

>>37319364
>You're honestly the first person i've seen to say that. How come?
Seconding this question, Plus was easily Kanno's best work.

>Personally, I found the plot and characters of Plus somewhat unlikable.

Lack of "likable" characters does not mean it's a bad story.

>>37319198

No, they're not. And age has nothing to do with quality.

>>37319165

And in the 90s you had generic fantasy, generic sci-fi, and generic romcoms too.

There was no creative slump in comparison there was just a huge increase in anime at that point.

>>37318620
POWER TO THE DREAM and all that jazz.

Anyway, I miss some 90s anime, there were some great shows in that decade.

There have been plenty of decent shows in the last decade as well though, it's just different and because it's new, it doesn't quite have the same rose-tinted glasses effect that 90s anime have.

Either way, I don't care, anime is a little bit of fun on the side, if shit changes, I'll still enjoy it for what it is, entertainment.

>>37319399
>but not that well animated overall

>>37319364
How can you not like Isamu? He's a pimpin', cocky, stereotypical ace fighter pilot, who can back up all the shit he talks.

Guld on the other hand is a psycho, attempted rapist. You can hate him if you want. However, you'd best respect his sacrifice. Shit was cash.

>>37319388

>implying that you need to have experienced an era to experience nostalgia for it.

You don't.

And no, cherrypicking doesn't prove your point either.

>>37319399
>I like to pretend i know a lot about animation

>I miss 90s anime.
I don't. Most of it is shit.

>>37319525

It had shit character animation.

>>37319566
>discussion about mecha porn, AKA: mecha animation
>bitch about character animation

Oh you.

>>37319470
2 examples, as in out of many. Reading comprehension has taken such a dive.

>>37319490

I'm a huge fan of Yoko Kanno. I personally think her best work was on Gundam Turn A. Despite people disliking the show and totally ignoring the music.

>>37319596

Shit older shows greatly outnumber good older shows.

99% of 90's anime was shit. However, the 1% that was good is some of the greatest stuff ever produced

>>37319616

People that dislike Turn A Gundam are not worth listening to.

gundum motherfuckin wing

>>37319649

In terms of TV timelessshows, all the 90's has is Bebop and Eva.

>>37319364
It just wasn't my thing. Too electronic at some parts and too tribal at others. It's odd because I'm a pretty big Yoko Kannofag, and while everyone jizzes over her work in Plus, I was mostly ambivalent. It's even odder because I adore the Arjuna OST.

I do have to admit that I like her instrumental pieces just fine in the Plus OST. I just really dislike Sharon Apple's songs. Voices is okay.

>>37319496
Plus did not have a stellar story, sorry. in during 2FAST2FURIOUS

Hey OP I agree with you man good taste and all, i mean what the fuck them weebs be making shit like k-on

pic related, notice how anime is getting better 00' onwards. fag.

>>37319505
>generic fantasy,

Rah-Xephon, Dragonball Z, Princess Mononoke

>generic sci-fi,

G-Gundam, Ghost in the Shell, Serial Experiments Lain,

>generic romcoms

Didn't Love Hina pretty much invent the harem sub-genre?

>>37319616
I, too, think that Turn A is probably my favorite Yoko Kanno work. "Gunka no Kioku", "Uka", "Moon", "White Falcon", etc. Fantastic.

>>37319596

It doesn't matter. You are quite blatantly cherrypicking. It's one of those "There was so much great anime!. You know, like Gundam, Macross, Bebop, and...and.."

But then you're going to ignore shit like Apocalypse Zero, Delinquent in Drag, Genocyber, and Burn Up and as if all anime now is Kampfer and Akikan.

>>37319695
>all the 90's has is Bebop and Eva.
lol no. There are plenty of 90s anime that still hold up and some surpass todays anime. But that doesn't mean there wasn't plenty of shit anime in the 90s.

