[saiyagok]

OMG, Dragon ball!, sailor moon, Saint Seiya OMg >.<, candy candy, kamui the fugitive ninja. wow, there's a lot of old anime.

[Lemnear]

Originally Posted by Fladian

I am of the opinion that the quality of anime dropped quite badly the past few years, so in my opinion there are currently better 'classic' anime than modern anime.

With exception of Full Metal Alchemist (2003), Kimi ga Nozomu Eien (2003), Kita E (2004) and Monster (2004), my favorites are Fruits Basket (2001), Hikaru no Go (2001), Whisper of the Heart (1995), Infinite Ryvius (1999), Saikano (2001), Scryed (2001), Slam Dunk (1993) and finally Hack/Sign (2002).

I tend to agree that most of the older anime are better quality, much like old skool gaming (NES style) had to rely on content over flashy graphics in order to be successful. Funny though the perception of what classic anime is; most of my Japanese friends consider works like Astro Boy or Kimba to be 'classic anime'. While there's a number of great anime that've been released since CG inception its hard to beat the older stuff. To narrow it down to one I'd probably have to go with Nausicaa, though also love other series like KOR, Dirty Pair TV, or Lupin III (movies and TV).

[indianwhite]

Dragon Ball Z
Sailormoon (any version)
Ranma 1/2
Inuyasha
Curious Play
El Hazard
Please Teacher!
Ah! My Goddess
You're Under Arrest!
Maison Ikkoku

Anime Movie - Nausicaa Valley of the Wind

[mfhraptor]

If I had to talk about my favorite " Classic " animes, I would go back to my childhood and school days. ( 2002 isn't that old in my sense )
My favorite classic animes are :

Aoi Blink


Mysterious Cities Of Gold


Future Boy Conan


Spaceship Sagittarius


Bosco Adventure


The Wonderful Adventures of Nils


Daddy Long Legs


A Little Princess Sara


Nadia : The Secret of Blue Water

All these .. also never to forget ...

Captain Tsubasa


Moero! Top Striker


Fight, Kickers!

I hope some of you have actually seen these and remembers them ...

[bestie]

mysterious citys of gold used to watch that when i got home from school truely a classic.

[Lemnear]

Quite the collection of classic anime there, seen all or in part all of em except for Bosco Adventure and Spaceship Sagittarius. Though its older, Nadia seems to be a bit out of place with all the others; doesn't have quite the same old classic feel like reading an antique book does. Recently I re-watched the original Astro Boy and was constantly amused at what people's perception of what the future would be some 50 years ago.

One underlying idea that I never could understand the fixation on is the use of steam power. So many old/classic animes build everything around steam power (even if its ridiculous like have a steam powered can opener). Earlier in the 30's and 40's when studio's like Disney or Warner Brothers were doing movies/tv series they never had the same fixation/fascination with steam power like the Japanese seem to have.

[[Fran-Cis]]

I'm on my third complete run through of Ranma 1/2 in my life. It still hasn't gotten old for me. Don't think it will.

[motoko09]

Sailormoon, alittle princess sara, Daddy long legs and DBZ (good memories ...)

[jologs16]

Grander Musashi
Master Cooking Boy
Gundam Wing
Samurai X
YuYu Hakusho
Crayon ShinChan
Ranma 1/2
Voltes V
Akazukin ChaCha
Gundam X
Gundam G
Zoids
Dragonball
Doraemon
Pokemon
Mach Go Go Go japanese version ~ [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
Sailormoon (cough...if no other anime is showing)
Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go (TV)

....have a couple of more (some already mentioned) but that's the rest i can get from the back of me head

[animalia]

Originally Posted by da darkangel

Ranma 1/2, my best classic cuz its good and hilarious.

don't forget the great action scenes, even more so in the manga.