1980s anime aesthetic - I remember when they used to animate on ones

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All I can think is motherfucking GUNDAM
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this isn't 80's.

 

[Mysterious Girlfriend X]

 

[Drain Todger]

Obligatory OtaKing:

One fan of 80s anime made this in his basement. A lot of scenes made use of modern tech. For ships and stuff, he uses 3D references made in Cinema 4D and then rotoscopes over them in TVPaint, by hand. He nailed the aesthetic.

Also:

Goddamn, I love this shit. So much better than modern moeshit it’s not even funny.

 

[Owlflaps]

You guys are talking about 80's anime and no one's mentioned California Crisis?

For shame.

 

[Jimmy Hopkins]

Imo not much can beat the beautiful water color aesthetic of OG Dragon Ball/early DBZ. The landscapes looked so nice.

 

[Beeg Snake]

Gonna post 80's OP's and clips I really like even though I haven't watched most of them

Downloaded Maison Ikkoku about half a year ago and need to get round to watching it. Love this OP.

Remember watching Dragon Ball years ago and this song has been stuck in my head ever since. Back when DB was just about adventure and not power levels.

Another series I have downloaded and yet to watch. Love the cyberpunk aesthetic.

 

[Super Sad Smile]

Definitely my favorite Mitsuru Adachi series.

Can't find the Ashita no Joe OP on youtube so this will have to do. Its sad cause I really love Midnight Blues.

Spoiler: Ending Spoiler

 

[LavenderMenace]

I miss when anime girls looked like women and had curves and unique hair….

To me it’s when anime started doing animation digitized and stopped doing stories that were more aimed at mature audiences. The otaku genre is really into fantasy, slice of life, and shonen because that makes a quick buck.

 

[Oddjob OTP]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ETmM_VbK6EwYou can never go wrong with Patlabor and KMFDM. 80s anime aesthetics meets 90s industrial techno metal.

Which reminds me of the final boss of nostalgia, the Manga Video Trailer

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

Still and probably is the best non video game adaptation of mario.

 

[Red Hood]

They used Japanese studios for quite a few episodes as did GiJoe and Thundercats.

Also Rankin-Bass' Hobbit.

 

[make_it_so]

Another series I have downloaded and yet to watch. Love the cyberpunk aesthetic.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=SSgH2p96a9o

The OG Bubblegum Crisis if fucking awesome, one of my all time favs. I first saw it when it was running late night on Saturdays on Starz when they would run anime.

Zeta Gundam in the 1980's brought Gundam out from niche cult following to a major franchise in Japan, and the animation/mechanical style was no doubt a major contributing factor.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

I think the eighties vibes carried on until like, '98. Or maybe that's because Initial D is the first time I noticed a style change. Sure it happened before then but I'm not enough of a weeb to point it out.

It carried on until CGI came into heavy/common use, imo. The last one before I noticed the style change was Inuyasha, it could easily be mistaken for something from the mid-late 90's.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

It carried on until CGI came into heavy/common use, imo. The last one before I noticed the style change was Inuyasha, it could easily be mistaken for something from the mid-late 90's.

Yeah, the '80s vibe carried into the '90s particularly in the hair, but the faces and use of harder lines were the key to recognizing the switch from '80s to '90s. CGI showed up sometimes even during that time, but it was digital coloring that was the transition period from '90s to 2000s. Long-runners like Pokémon and InuYasha were good examples of seeing that happening in real time.

 

[TurdFondler]

I bet you the style changed roughly the same time digital cameras took over cinema. Once you could digitize the animation cells the sky was the limit.

 

[The Token Ethnic]

I love the original Dr. Slump. If you're interested in watching the anime, do yourself a favor and avoid the 90s version. It looks like shit compared to the original.

 

[Akumaten]

I love Aura Battler Dunbine for being the anti-issekai.
You apply the technology of our world to a fantasy world and things go to hell.

 

[Slap47]

I only recently started getting into more of the older stuff and it’s been a real treat, watched Akira for the first time and the quality and style of it was very visually appealing. It’s something about how animation was difficult back then so it only attracted the truly passionate and good artists, resulting in so many good visuals.

It is more that Japan had a booming economy and people were willing to buy 300 dollar DVDs.

 

[Kevin Roberts]

I always loved 80s Anime. Being born in that decade, I grow up watching Madö King Granzört , Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs, Voltron: Legendary Defender, Robotech etc. It was fun, Woke free time, where creativity and fanservice were almost always present, front and center, and most importantly, quality over quantity.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

So with Bastard!! getting a new adaptation, how much you wanna bet they're going to take away most of the '80s look? Because clearly everything needs to be modernized now (looking at you, Banana Fish).