90s:

Slayers
Lost Universe
CardCaptor Sakura
Sailor Moon
Dragon Ball
Blue Seed
Cowboy Bebop
Kenshin
Trigun
Escaflowne
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Kare Kano
You're Under Arrest!
Saber Marionette

2000-2009:

Hajime no Ippo
GTO
Princess Tutu
Ghost in the Shell
Real Drive
Clannad
Kimi ni Todoke
Azumanga Daioh
Ah! Megami-sama
Angelic Layer
Pita Ten
Cross Game
Utawarerumono

Have fun dissecting my list and hating what is/isn't there. But it just proves that there was good shows both in the 90s and after.

8th MS Team and 0083 are OVAs, so more likely they will have better animation than your regular series show

It's kinda cheating to use OVAs as a benchmark in terms of animation for the older series

I miss 60s anime.

you know what else came out that year, G Gundam. look how superior it looks to anime of today

>>37319810
>GTO

But GTO started in 1999.

>>37319714

>>37319695
It also produced stuff like Tenchi Muyo , ArmitageIII, FLCL, Ninja Scroll, as well as a fuckton of OVA's i enjoyed.

>>37319810

Most of your 00's shows are pretty shit, specially compared to some of the stuff you omitted like Mononoke, Mushishi, Gurren-Lagann, Diebuster, Dennou Coil...

>>37319828
Hell, watching DYRL in the present day still blows me away with its animation, and that shit was done in fucking 1984. It's older than me, man.

FUCK 90s ANIME. I MISS 70s ANIME. 200 EPISODE MONSTER OF THE WEEK ROBOT ANIME FUCK YEAH. THAT DOESN'T GET BORING AT ALL.

a thread bitchin about how good anime USED to be.... count me in!

>>37319908

FLCL was released in 2000, it belongs to the 00's.

>>37319726

Rahxephon was released in 2003, bro.

>>37319917
it doesn't

>>37319908
Funny how people always forget that FLCL came out in 1999, though it wasn't released in the states till 2001

>>37319917
turth. this is pure art.

>>37318469
THIS

This is the reason why the 80's will remain SUPERIOR!

But 90's has a special place in my heart...for being the last truly hand done cell-animated era.

Pic fucking related.

>>37319917

>200 EPISODE MONSTER OF THE WEEK ROBOT ANIME FUCK YEAH.

Sailor Moon

>robot

oh, nevermind.....

>>37319917
If you notice, there are barely any anime that pass the 50 episode mark, much less 100 or 200.

Shit, even Lupin only got its fuckhueg series only about in the 80s, wasn't it?

Sharon Apple's incredibly animated trippy concert was actually my favourite scene in Macross Plus.

Enough of this newfaggotry. Post more awesome 90's

FUCK THE 90s!

>>37319995
it came out in 2000 bro

Watching the 1987 Devilman OVA right now for the first time, it's pretty boss. The direction is actually pretty of good for this kind of show.

Alright fags time to lay down the truth.

There are more good anime in the 00s than there are in the 90s. But the best of the 90s is better than the best of 00s.

>>37320100
>Post more awesome 90's
FUCK YEAH, J-DECKER! More people need to watch this other than me and a handful of people on /m/.

it was all to shit after "wonder 3"

So, uh, I'm just going to drop in and SPACE PIRATE CAPTAIN HARLOCK, VOTOMS, AND 08TH MS TEAM

1965 bitches

>>37320213

>But the best of the 90s is better than the best of 00s.

No, not really.

>>37320100
>Posting a riding bean image before Gunsmith Cats

>>37320213

There's more anime from the last decade than from the 90s period. With hundreds of more titles, you're bound to have a lot of good ones.

ITT: Post something that came out 10 years before/after the person above you for MASSIVE E-PENIS

>>37320023
If you do not know who is in this picture, you are officially a newfag.

>THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT ALL THE SHIT ANIMES THAT WERE IN THE 90'S.

Now you're going go "LIKE WHAT!"

>>37320100
okay!

>>37320244
not old enough

>>37320272
fuck....yeah.

If you actually think one decade is better then the other you don't know SHIT about anime.

>>37320273

>With hundreds of more titles, you're bound to have a lot of good ones.

Not when 33% of those are harem/slice of life and another 10-20% more are ecchi shows based on doujins/hentai games.

