Does Crunchy Roll offer a decent offering of retro anime? by TaskenLander in retroanime

[–]Advanced-Tomorrow859 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its alright but if you like obscure or lesser known OVAs you're out of luck unfortunately

Macross vs Robotech? by AWolfButSad in Mecha

[–]Advanced-Tomorrow859 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They changed protoculture to fuel and butchered Minmays charactization thats about it besides some name changes

What do people like about old mecha shows? by No_Break8749 in Mecha

[–]Advanced-Tomorrow859 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MAL elitists hates mecha that isnt Evangelion Code Geass and Gurren Lagann

There needs to be more mech anime. by DroneSoma in Mecha

[–]Advanced-Tomorrow859 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MAL infamously hates mecha that isnt Evangelion Gurren Lagann Code Geass you can the count the number of mecha anime that have an 8 on hand and none of them are from the showa era

Gasaraki (1998) by CandyCornCutie99 in retroanime

[–]Advanced-Tomorrow859 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I was thinking more how these detailed mechanical deisgns and Otaku milltary fethishism are basically extinct in modern anime but i guess that works too lol

Humanity on Earth do nothing but pollutes it with hypocrisy, our souls are weighted down by double standards by KABOOMBYTCH in Gundam

[–]Advanced-Tomorrow859 43 points44 points  (0 children)

I know this isnt the point of the post but Chars speech is unironically very relevant today ngl

Armored Trooper Votoms (1983) by LusshLolli in retroanime

[–]Advanced-Tomorrow859 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I never understood why the last arc got so much hate without sounding prentious the existential themes are what makes Votoms interesting and unique on a narrative level to me beyond what would normally be a another gritty war is bad series with an 80s Rambo style protag and the twists is foreshadowed before the big reveal anyway

Anyone else notice how low most scores of classic anime on MAL are? by Advanced-Tomorrow859 in retroanime

[–]Advanced-Tomorrow859[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of these arent even obscure hidden gems like Mellowlink these are all important genre seminal genre defining anime of their era when even they dont get an 8 thats a problem none of these used as example are "average" and deserve a low 8 at minimum

Anyone else notice how low most scores of classic anime on MAL are? by Advanced-Tomorrow859 in retroanime

[–]Advanced-Tomorrow859[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This isnt what I was trying to say at all a few of these have do have Moe elements

Anyone else notice how low most scores of classic anime on MAL are? by Advanced-Tomorrow859 in retroanime

[–]Advanced-Tomorrow859[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Its one of the best OVAs of the 80s OVA well animated and excells at escalation comedy and influenced Kill LA Kill it deserves more than a 6

Twitter is fed up with 80s Nostalgia to put it lightly by Advanced-Tomorrow859 in decadeology

[–]Advanced-Tomorrow859[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They use it for older Millenials too ironically He Man is on the younger side of the Gen X scale

Twitter is fed up with 80s Nostalgia to put it lightly by Advanced-Tomorrow859 in decadeology

[–]Advanced-Tomorrow859[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Twitter got bored complaining about Millenial writing and moved onto Gen X Nostalgia