And people thought stuff like Tenchi was bad back in the day...

>>37320323

Rayearth was pretty bleh before the director decided to turn it into Iczer 3.

Remember when there was a plethora of mecha anime? ;_;

Lots of people defending 00s anime

And no mention of Stand Alone Complex?

Seriously? Christ, and I thought some people on /a/ had taste.

>>37320379
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Anime_of_2004
Looking at each year, I don't see 33%

>>37320379
>If it is a genre I don't like then it is bad
cool story bro

I wonder what the worst 90s show would be.

>>37320407
Yeah. Shit suddenly died down after 2007-2008. At least we still got Shin Mazinger in 2009.

>>37320407
mecha anime is mostly shit.

>>37320307

>>THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT ALL THE SHIT ANIMES THAT WERE IN THE 90'S.

Yeah we do. We just still watched them because there was less shows back then.

Now there's so many shows out, we have the ability to choose. Especially with the internet. 99% of you never had to deal with getting VHS subs or renting Anime on tape 1-2 episodes at a time.

>>37320438
00's anime is fine, and I enjoy plenty of shows made in the past 10 years. It's just...different. It's mainly that if I want to fill up on mecha, I mostly have to look outside this past decade.

>>37320100

>more awesome 90s

>an 80s anime.

And Riding Bean is the perfect example of why anime was worse. Those short OVAs weren't good especially when manga and novels are the main source. 13-26 episode anime format becoming the standard was one of the best things to happen to anime.

>>37320473

We've probably forgotten them by now. I think Those Who Hunt Elves is pretty bad.

>>37320490

2008 had Macross Frontier Gundam 00 and Soaring Cake Girl. Their quality is debatable, but they're all mecha shows.

>/a/
>taste

>>37320438

SAC's plot for both 1st and 2nd gig were far too convoluted for anyone to give a fuck.

>>37320351
I always wondered (since I'm too young to tell by myself). How similar is the original Tetsujin in comparison with Imagawa's 2004 remake? And the manga?

>>37320438
I don't know man. SAC, along with a dozen other top tier shows, seem to be forgotten when the taste fights break out.

>>37320400

I thought I was the only one who thought the Rayearth show was slow and boring.

Glad CLAMP took more incentive to take control of development in their later shows.

>>37320303
I know who she is, thats why I posted her

>>37320407

There are still several a year in any of the last few years. If you mean big, year-long series, blame the declining Japanese birth rate. Less kids means less year-long series.

>>37320490
We've mostly been in a mecha drought for a while. When the biggest things coming out are movie releases and mostly of long-standing mega-franchises, you know the well is going dry.

>>37320494
Opinions.

>>37320438

See >>37319810

>>37320508

And we were thankful for whatever anime we got, dangnabit. Also, a lot of the "nostalgiagoggles" comes from that a lot of the official releases tended to be a lot of the good high budget stuff, and not long running and low budget TV shows.

I can't think of any 90/80s 50 episodes shows with the constant quality of something like soul eater

>>37320490

Except

>>37320379

You're an idiot.

>>37320508
brofist.jpg

Anyone else remember having to buy 6 $30 for a 12 episode series? Or having to pay anywhere around $150-200 for an entire season

>>37320612

One mention in a long list isn't exactly what I was looking for.

>>37320589

The first half is slow and boring. Once Nova is introduced and they forget Clamp's original, it isn't so bad.

>>37320575
>SAC
>convoluted
Not as convoluted as the GitS movies!

>>37320650
>2007
>16 mecha series
Really?

In any case, I'd love to see the numbers for 2009.

>>37320668
I still own Yu Yu Hakusho: Poltergesit Report, Ninja Scroll, and most of the DBZ movies on bootleg VHS. Lost most of the others over the years.

>>37320575

>I DUN' WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO UNDERSTAND NO PLOT!

>>37320650
Yeah, that was exactly the image I was thinking about when I said that. 2007 had a bunch of remakes and a few new franchises, but then suddenly they almost disappeared. 2010 isn't looking much better in that regard.

>>37320755
Scratch that, I am fucking blind.

But yes. There was a recent dip.

Hey guys remember SOL BIANCA?

>>37320641

>I can't think of any 90/80s 50 episodes shows with the constant quality of something like soul eater

Slayers
CardCaptor Sakura
Sailor Moon
Dragon Ball
Kenshin (until end of Shishio Arc)

Arguably many more.

New mecha shows suck.

Code Geass and 00 and Seed Destiny killed mecha.

No love?

>>37320755

2007 had a fuckton of mecha shows, some were just never subbed like the Giant Robo retelling.

>>37320844

We still have VOTOMS. That's...that's about it. And Unicorn.

>>37320844
Shin Mazinger Z

>>37320576
I haven't read the manga but currently watching Gigantor. They are the same in which they have shotaro solving mysteries but the scale of things are a lot bigger. Instead of finding out what the hell is going on at the zoo each episode is about fighting some dictatorship or evil organization trying to take over the world.

pic related, dick is a bad ass and infiltrates the enemies HQ. ironically his character is more faithful in Giant Robo

>>37320848

Huh? Trigun was always the best example for fantastic manga/poor anime adaption

>>37320800
>Dragon Ball
>Slayers
>Sailor Moon
>Kenchin

These had pretty shoddy art and animation for the most part, bro. Certainly not on par with Soul Eater's.

>>37320890
Eh? It got a Madhouse ending but it wasn't that bad in and of itself.

>>37320921

Besides, Slayers is 3 26 episode seasons.

>>37320871

Not enough.

I may have made up for CG's faggotry, but 00 and Destiny still put it in the negative.

Any mecha anime that's made within this decade sucks ass.

Most '90s anime is shit, with very few exceptions.

>>37320870

Enokido/Igarashi's Star Driver is by far the most promising "yet-to-be-released" mecha show, mang.

>>37320886
Murasame ;_;

>>37320844

What you call 'killing Mecha' some would call 'helping it survive'.

The days of Char's Counterattack and 52 episodes of slow dialogue between characters with the occasional fight (Gundam Wing) are over. Mecha is being mixed with other genres. And its doing much better than the 'pure' mecha shows.

>>37320921
What is this newfaggotry? Ruroni Kenshin had shoddy animation? SOUL EATER comparisons?

Did you even look at the simplistic character designs for SOUL EATER? SHIT IS FUCKING SIMPLISTIC COMPARED TO KENSHINS

Gurren-Lagann, Diebuster, Eureka Seven and Rahxephon all ranged from pretty good to fucking excellent. The 00's were great for mecha.

>>37320978

I won't get my hopes up. Besides, I'm not big on little boy and giant robot unless it's Giant Robo.

>>37320576
Honestly, I don't know.

I can't seem to find anything of the original Tetsujin anime. I know that it's most likely the usual 60's anime fare, but I still want to watch at least a little bit.

>No mention of Samurai Champloo

Dicks

>>37321022

I thought all Otaking-wannabes had left /a/.

>>37320844
Nah. I do think that Sunrise's mecha studios could use some inspiration, though. What wasted potential those series were...

Well, I'm still holding out some hope for Bokoku no Akito. All I'm hoping for from the 00 movie is mecha porn.

But really. New mecha IP's where?

>>37320886
>dick

>>37320968
No mecha anime has been made this decade.

>>37321043

Enokido and Igarashi man. ENOKIDO AND IGARASHI.

>>37321052
>Samurai Champloo

NIGGA DOES THAT EVEN LOOK LIKE 90'S TO YOU?

>>37321010
Maybe, but there is no denying that all three examples that >>37320844 listed were bad shows in the end.

Oddly enough, all of them started strong but ended terribly.

>>37321078
Fuck new mecha series! I want GGG back.

>>37321071
>Otaking-wannabe
Is that some lame newfag underage excuse for DURR HURR I DON'T APPRECIATED AWESOME OLD SHOWS?

>>37321010

Gundam Wing sucked.

New Gundams have faggots for main characters.

>>37321126

If they made more GGG it would just be bad, like GGG Final was.

>>37320921

So you're only measure of 'quality' was the art?

Shows like Slayers and Dragon Ball had good art for their time. Comparing them to a show in 2009 is the epitome of fail.

>>37321165
Gundam Wing is like FFVII

>>37321078

New mecha IPs of the 00's:

Gainax:
-Gurren-Lagann

IG:
-IPGX

Bones:
-Rahxephon
-Eureka Seven

XEBEC:
-Dai-Guard
-Fafner
-Heroic Age

AIC:
-Goddannar
-GunXSword

Sunrise
-Zegapain
-Xenoglossia
-Code Geass

And I'm missing some.

>>37321078
I'm still waiting for my HiME saga, but Gundam 00 movie looks awesome

>>37321047
You can either pay 100$ for the series or watch it on hulu like I am doing.

>>37321195

Fuck off.

GGG Final kicked ass.

But you are right, I wouldnt trust modern sunrise with GGG now. They'd make Gai some faggy bishonen who cries about having to fight zonders or something retarded.

I miss when we didn't have these bullshit threads.

>>37321195
>GGG Final
>bad
Fuck your face.

>>37321133

I appreciate good old-school stuff, but you're listing stuff that is mostly aided ONLY by nostalgia.

At least say Utena or something.

>>37321222

Who watches IGPX?

And Goddanar would have been good if the whole show wasnt "LOOK TITS EVERYWHERE LOLOLOLOL"

I want giant robots beating the fuck out of each other, not fanservice.

proto-Shana before Shana

>>37321283

Are you seriously implying Utena is the high point of 90s Anime. When you just got done saying shows like Slayers and Kenshin were bad because of their ANIMATION?!

Wow, you're more fail than anyone here today.

>>37321254
>>37321259

GGG Final was otaku pandering shit that completely betrayed the entire point of the original series and everything that made it good

Pardon me, but most 90's animation were very shitty, sans the timeless masterpieces such as Cowboy Beebop, Evangelion and GitS.

>>37321222
I meant in the near past and foreseeable future, sorry. 2007 was 3 years ago, man.

I am interested in Star Driver, though. Break Blade looks interesting, too, though that's not a new IP technically.

>>37321369

For TV anime, Cowboy Bebop and Escaflowne are definitely some of the best examples.

>>37321306

>I want giant robots beating the fuck out of each other, not fanservice.

Frankly, I'd rather have both. And good shows are able to pull both off. You can have fanservice and a good show.

Problem is, it sounds like that show wasn't trying to focus on being a good show, but more on the tits.

Mecha shows in 2007:

Gurren-Lagann
Xenoglossia
Heroic Age
Jeeg
Bokurano
Dragonaut
Kissdum
GR: Giant Robo
Gigantic Formula
Gundam 00
Reideen

And I'm sure I'm missing some.

>>37321245
I'm already aware that Gigantor is there. What I'm saying is that I want to get the Japanese version with the postwar stuff left in tact.

>>37321369

Utena, for all its reused footage, still had better animation than Slayers and Utena.

Slayers was fucking ugly for the most part, man!

>>37321431
>>37321401

Here we go....The Toonami patrol is here!

>>37321466

I think Sousei no Aquarion might have been 2007 as well

>>37321500
>Slayers and Kenshin.

DERP

Thread needs more Ranma 1/2

so calssic there's even a tribute in Etrian Odyssey 3

>>37321476
oh I see, that one is a toughy

>>37321537

Aquarion was 2005, it just had an OVA on 2007.

Oh, don't mind me. Just being an 80s Pierrot anime with animation better than 60% of Naruto.

>>37321504

Yeah, I remember Escaflowne being on Toonami.

>>37321426
Well, upon thinking about it more, maybe I am too harsh on what seems to be a recent lack of mecha. There's probably usually at least one mecha series airing at any one time, now that I think about it. Basquash, Heroman, and Rideback come to mind, and they're all new IP's.

>>37321370

Oh fucking please.

So they had a small amount of fanservice. It didnt take away from the awesome final battle at all.

>>37321607

Rideback was a manga adaptation.